Catch an exciting holiday show, take the family on a Christmas lights tour or search the town to find Santa. Wichita is offering lots of family-friendly activities and Christmas experiences this season. Here’s a list of things to do in Wichita in December.

Holiday Events

• The Christmas Spirit by Frederick Stroppel at Wichita Community Theatre – Dec. 2-12
• Wichita Children’s Theatre presents Santa’s Toyland at Crown Uptown – Dec. 2-4
• Holiday Moonlight Tours at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House Museum and Study Center – Dec. 2, 9, 16
• Short & Suite Nutcracker by Midwest Dance Mechanix at Center for Performing Arts – Dec. 3-5
• Inverno - The Great Holiday Circus at Crown Uptown Theatre – Dec. 3-19
• Victorian Christmas at Cowtown – Dec. 3-4 & 10-11
• Friends of Wichita Art Museum Holiday Open House at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 5
• Zach Williams - I Don't Want Christmas to End Tour at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 9
• Ballet Wichita’s The Nutcracker at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 10-12
• Winter Wonderland at Evergy Pavilion at Naftzger Park – Dec. 11
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - Dome Experience at Exploration Place – Dec. 16-18
• Metropolitan Ballet’s The Nutcracker Ballet at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 18-19
• Away in the Basement - A Church Basement Ladies Musical at Roxy’s Downtown – through Dec. 19
• Holiday Stroll (horse-drawn carriage rides) at Bradley Fair – through Dec. 19
• Cool Yule - A Swingin' Christmas at The Forum Theatre Company – through Dec. 19
• A Country Christmas at Fulton Valley Farms – through Dec. 19
• Watson’s Christmas Express at O.J. Watson Park – through Dec. 19
• Old Fashioned Christmas at Prairie Pines Christmas Tree Farm – through Dec. 21
• The Hallmork Channel Christmas Melodrama at Mosley Street Melodrama – through Dec. 23
• Peril at the North Pole: Yule Die Laughing at Prairie Pines Playhouse – through Dec. 23
• Lights at AbilityPoint drive-thru light display – through Dec. 28
• Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday at Field Station: Dinosaurs – through Dec. 31
• Illuminations 2021 at Botanica Wichita at Botanica Wichita – through Jan. 1
• Safari of Lights at Tanganyika Wildlife Park – through Jan. 2
• Ice Pond at the Plazzio outdoor ice skating rink at Chicken N Pickle – through mid-January (check website for exact dates, which are based on weather conditions)

Other Family Friendly Events

• Wild Lights at Sedgwick County Zoo – through Dec. 5 (Wednesday-Sunday)
• Winter Wednesdays at Sedgwick County Zoo – Wednesdays through February
• Astronaut – Do You Have What It Takes at Exploration Place – through Jan. 2
• Art Together at Mark Arts – Dec. 11
• Central Kansas Winter Reptile Expo at Best Western Wichita North – Dec. 4

Sports

• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. Kansas State University at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 5
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Allen Americans at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 9
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Allen Americans at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 10
• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. Norfolk State at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University campus – Dec. 11
• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. Alcorn State at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University campus – Dec. 14
• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. North Texas at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University campus – Dec. 18
• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. Prairie View A&M at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University campus – Dec. 22
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Tulsa Oilers at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 26
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Tulsa Oilers at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 27
• Wichita Thunder hockey vs. Allen Americans at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 29
• Wichita State Shockers men’s basketball vs. East Carolina at Charles Koch Arena on the Wichita State University campus – Dec. 29

Performing Arts

• Wichita Symphony Orchestra Make It Mozart at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 5
• Summer - The Donna Summer Musical at Century II Performing Arts & Convention Center – Dec. 14-16
• Music On Site presents an Opera Scenes Showcase at Larksfield Place – Dec. 15
• Music On Site presents Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at Friends University – Dec. 17-19

Live Music & Comedy

• Bob Saget at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 2
• Joe Rogan - The Sacred Clown Tour at INTRUST Bank Arena – Dec. 3
• Monophonics, It's Only Us Tour with Rudy De Anda at WAVE – Dec. 4
• The Price Is Right Live - Stage Show at Hartman Arena – Dec. 4
• Shame About Softie at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 4
• Savanna Chestnut at Wichita Union Stockyards – Dec. 4
• Meth Damon, Jackass & Swamp Dragon at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 9
• Paul Jarvis at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 10
• Asleep at the Wheel - Comin' Right at Ya at The Cotillion – Dec. 10
• John Crist - Fresh Cuts Comedy Tour at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 10
• Throes of Rejection: A Tribute to Dime & Vinnie featuring WhiskeyDick & John Woodson’s Leg at Temple Live Wichita – Dec. 10
• Tyler Rich at Temple Live Wichita – Dec. 11
• Eli Young Band at The Cotillion – Dec. 11
• Bucky Fowler & Southern Charm at Wichita Union Stockyards – Dec. 11
• Heartwerk at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 11
• Anna P.S. at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 12
• Jeff Ruby at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 13
• Dan Whitaker at Kirby’s Beer Store – Dec. 14
• Jason Mraz - Live and Acoustic with Toca Rivera at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 14
• Lindsey Buckingham Live at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 18
• Prairie Smoke at Wichita Union Stockyards – Dec. 18
• For The Birds – Nest Fest featuring Rise Again, Sunset Motel, MJ12 & Left Without Notice at Temple Live Wichita – Dec. 18
• NYE with Paul Bogart at Wichita Union Stockyards – Dec. 31

Film Screenings

• Edward Scissorhands: Winter Film Series at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 4
• Home Alone: Winter Film Series at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 11
• It's a Wonderful Life: Winter Film Series at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 19

Arts & Culture

• Grand Tour at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen House – Dec. 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 29
• First Friday Gallery Crawl – Dec. 3
• Winter Art Mania at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 26
• Love in the Time of the Anthropocene at Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University – through Dec. 4
• Look, It’s Daybreak, Dear, Time to Sing at Ulrich Museum at Wichita State University – through Dec. 4
• Drone-tography - The Elevated Eye Exhibit at Exploration Place – through Dec. 30
• Portrait of a Man - Tapping into Essence at The Kansas African American Museum – through Dec. 31
• B.J.O. Nordfeldt - American Internationalist at Wichita Art Museum – through Jan. 6 (excluding Mondays)
• Nordfeldt Connections in Wichita at Wichita Art Museum – through March 12
• Lloyd Foltz - Prairie Print Maker at Exploration Place – through April 10
• Bring the Bosins Home - The Journey Continues at Mid-America All-Indian Museum – through June 4
• Turn It Up to 90 – 90th Anniversary of the Electric Guitar’s Wichita World Debut at Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum – through July 2022

Markets and More

• Indian Art Market at Mid-America All-Indian Museum – Dec. 4
• Old Town Farm and Art Market - Holiday Season at the Farm & Art Plaza in the Old Town District – Dec. 4, 11, 18
• HoliDAZE 2021 Pop Up Market at Nortons Brewing Co. – Dec. 5
• 2nd Saturday at various locations – Dec. 11
• 2nd Saturday Sell-A-Bration! Indoor/Outdoor Marketplace at Generations Antiques and Artisans – Dec. 11-12

Adult-focused Events

• Winter Wonderland Paint Workshop Inspired by Jackson Pollock at Mark Arts – Dec. 2
• Interactive screening of “Elf” for ages 21+ at Wichita Art Museum – Dec. 9
• A Drag Queen Christmas at Orpheum Theatre – Dec. 16
• Poinsettia Painting Workshop Inspired by Takashi Murakami at Mark Arts – Dec. 16
• Holiday Light Tour with Brew Wagon Tours – through Dec. 31
• Apparition Yule Ball pop-up bar at Headshots Bar & Grill – through Jan. 1
• Snowbound: A Merry Ski Lodge themed pop-up gathering spot on the rooftop of Chicken N Pickle – through Jan. 9

For the latest list of events and experiences, check out the Visit Wichita calendar of events.