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- Air Capital Bacon, Bourbon & Brews Festival
- Air Capital Comic Con
- Anime Festival Wichita
- Automobilia Moonlight Car Show & Street Party
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- Cars for Charities Rod & Custom Car Show
- ICT Bloktoberfest
- ICT Comic Con
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- NBC World Series
- Open Streets ICT
- Orie's Garlic Fest
- Prairie Fire Race Series
- Great Plains Renaissance Festival
- Small Business Saturday
- Smoke on the Plains Derby BBQ & Music Fest
- Paddy Day Parade
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Tallgrass Film Festival
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- Exploration Place Dome Theater
- Regal Old Town
- CAC Theater
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- Kansas Leadership Center
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- Candela at The LUX
- Chainlink Gallery
- Old Cowtown Museum
- Crown Uptown Theatre
- NICHE
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- Naftzger Park
- Tanganyika Twilight Tour
- Wagonmasters Downtown Chili Cookoff
- Wichita Asian Festival
- Wichita Jazz Festival
- Wichita Open
- Wichita Riverfest
- Wichita Taco Fest
- Zoobilee
- Twilight Tunes on the Terrace
- Victorian Christmas at Old Cowtown Museum
- JuneteenthICT Celebration
- Wichita Water Lantern Festival
- Wichita Pride Festival
- Prairieland Beer and Music Fest
- Frontiers in Flight Open House & Air Show
- Wild Lights at the Zoo
- Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday
- Arctic Adventure
- A Country Christmas
- Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting
- Watson's Christmas Express
- Ice Pond at Chicken N Pickle
- Death by Chocolate
- Wichita Brewing Co. Relay Marathon
- Midwest Winefest
- Wichita Home Show
- Asian Night Market
- The Dam Jam
- Sunflower Summer Program
- Drone Light Festival
- Kansas Global Holiday Market
- Merry & Bright Union Station Lighting
- Wichita Symphony Youth Orchestras Spring Concerts
- Oktoberfest at Prost
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Frontiers in Flight Open House & Air Show
The public is invited to step through the gates of McConnell Air Force Base for one weekend only in August to experience the Frontiers in Flight Air Show and Open House. Admission is completely free to the public.
Learn how aviators of McConnell Air Force Base, home of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, contribute to the United States Air Force and the Air Capital of the World.
Spectators will enjoy a range of civilian and military static aircraft, including the KC-135 Stratotanker and the KC-46 Pegasus. The United States Air Force Thunderbirds will headline the event.
Numerous types of military ground transport vehicles will also be on display and dozens of vendors and agents from various organizations and institutions will be in attendance.
2026 Event
The 2026 Frontiers in Flight Open House & Air Show, which will feature the United States Air Force Thunderbirds, is scheduled for Oct. 17-18.
