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Annual Events
- Air Capital Bacon, Bourbon & Brews Festival
- Air Capital Comic Con
- Anime Festival Wichita
- Automobilia Moonlight Car Show & Street Party
- Autumn & Art
- Avenue Art Days
- Cars for Charities Rod & Custom Car Show
- ICT Bloktoberfest
- ICT Comic Con
- ICT Fest
- Illuminations Botanica Wichita
- 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
- Tallgrass Film Festival
- 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
- Holly Jolly Jurassic Holiday
- Safari of Lights
- Arctic Adventure
- Lights at AbilityPoint
- A Country Christmas
- Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting
- Watson's Christmas Express
- Ice Pond at the Plazzio
- Death by Chocolate
- Wichita Brewing Co. Relay Marathon
- Midwest Winefest
- Wichita Home Show
- Seasonal
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NBC World Series
Don't miss the boys of summer as they battle it out during the National Baseball Congress World Series at Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium. Since 1935, the NBC World Series brings a one-of-a-kind baseball experience to the Air Capital of the World.
NBC Alumni in MLB
Since 1935, the NBCWS has birthed more than 800 Major League Baseball players. Here are just a few of the current MLB players who got their start at this tournament:
- Albert Pujols - Los Angeles Angels
- Alex Gordon - Kansas City Royals
- Conor Gillaspie - San Francisco Giants
- Hunter Pence - Texas Rangers
- Jacoby Ellsbury - New York Yankees
- Jason Castro - Minnesota Twins
- Tim Lincecum - Texas Rangers
The history of the NBCWS also includes the legacy of the Kansas Stars, a professional team of former MLB players including notables Roger Clemens and Chipper Jones that played in the event in 2016 and 2017.
Leagues
Typically 16 amateur and collegiate-level teams come to Wichita each summer to play in the NBCWS. Here are a few of the leagues you can expect to see:
- Alaska Baseball League
- California Collegiate League
- Centex Collegiate Baseball League
- Houston Collegiate Summer League
- Kansas Collegiate League Baseball
- Mile High Collegiate Baseball League
- Southern California Collegiate Baseball League
- Sunflower Collegiate League
- Western Baseball Association
- Independent Baseball Leagues
2023 Event
The 89th NBC World Series is scheduled for Aug. 3-12. Game details and ticket information for the event can be found online.
