Fall is one of the most magical times of the year! One of the fabulous things about autumn? There’s no shortage of things to do in any town around Wichita. Fall Festivals are here and we’ve put together a list of 40+ festivals and fairs within driving distance of Wichita to celebrate all things fall…. y’all.
Whether you typically frequent these September and October fall festivals close to home or want to branch out to something a little out of the ordinary, we’ve rounded up the best fall festivals happening across nearby cities in Kansas.
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Upcoming Fall Festivals and Fairs
September
September 6 – 15, 2024
Kansas State Fair
Where:Hutchinson, KS
The Kansas State Fair has been the state’s largest gathering of Kansans since 1913.
September 8, 2024
Orie’s Garlic Fest
Where:Public at the Brickyard
Enjoy walking the brick-lined streets of Wichita’s historic Old Town district while taking in the aroma of the city’s best garlicky fare. It’s here you’ll find dozens of local vendor businesses, including farms, ranches, food artisans and handmade artists, as well as garlicky products galore and our popular complimentary garlic shots.
September 13 – 15, 2024
Autumn & Art
Where:Bradley Fair (Wichita, KS)
Autumn & Art is the premier al fresco art show in Kansas. Showcasing artists from across the US, we celebrate the creative spirit of our community.
September 14, 2024
Burden Dayz
Where:Burden, KS
Burden Dayz is a long-standing tradition complete with a PRCA sanctioned rodeo. The day starts with a morning parade including a craft fair, food vendors and a variety of family activities throughout the day, including live music.
September20 – 22, 2024
The Drone Light Festival
Where:Exploration Place
Wichita’s drone light festival returns, building on two years of sold-out success! Experience an unforgettable evening where technology meets art and the sky becomes our canvas. As a special bonus for 2024, this event marks the grand opening of the new Wichita Foundation Amphitheater and an all-new event plaza at Exploration Place. 300 synchronized drones will illuminate the night sky with dazzling, music-choreographed formations, while new custom displays complement returning favorites. Decorate and launch your own floating water lantern with thousands of others, and immerse yourself in the glow of a magical candlelight concert in the new amphitheater.
September 20 – 21, 2024
Valley Center Fall Festival
Where:Valley Center, KS
WEEE Entertainment Ride-A-Rama, Craft Vendors on Main Street, Food Court, Beer Garden, Pickleball and Washers Tournament, Saturday Morning Parade, Live Bands & Much More!
September 21, 2024
Kingman Cessna Fest
Where:Kingman, KS
The City of Kingman Park Board will be hosting their 1st Annual Kingman Cessna Festival in downtown Kingman, KS on Saturday, September 21st.
September 21, 2024
Hillsboro Arts & Craft Fair
Where:Hillsboro, KS
Each year exhibitors from across the nation are selected by a committee of judges and invited to bring their handcrafted products to Hillsboro for its nationally recognized craft show. These experts come from each coast to display and sell their handiwork and one-of-a-kind creations. Local food and hometown hospitality add flavor to this already spectacular event. There’s something for every palate, everything from Hillsboro’s famous smoked sausage, zwieback and bierocks to kettle corn, roasted almonds, fresh-squeezed lemonade and funnel cakes.
September 21 – 22, 2024
Wild West Fall Fest
Where:Sedgwick, KS
This year, Sedgwick Connect is excited to bring back the BBQ lunch along with new and fun activities such as an Art Crawl with live painting, learn how to square/line dance, drone demonstration from the police, touch-a-truck event, along with all of the other great events like rides and our Pickleball and Sand Volleyball Tournaments!
September 21 – 28, 2024
City of Gold Festival
Where:El Dorado, KS
El Dorado’s biggest party celebrates its third year with global phenomenon Smash Mouth! The City of Gold Fest returns Sept. 21-28 with the Miss El Dorado pageant, Gold Rush 10K, 5K and 1K, medallion hunt, Block Party, and so much more!
September 27 – 29, 2024
Greater Andover Days
Where:Andover, KS
Greater Andover Days (GAD) is a festival that occurs the 4th weekend after Labor Day weekend. The event offers handfuls of fun, food, and entertainment for the entire family! Over 5,000 people attend GAD annually. The festival includes a food court, KidFest, parade, fishing clinic, car show, business expo/craft fair, carnival, live entertainment and a fireworks show in Central Park.
September 27 – 29, 2024
Peace Treaty Festival
Where:Medicine Lodge, KS
Experience Peace Treaty’s signature events including the Intertribal Powwow, Kansas Championship Ranch Rodeo, and historical night show! Don’t miss the live music, parade, and shopping opportunities.
September 28, 2024
Conway Springs Fall Festival
Where:Conway Springs, KS
Attendees can expect a business decorating contest, a fall fest run run, all wheels car show, biscuits & gravy breakfast and more.
September 28, 2024
Concordia Fall Fest
Where:Concordia, KS
This annual celebration is filled with a fun-packed weekend of events, booths, entertainment, and delicious food along the downtown area of Concordia.
September 28, 2024
Prairieland Beer and Music Festival
Where:Hyde Park
Come enjoy unlimited samples of 100+ beers with 40+ breweries from Kansas and beyond, featuring LIVE music throughout the festival. This year the festival will be held under the shade of old growth trees in Hyde Park across from Central Standard Brewing.
September 28, 2024
Whimmydiddle
Where:Scott City, KS
Whimmydiddle Arts and Crafts Fair comes to Scott City Park on the last Saturday of every September. One of the largest craft shows in Western Kansas, this event features over 200 exhibitors from across the United States who arrive with original art, metal working, pottery and crafts in wood, fabric, jewelry, silk & dried flowers.
September 28, 2024
Maize Fall Festival
Where:Maize, KS
Presenting “Maize Super Days – A City of Character”. There you’ll find the 10th Annual Pride Ag Ace Hardware Children’s Miracle Network Car Show, the fall festival parade, a talent show and more.
September 28, 2024
Smoky Hill Museum Street Fair
Where:Salina, KS
This year, visitors can expect a parade down Santa Fe followed by a day of fun in front and inside the Museum. We have a great line-up of entertainers and we hope to have an amazing chili cook-off. The “Old West” continues this year with themed activities, make-and-take crafts, historic demonstrators and more. This is truly an event you don’t want to miss.
September 28 – 29, 2024
The Fall Great Plains Renaissance and Scottish Festival
Where:Sedgwick County Park
Come one, come all to the annual Fall Great Plains Renaissance and Scottish Festival! Wichita’s long standing fall tradition returns September 8 and 29 in Sedgwick County Park. Aye, there’ll be jests and jousts, falconry and fire breathing, damsels and daredevils, bagpipes and belly dancers, singing pirates, The Wichita Highland Games, Celtic music, kings and queens, Vikings and vagabonds, Kansas Authors Pavilion/renaissance in reading, fairies and fairy tales, fantastic artists, the siege engine competition marvelous merchants and much, much more!
October
October 3 – 6, 2024
Bethel College Fall Festival
Where:Newton, KS
The four-day event includes the Taste of Newton, Thresher Classic Golf Tournament and Fall Fest Fair on the Bethel campus.
October 4 – 5, 2024
Oktoberfest
Where:Hays, KS
Oktoberfest in Hays boasts a wide range of traditional food, music, and drink. As always, the festival coincides with homecoming weekend at Fort Hays State University.
October 4 – 5, 2024
Udall Fall Festival
Where:Udall, KS
The Udall Fall Festival has been an annual tradition on the 1st weekend in October. It is put on by a dedicated group of volunteers. Such events include a pie eating contest, car show, cornhole tournament, washers tournament, 6×6 volleyball tournament, horseshoe tournament, 3×3 basketball tournament, and more.
October 4 – 5, 2024
Hutch Fest
Where:Hutchinson, KS
Celebrate the return of Hutch Fest with some of our community’s favorite events, live music, and food – all wrapped into one weekend. Featured events include: the Hutch Rod Run, LIVE music, the Salt City 5K/10K Race, the Hutch Fest Kids Zone, and Hutch Brewfest — a craft beer festival.
October 4 – 5, 2024
Stafford Oktoberfest
Where:Stafford, KS
Stafford Oktoberfest started in 1990. The festival is always the first Saturday in October. Oktoberfest as been the long standing tradition for the community to use as more than celebration of homecoming.
October 4 – 6, 2024
Clearwater Fall Festival
Where:Clearwater, KS
The Clearwater Fall Festival began as a centennial celebration. It has been going on since 1985! They have held a celebration every year except the 2021 covid year. They have since renamed the festival Clearwater Fall Festival. It is a hometown celebration that they are proud to hold every year!
October 5, 2024
Peabody Fall Festival
Where:Peabody, KS
Peabody Fall Festival is a community event that takes place in Peabody, KS on the 1st Saturday in October each year. The event includes a horseshoe tournament, dog show, disc golf, wiffle ball, washers tournament and more.
October 5, 2024
Oktoberfest
Where:Blessed Sacrament
The annual Oktoberfest at Church of the Blessed Sacrament includes a Run for the Poor, All day kids’ inflatable park, live music, beers on tap, Sauerkraut balls, brats & more!
October 5, 2024
OZtoberfest
Where:Wamego, KS
Mark your calendars for October 5 for a fun, fall, family celebration known as OZtoberFEST! Join us in downtown Wamego for a variety of activities including our OZ Costume Contest, Toto look-a-like contest, an Outdoor OZ Market, Classic Car Show, Wizard’s Beer & Wine Garden, Munchkinland, Munchkin Junction and many more OZsome activities.
October 5
Frederick Remington Festival
Where:Whitewater, KS
Whether you are looking for some friendly competition, yummy treats, unique crafts, or just some good ol’ fun and memory-making; Whitewater, Kansas is the place to be the first weekend in October.
October 11 – 12, 2024
ICT Bloktoberfest
Where:Naftzger Park
Celebrate German heritage with local craft beer and brats at ICT Bloktoberfest. Naftzger Park in Wichita is transformed into a Biergarten as this giant block party brings together your favorite flavors with Wichita food trucks and breweries.
October 11 – 13, 2024
Goddard Fall Festival
Where:Goddard, KS
The Goddard Fall Festival is an annual event held in October each year and includes games, vendors, great food and entertainment for all ages. The main events kick off with a parade Saturday morning along Main Street where most activities take place. The festival has been a long standing tradition of “festive fun” for the community.
October 11 – 13, 2024
Rose Hill Fall Festival
Where:Rose Hill, KS
Rose Hill’s annual celebration includes a carnival, car show, parade, craft show, fishing derby and more!
October 11 – 13, 2024
Haven Fall Festival
Where:Haven, KS
Fun for the whole family! 5K fun run, bicycle ride, kids’ pedal pull, micro stock car races, alpaca/llama races and BBQ contest. Many, many free events! The Fall Festival is held on the second Saturday in October in downtown Haven.
October 12, 2024
Wichita Asian Festival
Where:Century II
Celebrate Asian culture, cuisine and more at the 43rd annual Wichita Asian Festival!
October 12, 2024
Wellington Fall Festival
Where:Wellington, KS
Come to Wellington on Saturday, October 12 for Wellington’s Annual Fall Festival ~ Flannel & Fall! There will be an Art & Craft Show with over 50 vendors, the annual Chili Cookoff Competition, Cinnamon Roll Contest, Apple Pie Contest, Mummy Races, Kid’s Activities, and more!
October 12, 2024
Halstead Brick Street Arts & Crafts Festival
Where:Halstead, KS
A small town arts & crafts festival held on the second Saturday of October in downtown Halstead, KS.
October 13, 2024
Open Streets ICT
Where:Downtown, Wichita, KS
Join Us For Open Streets ICT, a free community-building event bringing Wichitans of all ages and fitness levels together to promote healthy active living and social engagement.
October 18 – 20, 2024
Haysville Fall Festival
Where:Haysville, KS
The 3 day festival features a car show, food court, parade, beer garden, pumpkin decorating, arts and crafts booths, drawings and more.
October 18 – 26, 2024
Neewollah
Where:Independence, KS
The Neewollah festival (Halloween spelled backwards) began in 1919 in an effort to provide positive activities for kids of all ages in place of typical Halloween pranks. Initially, the event centered on parades held morning, afternoon, and night on October. Events include a fun run/walk, BBQ & dessert cook-off, medallion hunt, musical and more.
October 19, 2024
Frontier Day
Where:Douglass, KS
Annual Town Festival, celebrating 155 years of Douglass and going back to our roots! Come one, Come all let’s show the kids what Frontier Day’s was like when we were kids! The town coming together and celebrating as one!
October 19, 2024
RedFish Festival
Where:Harper, KS
A day full of fun festivities! Vendors, Bed Races, BBQ Contest, Food, Music, Games, Inflatables, Crafts and FUN!!
October 19, 2024
Floyd’s Fall Fest
Where:Cheney, KS
Come shop our fabulous vendors and explore the museum at our first Fall Fest at Souder’s Historic Farm Museum.
October 19, 2024
Gypsum Fall Festival
Where:Gypsum, KS
Come out on October 19 from 9 a.m. to midnight for a fun filled day for the whole family! Some of the fun includes: Bounce houses, Corn hole, Food, Parade, Vendor fair, Costume contest, Live music, and more!
October 23 – 26, 2024
Arkalalah
Where:Arkansas City, KS
Arkalalah Festival is a non-profit organization committed to organizing an event that promotes pride and a positive image of Arkansas City, while boosting attendance and the local economy. They strive to create a welcoming atmosphere that reunites friends and family and celebrates the unique cultural and artistic aspects of our community. Through the festival, the city aims to showcase the best of Ark City and foster a sense of belonging for all who attend.
October 24, 2024
Ellsworth Fall Festival
Where:Ellsworth, KS
This year, Ellsworth is celebrating color: art, murals, creativity, new beginnings, and fresh looks! Color the community with our list of fun events!
October 28, 2024
Park City Fall Festival
Where:Park City, KS
Head to Hap McLean Park on October 28 for a day of fun to celebrate the Park City Fall Festival
Not Taking Place This Year
October 17 – 18, 2025
Svensk Hyllningsfest (only takes place on odd numbered years)
Where:Lindsborg, KS
Svensk Hyllningsfest is the biennial celebration of honoring the Swedish immigrants who settled in the Smoky Valley in 1869. Started in 1941, the festival features art, crafts, special foods, ethnic music, folk dancing, parade, smörgåsbord and special entertainment. Smörgåsbord tickets are popular and sell quickly., The festival coincides with the Bethany College Football Homecoming.
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