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Good morning, Wichita!

This is the final Update for 2024. I hope you all have a great Christmas, New Year, and Holiday Season.

See you in 2025!

- Landon

p.s. Go Shockers. Great dub on Saturday!

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You won’t hear from us via email until next year, but we didn’t want to leave you hanging. Here is a quick rundown of a few events or attractions, local guides from Wichita bloggers, and more so when your in-laws ask you what to do in town, you can just pull up a quick reference.

Local Guides

• ​Where to See the Best Christmas Lights in Wichita from Wichita Mom​
• ​Christmas Pop-Up Cocktail Bars and Restaurants in Wichita from Wichita Mom​
• ​Where to Experience Cozy Igloo Dining from Wichita Mom​
• ​The ICT 100: Wichita's Best Restaurants in 2024 from Wichita by EB​
• ​Your Wichita New Year's Eve Party Guide from Wichita by EB​
• ​Holiday Activities & Traidtions that are Free & Cheap in Wichita from Wichita on the Cheap​

Shows and Attractions

• ​Golden Girls | Roxy’s Downtown | 12/26 - 12/29
• ​Broadway in Wichita presents Pretty Woman: The Musical | Century II | 1/3 - 1/5
• ​Illuminations | Botanica | 11/29 - 1/4
• ​A Country Christmas | Fulton Valley Farms | 11/29 - 12/23 (last day is today)
• ​Wichita Art Museum​
• ​Old Cowtown Museum​
• ​Sedgwick County Zoo​
• ​Ice Skating at Chicken N Pickle​
• ​TapNPaddles​

Sports

​Wichita Thunder​

• Friday 12/27 vs Idaho @ 7:05pm
• Saturday 12/28 vs Idaho @ 6:05pm - Peppa Pig Night
• Friday 1/3 vs Iowa @ 7:05pm
• Saturday 1/4 vs Iowa @ 6:05pm - I <3 Wichita Night
• Sunday 1/5 vs Iowa @ 2:05pm

​Wichita State Men's Basketball​

• Sunday 12/29 vs Friends @ 5pm
• Friday 1/3 at Temple

​Wichita State Women’s Basketball​

• Sunday 12/29 vs North Texas @ 1pm
• Wednesday 1/1 at Memphis
• Saturday 1/4 at UAB

​Wichita Wings​

• Friday 12/27 vs Bandits @ 7:05pm
• Saturday 12/28 vs Bandits @ 5:05pm
• Saturday 1/4 vs Turlock @ 5:05pm

​Wichita Luck​

• Saturday 12/28 vs Omaha @ 7:45pm
• Saturday 1/4 vs Oklahoma @ 7:45pm

*bold = home

Events

Monday 12/23

• ​Merry Grinchmas! A Day with the Grinch | Aviation Museum | 10am

Thursday 12/26

• ​Celebrate Kwanzaa! | Maya Angelou Northeast Branch | 2:30pm
• ​$7 Late Night at Museum of World Treasures | Museum of World Treasures | 5pm
• ​Night of Light | Bradley Fair | 5pm

Sunday 12/29

• ​Winter Break Program: A Victorian Winter | Wichita Sedgwick Co Historical Museum | 1pm

Thursday 1/2

• ​Candy Cane Carnival | Walters Branch of WPL | 2:30pm

Sunday 1/5

• ​Time Travel Half-Marathon/10K/5K | Sedgwick Co Park | 9am

Live Music

Monday 12/23

• Just Tori | Mort’s | 7pm
• Open Mic Night w/Zac Crow and Callmeishmael | Kirby’s | 9pm

Tuesday 12/24

• Consiglio & Co | Mort’s | 5pm

Thursday 12/26

• Just Tori | GROW | 5pm
• Dangie | Mort’s | 8pm

Friday 12/27

• Matt Bauer | Mort’s | 4pm
• Jazz it Up Duo! - Free Show | Walker’s Jazz Lounge | 5pm
• Just Tori | Barks & Brews | 6pm
• Jaelen Johnston | Caesars Barroom | 8pm
• Craig Owens and the Bodo Ensemble | Walker’s Jazz Lounge | 8pm
• Taylor Fugitt | Humidor | 8pm
• Les Esmore and the Minimalist | Mort’s | 8pm
• The Dirty Gentlemen | Mortdecai’s | 8:30pm
• Brave Boy/Milkwave/Holding | Kirby’s | 9pm
• Apathy Unit | Barleycorn’s | 9pm
• Across the Pond | Brick’s | 9pm
• J Easy | Pumphouse | 10pm

Saturday 12/28

• The Scandalnavians | Mort’s | 3pm
• Charlie Rumback Quartet - Percussion Mastery | Walker’s Jazz Lounge | 7pm
• ICT Double Tap | Vorshay’s | 8pm
• Kirk Russell | Humidor | 8pm
• Fly by Night | Mort’s | 8pm
• Suite 68 | Mortdecai’s | 8:30pm
• Jet City | Jerry’s | 9pm
• Blank Nite | Kirby’s | 10pm
• Zeb the DJ | Pumphouse | 10pm

Sunday 12/29

• Open Mic Night | Barleycorn’s | 7pm
• Jamie Quick | Mort’s | 7pm

Monday 12/30

• Matt Bauer | Mort’s | 7pm
• Open Mic Night w/Zac Crow and Callmeishmael | Kirby’s | 9pm

Tuesday 12/31

• Consiglio & Co | Mort’s Martini Bar | 5pm
• Bobby Fleet Band | Brick’s | 8:30pm
• Suite 68 | Jerry’s | 9pm
• Denny Jiosa - Bringing in the New Year | Walker’s Jazz Lounge | 9pm

Saturday 1/4

• The Scandalnavians | Mort’s | 3pm
• ICT Double Tap | Brick’s | 8pm
• Man/The Robot/Dreadstar Rising/The Haters Coalition | Barleycorn’s | 8pm

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Feedback is always welcome! What do you like about these event rundowns? How can we improve?

If we missed your event, please make sure to submit to wichitalifeict.com/events and we will get it in the Friday edition!

Thanks!

- Landon

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