Kansas 150 Festival
The Sunflower State’s Biggest Birthday Bash Ever!
Saturday, October 8, 2011, Wichita
Everyone in Kansas is invited to participate in the festival. Activities include:
11 a.m. Kansas Sunflower Parade featuring marching bands, floats commemorating our heritage, and historic reenactors, ending at Kennedy Plaza Century II Performing Arts Center
See a list of parade entries
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Fair features historic reenactors, Kansas attractions, and vendors of food, arts and cultural products at Kennedy Plaza Century II Performing Arts Center
See a list of encampment booths
2:30 p.m. “Home on the Range” concert with more than 60 musical performers telling the history of Kansas in song, poetry and video
Kansas 150 Festival Map
Festival Facts
Ticket information
Governor's Proclamation | Text version
Wichita will be host to many other events that weekend, including the annual League of Kansas Municipalities convention and the running of the Prairie Fire Marathon Sunday, October 9, 2011, an event expected to attract more than 6,000 runners from across the nation and the world.