🌾 Best Sports-Event Host City

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Landon Huslig
October 17, 2025

TOGETHER WITH

Good morning, Wichita!

The average first freeze in Wichita is October 27th, is it coming soon this year?

Let’s get to it!

- Landon

NEWS

Best Sports-Event Host City

Wichita isn’t just a basketball city.

Wichita just won an award for the Best Sports-Event Host City after hosting a few events such as the:

U.S. Figure Skating Championships, NCAA men’s basketball tournament games, the NAIA wrestling national championships and The Basketball Tournament (including the championship) at Koch Arena!

 

Together with Skyline Builders

Skyline Builders has been building storm-tested steel and post-frame facilities across Kansas since 2014. 

Serving the Wichita metro, they’re a licensed general contractor and Nucor Authorized Builder—trusted for warehouses with offices, storefronts, and other commercial projects (30x40 and larger). 

With a 5-year workmanship guarantee, Skyline delivers turn-key construction done right the first time. 

See more of their work on Facebook and Instagram.

LOCAL BUSINESS

Opening

Reopening

Anniversary

STARTUP

Friendship Lamps

Have you ever missed someone and wish you could feel their presence across space and time?

You want to see and feel they are thinking about you.

NONPROFIT

CASAino

Come out to the RSC at Wichita State on 11/1 for CASAino: A fundraiser for CASA of Sedgwick County.

An exciting evening of casino games, raffles, live and silent auctions, live painting by Mike Potts, music by DJ Carbon, food, prizes and more.

Join the Wichita Life Insiders

Thank you to all of our current Wichita Life Insiders!

The next monthly giveaway (value of $20+ that is only open to those Insiders) will happen at the end of the month.

When you join Wichita Life Insiders, you will directly support these emails and the way we cover Wichita news and events. The membership also comes with a few perks we think you will like:

  • Support independent news coverage

  • Monthly Member Only Giveaways (worth $20+)

  • Monthly Event Calendar

  • Shoutout in our Email Newsletter

  • 20% Wichita Life Shop Discount

CIVIL

Public Art

$145k was just approved by the City Council for public art at Alford Library and Walters Branch Library.

LOCAL

Fall Fridays

Tis the season at Bradley Fair for Fall Fridays.

These events benefit Kansas Big Brothers Big Sisters.

BooFest

There are still 4 nights (10/17, 10/18, 10/24, 10/25) left of BooFest at Exploration Place!

The Man Show Expo

There are a lot of women focused expos - Bridal Show, Women’s Fair, etc etc - and these are great.

Anything you can think of that is “manly” is likely there - tech, tools, grooming, fashion, fitness, and outdoors.

Tallgrass Film Festival

If you missed our deep dive on Wednesday about Tallgrass Film Festival, here you go. Otherwise, this is your reminder to check out one of Wichita’s great traditions.

Hay, Hooves & Halloween at Old Cowtown Museum

Cowtown’s 75th Halloween celebration brings spooky fun to the Wild West! Enjoy trick-or-treating, zombie gunfighter shows, haunted houses, melodramas, dancing, and costume contests. The Wheat State Ghostbusters and MOAB BBQ will also be on-site for this family-friendly, not-too-scary event.

Social Cinema

Congrats to Social Cinema on the full release of their debut album ‘Don’t Get Lost’!

ICT EXTRA

Top clicks of the week 🖱️

Superheroes

Real life superheroes (Wichita firefighters) dressed up as fictional superheroes to visit kids at Via Christi St. Francis.

Wichita Apartments

Dancing Sheriff Deputy

Did you attend Blocktobefest and catch Sedgwick County Sheriff Deputy Gary Tate winning the Dad Bod contest?

Click the banner above to view the full event calendar

Weekend

Friday 10/17

Saturday 10/18

Sunday 10/19

LIVE MUSIC

Don't see your concert or show here?

SPORTS

That's it for today! Send this to a friend who loves sports.

Thanks!

- Landon