Wichita's Riverfest Sees Major Surge in Attendance, up over 34,000 From Last Year

Wichita's Riverfest sees major surge in attendance, up over 34,000 from last year

The organizers of Wichita’s biggest and longest-running festival say the event this year’s attendance numbers saw an increase of over 30,000 from last year.

Great Turnout for Manchester River Days - Mix 94.7 KMCH

It was a great turnout for Manchester River Days this past weekend. The three-day festival kicked off Thursday night with the City of Manchester’s ‘Music on the Maquoketa’ summer music series at Riverfront Park. Chamber Director Laura Holtz says a ton of people came out to enjoy live music from The Detour Band. https://kmch.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2025/06/Recap-River-1.mp3   River Days continued Friday night with the Country Cruisers’ S…

Riverfest Struggles to Keep Gospelfest

When BreAnna Monk was hired as the CEO of Wichita Festivals, Inc. in January, it was good news for her and Wichita’s African-American community.  She had been appointed to head up the largest community event in Kansas. Wichita’s Black community was proud. They were also hopeful.They hoped the festival’s first African-American female CEO would bring fresh energy to a festival long celebrated — but not always embraced — by Wichita’s Black communit…