Sep 26 Saturday
Come one, come all to the Great Plains Renaissance Festival -- no time machine required!
Jousts and jests, knights and knaves, bagpipes and blacksmiths, fire breathers, pirates, fairies and more will be on site for two days of celebration. HUZZAH!
Younger time travelers can meet the king and queen, play games, get their faces painted and join in activities throughout the festival.
Come hungry: festival fare includes turkey legs, mead, grog and other eats and drinks fit for a day of wandering the kingdom.
The show goes on rain or shine!
Sep 27 Sunday
Pratt Community College alumni Kelley Elder will portray Mark Twain, famed American author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” and “Live on the Mississippi” from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27 in Carpenter Auditorium.
Join us for the opening of the Catrina Dress Exhibit at Arts in the Sunset at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4.
This FREE exhibition brings together a collection of Catrina dresses and costumes from the Adult and Kids Catrina Costume Contests featured during the past three years of the Día de Muertos Festival of Amarillo.
See up close the creativity, craftsmanship, and tradition behind some of the Catrinas that have taken the stage at the festival, from elaborate adult designs to imaginative creations worn by our youngest Catrinas.
The exhibit opens Friday, September 4 and will remain on display through Friday, October 9.
Come celebrate the artistry of La Catrina and revisit three years of Día de Muertos Festival memories.
Sep 28 Monday
Join the Pratt Community Concert Series for a rip-roaring 70’s house party on a Saturday night in 1979 featuring piano, drums, guitar, bass and vocals.
Jim and his friends have been practicing for the talent show at school and are ready to perform hits like “Midnight At The Oasis,” “Bad Bad Leroy Brown,” “Killing Me Softly,” “Tie A Yellow Ribbon,” and many, many more!
Community concert season-ticket holders, and members of the Southwest Kansas Community Concert Series, get to enjoy reciprocal tickets to the full schedule of shows this 2026/2027 season at Pratt, Hutchinson, Great Bend and Liberal. Consider becoming a member!
Sep 29 Tuesday
Sep 30 Wednesday
Oct 01 Thursday
Oct 02 Friday
Coffee and cuties is for explorers 5 years and younger with their caregiver.
Our education team offers science-based entertainment for kids while caregivers can take the opportunity to sit back and relax with Roasters Coffee!
A different theme every month makes story time and activities different and exciting for your little learners each visit.
October's theme: creepy crawlies!