Fall & Halloween Events for Teens & Adults in Wichita 2023

Halloween isn’t just for kids – leave the little ones at home and indulge in some spooky grown-up fun! For more family fun this autumn, don’t forget to check out our Ultimate Guide to Fall & Halloween Events in Wichita!

23rd Annual Great Plains Renaissance & Scottish Festival

Sedgwick County Park {6501 W. 21st St}
Sep 30-Oct 1
Tickets: $15

Come one, come all to the 23rd Annual Fall Great Plains Renaissance and Scottish Festival! Wichita’s long standing fall tradition returns September 30th and October 1st, 2023 in Sedgwick County Park. Aye, there’ll be jests and jousts, falconry and fire breathing, damsels and daredevils, bagpipes and belly dancers, singing pirates, The Wichita Highland Games, Celtic music, kings and queens, Vikings and vagabonds, Kansas Authors Pavilion/renaissance in reading, fairies and fairy tales, fantastic artists, the siege engine competition marvelous merchants and much, much more!

Boos and Brews

Old Cowtown Museum {1865 W. Museum Blvd}
Sept 29th, 7pm

Enjoy an evening of ghosts, fun and brews at Old Cowtown!

Wicked Island

OJ Watson Park {3022 S. Mclean}
Friday and Saturdays in October, 8pm-midnight
$20-30

The Campbells have been haunting Wichita and its surrounding areas since 2012. They offer an ever changing treacherous walk-through a wooded island where your nightmares may become reality.

Tallgrass Film Festival

Orpheum Theatre {200 N. Broadway}
October 5-8
Tickets: $50-$259

Join us in downtown Wichita for the 21st Annual Tallgrass Film Festival.

Haunted Hops

Botanica {701 Amidon Street}
October 12th, 6-10pm

Join us for the First Haunted Hops at Botanica on Thursday, October 12, 2023 from 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Take a stroll through the haunted gardens while sipping on more than 15 spooky-themed craft beers and hard ciders provided by local and regional breweries. There will also be signature cocktails, mocktails and seasonal brews available throughout the gardens. Guests can sample small bites while enjoying live music by Annie Up and DJ Carbon. For football enthusiasts, there will also be several spaces around the gardens to watch the Chiefs vs. Broncos game. Not only does your Haunted Hops ticket give you access to a delightfully spooky craft beer event, but you also get to experience Botanica’s Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. This includes the Haunted Woodland Walk, fire dancers, aerial acrobatics, a petting zoo and over 1,000 carved Jack-o-lanterns.

Haunted Hangar

B29 DOC Hangar {1788 S. Airport Road}
October 13th

Celebrate spooky season at the B29 DOC Hangar with a 21 and over bash! Join us for an unforgettable night at the Haunted Hangar! Get ready to experience spine-chilling thrills and hair-raising scares on Fri Oct 13, 2023 at The B29 DOC Hangar. This eerie event features a heart-pounding soundtrack from the Legendary DJ Carbon that will leave you screaming for more on the dance floor. Come face-to-face with ghouls and ghosts as they entertain you with special live performances throughout the night. Uncover delicious dark secrets at the bar with venomous signature drinks, a well appointed full bar, and tasty bar snacks. Don’t miss out on this bone-chilling extravaganza that will send shivers down your spine. Grab your friends and prepare for a night of terror. Are you brave enough to enter the Haunted Hangar? See you there!

ICT Bloktoberfest

Historic Union Station {701 E. Douglas}
October 13-14th

One of Wichita’s biggest celebrations! A local block party with traditional Oktoberfest flair. FREE TO ATTEND. It’s a party for EVERYONE! Free event grounds admission, with plenty to see and do. Tickets are required for BEER FEST: Naftzger Park will be transformed into a GIANT Biergarten (beer garden) and taken over by music, food, games, and lots of Beer!

Echoes of Fear

Old Cowtown Museum {1865 W. Museum Blvd}
October 27-28th, 7pm

Cowtown’s SUPER SCARY Halloween party with spooky displays and photo ops. Come in costume! Ages 18 and up, 21 to drink.

Halloween Bar Crawl

October 27-28th, 4pm-???

Costume contest, drink specials, after party and more!

Spooky! Night of Treasures 2023

Museum of World Treasures {835 E. 1st Street}
October 27th, 6-10pm

The Museum of World Treasures invites you to join us in celebrating our beautifully dark and mysterious world in a fun and spooky way! Proceeds from this event go to support the educational mission of the Museum of World Treasures.


Meaghan Koci
Meaghan wears many hats throughout the day: wife to husband of fifteen years, Jeremy, mom to two incredible children, Jacob and Aliza, legal assistant, foster parent, and surrogate. A Wichita native, she met her husband at K-State (Go State!) and they moved from coast (Los Angeles, CA) to coast (Manchester, NH and Groton, CT) before settling back down in Kansas. She is a big fan of her crock pots, has read more than a novel a day for the last five years, and crochets in her “spare” time.