Events

Calendared Events

June 30 - 3rd Annual BBQ Competition and Crooked Kids BBQ Party

July 25 - September 26 - Crossroads Fountain Show, 9:00pm, weekly on Tuesdays

July 27-September 14 - (every Thursday) - Eats & Beats, 6:30-8:30pm, Evergy Plaza, These concerts will spread the capacity of Evergy Plaza and will include music on Capital Federal on 7th Stage, food trucks, and beer gardens surrounding the event.

July 27 - August 12 - West Side Story, Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy

July 28 - August 6 - Disney’s Descendants: The Musical, Topeka Civic Theatre and Academy

July 28 - Boz Scaggs and Keb’ Mo, 7:00pm, Topeka Performing Arts Center

July 28 - July 30 - For the Culture KS Fest, Evergy Plaza

August 4 - First Friday Music at Redbud Park: Big Rick and the Soul’d Out Band, Redbud Park, NOTO

August 5 - Topeka Taco and Margarita Festival, Stormont Vail Events Center

August 11 - India Mela 2023, 6:00pm - 10:00pm, Evergy Plaza

August 11 - 13 - Menards NHRA Nationals, Heartland Park Topeka

August 16 - Summertime Blues @Gage Park: Howard Maham Band, Gage Park Amphitheater

August 25 - 26 - Big 94.5 Country PRCA Rodeo, Saddle Club Arena, 7341 NW Toepka Blvd.

September 9-11 - Huff’n Puff, Mount Hope Balloon field

September 17 - Paxico Blues Festival, Paxico KS

September 23 - 24 - Topeka Cider Days Festival, Kansas Expocenter

October 21 - 22 - Maple Leaf Festival, Baldwin KS

September 29 - October 31 - Gary’s Berries Fall Festival, Grantville, KS

Places to Go

Downtown Farmer’s Market, Saturdays, 7am - noon, SW 6th and Harrison Street.

Brown Vs. Board, Tuesday- Friday, 9am-5pm, 1515 SE Monroe Street https://www.nps.gov/brvb/index.htm

Old Prairie Town & Ward-Meade Botanical Garden (closed Wednesdays), 8am-8pm, 124 NW Fillmore Street, https://Parks.snco.us/ facilities/facility/Details/28

Kansas Museum of History, Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-4pm, 6425 SW 6th Ave, https://www.kshs.org/museum (museum currently closed for construction)

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Monday-Saturday, 9am - 9pm, Sunday noon- 9pm, https://tscpl.org/

Topeka Zoo, open everyday, 9am-5pm, 635 SW Gage Blvd, https://topekazoo.org/, (cost)