Tuesday Apr 29
- Semester’s End Concert – Symphonic Band, Instrumental Jazz, & Annual Student Art Exhibition, 7 p.m. at the Stringer Fine Arts Center. Doors open at 6:30. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students, and free with college ID for HutchCC students and staff
Wednesday Apr 30
- “Common Ground,” 6:30 p.m. in the Shears Technology Center on the Hutchinson Community College campus. Common Ground is a documentary on how farmers are restoring soil through Regenerative Farming methods and explains how soil health is the key to unlocking more and better food to feed America and the world while limiting the amount of climate heating. Presented by Earth Matters. For more information about the film, visit the Common Ground Film website. There is no charge to attend
Thursday May 1
- Clubhouse Giving Day 2025, 9:30 – 3:30 at Milestone Clubhouse, 206 N Main St. The clubhouse’s main fundraising event. Grilled hot dogs, chips and a dessert avaiblae for a $3 suggested donation. Raffles for multiple gift baskets and gift cards to local businesses. The clubhouse will be open for tours. For more information, visit the event’s Facebook page
- “Sail On: The Beach Boys Tribune,” 7 p.m. at Memorial Hall. Part of the Community Concert Association series. 2025-2026 Memberbship Season Tickets are now on sale. Purchase them online or download and print a form and mail in a check at Hutchinson Community Concert Association/Memberships. TNew memberships are available from concert workers or at First National Bank at Sherman and Main, Wednesday, April 30, Thursday, May 1 and Friday, May 2 during banking hours
Friday May 2
- Astronaut Nicole Stott “Space for Art” book signing and film screening, 6 p.m. at the Cosmosphere. Former NASA astronaut Nicole Scott will sign her book “Back to Earth” (available to purchase in the Cosmosphere gift store) beginning at 6 p.m. in the planetarium lobby, followed by a screening of the film “Space for Art” in the Justice Planetarium. The book signing begins at 6 and the film at 7. Seating is limited ot 110 people and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission to the film screening is free
Saturday May 3
- The Reno County Farmers Market is celebrating 40 years in 2025, beginning May 3 – October, they will be open every Saturday, 7:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m., and Wednesdays, 10 – 1, at the Farmers Market Pavilion, 103 West 2nd Avenue
- “Hats and Horses” Kentucky Derby Party, in the 1861 Club building on the Kansas State Fairgrounds. For more information, go to their website, email info@ksfgf.org, or call 620.615.7388
- Hutchinson Regional Airport Fly-In and Open House, 8 – 4 at the Hutchinson Regional Airport, 1100 Airport Road. Multiple activities. Check the event’s Facebook page for the schedule
- United. Read. Connect!, 11 – 1, at DCI Park, 208 North Main Street. A free family-friendly event with booths and activities from United Way of Reno County, the Hutchinson Public Library, local non-profits and businesses. New free Scholastic books for young readers, read to a therapy dog or local celebrity, Tough-A-Truck with the Hutchinson Fire Department and the Hutchinson Police Department, and bounce houses
- Cinco de Mayo Festival, noon to 4 in George Pyle Park, Avenue B and Poplar Street. Free admission. Carnival games, bounce houses, food vendors, taco and hot pepper eating contests, Mexican folkloric dancing and live music
- Nonpartisan Rally for Democracy, 2-3 at Crescent Park, 17th Avenue and Main Street
- Murder in the Mine, 5 p.m. at Strataca, 3650 Avenue G. A Who Done It mystery dinner theater. Locally catered dinner and a cash bara are available. Tickets are $70 for individuals and $500 for a table of 8. The show is intended for adults and you must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink. You must show ID at check-in. Adult humor-oriented. For more information about the event length, check-in times, and to purchase tickets, visit the ticket purchase page
- “The Association and the Cowsills,” 7:30 p.m. at the Fox Theatre. Part of the Fox Live Series. For more information and to purchase tickets online, visit the event page on the Fox Theatre website
To have an event listed on the calendar, please email glong@hutchtribune.com
