Events
3rd Annual Abilene Boutique Crawl
September 1, 2022
Join us for our 3rd annual boutique crawl! Enjoy a girls' night out while shopping at our local stores. There will be grab bags with some awesome prizes for the first 50 people. Fill out a blackout...
Chisholm Trail Days
September 2, 2022 to September 3, 2022
Celebrate the historic cattle trail at the end of the Chisholm Trail. Friday Night Karaoke 8 pm -12am yard games, drinks, snacks Saturday night 10am - 5pm $5 fee (under 5 yrs. free) Kid...
Great Plains Theatre presents: BASKERVILLE A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
September 9, 2022 to September 25, 2022
The classic literary character of Sherlock Holmes is teamed up once again with John Watson and over 40 other characters to solve a kooky and educational whodunnit. “Elementary, my dear Watson,...
Abilene Oktoberfest
September 17, 2022
Abilene Oktoberfest is excited for its 5th annual Oktoberfest held in Downtown Abilene. Enjoy German Dancers, music, authentic German food and rinks. This year we will have three beer gardens and...
Heritage Days at the Dickinson County Heritage Center
September 30, 2022 to October 1, 2022
The annual Heritage Day Festival features a living history with the blacksmith and antique agriculture demonstrations, steam engine carousel rides, an antique tractor show, a classic car show, model...
Wild West Gravel Fest
October 8, 2022
Wild West Gravel Fest is a gravel bike race in Dickinson County, KS. The 50-mile distance allows racers that are new to gravel to get their feet wet (dirty!) The 125-mile race will take racers on an...
Tombstone Talks
October 29, 2022
Tombstone Talks is going to be held within the Abilene Cemetery. This fun activity takes you from tombstone to tombstone. Where someone will be portraying an individual from the past. Six people have...
Pink Friday
November 18, 2022
We've all heard of Black Friday, American Express Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, but what about Pink Friday? Pink Friday is a small business spin on the traditional Black...
Great Plains Theatre presents: THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER
December 2, 2022 to December 18, 2022
This Holiday treat will have you leaving the theatre with warm fuzzies about a story of the Great Lakes voyages of Christmas Tree ships and a family’s positive spirit to share the power of classic...
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Old-Fashioned Christmas
December 3, 2022 to December 4, 2022
Enjoy children's crafts in the Kellogg one-room schoolhouse, sip hot chocolate in Burklund's Grocery Store, ride the 1901 C.W. Parker Carousel, hear Christmas music from three live bands, visit Santa...
Cowtown Christmas
December 3, 2022 to December 4, 2022
Visit Abilene December 3-4, 2022 for the Heritage Homes Association’s Homes for the Holidays Tour, enjoy an Old Fashioned Christmas at the Dickinson County Heritage Center and Old Abilene Town, tour...
45th Heritage Homes Association's Homes for the Holidays Tour
December 3, 2022 to December 4, 2022
2022 Tour information coming soon!