Check out events coming to our area.
Purple Power Play
Date/Time: September 1
Place: Blue Earth Plaza
AMP: First Friday Jazz Series featuring Andy Bell’s Funky Smooth Jazz
Date/Time: September 1
Place: Auntie Mae’s Parlor
MAC: Mr. Direction Jazz Band
Date/Time: September 1
Place: Manhattan Arts Center
Parks & Rec It “Discussions with the Director”
Date/Time: September 1
Place: Recreation Centers
Cars and Coffee: Corvette Day
Date/Time: September 2
Place: Midwest Dream Car Collection
Arts and Sciences Education Abroad Expo
Date/Time: September 6
Place: Hale Library, KSU
K-State Garden Hour: Seed Saving from Your Garden
Date/Time: September 6
Place: Virtual Event
Fall 2023 Architecturally Speaking Lecture
Date/Time: September 7
Place: JP’s Union, KSU
MPL: Yoga and Feng Shui: Intentional Design for a Home of Comfort and Ease
Date/Time: September 7
Place: Manhattan Public Library
McCain Performance Series: Diamond Rio
Date/Time: September 8
Place: McCain Auditorium, KSU
The PRESS: Pretty in Pink Big Brothers, Big Sisters Fundraiser
Date/Time: September 8
Place: The PRESS
Reading by Fiction Writer Kij Johnson
Date/Time: September 8
Place: Student Union, KSU
Coffee Hour: Azerbaijan
Date/Time: September 8
Place: International Student Center and Zoom, KSU
Bat with a Cat
Date/Time: September 10
Place: Tointon Family Stadium
Grandparents Day @ Sunset Zoo
Date/Time: September 10
Place: Sunset Zoo
MPL: Tech Drop In (By Appt Only)
Date/Time: September 11
Place: Douglas Activity Center
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Experience AI Text Generation Workshop
Date/Time: September 12
Place: Hale Library, KSU
MPL: Chess Night
Date/Time: September 12
Place: Manhattan Public Library
AMP: Happy Sleepy Dead with Nirvana Hope
Date/Time: September 14
Place: Auntie Mae’s Parlor
McCain Performance Series: Capitol Fools
Date/Time: September 15
Place: McCain Auditorium, KSU
Flint Hills Praisefest 2023
Date/Time: September 15
Place: Cico Park
MPL: Park(ing) Day
Date/Time: September 16
Place: Manhattan Public Library
0.5K Slug “Run”
Date/Time: September 16
Place: Midwest Dream Car Collection
32nd Annual Yard Art Classics Car Club: Cars in the Park
Date/Time: September 16
Place: City Park
King Kat Tournament Trail
Date/Time: September 16
Place: Tuttle Creek State Lake
Movies on the Grass: “Betrayed: Surviving an American Concentration Camp”
Date/Time: September 17
Place: Bosco Plaza, KSU
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11th Annual Konza 25K & 10K
Date/Time: September 17
Place: Konza Prairie Nature Trail
9th Annual Little Apple Duck Dash
Date/Time: September 17
Place: A&H Farms
Riley County Genealogical Society Pie Party
Date/Time: September 17
Place: Riley County Genealogical Society
Wabash on the Prairie
Date/Time: September 17
Place: Lazy T Ranch Adventures & Guest House
MPL: Tech Drop In (By Appt Only)
Date/Time: September 18
Place: Riley County Senior Center
AMP: Billy Wayne Davis
Date/Time: September 18
Place: Auntie Mae’s Parlor
“Off the Reservation: Chief Standing Bear and Riley County” Talk by Ron Wilson
Date/Time: September 19
Place: Lazy T Ranch Adventures & Guest House
AMP: Pie & Cocktails with Therapie!
Date/Time: September 19
Place: Auntie Mae’s Parlor
MPL: Tech Drop In (By Appt Only)
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community
MCC: Leadership Breakfast
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Manhattan Christian College
Mural Mosey
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Downtown
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Parks & Rec It “Discussions with the Director”
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Recreation Centers
Third Thursday
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Downtown
MPL: Humanities Kansas Presents: Voices of Japanese “War Brides” in Postwar Kansas
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Manhattan Public Library
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AMP: Nathan Page’s Underground Guitar Pull
Date/Time: September 21
Place: Auntie Mae’s Parlor
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The PRESS: Eric’s B-Day Rock Show
Date/Time: September 22
Place: The PRESS
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Brew at the Zoo
Date/Time: September 22
Place: Sunset Zoo
McCain Performance Series: Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Date/Time: September 22
Place: McCain Auditorium, KSU
MCC: Golf Classic
Date/Time: September 22
Place: Colbert Hills Golf Course
MAC: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Date/Time: September 22-24
Place: Manhattan Arts Center
Open Hood Sunday
Date/Time: September 24
Place: Midwest Dream Car Collection
Time and Space – KSU Faculty Showcase Series
Date/Time: September 25
Place: Trinity Church
McCain Performance Series: Jazz Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Date/Time: September 26
Place: McCain Auditorium, KSU
MPL: Chess Night
Date/Time: September 27
Place: Manhattan Public Library
Hale Library Concert Series: Bach in Leipzig
Date/Time: September 27
Place: Hale Library, KSU
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MAC: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Date/Time: September 29-October 1
Place: Manhattan Arts Center
49th Annual Pumpkin Patch Arts and Craft Festival
Date/Time: September 30
Place: Manhattan Town Center and Downtown Poyntz
Bingo Night
Date/Time: September 30
Place: Tuttle Creek State Park and Wildlife Area
Free Shred Event
Date/Time: September 30
Place: K-State Credit Union
Walk to End Alzheimers
Date/Time: September 30
Place: Wefald Pavilion, City Park
Manhattan Public Library Weekly Events:
+ Baby and Toddler Storytime
+ Family Storytime
+ Teen Time
+ Yack and Yarn
+ Summer Kid Clubs​
MHS Athletics & Activities
Varsity Football
Sept 1 vs. Derby
Sept 16 vs. Hays
Sept 29 vs. Emporia
Varsity Volleyball
Sept 14 - Mill Valley Dual
Sept 21 vs. Salina Central/Emporia
Sept 26 vs. Junction City/Hays
Sept 30 – League Tournament
Varsity Boys Soccer
Sept 12 vs. Wichita South
Sept 21 vs. Washburn Rural
Sept 28 vs. Emporia
Varsity Cross Country
Sept 2 - Manhattan Invitational
Varsity Girls Tennis
Sept 12 vs. Washburn Rural/Marysville/Chapman
KSU Athletics
Football @ the Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Sept 2 vs. SEMO
Sept 9 vs. Troy
Sept 23 vs. UFC
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Women’s Soccer @ the Buser Family Park
Sept 3 vs. Nebraska
Sept 7 vs. Memphis
Sept 10 vs. Oral Roberts
Sept 14 vs. Cincinnati
Volleyball @ the Morgan Family Arena
Sept 1 vs. Omaha
Sept 3 vs. Nebraska
Sept 14 vs. LIU
Sept 16 vs. Rice
Sept 21 vs. TCU
Sept 22 vs. TCU
Sept 27 vs. West Virginia
Sept 30 vs. Cincinnati
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Men’s Golf @ Colbert Hills Golf Course
Sept 17 – Wildcat Invitational
Regional Events:
Labor Weekend Festival at Milford Lake!
Date/Time: September 1
Place: Milford
Little Balkans Days Festival
Date/Time: September 1-3
Place: Pittsburg
Tony Tone and Friends
Date/Time: September 2
Place: C.L. Hoover Opera House, Junction City
Kelley Hunt Live
Date/Time: September 8
Place: C.L. Hoover Opera House, Junction City
6th Annual Brandon Stroda Fishing Derby
Date/Time: September 8
Place: Homer’s Pond, Junction City
Kansas State Fair
Date/Time: September 8-17
Place: Hutchinson
51st Annual Walnut Valley Festival
Date/Time: September 13
Place: Winfield
6th Annual Oktoberfest
Date/Time: September 15
Place: Abilene
2023 Kansas Book Festival
Date/Time: September 16
Place: Topeka
Paxico Blues Fest
Date/Time: September 16
Place: Paxico
Broken Wing Ranch Ministries’ Fall Festival
Date/Time: September 23
Place: Junction City
2023 Fall Apple Day
Date/Time: September 30
Place: Artillery Parade Field, Sturgis Field, Tuttle Park, & Cavalry Parade Field
Ghost Hunting with the Cast of OZ Murder Mystery
Date/Time: September 29
Place: The Columbian Theatre, Wamego
OZ Murder Mystery
Date/Time: September 29-30
Place: The Columbian Theatre, Wamego
