Festival Friday

Start your summer off right and visit the Ordway for the official beginning of the Flint Hills Family Festival Family Weekend! With music, dancing, activities, and food, there is something to please everyone in the family.


Free to attend

Outdoor performances

Families dancing at the Flint Hills Family Festival's 2023 Strings & Salsa Night. Photo by Laura Alpizar.

On Friday night, the park surrounding the Ordway comes to life with free, family-friendly acts! Bring your whole family for spectacular performances, live DJing, wandering puppet artists, face-painting, and more!

On stage at the Flint Hills Family Festival. Photo by Laura Alpizar.
Youth pose in front of large "St PL" sign representing Saint Paul at the Flint Hills Family Festival 2025. Photo by Laura Alpizar.
Child participating in crafts at the Flint Hills Family Festival 2023. Photo by Laura Alpizar.
Child at the Flint Hills Family Festival. Photo by Laura Alpizar.
NOOMA, an opera for babies at the 2025 Flint Hills Family Festival. Photo by Laura Alpizar.

Free to enjoy

Activities

A youth jumps during an outdoor activity at the Flint Hills Family Festival 2025. Photo by Laura Alpizar.

Learn and create at the Festival! During the Flint Hills Family Festival weekend, Rice Park—just across from the Ordway—bustles with fun, free art-making activities, educational games, and more.