Best Date Night Ideas in Wichita
These Wichita date night ideas are more than just a list of Wichita restaurants and movie theaters – our comprehensive guide offers 100+ ideas for every budget.
Think you’ve run out of Wichita date night ideas? Think again! Just click on the categories below for Wichita date night suggestions for every kind of couple, girls night out or family adventure!
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Dates for Aviation Lovers
- Attend the Fly Kansas Air Tour
- Visit the Kansas Aviation Museum
- Check out the aircraft memorabilia at Hangar 1 Steakhouse & enjoy dinner and drinks while watching planes take off and land from the 3rd story bar
- Drive 45 minutes northwest to the Airport Steakhouse and dine while smaller aircraft fly in & out
- Head to Stearman Field in Benton for a fly in, or to enjoy dinner, drinks, and live music at the Stearman Field Bar & Grill
- Are you up for a road trip? Check out the Top 8 Air & Space Museums in Kansas
Dates for Adventurous Couples
- Give ax-throwing a shot at Kiss My Axe or Blade & Timber
- Take an evening float down the Arkansas River with ICT River Rides
- Test your problem solving skills & see if you can break out of one of Wichita’s escape rooms: The Room Wichita | Entrap Games
- Get SCUBA certified at Adventure Sports or Amber Waves Diving Company
- Channel your inner Katniss and take a class at Diamond Archery
- Test your balance & rent kayaks or paddle boards to cruise on the river with Boats & Bikes at River Vista
- Visit the range for some target practice at Bullet Stop or Bullseye
- Train to do a 5k, 10k, half-marathon together
- Play modern treasure hunters and go geocaching
- If lawn games are more your style, head to Chicken N Pickle for cornhole, giant Jenga, pickleball, and ice skating (winter only).
- Top Golf Wichita offers driving ranges, games, and private driving range bays as well as a full bar & restaurant.
- Go roller skating at Carousel or brave the ice at Wichita Ice Center! In winter, Chicken N Pickle also has an outdoor ice skating rink.
Dates for Animal Lovers
- Get up close and personal at Sedgwick County Zoo, Tanganyika Wildlife Park or the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit in Riverside Park
- Volunteer at the Kansas Humane Society or Beauties & Beasts
- Grab your pups and head to one of these Wichita dog parks
- Go horseback riding at one of these Wichita-area stables
- Volunteer for the Wichita Animal Action League
- Spend a night at Hedrick’s Exocitc Animal Farm and Bed & Breakfast (or just take a tour!)
- Attend a fundraising event: Zoobilee or Woofstock
Dates for Art Enthusiasts
- Attend WAM Nights at Wichita Art Museum, open until 9 on Fridays free gallery access, engaging programs every week, and happy hour or dinner at 1400.
- Put on some comfy shoes and support local artist at a First Friday art crawl
- BYOB to Paint the Towne and create your own masterpieces
- Take a photography, painting, drawing or pottery class together at Mark Arts
- Grab a coffee and head to the galleries at Ulrich Museum of Art, CityArts or Wichita Center for the Arts – all of which are FREE!
- Get out of town and visit Coutts Art Museum in El Dorado, Infinity Art Glass in Benton or Karg Art Glass in Kechi
- Take a walking tour of the bronze Sculptures on Douglas in downtown Wichita
- Supports the arts in Wichita by joining The Murdock Society
Dates for Bookworms
- Enjoy the smell of REAL books (remember those?) while browsing Wichita’s best local book stores
- If your library card hasn’t seen the light of day in a decade or two, put it to good use at the Wichita Public Library
- Attend a production of Shakespeare in the Park
- Track down one of Wichita’s many Little Free Libraries and snag a new read (be sure to bring an old one to leave in its place!)
- Join (or start) a Book Club
- Attend a reading and book signing by a visiting author
- Write your own autobiographical love story together and have it bound as a book (at a site like The Book Patch or Blurb) for your children and grandchildren to enjoy
- Participate the 2024 #READICT challenge
Dates for DIY Couples
- Get a sitter, some cold drinks, and tackle a DIY home project you’ve been putting off (maybe paint your master bedroom or stain the deck?)
- Spruce up your landscaping
- Make “state string art” outlining your state and using a heart for the city where you live, got married, etc.
- Plant a vegetable garden in the spring/summer and can your veggies for winter
- Take an upholstery class and give your old furniture a fresh look
- Attend a free DIY workshop at Home Depot
- Enroll in a fun, homework-free WSU Community Education DIY class
Dates for Foodies
- Make a resservation at one of the Top 10 Most Romantic Restaurants in Wichita
- Wake up early and visit a Farmer’s Market for fresh, local food
- Make it a brunch date at one of our favorite breakfast spots in Wichita
- If the weather is nice, find one of Wichita’s best patios
- Enroll in a fun cooking class together
- Take a cooking, wine, or mixology class through Wichita State’s community education program
Stay-At-Home Date Ideas
- Pitch a tent and have your own backyard camp-out
- Put the kids to bed and cook fancy dinner just for the two of you
- Have a picnic by the fireplace
- Play video games
- Plan an 80s/90s movie marathon
- Create a dessert buffet and skip dinner altogether
- Have a TED Talk Marathon
Date Ideas for History Buffs
Check off all the museums & attractions on our Wichita (& more!) History Bucket List:
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Allen-Lambe House
- Great Plains Transportation Museum
- Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology at WSU
- Kansas African American Museum
- Kansas Aviation Museum
- Kansas Firefighters Museum
- Kansas Oil Museum in El Dorado
- Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
- Keeper of the Plains
- Mid-America All-Indian Center
- Museum of World Treasures
- Old Cowtown Museum
- Great Plains Renaissance Festival
- Douglas Avenue Sculptures
- Find all 16 memorials at Veterans Memorial Park on the river
- Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum
Dates for Nature Nuts
- Check the calendar at Great Plains Nature Center and enjoy a Full Moon Walk
- Stroll through the gardens at Botanica
- Attend an awesome event at Sedgwick County Zoo
- Go apple, peach or berry picking at a local orchard or farm in season
- Give geocaching a try
- Go stargazing
- Grab your binoculars & field guide and go birding
- Go fishing
- Check out our favorite spots to go camping and hiking near Wichita
Dates for Penny Pinchers
- Take a stroll along the river and watch the “Ring of Fire” at the Keeper of the Plains
- Pick up coffee to go & enjoy a long talk (if it’s cold) or walk (if it’s nice outside)
- Visit the FREE the galleries at Ulrich Museum of Art, CityArts, Wichita Center for the Arts or Wichita Art Museum
- Give geocaching a try
- Go stargazing
- Check Ballet Wichita’s calendar for upcoming Ballet in the Park performances
- Wake up early and visit a Farmer’s Market for fresh, local food
- Build a family time capsule
- Bust out the board games
- Grab coffee at one of our favorite spots & go for a walk
- Pitch a tent for a backyard campout or make S’mores in the fireplace
- Head to one of Wichita’s arcades, bowling alleys, or mini golf courses
Dates for Science Geeks
- Get a membership at GoCreate, the makerspace on WSU’s Innovation Campus
- Get certified to use the 3D printers at the Wichita Public Library
- Spend an afternoon at Exploration Place
- Blast off to the Kansas Cosmosphere or Strataca Salt Museum in Hutchinson (and check out our guide to Hutch for more to do while you’re there!)
- Pick up a bottle of wine and dive into one of the many science & nature documentaries on Netflix or Disney+
- Are you up for a road trip? Check out the Top 8 Air & Space Museums in Kansas
Overnights & Weekends
Book a night or two at one of these Wichita favorites for more Wichita date night ideas:
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Check out our posts on day trips from Wichita for more mini-getaway ideas:
Uniquely Wichita
- Visit The Workroom and pick up some new #FlagSwag for your home, office or closet!
- Grab your friends for a game of Wichita-Opoly – yes, it’s a thing!
- Don’t miss First Fridays and Second Saturdays
- Attend WAM Nights at Wichita Art Museum, open until 9 on Fridays free gallery access, engaging programs every week, and happy hour or dinner at 1400.
- Visit the Keeper of the Plains and watch the Ring of Fire (and don’t forget to find the Wichita troll!)
- Step back in time at Old Cowtown Museum to see Wichita in its infancy!
- If you’re up for a road trip, check out our Kansas Bucket List
These are wonderful ideas! You make my job as a matchmaker easier, reminding me of great date activities and venues I can arrange for my clients! Much appreciated!!