Season Returns with Jeff Davidson in Quinter!

 WPAA’s first performance to begin the second half of this season will feature Jeff Davidson. The public performance will be at the Quinter High School Auditorium at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 25th.  Admission will be by WPAA season ticket or at the door.
There will be a school presentation in the Quinter H.S. Auditorium on Monday, Jan 26th at 9:00 and then one at noon at the Oakley H.S. Auditorium for Oakley Elementary. School performances are free to all who attend.    
 Jeff Davidson is bringing the history of the Santa Fe Trail to life through song, stories and pictures. The man behind the music has more than 30 years of experience, 25 of those years Jeff Davidson spent as an

WPAA Holiday Program Coming to Oakley!

 “Christmas in Killarney” is the WPAA holiday season program this year. It will be held FRIDAY, December 5th at the Oakley high school auditorium starting at 7:30 pm. 
Admission to the show can be purchased at the door or by WPAA season tickets.  We would like to thank all the area sponsors. This project is also generously funded by the Logan County Community Foundation and the Dane G Hansen Foundation. Additionally, sponsored in part by the state of Kansas through the Kansas Arts  Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Carl Acuff Jr. with the music of Glen Campbell!

Coming to Hoxie High School auditorium November 23rd at 3:00 PM, the next WPAA program will feature Carl Acuff Jr. with the music of Glen Campbell. 
Admission to the show can be purchased at the door or by WPAA season tickets.  We would like to thank all the area sponsors.This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.  Also the Sheridan County Community Foundation along with Dane G Hansen Foundation are helping fund this project. And Sponsored in part by the state of Kansas through the Kansas Arts  Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.  You are also invited to a short Question and Answer session after the show ends for all those who would like to participate.

AmeriCoustic Coming to Colby!

 The AmeriCoustic is coming to the Cultural Arts Center on the Colby College campus Sunday, November 9th at 3:00 PM. Admission can be bought at the door or by WPAA season tickets. We would like to thank our area sponsors along with the Dane G. Hansen Foundation for their support.

For over 20 years, award-winning television host Dan Miller has brought his unique brand of music, humor, western history and poetry to audiences from around the globe. With Dan on lead vocals, guitar and harmonica, and Wendy Corr singing lead and harmony vocals and playing the bass guitar and fiddle, Dan Miller’s AmeriCoustic is first-class, wholesome family entertainment. But this is not just a western music production. The duo presents a variety of song stylings, from traditional western fare such as “Back In the

Wichita Children's Theatre to visit surrounding areas!

 

At these WPAA shows, Wichita Children's Theatre Professional Touring Company will present "The Three Little Pigs" to many area schools. We meet the three Pigs as they have a family meeting and decide that it's time they moved out of their mom's house and started lives of their own. One by one they meet up with a kindly merchant who sells them materials to build their new homes.

This program will be presented October 20th at 8:30 a.m. in Quinter. 12:30 p.m. in Hoxie. On October 21st at 9:00

Philip Daniel to Perform in Northwest Kansas

 Philip Daniel, film/dance composer and touring artist from Lincoln, Nebraska will be the next WPAA artist in concert. He will do school workshops for students in St. Francis at 10:00 a.m. and Colby at 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, October 16th. The evening of the 16th, he will perform a concert in the Cultural Arts Center in Colby for the general public. The workshops and the concert will be free to all those in attendance thanks to the

Sons of the Pioneers Coming on Sunday, October 12th!

Oakley High School auditorium will be the WPAA next program with THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS, returning to entertain.  The program will start at 3 PM. Tickets will be available to purchase at the door or by WPAA season ticket which can also be purchased that day at the door.

We thank Dane G. Hansen and Logan County Community Foundation for their grants for this program along with area sponsors.

The Sons of the Pioneers, the most influential and revered of all western music groups, celebrate an unparalleled 91 continuous years of performance, thrilling audiences with enchanting harmonies and picturesque images of the majestic American West. In 2025, the legendary group extends its remarkable run through nine decades, carrying the legacy of the outfit’s landmark, Grammy-honored music to new ears. Originals like “Cool Water,” “Tumbling Tumbleweeds,” and “The Timber Trail” have come to define western music itself and are also deeply rooted in American culture. When Roy Rogers (then Leonard Slye) and gifted songwriters Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer