2008 Wichita River Festival Concerts

Musical Entertainment

Thursday, May 15

Team Kansas Toyota Food Court Stage at Century II

11:30 am Moreland and Arbuckle
4:00 pm Henry Walker & The Regents
6:00 pm Soul Meets Jazz
8:00 pm Seven Year Itch

Big Easy

Kennedy Plaza Stage
Rain Location: Century II Exhibition Hall
Gates open at 4:00 pm
Riverfest Button Required
4:30 pm Buskers performing gypsy, jazz, roots, blues and folk music
7:30 pm Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers

Spice up the night with Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers! Smith and her 8-piece band perform a wide assortment of jazz and blues songs. She has produced two CD's, including her popular inaugural CD “One Hour Mama” which has been sold over 40,000 times in the U.S. and “Everybody's Talkin' ‘Bout Miss Thing” which Downbeat Magazine gave an impressive 4 1/2 star review. Listen to them here!

Friday, May 16

Team Kansas Toyota Food Court Stage at Century II

11:30 am Uche
4:00 pm Rhonda Romero
5:00 pm Honky Tonk Devils
6:30 pm Across the Pond
8:00 pm Agents of Retro

Block Party & Oldies Concert

Kennedy Plaza Stage
Rain Location: Century II Exhibition Hall
Riverfest Button Required
5:00 pm The Beat
8:30 pm Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels

Mitch and his band play a mix of R&B jams and Oldies rock'n'roll songs primarily of the mid-60's and early ‘70's. Their song “Jenny Take A Ride!” which merged Little Richard's “Jenny, Jenny” and Chuck Willis' “C.C. Rider,” was No. 10 in 1965. The following year, “Devil With A Blue Dress On” and “Good Golly Miss Molly” both reached No. 4 on the charts. Listen to them here!