Wichita Riverfest Guide

Wichita Riverfest is the largest outdoor event in Kansas, bringing together adults, families, and kids from across the state for a nine-day festival each year.

You can imagine the intense logistics required for a multi-day event with dozens of vendors, musical acts, and more than 100,000 attendees. But the organization behind the festival—Wichita Festivals, Inc. (WFI)—is a lean, independent team whose every hour counts as they put on Riverfest and other events throughout the year.

Gardner Design stepped in to upgrade and streamline their digital presence.

App Turned Website

Part of the challenge with their digital presence was that having a website plus a mobile app claimed more time and resources than it was worth.

To help them reclaim their time and eliminate duplicate calendars and information sources, we recommended consolidating everything into a single, custom website. For festival-goers, the result looks and functions just like an app. For WFI, the result saves overhead and cost, while making their festival information still consistently available across every device and platform.