What to do this weekend: Drone show; Start of haunted house season; Fall blues crawl

It’ll be another busy fall weekend in Wichita, and so many performances, festivals and events are happening around town, there’s no room to list them all here.

But below are some of the highlights, which include the season’s first haunted house opening, the return of the big drone show at Exploration Place, a blues crawl and a visit by a famous comedian.

Drone show

6-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean

Last summer’s drone light show was a big hit at Exploration Place, and it returns this weekend with some major upgrades. Not only will the show run three nights instead of two, but an entire festival has been designed around it. The festival, which will feature synchronized computer-controlled drones illuminating the night sky, started on Thursday and continues through Saturday. The drones will be the main attraction each night, and 300 of them — 100 more than last year — will fly up to 400 feet over the Arkansas River and Keeper of the Plains, forming various shapes like the Wichita flag, a sunflower and an airplane. The festival, which will be set up around Exploration Place, will include food trucks, glowing water lanterns and a candlelight concert by Trevor Stewart. Individual tickets, which don’t include parking, are $15. Carload passes, which include parking and admission for up to nine people in the same vehicle, are $60. Both are available at exploration.org/event/drone-light-show/ The show will be launched from the Mid-America All-Indian Museum grounds and will be centered over the Keeper of the Plains.

Logan Mize at Botanica

8 p.m. Friday, Botanica, 701 Amidon

Botanica’s Grand Lawn will be the site on Friday of a concert by Wichita native and country singer Logan Mize. He’ll perform at 9 p.m., and opening act Savanna Chestnut and the Field Hands will start the show at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. People are asked to bring their own lawn chairs and also may bring their own food and nonalcoholic beverages. Concessions and a cash bar also will be available. Tickets are $45 for non-members, $40 for members at botanica.org/logan-mize

Haunted House season starts

Starting at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Prairie Pines, 4055 N. Tyler, Maize

The Halloween season has almost arrived, and one of Wichita’s most popular haunted house attractions is already opening. Field of Screams, the mega haunted house that takes over Prairie Pines in Maize every year, opens for the season this weekend and then will run Sept. 29-30 and Oct. 6-8, 13-15, 19-22 and 26-31 and Nov. 3-4. The haunted house, which also includes an attraction called Clown Town, costs $25 to attend on Fridays and Saturday nights and $20 on Thursdays, Sundays and Oct. 30-31. Tickets are available online only at scaryprairiepines.com

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band

7 p.m. Saturday, Orpheum Theatre, 200 N. Broadway

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, led by the well-known Louisiana-born guitarist and songwriter and known for songs like “Blue on Black,” will be at Wichita’s Orpheum Theatre on Saturday for a show that starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $45 to $99 and available at selectaseat.com, by phone at 316-755-7328 or in person at the Select-a-Seat box office inside Intrust Bank Arena.

Bert Kreischer on stage

7 p.m. Sunday, Intrust Bank Arena

Shirtless standup comedian Bert Kreischer is bringing his “Tops Off World Tour” to Wichita’s Intrust Bank arena on Friday. Kreischer, also famous for his podcasts and for starring in a movie based on one of his best-known stories titled “The Machine,” will perform at 7 p.m. Tickets are $39 to $80 and are available at selectaseat.com, by phone at 316-755-7328 or in person at the Select-a-Seat box office inside Intrust Bank Arena.

Fall Blues Crawl

4 p.m. Sunday, various downtown venues

The 40th annual Wichita Blues Society annual Fall Blues Crawl happens on Sunday and will feature live blues bands at Mort’s (Bag of Blues), Industry (Cleveland Blue), Barleycorn’s (Howard Mahan) and The Brickyard (Band of Brothers.) Doors open for all the shows at 3 p.m., and the music starts at 4 p.m. An after party featuring Keeshea Pratt Band starts at 7:30 p.m. at The Brickyard. A $15 wristband is good for access to all venues. Wristbands are available at each venue.

Ballet in the Park

Friday-Sunday, various Wichita area parks

Ballet Wichita will wrap up its Ballet in the Park series this weekend with performances of “Thumbelina: A Fairy’s Tale” on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The troupe, which also performed last weekend, is presenting a newly-commissioned ballet based on the 1835 story by Hans Christian Andersen about a young girl looking for love and trying to earn her wings. Free performances will happen at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Naftzger Park; at 11 a.m. Saturday at Andover’s Capital Federal Amphitheater; at 4 p.m. Saturday at Gold Fest, 205 W. Central in El Dorado; at 1 p.m. Sunday at Claire Donnelly Amphitheater in Maize; and at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Madison Avenue Central Park in Derby.

Recent concert announcements

Here’s a look at the recent additions made to Wichita’s concert calendar:

Braxton Keith, Oct. 19, Wave, tickets on sale at waveict.com

Martina McBride, Dec. 1, Stiefel Theatre, tickets on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at www.stiefeltheatre.org

Hairball, Feb. 10, Hartman Arena, tickets on sale Friday at www.hartmanarena.com

Extreme with Living Color, Feb. 13, the Cotillion, tickets on sale at thecotillion.com

Mr. Big, Feb. 23, the Cotillion, tickets on sale at thecotillion.com

Jaret Ray Reddick, March 30, TempleLive, tickets on sale at wichita.templelive.com