It has been an exciting year at Old Prairie Town. Alongside a nomination for Rand McNally’s “Best of the Road,” Old Prairie Town has an eventful summer calendar featuring several family-friendly activities.

The summer starts out on Saturday, May 26 with Kids Stampede. Children will get to sing and dance with local artists while enjoying the beautiful scenery at Old Prairie Town. On June 26, Wheatstock 8 happens. This event features live music, food and more! The July event is the Summer Concert Series. In conjunction with live music, people can also go inside the Potwin drug store and other buildings in the park.

Follow our video series on our blog:

• VIDEO- Visit Topeka visits Heartland Park Topeka
• VIDEO- Visit Topeka visits the Topeka Zoo
• VIDEO- Find what to do in Topeka in one place!

Recently, Visit Topeka visited the Topeka Zoo to learn about all the exciting things happening this summer in conjunction with the Penguin Plunge exhibit.

Not only will children and teens get to enjoy the zoo, but adults will also! The Topeka Zoo will feature several adult oriented activities that would be perfect for date night.

For more information about any of the events featured in the video or in this blog post, go to the Visit Topeka website.

Want to know what is happening in the Capital City while you are visiting? Better yet, want to find all of this information in one place? Now you can thanks to topeka365.com.

Topeka365.com is the hub for all things happening in Topeka. This website lists everything from art events to live music to performing arts, anything and everything far and in between.

Topeka has several great venues for music, art, performing arts, sporting events and much more. If you have a venue in mind that you would like visit, check out topeka365.com to see what the latest attraction or performance will be.

From topeka365.com you will also be able to purchase tickets from Brown Paper Tickets to the event you want to attend.

The site is a combination of several event calendars that were spread throughout Topeka. Topeka365 serves as the community event calendar.

Have an event in Topeka? Add it to the calendar!

For your guide to things happening in Topeka, check out topeka365.com!

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Heartland Park Topeka will host Speedfest in downtown Topeka Thursday, May 17. Speedfest will feature numerous race cars on display including NHRA Top Fuel cars, dirt track cars, motorcycles and more. Fans will enjoy event activities including music, food, fan giveaways, and a kid’s zone, among others.

The highlight of the day will give fans a chance to meet some of the fastest drivers in the world during an autograph session with some of the greatest of NHRA racing, beginning at 5 p.m.

Don’t miss the 2012 Dollar General NHRA Summer Nationals May 18-20. Tickets are on sale now at www.hpt.com

For more information about Speedfest and the NHRA Summer Nationals, check out the Visit Topeka website.

Join Visit Topeka in celebrating tourism during National Tourism Week and throughout the 2012 Summer.

Each year, communities from across the United States hold events to champion the power of travel during the first full week of May.

This year Visit Topeka will celebrate tourism as well as their new location downtown with a Downtown After Hours on Thursday, May 10 at the Visit Topeka office, 618 S Kansas Ave and you’re invited!

From 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., live music by up and coming country artist Travis Marvin, food from the Brickyard Inn Catering, wine from Wydlewood Cellars and beer will be available for attendees, the wine and beer of course to the attendees over 21. There will also be some great door prizes including tickets to a popular Topeka sporting event, gift certificates and more!
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Topeka is full of surprises that many people do not know about. We offer full tours of the Capital City that can be catered to interests of the people attending, themes and more. Check out our Past, Present and Future tour below, which represents where Topeka has been, is now and will be going.
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Love good food? The kind of food that keeps your taste buds yearning for more? If so, check out The Pad in North Topeka.

Fast food with a twist, The Pad serves up classic hamburgers, cheeseburgers, pork tenderloins and more. On the non-traditional side, they also feature a salad bar and homemade deserts.

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