Our annual event will take place as usual, please mark your calendar!
The River Suite dinner & music event takes place on the historic Cottonwood River Bridge overlooking the waterfall in downtown Cottonwood Falls. Surrounded by the unforgettable jewel tones of a Kansas summer sunset, guests will be drawn to the white peaked tents and the aroma of a well-mastered selection of Flint Hills inspired delicacies inviting the senses to partake in the breathtaking experience of fine dining & live music on the charming bridge. Tickets go on sale @45-30 days before the event...Be sure and sign up for updates on the chamber website!
PLEASE NOTE, we have changed the layout of the event! The band and stage will be located at the north end of the tents. This will allow those who enjoy being up close and personal with the band to do so. Those of you who are there for the atmosphere and to visit will be able to be seated a little farther from the music...
Be sure and explain your preference when buying or tickets, please!
Gates will open at 5:30pm with a happy hour cash bar benefiting The Strong City Preservation Alliance and their restoration project of the 1900 theater. At 6pm music by Tallgrass Express will begin. Dinner service by Smokin' O's will start at 7pm.
Menu plan (from 2025) :
Beef Tenderloin Medallions carved to order in a 10oz serving.
Twice Baked Potatoes
Green Beans
Garlic Bread
Mixed Green Salad with fresh strawberries, feta cheese, candied pecans and a strawberry dressing
Tea/Water
Dessert
Entertainment by Tallgrass Express will resume at 8pm!
Tickets are $85 per person plus tax ($92.23).
Annie Wilson and her band Tallgrass Express have completed a major songwriting and recording project. “Out on the Tallgrass Prairie” is a double album with 32 songs - an epic addition to their “Songs of the Flint Hills” series – now 88 songs in 6 volumes. They plan to perform many songs from the new album.
A magnificent dinner will be served and prepared...
This year's cash bar proceeds will benefit the 1900 Opera House/Auditorium/Theater in Strong City Renovation Project.
Carved in stone above the front doors is AUDITORIUM 1900. The building, completed in 1901, became known as the Strong City Opera House. In the 1920s, the structure was converted into a movie house and named the RIALTO. In 1931 came another name change: UPTOWN. The theater later closed and sat vacant in disrepair.
In 2002, the Strong City Preservation Alliance, Inc., a 501 C(3) non-profit organization was established. Whose main objective is saving the 1900 Opera House/Auditorium/Theater.
Volunteers from the SCPA will be happy to serve you and tell you stories of the magnificent progress being made to save this historic building!
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