Beatlemania in Wichita: The Week the Beatles Took Over Downtown

How Beatlemania turned a 1964 Beatles movie premiere into one of downtown Wichita’s most memorable entertainment events. On August 19, 1964, something unusual was happening at First and Broadway in downtown Wichita. Thousands of Beatles fans had gathered around the Orpheum Theatre, waiting to see A Hard Day’s Night. The Beatles were not there. But […]