Mission and Story

The mission of Roxy’s is to entertain, inform, educate, and support the Wichita and surrounding communities through innovative performances, conscientious educational programming and dedicated event facilities and services. And, in the process, continuously strive to inspire the community by introducing new sights, sounds, and tastes to celebrate and embrace the diverse beauty of being alive and being awake.

Brief History

Roxy's Downtown is the next chapter in the space that is 412 1/2 E Douglas, a space that has a long relationship with the downtown scene of Wichita.  

Stories and memories seem to rise up from just about everyone I have met so far in this adventure, from memories of a long past 25cent theatre in Roxy’s space with a penny arcade and pool hall below where Gallery XII & Tessera’s now resides, to The Looking Glass with sound studio above (Big Dog Sound Studios) with Roxy's Downtown cocktail club hosting such rising stars as Harry Connick Jr., to sitting empty for several years with dormant potential until Cabaret Oldtown came into existence in 1992.  Cabaret Oldtown bloomed for 22 wonderful and beloved years before Roxy's took up the torch.  

The Cabaret spirit will always remain in the heart and the soul of Roxy's.

The Original Spark

The idea came upon the early morning reading of The Eagle news in 2014. Cabaret Oldtown had announced its intent to possibly sell the business and after a whirlwind of creative activity Roxy’s Downtown became a breathing new entity.