It was COOL to see Kool & The Gang and Starship at Wichita Riverfest!
Join us for our city’s annual summer festival, Riverfest 2024 in Wichita, Kansas. We’re excited to see two legendary bands from the 1980s, Starship and Kool & The Gang, perform LIVE in our hometown! This weeklong festival on the Arkansas River in downtown Wichita is Kansas’ biggest outdoor party, and we’re bringing you along for all the concert highlights (without the crowds!)
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Music by Starship and Kool & The Gang
Additional music provided by Epidemic Sound:
Nomad’s Dance – Ludvig Moulin

@steveferguson823
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Oklahoma. City. Cool city to
@steveferguson823
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
What time. Of year.
@sethtelander29
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Was a great show! I was in town during Riverfest and I think I saw you guys for a minute. I grew up there going to Riverfest almost every year.
@joswaltaudio
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
I've worked for Starship for a couple of years now. Usually I mix monitors for the band, but on this particular show, I head the pleasure of doing their FOH mix for the crowd, and it was one of the funnest shows I've gotten to mix with them. Glad you got to enjoy them!
@donnalester3050
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
I am so jealous that looks so cool
@bigalcincinnatikidadventur7692
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
AWESOME!!! I want to see Kool & The Gang myself. Fresh is one of my favorites from them along with a few other that I saw on this video, including Jungle Boogie!!! I saw Starship perform live twice at festivals in Cincy, and I actually got to meet Mickey Thomas and got an autograph CD from him. He was a very nice guy!!! You know, We Built This City gets a lot of hate, now what's up with that???? But at least we love it!!!
@antfolchiable
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Hey guys! Great video…..truly enjoyed it. Are you doing The Lost 80s Love this year? We are doing the lost 80s in L.A. Hope you can make it!
@Stratman5150
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
I knew Riverfest was going on and was hoping you guys would have a video on it. Love your channel!
@Wild1995
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Looks like a great night
@btetschner
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
A+ video!
Awesome concerts and video, very Kool!
@btetschner
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
x That Kool & The Gang concert looked awesome, very Kool! lol
x Really cool you worked at the historical society, that is an awesome buidling!
x Two of my favorite music videos of all-time are "We Built This City" and "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship!
o Interestingly there is a point in "We Built This City" where the statue of Abraham Lincoln becomes alive…just like the mannequin coming to life in the music video "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" !
o The largest city named after Abraham Lincoln is Lincoln, Nebraska, whose dollar theater (when it was running) was Star ship.
† I went on a first date at Star Ship and we saw Dead Man On Campus, a film that starred doomed freshman Josh Miller.
@sabinacuccagna8484
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
🎉😊
@SPTO
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
This is pretty cool. Kool and the Gang was a band that was pretty popular with my family. There was a period of 2-3 years where their song "Cherish" was the wedding song for my extended family.
A couple years ago I re-listened to the album with that song and I got turned on to "emergency" after hating the heck out of it LOL
EDIT Whoa the audio quality is NIIIIICE! Usually when ppl in the crowd record a concert you can't make out crap. Good job here.
@steveferguson823
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Little. Rock Arkansas use to river fest. Whet many times. In 80s with friends.
@steveferguson823
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Is it nice. City. Any good 80s places. There. 80s bars. 80s food. Acrade. Games room
@destinationdero
March 20, 2026 at 8:47 am
Nice share of this Kook and the Gang Concert. Have a nice week.
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