Learn how to record and mix sound with hands-on experience guided by Susan Mayo & Cyan Meeks.

Free to the public

Take a journey through the story of Marion County, Kansas while traveling with Rex Buchanan to actual locations and landmarks of each narrative.

$30 per person

Experience the art of bookmaking through a hands-on demonstration of the bookbinding process while discovering the practice’s cultural and historic impact.

Free to the public

Experience the documentary art film with original music “The Silphium Plot,” about the establishment of a the perennial plant Silphium, part of the sunflower family and native to the Great Plains, at Flint Hills Counterpoint’s home base in partnership with The Land Institute.

Celebrate a day full of music, film, art , and conservation at the Flint for all ages at Flint Hills Counterpoint Home Base land reclamation site.

Discover the histories, stories, and cultures of the Indigenous and Native Americans who lived in Kansas with Dr. Eric Anderson and Elexa Dawson (from the Potawatomi Nation).

Free to public.

Take an excursion to the actual site of the Sant Fe Trail in Marion County, Kansas located on the Schmidt Ranch, with Steve Schmidt and Doug Sharp as guides into the history and stories of this legendary route.

Free to the public

Experience creating text and images with historical printing machines guided by Steve Conard.

Free to the public

Explore women’s roles in Railroads, Kansas, and US history with Dr. Michaeline Chance-Reay over an optional historical recreation of a Harvey House dinner set within the original Harvey House.

Talk is free to the public

Optional historical Harvey House dinner is $25 per person (includes talk & dinner)

Discover Marion County’s local geology on a walking tour that explores local historical building materials.

Free to the public

Explore the dynamic history of Latinos in Kansas told through the lens of visual art and poetry with José Faus.

Free to the public

Embark on an avian excursion with expert Jim Nickel to discover the stunning diversity of Marion County’s ornithological ecology.

Tickets: $30 per carload

Explore the edible plants and wildflowers of Marion County on Flint Hills Counterpoint's bus tour.

Tickets: $25 per individual

Be a part of making and preserving the history of Marion County, Kansas by having your story about Marion County be featured in Flint Hill Counterpoint’s Audio Tour Book. Learn more about the project while being inspired by narratives of the past held within the Mennonite Heritage & Agricultural Museum.

FREE

Be a part of making and preserving the history of Marion County, Kansas by having your story about Marion County be featured in Flint Hill Counterpoint’s Audio Tour Book. Learn more about the project while being inspired by narratives of the past held within the Peabody Historical Museum Complex.

FREE

Be a part of making and preserving the history of Marion County, Kansas by having your story about Marion County be featured in Flint Hill Counterpoint’s Audio Tour Book. Learn more about the project while being inspired by narratives of the past held within the Marion Historical Museum.

FREE

Enjoy a day of events at the Flint Hills Counterpoint Home Base and an evening concert at the Flint Hills Counterpoint Pole Barn Stage with Grammy Award winning cellist and composer Eugene Friesen, the Woodfest Symphonia, and the Marion County Community Choir.

Fee: $30 per individual, $20 for Marion County residents, children under 12 are free

Join us at the Brooker Central Park in historic Marion, Kansas for the panel talk "Water, Water, Everywhere," featuring Rex Buchanan (Director Emeritus of the Kansas Geological Survey), Jim Hoy (Director Emeritus of the Center for Great Plains Studies and professor emeritus at Emporia State University), Heidi Mehl (Healthy Streams for Kansas Initiative) who will explore the role water plays in Marion County historically, presently, and in our future.

Free

Investigate some of the most beautiful natural springs in Kansas that are found right here in Marion County with our bus tour guided by Rex Buchanan (Director Emeritus, Kansas Geological Survey) accompanied with musical performances and a homemade lunch. The bus tour will conclude with an optional panel discussion “Water, Water, Everywhere,” at the historic Brooker Central Park in Marion with guest speakers Rex Buchanan, Heidi Mehl (Healthy Streams for Kansas Initiative, The Nature Conservatory), and Jim Hoy (Director Emeritus, Center for Great Plains Studies, Emporia State University).

Tickets: $30 per individual

Join K-State Research and Extension, Chisholm Trail District for a Bike Safety StoryWalk®, an innovative way for children to enjoy reading and the outdoors while involved in physical activity and family engagement.

Free

A one of a kind bicycling event throughout the beautiful countryside of rural Marion County, Kansas with several musical performances, local food, and Support and Gear stations. There will be 15-mile and 30-mile routes to choose from.

Tickets: $30 per rider

Musical performances are free and open to everyone

Enjoy a variety of baby and full-grown farm animals on Flint Hills Counterpoint’s Baby Farm Animal Tour. Explore three family farms in Marion County - learn about life on the farm!

Tickets: $20 per vehicle

Youth artist workshop led by artist Delilah Reed with art activities of make and take farm-inspired tote bags. Open to ages 5-18, supplies included. Limited to 30 participants.

Free

Come and record sounds of Marion County with composer Susan Mayo commencing with a communal feast of baked goods and tea. Your recordings will become part of an original musical composition performed at the Counterpoint Festival.

A one of a kind bicycling event through the beautiful countryside of rural Marion county, Kansas with musical performances by local entertainers. Enjoy a concert at the finish line with Pretend Friend while sharing a fireside meal.

Enjoy a day of events at the Flint Hills Counterpoint Home Base and an evening concert at the Flint Hills Counterpoint Pole Barn Stage with Pop & the Boys, the Switchgrass Quartet performing Tallgrass Studies, and a film screening of Phainesthai by Cyan Meeks.