Admission to the Festival is $7 (advance fee), with buttons purchased at the gates for $10. Children 11 and younger are admitted free. A Festival button admits you to the Festival Jam and all three days of the Festival—an affordable price for an extraordinary event! Festival admission buttons can be purchased at many Salina locations, by mail, and through the Festival Internet web site, starting May 1. Note: Advance button sales cease at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 7.

Festival buttons can be purchased in Salina at all Dillons and Green Lantern Stores, most banks, selected motels, retail stores the Chamber of Commerce, and the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission office at 211 West Iron. Just look for the "Festival Buttons On Sale" signs.

The Smoky Hill River Festival is a project of the Salina Arts and Humanities Commission, a department of the City. Created by a hospitable and dedicated group of over 2,000 volunteers, the Festival is an amazing feat of Salina’s civic pride. Supported by enduring community partnerships with businesses and individuals, button sales remain one of the ways that everybody can contribute to the vitality of the Festival. Buy one early and wear it often!