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sports
Oilers host Hockey Romance Night against Allen on Saturday
Saturday, Nov. 14 at BOK Center. Doors 5:30 p.m., puck drop 7:05 p.m. CT, vs. the Allen Americans. The team page lists individual tickets starting at $18.
music
Hayes Carll plays Cain’s on Thursday
Thursday, Nov. 12 at Cain’s. Doors 6 p.m., all ages, with The Droptines and Lance Roark. The page does not print a show time or a ticket price.
openings
Bebēda is set to open a downtown drink drive-thru this week
Tulsa World says LauraAnn Freyre’s shop is planned for the second week of November at 620 S. Cincinnati Ave., weekdays 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The site does not name the day.
city
Tulsa’s Veterans Day Parade steps off Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m., hosted by VFW Post 577. The parade site and the city filings do not print the same 3rd Street address.
arts
Arab Film Fest Tulsa returns to Circle Cinema Friday, Nov. 13
Friday through Sunday, Nov. 13–15, at 10 S. Lewis Ave. Circle Cinema lists individual tickets at $12, or $10 for members and students, and says they go on sale soon.
music
Brigitte Calls Me Baby plays The Vanguard on Wednesday
Wednesday, Oct. 7 at The Vanguard, 222 N Main St. Doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m., $31, all ages. Irreversible Tour.
sports
FC Tulsa hosts Oakland Roots at ONEOK Field on Oct. 17
Saturday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. at ONEOK Field against Oakland Roots SC. NOTV and ESPN+. Last home date on the club TV schedule.
arts
Cherokee Art Market returns to Hard Rock Tulsa Oct. 10–11
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10–11, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa. The event schedule lists $12.35; Cherokee Phoenix said $10.
sports
Thunder host the Pelicans at BOK Center on Tuesday
Tuesday, Oct. 6 at BOK Center. Doors 6 p.m., tip-off 7 p.m. Preseason against the Pelicans. Tickets on sale; the listing does not print a price.
arts
Fallbrook Saturdays start at Philbrook on Oct. 10
Saturday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. at 2727 S Rockford Rd. Members free; adults and youth 3–17 need general admission. TulsaKids puts the run at Oct. 10–31.
arts
Stacy Leeds screens Rabbit Proof Fence at Circle Cinema
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 7 p.m. at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave. Under the Influence with TU president Stacy Leeds. $8 members, $12 non-members.
music
My So Called Band plays Cain’s tonight
Saturday, Oct. 3 at Cain’s Ballroom — doors 8 p.m., all ages. The event page does not list a ticket price.
arts
“Remember Me: Musing on Birds” opens tonight at Positive Space
Zia Daugherty’s first solo show opens 6–9 p.m. Saturday at Positive Space, 1324 E. 3rd St., and hangs through Oct. 24.
music
RAVE ON MAIN is 18+ at The Vanguard tonight
Saturday, Oct. 3 at The Vanguard — doors and show at 9 p.m., $15, 18+.
music
Hayefield plays The Vanguard tonight
Friday, Oct. 2 at The Vanguard — doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m., $22, all ages. Opendate adds In My Defense and Adjacent to the Fall.
sports
FC Tulsa hosts Sacramento Republic FC at ONEOK Field on Saturday
Saturday, Oct. 3, 7 p.m. at ONEOK Field against Sacramento Republic FC. NOTV and ESPN+, USL Championship regular season.
arts
Art in the Square turns 30 at Utica Square on Saturday
Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at Utica Square. Tulsa Today says more than 90 artists and free admission; TravelOK lists more than 100.
arts
First Friday Art Crawl is tomorrow in the Arts District
Friday, Oct. 2. The Arts District lists exhibitions from 6–9 p.m.; the Tulsa Flyer puts the crawl at 6–10 p.m., with artists at Guthrie Green.
city
Route 66 Pumpkin Festival starts Friday at Mohawk
Weekends Oct. 2–31, 10 a.m.–7 p.m., at Mohawk Sports Complex, 3500 E. 56th St. N. General admission is $15; parking is $5 a vehicle.
city
Tulsa State Fair opens today and runs through Oct. 11
Expo Square, Oct. 1–11. Opening-day buildings 11 a.m.–9 p.m. and midway noon–11 p.m.; adult gate admission is $17.
food & drink
Tulsa’s first Pie Festival is Saturday at WOMPA
Common Tart hosts the inaugural festival Saturday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd. Admission is $8; the pie competition is $15 to enter.
food & drink
Melody Bakes sells trompe-l’œil pastries in Broken Arrow
Nagam “Melody” Hanoun’s shop at 800 S. Ninth St., Suite C, sells $10–$12 pastries Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m., or until they sell out.
openings
American Solera is rehabbing a taproom back in SoBo
The brewery is turning the former Super 11 at 129 E. 18th St. into a satellite taproom. TulsaPeople does not list an opening day.
sports
Tyrell Goulbourne returns to the Tulsa Oilers for 2026-27
Last season’s captain is back. The Oilers host the Allen Americans on Oct. 17 at the BOK Center, puck drop 7:05 p.m. CT.
arts
Bette Midler accepts the 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize at Cain’s on Oct. 16
The 2026 Woody Guthrie Prize night is Friday, Oct. 16, at Cain’s Ballroom. Member tickets went on sale Aug. 28.
arts
Gilcrease Museum plans a March 2027 public reopening
Officials say the new purpose-built Gilcrease opens to the public in March 2027. No exact day, hours, or ticket prices yet.
music
Ella Langley’s Dandelion Tour stops at BOK Center on Oct. 9
Friday, Oct. 9 at BOK Center — The Dandelion Tour starts at 7 p.m., with Kameron Marlowe and Laci Kaye Booth. Tickets on sale now.
music
Koe Wetzel brings The Night Champion World Tour to BOK Center on Oct. 2
Friday, Oct. 2 at BOK Center — event starts 6:45 p.m., with Corey Kent, Bayker Blankenship, and Logan Jahnke. Tickets on sale now.
arts
Circle Cinema marks Silent Movie Day with Charley Chase shorts Tuesday
Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. — three 1926 Charley Chase shorts with Bill Rowland on the restored 1928 pipe organ. Tickets $8 adults, $5 kids.
music
Built to Spill hits The Vanguard on Wednesday
Indie-rock guitar heroes with Paul Schalda — doors 7 p.m., show 8 p.m., Sept. 30 at The Vanguard.
music
Los Rieleros del Norte headline Coyote Grounds this afternoon
Norteño heavyweights with Pepe Tovar y Los Chacales and Conjunto Massivo — Sunday, 2 p.m., at Coyote Grounds.
music
Johnny Mullenax’s Bluegrass Brunch is on at Mercury Lounge today
Sunday noon residency at Mercury Lounge — bluegrass standards, jam vibes, and the usual Team Drink toast.
city
Tulsa Botanic Garden’s DIG Day returns Sunday afternoon
The Garden’s annual Day in the Garden family fundraiser is Sunday, Sept. 27, 2–5 p.m. — pumpkin patch, hay maze, monarch tagging, and more for the Driskill Children’s Discovery Garden.
arts
Circle Cinema marks Jim Thompson’s 120th with ‘The Killing’ on Sunday
Oak Tree Books and Circle Cinema screen Kubrick’s The Killing on what would have been Oklahoma crime writer Jim Thompson’s 120th birthday — with a panel after.
city
Jurassic Quest brings life-sized dinosaurs to Arvest Convention Center this weekend
The traveling dinosaur experience runs Friday–Sunday at the Pepsi Exhibit Hall — life-sized animatronics, fossil digs, and Saturday sensory hours.
city
Route 66 Centennial Car Show rolls into Sapulpa’s Tee Pee Drive-In Saturday
The free-to-attend Oklahoma Route 66 Centennial Car Show is Saturday at the historic Tee Pee Drive-In in Sapulpa, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
food & drink
Tulsa Restaurant Week runs through Sunday — last days to dine for Food for Kids
TulsaPeople’s 20th annual Restaurant Week continues through Sept. 27, with a Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma benefit and a GKFF match.
music
Digable Planets headline free Hip Hop 918 at Guthrie Green tonight
Free, all-ages jazz-infused hip-hop at Guthrie Green Friday — Digable Planets with Murs, 6–10 p.m.
sports
FC Tulsa hosts New Mexico United at ONEOK Field on Sept. 30
The Scissortails’ next home match is Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. against New Mexico United — one of three regular-season home dates left.
music
Toadies hit Cain’s Ballroom tonight on The Charmer Tour
Doors are 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Cain’s for Toadies with Local H and Olive Vox — all ages, general admission.
arts
Black Wall Street Nation Experience lands in Greenwood this weekend
A three-day music, film, beauty, and sports festival runs Sept. 25–27 across OSU-Tulsa and the Greenwood District — with weekend passes listed from $50.
arts
Pärlā Citywide Creative Festival runs Thursday through Sunday
J’Parle' Artist Group’s citywide festival opens Thursday night at the Admiral Twin Drive-In and closes Sunday with a culinary gathering on Greenwood Avenue.
openings
Bowlcuts opens a downtown dining room on Boston Avenue
Emma Shirley’s fast-casual bowl shop, a Kitchen 66 graduate, now has a Deco District room on South Boston — weekdays, with a shorter Monday.
openings
Nana’s Dim Sum & Dumplings opens in south Tulsa
Colorado-based Nana’s opened its first Oklahoma shop in mid-August at The Vineyard on Memorial, with dim sum, dumplings, and a glass-walled prep station.
openings
Oasis Fresh Market brings groceries back to downtown Tulsa
After more than a decade without a full-service grocery downtown, Oasis is soft-opening at the ARCO building — with regular hours starting Sept. 28.
city
918 Day Festival Returns to Chapman Green Tonight
Music, makers, and civic pride on Tulsa’s area-code day — free at Chapman Green from 5–9 PM.
closings
C’est Bon Kitchen leaving north Peoria — relocating, not closing
Chef David Franklin’s Cajun and Creole spot ends service at The Shoppes on Peoria on Sept. 30 and plans a new Tulsa address — with a possible pop-up in between.
openings
Wildflower Cafe reopens in downtown’s Cathedral District
The Route 66 brunch favorite is back at MODE Tulsa inside the old First Christian Church — seven days a week, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.