Community Calendar of Events

First Friday Art Crawl

January 3, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.

part of the monthly First Friday Art Crawl events. Every first Friday of the month, visitors can explore artwork inside galleries, studios and museums and catch a few live music performances or even an exciting fireworks display. As an added bonus, art crawlers can take advantage of free museum and gallery admission while shopping later than normal business hours would allow. Hit the district early for dinner, or stay a little later for a craft cocktail best enjoyed on an outdoor patio.

Theatre Tulsa presents: Oliver!

January 10-26, 2025

Experience the timeless tale of "Oliver!" at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center in January. Based on the classic novel "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens, Lionel Bart's play follows a young orphan boy as he navigates the gritty streets of Victorian London. Follow Oliver as he meets colorful characters and encounters unexpected twists on his quest for belonging and survival. 

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra's WAGNER'S TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

January 11, 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Immerse yourself in the majestic flow of Smetana's The Moldau, feel the intensity and passion of Wagner's “Prelude and Liebestod” from Tristan und Isolde, and experience the powerful dynamism of Nielsen's Symphony No. 4, all performed live by your Tulsa Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor James Bagwell. More details: www.tulsasymphony.org

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra's TCHAIKOVSKY'S ROMEO AND JULIET

February 1, 2025 | 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Grammy-winning conductor JoAnn Falletta returns for one of the most beloved and frequently performed works in the orchestral repertoire - Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade, inspired by the collection of Middle Eastern folk tales known as “One Thousand and One Nights.” This concert also includes Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and the contemporary Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra - Raise the Roof - featuring Principal Timpanist Gerald Scholl. More Details: www.tulsasymphony.org

NSU Single Reed Day

February 1, 2025

Join the NSU clarinet and saxophone studios for a FREE day of single reed fun! Featuring guest artists Dr. David Cook, clarinet, and Dr. Jessica Dodge-Overstreet, saxophone, this woodwind extravaganza will include masterclasses, recitals, a vendor hall, and both a clarinet choir and a saxophone choir for attendees to participate in. Any single reed players can register, from students to amateur players and beyond! This event is hosted by NSU Music's Dr. Jordan VanHemert, saxophone, and Dr. Alexandra Doyle, clarinet. 8:00a.m. - 5:00p.m.

The Dinner Detective Comedy Mystery Dinner Show - Tulsa, OK

February 1-14, 2025 | 6 - 10 p.m.

America’s largest interactive comedy murder dinner theatre show is now playing! Solve a hilarious mystery while you feast on a fantastic dinner. Just beware! The culprit is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the room, and you may find yourself as a Prime Suspect before you know it! Join us for an event that is very different from a traditional mystery dinner show. Our actors are not dressed in costume and are hidden in the audience! This results in a fun, social and interactive evening suitable for all adults. Each ticket includes our signature award-winning mystery dinner theatre show, along with a full plated dinner, waitstaff gratuity, and plenty of surprises during the show. Happens on the following Dates: Feb 1, 2025, 6:00pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CST Feb 14, 2025, 7:00pm to 10:00pm Timezone: CST

First Friday Art Crawl

Monthly on the First Friday | 6 - 9 p.m.
February 7, 2025

Since 2007, the Tulsa Arts District has presented the community with rotating art displays as part of the monthly First Friday Art Crawl events. Every first Friday of the month, visitors can explore artwork inside galleries, studios and museums and catch a few live music performances or even an exciting fireworks display. As an added bonus, art crawlers can take advantage of free museum and gallery admission while shopping later than normal business hours would allow. Hit the district early for dinner, or stay a little later for a craft cocktail best enjoyed on an outdoor patio.

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra's 101 UNPLUGGED III: CINEMATIC

February 14, 2025 | 7 - 9 p.m.

Our 101 Unplugged Series continues. Light bites and a drink ticket will be provided. More Details: www.tulsasymphony.org

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra’s 101 Unplugged III: Cinematic

February 14, 2025 | 7 - 9 p.m.

Our 101 Unplugged Series continues. Light bites and a drink ticket will be provided.

Tulsa Ballet presents: Alice in Wonderland

February 27-28, 2025

Get your tickets and surrender to the magic as the Tulsa Ballet brings "Alice in Wonderland" to life at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. This sensational tale by Lewis Carroll will feature an ingenious set, lavish costumes, and curious characters. Watch as Alice is transported from a garden party on a sunny afternoon to the twisting, turning world of Wonderland.

Tulsa Ballet presents: Alice in Wonderland

March 1-5, 2025

Get your tickets and surrender to the magic as the Tulsa Ballet brings "Alice in Wonderland" to life at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. This sensational tale by Lewis Carroll will feature an ingenious set, lavish costumes, and curious characters. Watch as Alice is transported from a garden party on a sunny afternoon to the twisting, turning world of Wonderland.

Live From Ireland: The Tulsa IrishFest Kickoff

March 3, 2025 | 7:30 p.m.

Tulsa IrishFest is almost here… so let’s kickoff the fun a little early! Two of our Irish musicians, Conor Mallon and his band, and Sina Theil, will be in Tulsa Monday evening, March 3rd, for a special performance at the Mabee Center. You will find yourself transported to Ireland through their beautiful music; and you will discover how truly friendly the people of Ireland are as you visit with these engaging artists. So of course, you will want to return to Tulsa IrishFest on March 8th & 9th to hear your new Irish friends again on stage.

Ambassador Circle Opening: SAMURAI: Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller

March 6, 2025 | 6 - 8:30 p.m.

Philbrook Ambassador Circle Members are invited to the exclusive opening celebration of SAMURAI: Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller. Beverages and hors d’oeuvres; live entertainment. Capacity is limited, advance tickets required.

First Friday Art Crawl

Monthly on the First Friday | 6 - 9 p.m.
March 7, 2025

Since 2007, the Tulsa Arts District has presented the community with rotating art displays as part of the monthly First Friday Art Crawl events. Every first Friday of the month, visitors can explore artwork inside galleries, studios and museums and catch a few live music performances or even an exciting fireworks display. As an added bonus, art crawlers can take advantage of free museum and gallery admission while shopping later than normal business hours would allow. Hit the district early for dinner, or stay a little later for a craft cocktail best enjoyed on an outdoor patio.

Art Crawl on 66

March 14, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.

Experience art up close during the Art Crawl on 66 in Tulsa as artists bring imagination to life at local businesses. On the second Friday of the month from April to December, musicians, performers, and visual artists will inspire patrons as they browse businesses and vendor booths. Kick the weekend off with a tour of historic places along The Mother Road, enjoying local restaurants and taking in the sights and sounds of Tulsa's art scene.

Spring Break Studio

March 19-22, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Drop by Studio C for a fun SAMURAI-inspired printmaking project! March 19 – March 20 & 22, 2025.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

Every Friday | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
March 28, 2025

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

March 28-31, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

April 1-30, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

Gallery Opening: Art of the Meal

April 3, 2025 | 5 - 7:30 p.m.

“Art of the Meal,” our April 2025 gallery exhibit, will feature artwork themed around food and the rich emotions that come with their creation and consumption. Join us for the opening reception on Thursday, April 3rd at 5:30pm-7:30pm.

First Friday Art Crawl

Monthly on the First Friday | 6 - 9 p.m.
April 4, 2025

Since 2007, the Tulsa Arts District has presented the community with rotating art displays as part of the monthly First Friday Art Crawl events. Every first Friday of the month, visitors can explore artwork inside galleries, studios and museums and catch a few live music performances or even an exciting fireworks display. As an added bonus, art crawlers can take advantage of free museum and gallery admission while shopping later than normal business hours would allow. Hit the district early for dinner, or stay a little later for a craft cocktail best enjoyed on an outdoor patio.

Art in Bloom

April 4-6, 2025

The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa will come to life with intricate floral artwork during Art in Bloom this April. During the event, the Philbrook will be filled with floral structures crafted by local designers inspired by the museum's art and architecture. Experience an unforgettable weekend of art this spring at the Philbrook's Art in Bloom event this April.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

Every Friday | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
April 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2025

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

Trail of Tears Art Show

April 5-30, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The annual Trail of Tears Art Show, hosted on the grounds of Cherokee Springs Plaza in Tahlequah, presents authentic Native American art in one of Oklahoma's oldest art shows. Open to artists from all federally recognized Native American tribes, the Trail of Tears Art Show displays a wide range of creativity and artistic style. This diverse art show attracts artists, art dealers and visitors from across the nation. One of the most prestigious multi-tribal art shows in the country, the Trail of Tears Art Show began as a means of cultivating the art form of painting as a way of expressing Native American heritage within the Cherokee Nation. Created before the completion of the Cherokee Heritage Center, this art show was the first major exhibition held in the present museum. Peruse this year's Trail of Tears Art Show and view categories that historically have included basketry, pottery, graphics, sculpture, miniatures and the annual "Trail of Tears" theme.

Art Crawl on 66

April 11, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.

Experience art up close during the Art Crawl on 66 in Tulsa as artists bring imagination to life at local businesses. On the second Friday of the month from April to December, musicians, performers, and visual artists will inspire patrons as they browse businesses and vendor booths. Kick the weekend off with a tour of historic places along The Mother Road, enjoying local restaurants and taking in the sights and sounds of Tulsa's art scene.

The Grizzly Bear of Birds Creek

Every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 8 - 10 p.m.
April 17, 18, 19 & 20, 2025

TCC Theatre Presents Student Production, The Grizzly Bear of Birds Creek by Ashley Dawson Tulsa Community College Theatre will present The Grizzly Bear of Birds Creek by Ashley Dawson. It will be presented at TCC Southeast at the PACE Studio Theatre April 17-, 18, 19 at 8pm and April 20th at 2pm. The play is rated PG for violence. For tickets, please call 918-595-7777 or go to www. pacetickets.tulsacc.edu/events. The play is student written by Ashley Dawson and student directed by Melanie Torres. The student designers are Alondra Busse-Jones designing sound, Braydon Richards designing props, Dominic Diamond designing the set and projections, Valentine Tarpley designing the hair and make-up, Kat Homme designing the costumes and Alex Ryals designing the lights. The stage managers are Alondra Busse-Jones and Canyon Garner. Faculty mentors for design are Aaron Kennedy and Emily Westerfield. Script Supervisor and the faculty mentor for the direction is Mark Frank. The cast includes Abbey Butler as Sky, Mallory Berry as Mel, Brayden Marchant as Capellini, Kate Staat as Greta, Connor Harris as Bulwark, Mackenzie Boatman as Davis, Emma Dahl as McGuire, Eyrin Henningsen as King Andy, Canyon Garner as Becker, the bird, Derek Poore and Emily Bruegger as the Grizzly Bear and the understudies. Mckenna Greene is also an understudy. The Grizzly Bear of Birds Creek welcomes the audience to Pendulum, a timeless land where convicts are sent to be rehabilitated and wear soul lights for survival. Inmate, Sky breaks her soul light in an encounter with Grizzly, a giant vicious bear. She has twenty-four hours to get it back or cease to exist.. Her sister, Mel, follows Sky as she reunites with old friends, makes questionable decisions, and remembers a past best left forgotten. The Grizzly Bear of Birds Creek is an official Associate production entry into the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and will be adjudicated by Associate Professor of Theatre Technology and Design, Alex Webster from Oklahoma Baptist University. For more information about the play please contact eat16@eau16eav16eaw16 or go to our Facebook event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/682166887533474/

Woolly Weekend at Shepherd's Cross

April 24-26, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Woolly Weekend at Shepherd’s Cross Thursday April 24, Friday April 25, & Saturday April 26, 2025 10:00 am – 7:00 p.m. Woolly Weekend is a “sheep to shawl” festival held at Shepherd’s Cross, an authentic working sheep farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. Come to the farm and watch as the sheep are shorn (given a haircut). Sheep shearing occurs throughout the day. After the fiber is shorn from the sheep, visitors can watch the wool being processed on site. It will be combed, spun, woven, knit, crocheted, and felted into finished products. This is a true Sheep to Shawl Event. Over the three-day period at least three shawls will be created entirely from the wool shorn on the first morning of the event. It is rare to find a true Sheep to Shawl experience. Shearing and demonstrations take place inside the Amish built tour barn, which houses some of the animals as well as the wool processing, farm museum, and the gift shop. There are Short Course Fiber Classes available; learn drop spindling, hand carding, needle felting, or weaving during the event. Be sure to visit the Farm Animal Barn & pet the barnyard animals. Tour the educational interactive Farm Museum & Four-Story Observation Silo, as well as the Bible Garden. Bring the entire family. Children’s activities include weaving, games, wool project, and coloring contest. This is a free event. Donations are welcome - suggested donation of $5 per person. Groups of twenty or more, please pre-register. Volunteers are needed to demonstrate fiber arts. If you spin, weave, knit, crochet, or needle felt you may join our Sheep to Shawl Team. Anyone who works with fiber is welcome. Inquire for additional information. Come shop at Shepherd’s Shop featuring a host of “woolly” and farm related handmade crafted by Shepherd’s Cross and over 50 local crafters; farm fresh USDA processed and Animal Welfare Approved meat (lamb and beef), Amish jams, health foods, yarns, and much more! Additionally, the shop features a mission section, where 100% of the sale price is returned to the indigenous craftsmen (countries include Azerbaijan, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Uganda and more). Our Shepherd’s Cross yarns are natural, chemical free, home grown and hand-picked here on the farm. The shop also offers roving, batts, felting supplies, spinning and weaving supplies, and much more. Fiber Arts classes, Animal Husbandry classes, and Shearing lessons are available at the farm throughout the year. Shepherd’s Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility and a “Made in Oklahoma” Company. The farm is also Animal Welfare Approved. It is home to a non-profit Christian organization named Heart of the Shepherd that hosts this event. Teaching basic agricultural principles and their relationship to the Bible are instrumental in the educational component of the farm.

Annual Spring Art & Craft Show & Sale

April 26, 2025 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Come and join us for Sapulpa’s Annual Art & Craft Show & Sale!

Mvskoke Art Market

April 26-27, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Muscogee Nation’s first ever Mvskoke Art Market will be held this April at the River Spirit Casino in Tulsa. Attend this inaugural market and browse a wide variety of artwork from 60 artists. Paintings, beadwork, jewelry, pottery, and mixed medium artwork will be on display. The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is a self-governed Native American tribe located in Oklahoma. MCN is one of the 5 Civilized Tribes and is the fourth largest tribe in the U.S.

Trail of Tears Art Show

May 1-11, 2025 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The annual Trail of Tears Art Show, hosted on the grounds of Cherokee Springs Plaza in Tahlequah, presents authentic Native American art in one of Oklahoma's oldest art shows. Open to artists from all federally recognized Native American tribes, the Trail of Tears Art Show displays a wide range of creativity and artistic style. This diverse art show attracts artists, art dealers and visitors from across the nation. One of the most prestigious multi-tribal art shows in the country, the Trail of Tears Art Show began as a means of cultivating the art form of painting as a way of expressing Native American heritage within the Cherokee Nation. Created before the completion of the Cherokee Heritage Center, this art show was the first major exhibition held in the present museum. Peruse this year's Trail of Tears Art Show and view categories that historically have included basketry, pottery, graphics, sculpture, miniatures and the annual "Trail of Tears" theme.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

May 1-16, 2025 | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

First Friday Art Crawl

Monthly on the First Friday | 6 - 9 p.m.
May 2, 2025

Since 2007, the Tulsa Arts District has presented the community with rotating art displays as part of the monthly First Friday Art Crawl events. Every first Friday of the month, visitors can explore artwork inside galleries, studios and museums and catch a few live music performances or even an exciting fireworks display. As an added bonus, art crawlers can take advantage of free museum and gallery admission while shopping later than normal business hours would allow. Hit the district early for dinner, or stay a little later for a craft cocktail best enjoyed on an outdoor patio.

Stay Gold Session: Botanical Illustrations

Every Friday | 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
May 2, 9 & 16, 2025

Learn the art of botanical illustration rooted in refined drawing techniques and color studies. Your instructor will share key elements of this artform and guide you through self-selected subjects to illustrate using colored pencils on archival paper. Participants will complete 3-4 finished illustrations.

Art Crawl on 66

May 9, 2025 | 6 - 9 p.m.

Tulsa International Mayfest

May 9-11, 2025

Experience an outdoor tribute to the arts and music at the annual Tulsa International Mayfest. This family-oriented event in downtown Tulsa is nationally renowned for presenting the very best in arts and entertainment. Mayfest attracts hundreds of thousands of people annually with an array of arts, including dance, music, and visual arts. Always a major highlights of spring, Mayfest also includes multiple performance stages and great festival food.