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The Best Tulsa Events, Memorial Day Weekend Edition: May 20-26

Film festivals, an art studio tour, workshops, a pool party and more!

9:13 AM CDT on May 19, 2026

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Pick of the Week

Hidden Creatives Studio Tour
May 23 and 24 at 12pm
Various locations

Need an adventure this weekend? The first-ever Hidden Creatives art studio tour is an easygoing introduction to emerging and established artists working outside the downtown gallery scene. A pass gets you access to home studios and host venues across the city, featuring work by 67 local artists working in mediums from pastels to fused glass. —Alicia Chesser


Wednesday, May 20

Downtown Tulsa Midweek Market
4:30pm at Santa Fe Square, 415 E 2nd St. S.

Pitch & Pour
6pm at Cabin Boys Brewery, 1717 E 7th St.

Brujeria
6:30pm at The Venue Shrine, 112 E 18th St.

Trivia Night
7pm at American Solera, 1702 E 6th St.


Thursday, May 21

Pintxos & Porró
5pm at LoFi, 1301 E 15th St.

Queer Crafters Club
6pm at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E 4th St.

Sunset Social Hour
6:30pm at The Gathering Place, 2650 S John Williams Way

Mother Road Sons
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S Boston Ave.

Rez Film Club: Powwow Highway
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.

Charlie McGuire Quartet
8:30pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E Admiral Blvd.

Travis Linville
9pm at The Hunt Club, 224 N Main

Soup
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S Harvard Ave.


Friday, May 22

Cat Film Festival 2026 (through May 24)
Various times at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.

Backyard BBQ
5pm at Philbrook, 2727 S Rockford Rd.

Enchiridion of the Quotidian: Definitions of the Common Place
7pm at Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, 9 E Reconciliation Way

Mallory Eagle
7pm at VFW Post 577, 1109 E 6th St.

Courtney Kocak
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E Archer St.

Sunset Cinema: Not Bad for a Girl
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.

Branjae
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S Boston Ave.


Saturday, May 23

Tulsa Tough x Firefly Brew Kombucha Ride
9am at Firefly Brew, 1920 E 6th St.

”The Birds and The Beats” Album Release Party ft. ThunderWof. and DJ noname.
4:30pm at Oxley Nature Center, 6700 Mohawk Blvd.

Bucky & The Bookworms | Acid Queen | Renell Mae
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E Admiral Blvd.

Poppa Foster & The Good Time Band
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S Boston Ave.

Record Club: The Sound of Film
7pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way

The Moody Dudes: A Psychedelic Salute To Garage Band Rock ‘n Roll
7:30pm at Studio 308, 308 S. Lansing

Tulsa Night Live
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S Yale Ave.

Blue Whale Comedy Night: Tight Five!
8pm at LowDown, 10 N Detroit Ave.

The Suzzies | Sooflay | Laser Eye | Hector Ultreras
8pm at Chimera, 212 N Main St.


Sunday, May 24

Wild & Scenic Film Festival 2026
12pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.

Stencil Making Workshop with CLEAN HANDS
1pm at Liggett Studios, 314 S Kenosha Ave.

TFA Drafts & Design: Cyanotype Workshop
1:30pm at Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, 633 S Boston Ave.

Gaming Tournament
4pm at The Hunt Club, 224 N Main

Bingo Loco
6pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main

Disco Sunday
9pm at St. Vitus, 112 S Elgin Ave.


Monday, May 25

Memorial Day Pool Party
12pm at The Brut Hotel, 1840 S Boulder Ave

Memorial Day Fireworks
6pm at ONEOK Field, 201 N Elgin Ave.


Tuesday, May 26

“A Song for Greenwood” Revisited
5:30pm at Greenwood Rising, 23 N Greenwood Ave.

Bicycle Maintenance 101 with Second Wind Bicycles
5:30pm at Center for Public Secrets, 573 S Peoria Ave.

Screening: “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
5:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S Lewis Ave.

doom.kit | Fake Radiolab
7:30pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W Cameron


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