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The Week’s Best Tulsa Events: January 7-13

A Bowie tribute, a modern quilt exhibit, a benefit show for Mango, "Hadestown" & more

8:46 AM CST on January 6, 2026

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Pick Of The Week

Artist Talk: "Make Your Voice Heard"
January 11, 1pm
Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha

Can you fight fascism with art? It can't hurt to try. Tulsa-born, Brooklyn-based artist Julie Peppito, who made the cover of the New York Times last year with her protest art, will share her experience in this donation-based artist talk.


Wednesday, January 7

Dry Bar + Sound Bath
6pm at Nothing’s Left Brewing, 1502 E. 6th St.

Natacha Diels / Dave Broome / Mark Southerland
7pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron St.

Chili Bowl (through January 17)
Various times at EXPO Center, 4145 E. 21st St.


Thursday, January 8

Book Dragons Workshop: DIY Book Cloth & Cover Windows
6pm at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha

Elvis’s Birthday Party
7pm at The Pump, 602 S. Lewis Ave.

JustArts Free Films & Gallery Exhibit
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.


Friday, January 9

9th Annual Modern Quilt Exhibit (continues January 10)
10am at Southwood Garden Center, 9025 S. Lewis Ave.

Exhibit Opening: “Thru A Lens” by Candacee White
5pm at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha

Before We Part / Yung Halloween / Thunderwof / Et Setera
6pm at Mixed-Use Space Tulsa, 2417 E. Admiral Blvd.

K-Pop Demon Hunters Skate Night
7pm at Skates Rollertainment, 401 E. Broadway Ct., Sand Springs

Frozen: The Musical (through January 25)
8pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

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

William Beckmann
8pm at The Vanguard, 222 N. Main

Graveyard Shift Screening: Jimmy & Stiggs (repeats January 10)
9pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

The Freakout Dance Party
10pm at The Starlite, 1902 E. 11th St.


Saturday, January 10

Beginners Metal Workshop
9am at Garden Deva, 1326 E. 3rd St.

Intro to Black and White Photography
9am at Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way

Fandom Fest 
10am at Central Library, 400 Civic Center

Twelfth Night Feast + Sword and Shield Tournament
12pm at VFW Post #577, 1109 E. 6th St.

Community Adoption Event with Animal Aid of Tulsa
12pm at Fetch Social Club, 728 S. Wheeling

Clothing Swap
1pm at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.

Preserving The Voices Of American Folk Music: A Conversation with Michael Scully
2pm at Woody Guthrie Center, 102 Reconciliation Way

Second Saturday Psychedelic Social
4pm at American Solera, 1702 E. 6th St.

Day Shift Party
5pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra: Brahms Symphony No. 2
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

A Celebration of David Bowie
8pm at The Vanguard, 222 N. Main

Free Mango: A Benefit Show
7pm at Mass Movement Community Arts, 1217 E. Admiral Blvd.

Grass Crack
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.

Silent Affirmations: The Winter Renewal
8pm at The Frequency Lounge, 1315 E. 6th St.


Sunday, January 11

Et Al. Japanese Breakfast
10am at Foolish Things Coffee Company, 1001 S. Main

Christmas Tree Campfire
2pm at Cabin Boys Brewery, 1717 E. 7th St.

Heller Theatre Company: Second Sunday Serials
7pm at Studio 308, 308 S. Lansing


Monday, January 12

Folkgrass Jam
5pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.

Vintage Jazz Night
8pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.


Tuesday, January 13

Tunes @ Noon with Casii Stephan
12pm at The Church Studio, 304 S. Trenton Ave.

Burger Night
5pm at Cow & Cabbage, 1325 E. 15th St.

Hadestown (repeats January 14)
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

Tonkin’ Tuesdays with Jacob Tovar
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.

Olivia McGraw with Chris Combs and Logan Bruhn
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.

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