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Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, April 30-May 6

Surrealism in East Tulsa, Sturgill Simpson, Cinco de Mayo, a beer festival and more

TAC Gallery’s 25th annual 5×5 art sale and Cinco de Mayo, this week in Tulsa

Welcome to Tulsa Picks, your weekly compilation of Tulsa's best food, arts and music events, as picked by us, the staff of The Pickup. Let's get to it!

Pick Of The Week

Cinco de Mayo Street Festival 
May 3-5 at Elote, 5th and Boston

Luchadores. Taco drops. Margs. Cumbia lessons. It's three days of Cinco de Mayo celebrations this weekend, courtesy of the puffy taco heroes at Elote.     


Wednesday, April 30 

Anh Chị Em: Brother Sister Sibling Potluck
6pm at "Rooms" Annex, 1521 S. Main St.

Trivia Night
7pm at The Pump, 602 S. Lewis Ave.

An Evening With Tyler Hilton
7pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.

Thursday, May 1

Graphex 56 Art & Design Competition
6pm at Central Library, 400 Civic Center

Sessanta V2.0: Primus, Puscifer, A Perfect Circle
8pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.

Cypher120: THE POP-OUT ft. Written Quincey, Christon Mason, BlackKeyz, Toast, Marcus James, & dj noname
8pm at 10 N. Greenwood Ave., Suite B

Friday, May 2 (First Friday) 

Germanfest (through May 4)
10am at German American Society of Tulsa, 1429 Terrace Dr.

OKPOP-In
5pm at OKPOP, 422 N. Main St.

Exhibit Opening: "Change Happens" by Diane Salamon
5pm at Carson House, 1401 S. Carson Ave.

Dog Caricatures
5:30pm at Good Cause Brewing, 2501 E. 15th St.

Exhibit Opening: 25 Years of 5x5
5:55pm at TAC Gallery, 9 E. Reconciliation Way

Pie Social with Common Tart
6pm at Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

Tulsa Jumbo: Improv Sketch & Stand-Up Comedy
7:30pm at Studio 308, 308 S. Lansing

Inspyral Fire Circus
8pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way

Sturgill Simpson 
8pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.

Graveyard Shift Screening: "The Quick and The Dead" (repeats May 3)
9pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Saturday, May 3 

2nd Annual Tulsa World Labyrinth Day Festival 
8am at Edison Studios, 4040 W Edison St.

Oklahoma Alliance for Animals Rock & Rescue 
10am at Central Park Hall at Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St.

Carney Fest 
10am at The Church Studio, 304 S. Trenton Ave. 
& 6pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St. 

Youth & Adult Art Therapy On Greenwood
11am at Vernon AME Church, 311 N. Greenwood Ave.

Zero Gravity Festival
11am at NEFF Brewing, 321 S. Frankfort Ave.

Exhibit Opening: "Portfolio" by Stephen Meltzer 
12pm at Chrysalis Spa, 7 E. Reconciliation Way

Tulsa Film Collective: Production Design Workshop
3pm at Tulsa Artist Fellowship Flagship, 112 N. Boston Ave.

ArtHouse Tulsa: Surreal-East
3pm at Elevate East, 1801 S. Garnett Rd.

Exhibit Opening: “Object Permanence” by Mack Brim
5pm at Positive Space, 1324 E. 3rd St.

Hero Journeys: A Video Series Curated By Kalup Linzy
6pm at Queen Rose Art House, 843 N. Birmingham Pl.

Around the Hollywood Campfire
8pm at LowDown, 108 N. Detroit Ave.

Sunday, May 4

Workshop: Moving Bodies/Dancing Lives 
10:30am at Temple of Dance, 8224 E 41st St.

Taqueria Noche 
11am at Noche Woodfired Grill & Agave Bar, 110 N. Elgin Ave.

Matcha Day Party 
4pm at Fulton Street Books & Coffee, 21 N Greenwood Ave.

Chris Isaak
8pm at Tulsa Theater, 105 W. Reconciliation Way

Monday, May 5  

Book Launch: "Tequila Wars" with Author Ted Genoways and Noche Woodfired Grill & Agave Bar
6:30pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.

Save Ferris
8pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.

Tuesday, May 6  

Community Circle with the Restorative Justice Institute of Oklahoma
5:30pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.

Aria Yoga with Tulsa Opera
6pm at 17th and Riverside

Okie Film Nights: "To The Wonder" Directed By Terence Malick
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

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