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Pick Of The Week
Blue Whale Comedy Festival
August 14-17
Various locations
Blue Whale Comedy Festival is back and bigger than ever in 2025, celebrating its 10th anniversary with shows across the city. After a knockout 2024 lineup anchored by Reggie Watts and Michael Longfellow, BWCF features four days of live comedy, improv, podcast tapings, and laughs all across the Arts District. This year’s headliners include David Cross and Robby Hoffman on Friday, August 15, and Broad City breakout Hannibal Buress on Saturday, August 16, all at Cain’s Ballroom. Thanks to its multi-venue nature, BWCF feels like Tulsa’s own little South by Southwest, with shows ranging from the Cain's mainstage to subterranean sets at LowDown, and a high likelihood of celebrity sightings at the bar after-parties. Full schedule at the link!
Wednesday, August 13
Chris Combs Album Pre-Release Listening Party
4pm at The Church Studio, 304 S. Trenton Ave.
Maple Ridge Grocer x Summit Club x Una Vida Tequila Dinner
6:30pm at Maple Ridge Grocer, 1810 S. Cincinnati Ave.
NSFW Comedy Tour
6pm at Bricktown Comedy Club, 5982 S. Yale Ave.
The Ivy with More&More
6pm at Brut Hotel, 1840 S. Boulder Ave.
Graduation Show
6pm at Tulsa Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.
Adult Swim
8pm at 5300 Club Pool, 5393 E. 27th St.
Thursday, August 14
Housing Forward Lecture: Introduction To Incremental Development
5:30pm at Gradient, 12 N. Cheyenne Ave.
Thursday Night Lights Comedy Contest
6pm at Bricktown Comedy Club, 5982 S. Yale Ave.
Dine Around the World
7pm at Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way
Troy Bond
7:30pm at Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.
Knipple + Soup Tet
8pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.
Levi Platero
8pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Rock Bottom String Band | Plastic Psalms | The Ugly Cowboys
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Friday, August 15
Philbrook Wine Club: Sippin’ in the Sunshine
6pm at Philbrook Museum of Art, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Levi Hummon
8pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Theatre Tulsa: "The Crucible" (through August 24)
8pm at Theatre Tulsa Studios, 5521 S. Peoria Ave.
The 66 Kicks Improv Sketch Comedy
8pm at Cody Mayo Studios, 317 S. Trenton Ave.
Joleen Brown and Friends
8pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.
“Chris Combs–In Session: Live at The Church Studio” Album Release Show
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Saturday, August 16
TFA Tours: The BOK Center
9am at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.
Workshop with David Bizzaro: Puppetry 101 For TV And Film
9am at Pursuit Films, 2312 E. Admiral Blvd.
Art Deco Tour
10am at Tulsa Tours, 511 S. Boston Ave.
73rd Annual Tulsa Powwow
11am at Arvest Convention Center, 100 Civic Center
The WOMPA Bazaar
5pm at WOMPA, 3306 Charles Page Blvd.
Raft Race Sails Into The Sunset
6:30pm at River Parks East Bank, 18th and Riverside
Stallone Cobras | Fat Dracula | Monte
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Sunday, August 17
Pollinator Party
1pm at McNellie’s, 401 E. 1st St. S.
“Take It Or Leave It” Live Podcast Show
4pm at Bricktown Comedy Club, 5982 S. Yale Ave.
Reel Crafts Screening: “Now And Then”
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Julie Drake
7pm at Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.
Paul Benjaman Band
10pm at the Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Monday, August 18
Zumba on the Green
5:30pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
Monday Night Jazz
8pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.
Tuesday, August 19
Aria Yoga
6pm at 17th and Riverside
Tuesday Talks With Raelynn Butler: The History Of The Council Oak Tree
5:30pm at Brut Hotel, 1801 S. Boulder Ave.
Flipturn
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Trivia Night
7pm at American Solera, 1702 E. 6th St.
B&B Theaters Game Night
7:30pm at B&B Theaters, 10301 S. Memorial Dr.
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