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Pick Of The Week
Punk Rock Flea Market 2025
August 30, 10am
Expo Square, 4145 E. 21st St.
For 11 years the Punk Rock Flea Market has been bringing alternative small businesses, vendors, artists and musicians to Tulsa for an annual day of live music, art, anti-establishment community support and general mischief-making. Kids under 12 get in free, so bring the youth and teach them well.
Wednesday, August 27
Tunnel Tour
2:45pm at Hyatt Regency Tulsa, 100 2nd St.
Toadies with Vandoliers
6:30pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
(hed)PE
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Thursday, August 28
Talk: "The City of Magical Thinking" by Russell Cobb
1pm at Helmerich Center for American Research, 2501 W. Newton St.
Queer Crafters Club
6pm at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.
Silent Reading Party
6pm at Fulton Street Books & Coffee, 21 N. Greenwood Ave.
Life Drawing
6:30pm at Carson House, 1401 S. Carson Ave.
Small Business Social
6:30pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Fitz & The Tantrums
6:30pm at Cain's Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Adam Hood
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Salsa Thirst Thursday with Mezclave
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Arcadia Grey & Leisure Hour
8pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Bliss Point | Sweat FM | Natty Gray vs BB Teeth
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Friday, August 29
Pop-Up Exhibition: “Still Life with Tiger”
through August 30 at Tulsa Artists Coalition, 9 E. Reconciliation Way
Windchimes & Wine Class
1pm at Garden Deva, 1326 E. 3rd St.
Music on the Patio: Chris Combs
5:30pm at the Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
WTF Club
6pm at Carson House, 1401 S. Carson Ave.
“Thin Places”: Film & Discussion with Brit Hensel
7pm at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.
Kimmi Bitter
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
A Night of Harsh Noise
7pm at Mass Movement Community Arts, 1217 E. Admiral Blvd.
Greg Koch Trio
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
The Friday Hang with Jesse Aycock
7pm at VFW Post 577, 1109 E. 6th St.
Safeword & Electric Muzzle
7:30pm at Noisetown, 2611 W. 40th Pl.
Bryan Hassel Shenanigan Show
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S. Yale Ave.
An Evening with Joy Harjo
8pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
DJ Heartwerk & DJ Katnip
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Pre-Rager for the Punk Rock Flea Market
9pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Saturday, August 30
Artisan Market
9am at Brut Hotel, 1840 S. Boulder Ave.
Bridges: A Movement Laboratory for Embodied Connection
9:30am at El Centro, 1801 S. Garnett Rd.
Oil Portrait Workshop
10am at Carson House, 1401 S. Carson Ave.
Tunes @ Noon: Independence 76
12pm at The Church Studio, 304 S. Trenton Ave.
State of Black Food Documentary Screening: "The Food That Fuels"
1:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.
Exhibit Opening: "McKinley Grove" by Tyler James
6pm at THE STUDIO, 2221 E. Admiral Blvd.
Johnee Kemper
6pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Pop Punk Nite
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Astronomy Club of Tulsa Stargazing Night
7:30pm at Hunter Park, 5804 E. 91st St.
Lady Improv
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S. Yale Ave.
Gogo Plumbay & Yongi Live
8pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.
This Ain’t A Scene 2000s Tribute
8pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Liberal Media | Ivory Tusk | Heralds
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.
Harry Hines
10pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Sunday, August 31
Zumba on the Green
10:30am at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
Sunday Brunch with DJ Majda
12pm at En Fuego, 224 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Paul Benjaman's Sunday Nite Thing
9pm at The Colony, 2809 S. Harvard Ave.
Monday, September 1
Vintage Jazz Night
8pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.
Lyal Strickland
8:30pm at 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar, 8330 Riverside Pkwy.
Tuesday, September 2
Artist Council
7pm at Central Library, 400 Civic Center
Kimberly Akimbo
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
Honky-Tonkin' with Jacob Tovar
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
