Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, July 30-August 5

First Friday, Band of Horses, Vincent Neil Emerson with Agalisiga Mackey and more!

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Pick Of The Week

First Friday Art Crawl x Record Club: Street Art Edition
August 1, 6pm
Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way

This edition of Record Club dives into the global language of street art, from Banksy to RETNA to REVOKE. Tulsa’s own Clean Hands Army will turn Guthrie Green into a living canvas with a live, collaborative mural experience. DJ Doc Free will be spinning deep cuts from hip-hop icons like Madlib, MF DOOM, and Peanut Butter Wolf—the soundtrack behind modern muralism. The Guthrie Green vendor market will be out in full force for First Friday, too, along with exhibit openings at just about all of the Arts District galleries.

Wednesday, July 30

Words of the People: Indigenous Community Writing Workshop
6:30pm at Four Mothers Collective, 1306 E. 11th St., Suite C

Old Dog Wine Dinner
6:30pm at Vintage Wine Bar, 324 E. 1st St.

Documentary Screening: "Fugazi: Instrument"
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Grave Next Door / Glorach / Oberon
9pm at The Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

Thursday, July 31

July Comedy Showcase
6:30pm at The Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.

Homegrown Artists & Open Mic ft. Music by Keathley and Poems by Abby Rush
6:30pm at Inheritance Juicery, 108 S. Detroit Ave.

Life Drawing
6:30pm at Carson House, 1401 S. Carson Ave.

Bucky & The Bookworms / Douglas / The Suzzies
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.

Meg Meyers Morgan
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer

Salsa Thirst Thursday with Mezclave
7:30pm at The Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.

Friday, August 1

Grand Opening: Buck’s Vintage New Location
9am at 66 Collective, 1317 E. 11th St.

NOM 1579 Tequila Tasting
4pm at Bulavard Liquor, 1701 S. Boston Ave.

Heirloom Farm & Vine Dinner (repeats August 2)
5pm and 7:30pm at Farm Bar, 1740 S. Boston Ave.

Kids Art Market
5pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.

Exhibit Opening: "Earth Speaks" by Rachel Rector
6pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.

The Market In Owen Park
6pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron St.

Exhibit Opening: “Still” by Lisa Hunter, Jane Sauer, Jo Stealey & Carol Stein
6pm at 108 Contemporary, 108 Reconciliation Way

Exhibit Opening: Olivia Maday & Josiah Bolth
6pm at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 E. Reconciliation Way

Exhibit Opening: “The Zürich 7” by Kristen Lese
6pm at Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, 9 E. Reconciliation Way

Tulsa Artist Fellowship First Friday Open Studios
6pm at TAF Archer Studios, 109 N. MLK Jr. Blvd.

The 66 Kicks Improv Sketch Comedy
8pm at Cody Mayo Studios, 317 S. Trenton Ave.

Pocket People
8pm at Jackalope Comedy Theater, 3406 S. Yale Ave.

Studio House / Avery Marshall / Big Mogus
9pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.

Pony Disco Club
10pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main

*First Friday's art openings include work by New Orleans-based painter Josiah Bolth (L) and Carol Stein (R)*

Saturday, August 2

Saturday Morning Cartoons
9am at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way

Sip ‘N Slide 2025
12pm at Welltown Brewery, 114 W. Archer

Cat Video Fest (repeats August 3 and August 7)
3pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Exhibit Opening: “Between Now and Next” by Cassidy Frye
5pm at Positive Space Tulsa, 1324 E. 3rd St.

Let’s Zeppelin: A Tribute
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.

Silhouette Flight Night: Trivia Night
7pm at Silhouette Sneakers & Art, 10 N. Greenwood Ave., Suite C

TAKER & Friends: A Benefit Show for Zac Brown
8pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.

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

Branjae
9:30pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.

Sunday, August 3

Natsukashii Rice Ball Pop-Up
10am at Antoinette's, 207 N. Main

One Way Truckin’
4pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.

Emma Willmann
7pm at The Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.

Band of Horses with Wet World
8pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.

Weep Car Album Release with Professional Golfer and Sun Vow
9pm at The Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

Monday, August 4

Nomadic Mondays: Sabor Guerrero
5pm at Brut Hotel, 1840 S. Boulder Ave.

Cut It Out! A Propagation Workshop
6pm at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave.

Karaoke Mondays with the Party Possum
8pm at The Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

Tuesday, August 5

Vincent Neil Emerson with Agalisiga Mackey
7pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main

Okie Film Nights: "A Poem Is A Naked Person"
7pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Evan Hughes Tuesday Comedy Showcase
8pm at The Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

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Alicia Chesser

Alicia Chesser is the managing editor of The Pickup. She's been writing about the arts in Tulsa for two decades. When she's not at someone else's show, she makes and teaches contemporary dance and messes around with creative nonfiction.

Katie Wiehe

Katie Wiehe is a senior political science student at the University of Tulsa, working in policy research and advocacy in the Tulsa area. Her research focuses on mass incarceration, particularly how local investments can help break cycles of poverty and incarceration.