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Pick Of The Week
Lit: A Concert by Candlelight with Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore
7pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
It doesn’t get much more autumnal than this, music-wise. Ambient icons Barwick (who grew up in Bixby) and Lattimore bring their echoey, loopy, vox-and-harp magic to a candlelit Guthrie Green two Fridays before Halloween. A perfect concert for the “thinning of the veils” season. All ages, free.
Wednesday, October 15
Marlee Vox
6:30pm at Belafonte, 306 S. Phoenix Ave.
Thursday, October 16
Tulsa Oktoberfest (through October 19)
River West Festival Park, 2100 S. Jackson Ave.
A Retrospective: Margaret Roach Wheeler
12pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.
Exhibit Opening: “Parallel Visions”
5pm at M.A. Doran Gallery, 3509 S. Peoria Ave.
Light the Night
5:30pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
Rewilding Tulsa
6pm at Heirloom Rustic Ales, 2113 E. Admiral Blvd.
Book Launch: “Ralph Ellison: More Than Invisible” by Quraysh Ali Lansana
6pm at TCC Center for Creativity, 910 S. Boston Ave.
The Party of a Showgirl: A TS12 Celebration
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Terrain: The Big God Tour
7pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Hellerween 2025 (through October 18)
7pm at 101 Archer, 101 E. Archer St.
Jonas Brothers w/ The All-American Rejects
7:30pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.
Part Time Punks Record Night
10pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Friday, October 17
Creative Mornings Tulsa: “SOFT” with Le’Andra LeSeur
8:30am at TCC Center for Creativity, 910 S. Boston Ave.
HallowZOOeen (through October 26)
6pm at Tulsa Zoo, 6421 E 36th St N.
HallowMarine
Various times at Oklahoma Aquarium, 300 Aquarium Dr., Jenks
Josh Meloy
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
The Teague Brothers
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Abi Carter
7pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Zombie Prom
8pm at Barkingham Palace (message organizer for location)
Saturday, October 18
Brookside BooHaHa
9am at Brookside District; 11am parade starts at 45th and Peoria
Tableflip: A Noise Fleamarket
3pm at Mass Movement Community Arts
Garba on the Lawn
5pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way
Okra & The Universe | Crash DeVille
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E Admiral Blvd.
Desi & Cody
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.
Kitten Fest: Cat-O-Ween
7pm at Noisetown, 2611 W. 40th Pl.
Next Halen
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Tulsa Shakespeare Company: “Othello” (repeats October 19, 25, 26)
8pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
Halloween Double Feature: HAHA Haunted Museum & The Seance
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S. Yale Ave.
Nightmare on Pink Street
7pm at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.
I’d Die for Lo-Fi
10pm at Soundpony, 409 N. Main St.
Sunday, October 19
Swan Lake Gentlemen's Society
2:30pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “Carousel”
2:30pm at Will Rogers Auditorium, 3909 E. 5th Pl.
Evil Dead in Concert
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
JW Francis | Chelsea Days
7pm at Thelma’s Peach, 2008 E. Admiral Blvd.
Monday, October 20
Monday Zumba
5:30pm at Guthrie Green, 111 Reconciliation Way.
Born of Osiris
6:30pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.
Ken Steele: The Promise of an Unbroken Straw
6pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.
Nate Bargatze: Big Dumb Eyes Tour
7pm at BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.
Tuesday, October 21
Woody Guthrie Prize 2025: U2
6pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.
Sugar Skull! A Dia de Muertos Musical Adventure
6:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.
