Tulsa Picks: The Week’s Best Tulsa Events, October 8-14

The Tulsa Pride Parade, Native American Day, "The Outsiders" musical, and more

8:00 AM CDT on October 7, 2025

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Pick Of The Week

Tulsa Pride Parade 2025
October 11, 4pm
Starts at 18th & Boston, ends at Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, 621 E. 4th St.

Tulsa's 26th annual Pride Parade is here, and visibility matters. Performances by Lady Camden, Irene the Alien, Kerri Colby, and Adore Delano close out the day on the mainstage after the parade.

Wednesday, October 8

Downtown Midweek Market with Halle Doll & Gabriel Howard
4:30pm at Chapman Green, 600 S. Main St.

The Beaches with Annie Dirusso
6:30pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.

Home Invasion
7pm at Mass Movement Community Arts, 1217 E. Admiral Blvd.

Anna Mitchael
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.

Obitchuary
7:30pm at Tulsa Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.

“The Outsiders” Musical (through October 12)
7:30pm at Tulsa Performing Arts Center, 110 E. 2nd St. S.

*Getting our pickle fix at the Downtown Midweek Market this Wednesday at Chapman Green*

Thursday, October 9

Time Warp Trivia
5pm at Museum of Tulsa History, 2445 S. Peoria Ave.

Pride Pint Night
5pm at NEFF Brewing, 321 S. Frankfort Ave.

Skyline Soiree
6pm at Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, 633 S. Boston Ave

October Book Dragons
6pm at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.

John Hornor Jacobs
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.

ONE AUX: Music & Poetry
7pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron St.

Mudvayne 25th Anniversary Tour
7pm at Tulsa Theater, 105 W. Reconciliation Way

Drake Milligan with Colin Nash
7pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.

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Friday, October 10

Proglahoma
5pm at Vanguard, 222 N. Main St.

Pie Social + Wine Club
6pm at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

Exhibit Opening: Oklahoma Visionaries
6pm at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.

KC Johns
7pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.

Turnpike Tributedours
7pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.

Katherine Blanford
7pm at Tulsa Loony Bin, 6808 S. Memorial Dr.

Theatre Tulsa: 12 Angry Women (through October 12)
8pm at Theatre Tulsa Studio, 5521 S. Peoria Ave.

Graveyard Shift: "Day of the Dead" 40th Anniversary Screening (repeats October 11)
9pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Saturday, October 11

Family Folk Fest
10am at Woody Guthrie Center & Bob Dylan Center

Assemblage Workshop
10am at Liggett Studio, 314 S. Kenosha Ave.

Seed Collecting Workshop
10am at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

Gilcrease Family Festival
11am at Gilcrease Museum, 1400 N. Gilcrease Museum Rd.

Community Pride 918
1pm at Mass Movement Community Arts, 1217 E. Admiral Blvd.

Red River Rivalry Watch Party
1pm at Gathering Place, 2650 S. John Williams Way

Book Launch: "Grappling with Care" by Dr. Autumn Slaughter
2pm at Mixed-Use Space Tulsa, 2417 E. Admiral Blvd.

Chris Combs Quintet
6:30pm at LowDown, 10 N. Detroit Ave.

Tulsey Town Two-Step
7pm at VFW Post 577, 1109 E. 6th St.

Rapper's Delight
8pm at Living Arts of Tulsa, 307 Reconciliation Way

King Cabbage Brass Band
8pm at Mercury Lounge, 1747 S. Boston Ave.

Haunted School Musical
8pm at Jackalope Theater, 3406 S. Yale Ave.

CorMae | Stallone Cobras | Fat Dracula | Union of a Dying Sun
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

*Get cozy at the Tulsey Town Two-Step this Saturday, with music from Agalisiga Mackey and Jared Tyler, plus free dance lessons*photo by Cassidy McCants

Sunday, October 12

Wax Masters Record Show
11am at Chimera, 212 N. Main St.

Skinnerfest
1pm at Venue Shrine, 112 E. 18th St.

Music on Exhibit: Wall Flowers
2:30pm at Philbrook, 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

Rez Film Club: Native Horror Double Feature
3pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

Sounds & Solidarity: Mixtape Auction for Incarcerated Artists
3pm at JustArts Gallery, 320 S. Trenton Ave.

Notre Dame Cathedral Organist In Concert
5pm at Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, 1301 S. Boston Ave.

Goya | In the Company of Serpents | Oberon
9pm at Whittier Bar, 2405 E. Admiral Blvd.

Monday, October 13

Tulsa Native American Day Parade
9am at Dream Keepers Park, 1875 S. Boulder

Before Cowboy Carter: Black Women of the West
6pm at Historic Vernon A.M.E. Church, 311 N. Greenwood

Cage the Elephant
6:50pm at Tulsa Theater, 105 W. Reconciliation Way

Charmaine Lee | White Boy Scream & Sarah Ruth Alexander | Godseye
7pm at Drifters Theater, 1305 W. Cameron

Tuesday, October 14

Melvins with Redd Kross
6:30pm at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.

Mark Archuleta
7pm at Magic City Books, 221 E. Archer St.

Tulsa Global Alliance / Tulsa Botanic Garden Screening: "ROMA"
7:30pm at Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave.

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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.