It’s A Big, Busy Metro Out There – If You Can’t Make It To Everything, Here’s Where To Start →
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Pride and Pageantry
June 5-7, Remington Park
Oklahoma means “Land of the Red People”; for three days in June Oklahoma City becomes the land of the Red Earth Festival. Thousands of Native American artists, dancers, leaders and citizens gather from tribes across the continent to share elements of their cultures and collective heritage with each other, and with the world. As an art show, as a performance festival, as an experience, it is truly incredible.
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The Fire Inside
June 5-8, UCO Wellness Center
It’s not about the athletes’ physical disabilities; it’s about the competitive spirit that drives them to push themselves to their personal peak performances and beyond. The Endeavor Games is a nationally recognized collection of sporting showdowns in archery, swimming, track and field events, wheelchair basketball, powerlifting and multiple other competitions for athletes of all ages and abilities.
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A Date With Mystery
June 7, Skirvin Hilton
Canterbury Choral Society is ramping up the luxury for this edition of its annual Masquerade Ball: themed “Glamour, Glitz and Gatsby,” it boasts a signature cocktail running down a spiral ice sculpture; dancing to the band Time Machine; live and silent auction temptations; a performance from the children of Canterbury Youth Choruses, the beneficiaries of this extravagant bash … the main mystery is why you aren’t getting tickets right now.
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L’Amour de la Musique
June 12-17, St. Paul’s Cathedral
The members of Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble are putting a triumphant coda on their season with one last performance. Actually, make that four last performances. The overall theme for the Brightmusic Spring Festival is “The Music of France,” meaning audiences to any of the quartet of shows can expect a mellifluous flood from the likes of Saint-Saens, Debussy, Ravel et beaucoup des autres. Allons-y!
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A Prize for the Eyes
June 13-August 3, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
There’s good, and there’s better, and then there’s the Prix de West. The annual exhibit features more than 300 premium pieces by the nation’s finest contemporary Western artists in multiple media and genres – join the seminars and educational festivities during its opening weekend or browse the compendium of works for sale throughout the exhibition … or, ideally, both.
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We Have Liftoff
June 12-22, UCO Mitchell Hall Theater
Perpetual adolescence is a lousy life plan, but it does make for a smashing evening’s worth of fun and adventure as long as audiences remember to bring their imaginations and believe in magic. Come fly with Summerstock Productions as the seasonal troupe of thespians present their take on the original Broadway version of “Peter Pan".
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To Catch a Beef
June 14, Crest Foods
The citywide quest for the meat-lovers’ best returns to Norman for a fourth straight bout leaving no room for doubt – it’s tiiiiiiiime for the Battle of the Burger! A tug-of-war and pie making contest serve as undercards to the title bout, as restaurants, nonprofit teams and individual gurus of the grill cook for audiences and a panel of experts to determine who among their number will reign supreme as Commander-in-Beef … until next year.
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Izzn’t It Grand?
June 21, Rose State PAC
Anyone could, in theory, announce him- or herself as a cheerfully absurd comedian. Crafting a multi-continentally successful career so purely entertaining that John Cleese himself refers to you as “the Lost Python” takes skill. And natural talent. Oh, and comedic timing, and also rambling stories that don’t go much of anywhere but then end with a sudden burst of silliness. Speaking of Eddie Izzard, he’s bringing his Force Majeure tour to the metro; it should be glorious.
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Freedom to Celebrate
June 26-July 4, Downtown Edmond
A wide-ranging 12 events spread over 10 days culminating in a truly spectacular explosion of patriotic fervor – welcome to celebration country. LibertyFest roars back into Edmond with a classic car show, kite flying festival, tasting event, concerts, parade and much more, and that’s all before the unbelievably grand finale fueled by a massive fireworks display to mark Independence Day with a bang.
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Play on, Partner
June 26-28, Downtown OKC
City and country are all set to collide with jubilant results, as the shining stars of country music – Lady Antebellum, the Randy Rogers Band, Dierks Bentley, the one and only Merle Haggard and many more – descend on the metro for the inaugural OKC Fest. The three-day outdoor music event may experiment with more genres in the future, but for now, let your ears ring in the new.
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