11 Days of Awesome On a Stick

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Weekend Roundup

Happy awesome autumn Friday. We know you’ve been wanting to decorate for Halloween. Go ahead, we give you permission! It’s not too early. Here’s some other fun happening around Tulsa this weekend.

• 💃Big Fat Greek Festival: It’s no wedding, it’s better! Head down to Opa-Homa, the Tulsa Greek Festival that is happening now. There’s family fun, food a Greek fry eating contest you won’t want to miss!

• 🎃Beauty in the Botanic: Hey pumpkin, let’s carve out some memories at the Autumn in the Tulsa Botanic Garden Festival that kicks off Saturday.

• 💐Mums the Word: Southwood Landscape Nursery is having its fall harvest celebration with fantastic art, French crepes, fescue training and more.

• 👸🏼Part of Your World: Disney’s The Little Mermaid is swimming into Tulsa with the rest of the Disney Princesses. Get your tickets to the Tulsa Fairytale Ball HERE.

• 🇺🇸Pioneers and Parades: Where else can you catch a pet costume contest, a parade, live music and food? Right in the heart of Downtown Cleveland Oklahoma’s Pioneer Day!

• 🎸Barefoot Blue-jean Night: Country music star Jake Owen is stepping on to the stage at Tulsa’s Riverspirit Casino Resort Saturday night. Get your tickets!

• 🐠All About That Bass: You’ll be so fly at the Pat Daly Invitational bass fly fishing tournament. Fishermen and women of all ages are welcome to get on the hook.

• ♥️Ravishing in Ruby: the Guthrie Green will turn ruby tonight as Annie Ellicott’s Rubyland takes the stage. The live performance starts at 7pm and its free to see the cabaret style show.

• 🖤Moth Market Musings: Tulsa’s only natural history store is putting on Black Moth Art Market. You’ll see everything from taxidermy to jewelry, a coffee bar, food and oh so much fun.

Community

Jenks America, A Judicious Jewel in the Heart of Green Country

Sometimes the sweetest most scenic community is right under our nose. When it comes to talented football players, beautiful boutiques and really great people, Jenks America has it covered.

• Worth a Stroll: The growing community of Jenks has that small town feel with bustling big business in the mix too. With a population of nearly 28-thousand people, Jenks has been named one of the fastest growing cities in Oklahoma and is currently ranked #16. Founded in 1905 and named after railroad official Elmer E. Jenks, the City would go from a railroad and oil town to a film, food and futuristic destination.

• Under the Sea: The Oklahoma Aquarium isn’t the only site bringing visitors from across the country. Main Street Jenks and the Riverwalk Crossing collect crowds too. Where else can you find bull sharks swimming in a glass tank over your head, an evening of axe throwing and abundant antique stores? Jenks, America of course!

Here’s a look all of the awesome amenities of Jenks.

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Not One, or Two, But Eleven Days of Awesome Are Planned as the Tulsa State Fair Rolls Into Town

There’s only one place you can find scorpion pizza on a stick, Disney On Ice, rides that rock and an expo center full of everything from cooking classes for kids and lively livestock. The Tulsa State Fair!

• Let’s Be Fair: Can we all just go ahead and agree that the fair food is the highlight? Deep fried chocolate bacon, alligator on a stick and deep fried fruity pebbles are just a few of the ‘say what’ items on the menu. You’ll find healthy choices and traditional ones like cotton candy, corn dogs and taco salads. Check out the food finder menu before you go!

• Tunes and Tenacious Tests: The music line-up on the ‘11 Days of Awesome’ list is fine tuned. You can hear local bands like the HiFi Hillbillies Duo and national recognized artists like Uncle Kracker and The Fray. You can see competitions take place with FFA and 4-H groups and don’t forget to catch the grits of the Miss Tulsa State Fair Pageant.

And how about those rides? To see the thrills and spills of all the rides you are used to plus 9 brand new rides to the Tulsa State Fair, click HERE.

Sports

Pig Skin Picks, It’s Time For a Big Weekend On the Football Field

We are watching 4 big college games for you and wouldn’t dare forget about those high school games too. Rollup your sleeves, its time to Rumble!

• College Gameday in Green Country: It’s time to gas up! All three Oklahoma teams have away games this weekend. OSU will play Iowa State. OU will play the Cincinnati Bearcats. TU plays the Northern Illinois Huskies.

• High School Football Match-Ups: Football moms, this one’s for you! Kick your feet up in the stands this weekend. There are 73 high school football games happening in Oklahoma this weekend and the Friday night lights will definitely be shining bright. Here’s a look at who is playing who. 

Razorback fans will be calling the hogs from Louisiana on Saturday. See gamely details HERE.

In other news

• 🌊WOKA Wipeout: Check out this totally tubular VIDEO at WOKA, a new state-of the art whitewater park that promises raging rapids for tubers, surfers or kayakers of all ages and skill levels. WOKA is less than an hour and a half from Tulsa.

• 🏠Encouragement to the Evicted: The Tulsa County District Court received a grant to help the eviction crisis. Tulsa county ranks the 11th worst in the nation. Find out how the grant will help Housing Solutions, an agency that has helped 3,319 people stay in their homes since opening in 2021.

• 🛑Cracking Down on Cannabis: Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond formed a task force to fight illegal cannabis grow operations in Oklahoma. “Illegal marijuana grows are responsible for an alarming influx of organized crime in our communities.” Drummond said. As part of the task force a citizen tip line has been created.

• Bravery at Burning House: Broken Arrow’s Celio Saldivar saved his neighbor who was trapped in a burning home. He told reporters it just felt like a natural instinct to run through her yard, bust into her front door and carry her to safety.

• 💲🏡💰‘It’s a Good Starter House’: A cool $2,195,000 will get you this house located near 36th and Atlanta Place in midtown Tulsa. Realtors representing the property say there’s no place like home with a 22-thousand square foot lot and over 6-thousand square feet of living space.

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