Festivals & Fairs
Paseo First Friday Gallery Walk
July 3, 6-9pm, Paseo Arts District
Every first Friday year round.
thepaseo.org
Upcycle Mini Fest
July 11, 10am-4pm
OKC Farmers Public Market
okcfarmersmarket.com
Second Friday Norman Art Walk
July 10, 6-9pm, Norman Arts Council
Every second Friday
normanarts.org/2ndfridayartwalk
LIVE! on The Plaza
Jul 10, 6pm Plaza District
Every Second Friday
plazadistrict.org
Bastille Day Celebration at Le Parisien
July 14, beginning at 2pm
Fourth Fridays in West Village
July 24, 6-10pm through October
westvillageokc.com
Farmers Markets
Scissortail Farmers Market
9am–1pm, Saturdays through October.
scissortailpark.com
Night Market at Scissortail Park
July 17, 5:30-10pm, Every third Friday through September
scissortailpark.org
OAK Farmers Market
July 25, 9am-1pm. Last Saturday through October.
oakokc.com
OKC Public Farmers Market
Saturdays, 9am-2pm
okcfarmersmarket.com
Wheeler District Night Market
July 24, 6-9pm, Every fourth Friday through October wheelerdistrict.com
Film
OETA’s Back In Time: “Belle Starr, Bandit Queen” premiere screening and panel discussion
July 9, 1-3pm – Oklahoma History Center okhistory.org
OKCMOA Films JULY
okcmoa.com. Times vary.
French Film Festival
Two Pianos, July 10
The Girl in the Snow, July 10
That Summer in Paris, July 11
A Private Life, July 12
Affection Affection, July 12
Also
Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo, July 3-5
Film Society Presents: Éric Rohmer’s The Lady and the Duke on 35mm, July 9
Backrooms July 16–26
Romería, July 17–19
I Shot Andy Warhol, July 24–26
Rose of Nevada, July 31–August 2
Comedy
Brictown Comedy Club – JULY
bricktowncomedy.com
Charleston White-July 3
Eric Eaton-July 9
Tiffany Haddish-July 10–12
Anthony Jeselnik-July 16–18
Peyton Ruddy – July 19
Jerry Wayne Longmire – July 22
Olivia Carter – July 23
Tales of Vicious Mockery: An
RPG Comedy Show -July 25
Sam Tallent -July 26
Mary Ryan Brown -July 28
Phil Hanley-July 30–31
Tower Theater JULY
towertheatreokc.com
July 18 – Last Podcast on The Left
Visual Arts
The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
Through September 20, 2026
okcmoa.com
Anthony McCall: Solid Light
CLOSES July 27
Oklahoma Contemporary
okcontemp.org
Nature Morte
Through August 28,2026
1515 Lincoln Gallery
1515lg.com
Chad Mount: Frequency and Perspective
Through November 2, 2026
Oklahoma Contemporary
okcontemporary.org
Formless Matter and Its Devastating Gestures
Through April 2027
Oklahoma Contemporary
okcontemp.org
What Does Community Mean to You?
Art opening – July 9, 6-9pm through August 8
DNA Galleries
dnagalleries.com
RECORD+PLAY
July 11, 18, 26 – Factory Obscura
factoryobscura.com
Access for All at OKCMOA
July 12, 12-5pm Free Admission
OKC Museum of Art
okcmoa.com
Theater
Sister Act
July 7-12, 7:30pm – Lyric Theater at Civic Center Music Hall
lyrictheatreokc.com
Sordid Lives by Del Shores
July 10-26, 8-10pm – Carpenter Square Theatre
carpentersquare.com
Sweeney Todd
July 28-August 1, Lyric Theater at Civic Center Music Hall
lyrictheatreokc.com
Sports
OKC Comets Home Games July
mlb.com/milb/oklahoma-city
July 1-5 Sugar Land Space Cowboys
July 11 & 12 El Paso Chihuahuas
July 28 & 29 – Las Vegas Aviators
WWE Smackdown
July 10, 6:30pm – Paycom Center
paycomcenter.com
PBR Wildcatter Days
July 31-August 2
Paycom Center
paycomcenter.com
Music
Blue Note
okcbluenote.com
July 3 – L.A.Z.I.E. with Paige Renee Berry and Allie INgle
July 25 – WRLDFMS with Tony Williams
The Criterion
criterionokc.com
July 16 – Killers of Kill Tony
Diamond Ballroom JULY
diamondballroom.com
July 11 – Cinderella’s Tom Keifer Band
July 18 – Battle for Kattfest Night #1
July 25 – Battle for Kattfest Night #2
Scissortail Park Summer
Concert Series
July 11 – July is for Jazz
scissortailpark.org
Beer City Music Hall JULY
beercitymusichall.com
July 9 – Devin the Dude
July 11 – Chris Travis
July 17 – Elijah Scott
July 18 – Hit The Lights
July 22 – Dying Wish
July 24 – Johnny Manchild and the PoorBastards
July 25 – DWLLRS
July 26 – 54 Ultra
July 30 – Uncle Lucius
July 31 – Annabelle Dinda
Live at Beats & Bites
Flatland Cavalry with Jason Boland & The Stragglers
July 11 – Riverwind Casino
riverwindcasino.com
The Jones Assembly JULY
thejonesassembly.com
July 16 – Handmouth
July 27 – My So Called BandBenefitting The Recovery
Summer Concert Series
July 17, 7-10pm – Wheeler District. Every third Friday through September.
.wheelerdistrict.com
OKC Zoo Amphitheater
okczooamp.com
July 21 The Black Keys Peaches ‘N Kream World Tour
July 22 – Lord Huron
Jason Aldean: Songs
About Us Tour
July 24 – Paycom Center
paycomcenter.com
Tower Theater JULY
towertheatreokc.com
July 10 – I Love R&B Party
July 17 – Steel Pulse
July 19 – Sun Kil Moon
July 29 – Matt Fraser
July 31 – Bingo Loco
Red Rock Canyon Grill
Thursday Live Music
facebook.com/RedrockCanyonGrillOKC
July 9 – Jukebox Heroes
July 16 – The Hefner Harbour Social Club
July 23 – Hypnotik
July 30 – Time Machine
Louies Lakeside Summer Concert Series JULY
facebook.com/LouiesLakeside
July 10 – Wise Guys
July 17 – “Rockin Chair” Crossley & Wilson Band
July 31 – Superfreak
89th Street Collective JULY
89thstreetokc.com
July 14 – Ded
July 18 – Letters To Part (w/ Lilac Kings)
July 25 – NASCAR Aloe + Jasiah: Capital Punishment Tour
The Blue Door July
bluedoorokc.com
July 3 – Jared Deck
July 17 – Dylan LeBlanc
July 30 – Sean McConnell
UCO Jazz Lab
ucojazzlab.com
July 26 – A Night of Smooth R&B, Soul, Blues and Jazz (Nichols, Bradford, Moore, Funches)
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