If you’re driving down NW 23rd Street on Oct. 18, you might have to take a detour to avoid a bunch of free fun, but you could just park and join the party. Returning for its fourth year, Uptown Outside is a free street festival featuring skating, local food and art, and best of all, […]
Jeremy Martin
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Startup sound
Computer Girl with BaileyBoy and Monte 9 p.m. Saturday Oct. 11 51st St. Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com $5 OKC electronic rock band Computer Girl’s new full-length debut Screech is the follow-up to 2021’s self-titled EP. So what’s changed in three years? “Everything,” said drummer Jenna Bennett. Computer Girl the EP, which began as […]
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Happy haunting
Remember being scared of vampires and werewolves and, like, Freddy Krueger and other cool monsters instead of pretty much every facet of daily life? Nowadays, Halloween is perhaps the most relaxing time of the year, so let’s pumpkin spice it up. Here’s a lucky 13 or so fun-sounding goings-on going on in the metro this […]
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Good bones
Dead as a Dodo Oct. 23-25 Te Ata Theatre Oklahoma Contemporary 11 NW 11th St. oklahomacontemporary.org$45-$50 On a freezing January night in New York City, Jackson Gifford planned on staying home. “My roommate’s grandmother had just passed away a night or two before, so she was feeling very somber,” Gifford said. “We were just having […]
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Radioactive dreams
Chat Pile 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 16 Tower Theatre 425 NW 23rd St. towertheater.com$40.92-53.79 When we spoke to guitarist Hayden Pedigo about his excellent album I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away back in June, he seemed at least as excited about his upcoming collaboration with Chat Pile, In the Earth Again. “I think we […]
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Ends meet
Panda Bear with Deakin 8 p.m. Saturday Oct. 4 Beer City Music Hall 1141 NW Second Stbeercitymusichall.com $39.12 Way back before the turn of the century in 1999, Release Magazine called Panda Bear’s self-titled debut “soft, fragile and remarkably sentimental” and compared it to “a rugged diamond waiting to be cut.” Released in February, Sinister […]
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Plaza District Festival
Celebrating its 26th year, the annual Plaza District Festival will include the Plaza Walls Mural Expo, children’s activities, artist vendors, and food and beverage trucks, but one of the main draws as far as we’re concerned is the live music. See performances by Magenta Burn, RAABERS, the Sweet Talkers and several other acts from Academy […]
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Asian Night Market Festival
Learn about and celebrate the diverse people of Asia at the seventh annual Asian Night Market Festival. See live music and dance performances, sample food and appreciate the fashion of many different cultures at this two-night event projected to draw more than 25,000 attendees of all ages. Visit asiandistrictok.com/anmf.
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Party! on
Party! Through Sept. 29 Factory Obscura25 NW Ninth St.factoryobscura.com Free-$12 Summer’s ending, but it’s not too late to join the party. The immersive art installation Party! remains open through Sept. 29 at Factory Obscura, 25 NW Ninth St. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for kids 4 to 17 and free for kids 3 or […]
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Book it
On Sept. 27, the Central Oklahoma Independent Bookstore Fall Crawl will challenge book lovers to visit as many local shops as possible in the most adorably nerdy variation on a pub crawl we’ve seen. Follow @centralokbookstorecrawl on Instagram for more information. We’ve compiled a handy guide to get you started, in case you’re the kind […]