Best local cover band My So Called Band Ah, for the old days of packing ‘em in at the Tower Theater and Tulsa’s Vanguard. Those times will return and when they do My So Called Band will be there to once again tear up hits from the 1990’s and early 2000’s. Formed in 2010, the […]
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Best of OKC 2019: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
Best local cover band My So Called Band Nicnos Superfreak Uncle Zep Weekend Allstars Best local original band or singer Mike Hosty Jabee Kyle Dillingham & Horseshoe Road Sophia Massad The Dirty Little Betty’s Best radio personality or team Joey and Heather 98.9 KYIS Lisa and Kent, 92.5 KOMA Rick and Brad, 100.5 KATT Shawn […]
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Cover: Mega pumped
Mega Ran 10 p.m. Friday Norman Music Festival Winston West Stage Main Street, Norman normanmusicfestival.com Free Performers should not be judged by easy gigs, when concert halls are packed and abuzz with fan enthusiasm. They should be judged by shows when there are more names on the guest list than tickets sold, when the venue […]
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Cover: Nationally endangered
Black Milk 8:30 p.m. Saturday Fowler Automotive Main Stage Norman Music Festival E. Main Street and Porter Street, Norman normanmusicfestival.com Free Soccer Mommy 10:45 p.m. Thursday Opolis Outdoor Stage Norman Music Festival 113 N. Crawford Ave., Norman normanmusicfestival.com Free Other than their headlining spots in the Norman Music Festival lineup, Black Milk and Soccer Mommy […]
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Cover: Local heroes
Teflo $ 7:20 p.m. Friday Norman Music Festival The Brewhouse 110 E. Main St., Norman soundcloud.com/405teflo Free Mt. Terror 10:30 p.m. Thursday Norman Music Festival Opolis 113 Crawford Ave., Norman mtterror.bandcamp.com/ Free Naturalist 2:30 p.m. Saturday Norman Music Festival Winston West Stage 200 S. Jones Ave., Norman naturalistmusic.bandcamp.com/ Free Maddie Razook 3:30 p.m. Saturday Norman […]
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That jazz
Patrons of the Norman arts scene can take a trip back to the 1920s at this year’s ONE fundraiser for Norman Arts Council. Roaring Twenties: The Age of ONEderful Nonsense 7-11 p.m. Saturday Mainsite Contemporary Art 122 E. Main Street, Norman normanarts.org 405-360-1162 $125 Each year, the council hosts a party with a particular historic […]
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ALCOHOLMANAC To the streets
If Oklahoma’s liquor laws have seemed like something out of the Prohibition era, they were for years. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Oklahoma kept it around for another 26 years. Since, Oklahoma has been slower than most states in loosening its liquor laws. However, in November 2016, Oklahomans voted themselves firmly into the 21st […]
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Norman Music Festival announces 2019 lineup
Norman Music Festival has announced the headliners and several scheduled bands for 2019. The current lineup for April 25-27 includes Brooklyn indie act Beach Fossils, Detroit rapper Black Milk with live backing band Nat Turner, Indiana guitarist Omar Apollo, Nashville singer/songwriter Soccer Mommy, hard-to-classify Orange County duo The Garden, Seattle psych act Night Beats, Phoenix […]
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Achieving resonance
A staple of Norman’s artistic community migrates closer to the city’s epicenter this month. Founded in 2016 out of the remnants of Dope Chapel, Resonator Institute has challenged artists and cultivated creative growth through engaging programing and art education. Though the nonprofit grew exponentially in its past home, a converted fabrication warehouse, the recent move […]
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Sun tones
Saint Loretto Summer Bummer Beach Party w/ Cavern Company & Swim Fan 10 p.m. Friday 51st Street Speakeasy 1114 NW 51st St. 51stspeakeasy.com 405-463-0470 Free Oklahoma is not necessarily the best place beach goths could select to spend their summer vacation. For one, there is no beach. Aside from that, it gets too darn hot […]