Tulsa is so lucky to have such a great Oktoberfest! The food and beer is fabulous. Best music too…read more And the wiener dog races on Sunday are the absolute best part.

What fun! It's not surprising, though, since Tulsa has the second largest Octoberfest in the…read morecountry. It is beat only by Milwaukee. People in Tulsa work all year long to make Tulsa Octoberfest great. We attended on Sunday this year. We usually go on Saturday. Sunday is less crowded and a good time to take the kids. We loved watching all the children doing the chicken dance and all the other dances. The musicians were skilled at getting audience participation. If you missed Tulsa Octoberfest this year, don't let that happen next year. Attending the annual Octoberfest is an integral part of being a Tulsan. You owe it to yourself.

What a great event!!!…read more First of all, this year's event was hosted at Cain's (dressed up in mighty fine party duds. The ole' gal was looking smashing). Secondly, two different seminars were offered if you needed coaching up on fine spirits: The Evolution of Craft Whiskey (put on by CORSAIR) and Whiskey 101 (presented by Ranch Acres). Will from CORSAIR was hilarious and passionate about his product. Third, whiskey, whiskey, whiskey....and craft cocktails by some of the best mixologists in Tulsa...and some mighty fine eats from Jeff Marlow, the Community Food Bank's Chef. Finally, what a worthy cause, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. The video clip that was played before the auction brought tears to my eyes. What a much needed organization. Our favorite discoveries had to be the complex and interesting Oilfire (an American Rye) along with the crazy Quinoa Whiskey (yep you read that correct) and the Citra Double IPA Hopped Whiskey (both from CORSAIR). Every food item from Chef Jeff's kitchen was delicious but I think the Bruschetta and the Goat Cheese Mashers were my favorites. I also have to give a shout out to Mollycoddled Hash Slinger (what a great name) and their toffees! Thanks to the Tulsa Yelp team for allowing us this wonderful and fun opportunity. We played along with the Whiskey Pull and I think we came out a bit ahead. Fun, fun times. Thanks again Yelp for making our invitation possible!

Can I just come here every Friday night please?! What an incredible event put on by the Community…read moreFood Bank, but after having the pleasure of attending their Empty Bowls event earlier this year; I wasn't surprised one bit. They completely transformed Cain's Ballroom into a whiskey wonderland, and it was awesome! We entered and were greeted by a huge team and given commemorative glasses and a token to vote on our favorite mixologist of the night--we had to try the drinks a few times just to be sure about our vote there were more whiskies than I've ever seen in my life available to taste and learn about, along with other liquor and treats from the local area (tried something that tasted like pumpkin spice Baileys that is made in Jenks that i will HAVE to follow up on). I didn't make the first seminar, but did attend the Whiskey 101, which taught me everything I had ever hoped to know about the drink and how it's made. We enjoyed incredible gourmet food and desserts and left full and warm despite the cold night--I hope the food bank made alllll the dollars because they do incredible work for this community, and I was thrilled to be able to celebrate with them at Giving Spirits.

Beautiful day for the 2023 Food Festival. Seems like there's about 75% food vendors and then a…read morenumber of craft exhibits. Plus there is live entertainment pretty much all day long. Parking is pretty easy and there is a fairly good amount of people. A great day to eat drink and be merry.

i'd arrived early saturday after noon out front of the sagenet center, known to most locals with…read morewhom i've spoken as the expo, for a trading card convention transpiring most of the day last saturday and again for most of the day last sunday. and although i was without cards to trade or sell and money for entry or purchases, i'd received an assortment of candies and other various sweet snacks, with which i'd stood near the front exit of the expo and offered to passersby leaving the convention. and while nobody took the offer, and i did not actually go into the convention, i'm nevertheless grateful for multiple reasons, including seeing up close subtle renovations to the front entrance of the expo that streamline dropoffs, pickups, and tourism of the golden driller statue standing near the building entrance. further, in considering for a couple minutes or so whether to check if there was a charge entry, since of course i'm too proud to look back at the flyer lol, i'd seen a memorial plaque regarding the hosting of the international petroleum exposition in 1971 at the expo, then called by another name and having since received moderately significant renovations. although i've seen the picture of the plaque before in a book about petroleum oil history in tulsa, as well as nearing cities, i'd not previously had a opportunity to commit to memory its precise location by the expo entrance, nor the preceding historical marker for which it serves at numerous expo events, including the home & garden show and tulsa state fair. lastly, i'll add that i saw advertisement while in route for the boat & rv show during the coming weekend, and after leaving the event last saturday, saw 5 baseball cards in the nearing lortondale neighborhood, so please hit me here, (539) 525-5464, if you are trying to locate a baseball card or cards near that area, about e 31st & s yale.

This is a great place to watch a show! It's clean with nice open spaces for the public areas and…read moregood seating for all places to see the stage well. They have good parking close by and friendly docents and staff that serve at the refreshment/drink stand as well as other areas in the theater. We also enjoy the acoustics of the hall which are outstanding!

This is a fantastic venue to see a musical, concert, or show. I highly recommend it. It's the only…read moreplace within a two hour drive to see off Broadway shows

Excellent venue. Excellent show. Sound system was lacking .... a bit distorted…read more... But that didn't have a huge impact on the evening.... really great experience... I will be back

This venue is so amazing. Great sounds, great staff, and I love that it is not too big of a…read morevenue, but large enough to have a good seat no matter what section you sit in.

Good grief... I love The Hop Jam!!! Excellent craft beer, all kinds of vendors and ace music? All…read morein the heart of downtown? It's one of my favorite festivals Tulsa has to offer. Centered around the Hanson Broze and their beer passion (lookup MmmHops,) people from all over come in for this as they have quite the following. Tulsa is so lucky to have such cool peeps reppin' and showing off how ace our city is. The fest is divided into two areas - the 21+ Craft Beer area, and the All-Ages area, with different levels of tickets to serve festival guests. Every year the festival gets better logistically. I'm SO EXCITED that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will be headlining this year! Sound is tricky with festivals in the city but they do a groovy job at keeping the beats clear. This year's goal: learn every word to MmmBop.

This weekend was the first year I attended Hop Jam and glad I did!…read more I'm not a beer drinker but it's definitely for my beer-drinking friends! I did buy a Designated Driver ticket and received a cool aluminum bottle that clipped onto my belt loop or purse and they did have plenty of cold water inside the beer area. It was great weather - the rain storms had finally moved on through to the east, so plenty of sunshine (plenty of people forgot to wear sunscreen and tuned into little lobsters! :) ) i was happy to see plenty of breweries representing Oklahoma!! WooHoo!! I also came across a few I had not heard of yet so I was excited to see what they were offering. My drinking friends had a good time and enjoyed plenty of craft beer - tiny plastic lager mugs that attached to a lanyard kept them from overdrinking, which worked out since it was pretty warm yesterday! The music was good, however there were no times on the postcard that was handed out (included the brewery names, map of the festival grounds, and info about the music lineup) so when we thought Kongos started at 6, they really started at 5:30... oops. Maybe put actual times next year!! I will go again next year and have fun with my friends!

Now 2018 was their first year to hold this festival. There is a learning curve for 1st and 2nd year…read moreof any festival. This one is no diffrent. It was fun, food was good. Line for beverages was a 30 minute wait at minimum up to an hour in line, but I believe they will adjust for that next year. Irish clubs (including Irish Setter Club, how cute those guys were!!) had booths, travel agents with trip to Ireland, a few fun venders. One amazing vender was an artist who made sulpture from Limestone. How amazing he was! Man he was out of sight!!