Best Bets: Charlie Pride and the Swon Brothers, Hot air balloon festival
By Staff Reports on Sep 18, 2013, at 2:21 AM Updated on 9/18/13 at 4:47 AM
The Swon Brothers COURTESY
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Explore Tulsa's museums, each presenting different and unique educational opportunities, including a new exhibit at Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab, 560 N. Maybelle Ave., and paintings of Jewish folk tales at The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, 2021 E. 71st St.
The performance and music-art group Blue Man Group will continue its eight-performance run at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Performances are set for 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.
Wednesday: Charlie Pride and the Swon Brothers
Head to Tahlequah to see country music legend Charlie Pride and Muskogee natives and rising stars the Swon Brothers perform a free concert. The show is set to start with Shawn Crittenden at 5:30 p.m. in the field west of the Cherokee Nation's W.W. Keeler Complex, 17675 S. Muskogee Ave.
The Gatesway Hot Air Balloon Festival offers a sneak peek Thursday. The festival opens Friday. Courtesy
Thursday: Hot air balloon festival
Claremore's Gatesway Hot Air Balloon Festival kicks off in earnest Friday, but you can get a sneak peek Thursday evening in Broken Arrow. The balloon glow is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gatesway Broken Arrow campus, 1217 E. College St. The Claremore festival opens to the public at 4 p.m. Friday at Cherokee Casino Will Rogers Downs, 20900 S. 4200 Road.
The Red Dirt Rangers will perform Friday at Cain's Ballroom with Jessi Colter and Shooter Jennings. Courtesy
Friday: The Event at Cain's
Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings - the wife and son of country legend Waylon Jennings - and the Red Dirt Rangers are set to perform at Cain's Ballroom for The Event, a fundraiser for and celebration of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum in Claremore. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 the day of the show $24 at the door and are available at
tulsaworld.com/eventtickets.
Baklava and other treats will be offered at the Tulsa Greek Festival Thursday through Saturday. JOHN CLANTON / Tulsa World
Saturday: Greek Festival
Saturday is your last chance to get your fix of souvlaki and spanakopita at Tulsa Greek Festival, which features a wide variety of traditional Greek food, dances and other art. The festival is from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday and from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1206 S. Guthrie Ave. Admission is $3, children 12 and under free.
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Explore Tulsa's museums, each presenting different and unique educational opportunities, including a new exhibit at Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab, 560 N. Maybelle Ave., and paintings of Jewish folk tales at The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art, 2021 E. 71st St.
The performance and music-art group Blue Man Group will continue its eight-performance run at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center. Performances are set for 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday.
