Taste of Summer, Green Corn Festival come to Tulsa area
By NICOLE MARSHALL MIDDLETON World Scene Writer on Jun 27, 2013, at 2:23 AM Updated on 7/02/13 at 12:51 PM
Enjoy roasted ears of corn at the Bixby Green Corn Festival Thursday through Saturday. JOHN CLANTON / Tulsa World file
Food
It's apple season again, one of the few times of the year I'm sorry I live in the city, without a car. If only I lived near an orchard, I'd pick my own apples and be happy.
Word has it that OK+ (in excess of 3.2) Budweiser is coming to a liquor store near you.
Two Tulsa-area festivals this weekend celebrate some of the best foods of the summer - fresh green corn and ice cream.
Going to the Green Corn Festival in Bixby is like visiting an old-fashioned family picnic.
The event is Thursday through Saturday at Charley Young Park in downtown Bixby, which is south and east of 151st Street and Memorial Drive.
The annual festival features music, arts and crafts, food, carnival rides and games.
A talent show will be held Friday at the Community Center, and the annual Green Corn Parade is Saturday morning. Cool off during the heat of the day by joining in a few rounds of bingo in the building at the corner of Charley Young Park.
For more information, email
info@bixbyoptimist.org or call Jacquie Young, 918-366-6305.
In Broken Arrow on Saturday, visitors can enjoy the Taste of Summer festival.
The event runs 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Central Park, 1500 S. Main St., in downtown Broken Arrow. It includes a family fun zone, art, food trucks and all-you-can eat ice cream.
For $5 a person, attendees ages 5 and older will also enjoy music, arts and crafts vendors, Jupiter jumps and other family-friendly activities.
The Taste of Summer festival is an annual tradition presented by Blue Bell Ice Cream and is brought to the residents of Broken Arrow and the greater Tulsa metro area by the Broken Arrow Chamber of Commerce and Broken Arrow Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Taste of Summer
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
Where: 1500 S. Main Street, Broken Arrow
Green Corn Festival
When: Thursday-Saturday
Where: Charley Young Park in downtown Bixby
Nicole Marshall Middleton 918-581-8459
nicole.marshall@tulsaworld.com
Original Print Headline: Festivals of food
Food
It's apple season again, one of the few times of the year I'm sorry I live in the city, without a car. If only I lived near an orchard, I'd pick my own apples and be happy.
Word has it that OK+ (in excess of 3.2) Budweiser is coming to a liquor store near you.
