The Bixby Green Corn Festival features music, arts and crafts, food, carnival rides and games. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World file
There is plenty to do in Tulsa this weekend, from festivals to fireworks. Here are but a few of the options.
Free music
Catch the rock music of Sticks and Stones in concert at Jenks' Riverwalk Crossing, 300 Riverwalk Terrace, at 8 p.m. Saturday.
Festivals
The Bixby Green Corn Festival continues Saturday at Charley Young Park, south and east of 151st Street and Memorial Drive. The event features music, arts and crafts, food, carnival rides and games. For more, email
info@bixbyoptimist.org or call 918-366-6305.
And the Taste of Summer festival will be at Broken Arrow's Central Park, 1500 S. Main St., 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The event includes a family fun zone, art, food trucks and all-you-can eat ice cream. Admission is $5.
PAC shows
There's plenty to see at the PAC this weekend, including two LOOK Musical Theatre productions.
"The Drowsy Chaperone" plays at 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, and "Hello, Dolly!" at 2 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday.
Also find "Slouching Towards Barnsdall: Wisdom and Whining from John Wooley and Barry Friedman" at 7:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Norman Theatre. Wooley is an author and was a longtime Tulsa World Scene writer and Friedman is a writer and stand-up comic.
Tickets are available at 918-596-7111 or
tulsaworld.com/mytix
Dodgebrawl
The second annual Dodgebrawl Challenge will be at the BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave., on Saturday.
Spectators are welcome to watch the tournament, which begins at 11 a.m. Six-person teams will be competing for their charity of choice. Video displays and private party areas are available this year.
For more information, visit
tulsaworld.com/dodgebrawl or contact Jill Duvall at 918-894-4267 or
jduvall@smgtulsa.com.
'We Built This City'
This interactive play space by the Polyglot Theatre Company of Australia will be at the Guthrie Green, 111 E. Brady St., through Sunday.
Kids will build towers, tunnels and other structures out of thousands of cardboard boxes.
The event is free. Hours are 11 a.m.-noon and 2-4 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Saturday; and 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit
tulsaworld.com/webuilt
Fireworks
Get in the Fourth of July spirit early Sunday.
Rockets Over Rhema features fireworks, outdoor concerts, a car show, inflatable games and concessions at Rhema Bible Church, 1025 W. Kenosha St., Broken Arrow.
Activities start at 5 p.m., fireworks at 10 p.m. It is free. For more: 918-258-1588,
tulsaworld.com/rocketsoverrhema. Find more fireworks shows at
tulsaworld.com/2013fireworks.
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Family
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