Oklahoma City is experiencing a cultural renaissance, especially with regards to live-music culture. So many artists, businesses, and visionaries are creating live music experiences, it can be hard to keep track of all the good stuff happening. Use this post to get a bird’s-eye view of OKC’s recurring local music events, and you can be the champion of the next date night, party, or family outing. Here we go:
Coop Showcase: Tower Theatre
Tower’s Theatre commonly hosts touring headliners and movies, but once per month, they go all out for the best local talent. Coop Aleworks and Tower bring OKC a 3-band lineup of top local talent at a ridiculously affordable ticket price. We love to see the bands who perform here bring that extra level of polish and showmanship. The Coop Showcase is one of the best ways to find new local bands to follow. Get tickets on their website.
There’s a video from Dennis Spielman of Uncovering Oklahoma:
april, 2024
Genre:
All
All
Acoustic
Alternative
Avant-garde
Bluegrass
Blues
Classical
comedy
Country
Dance
EDM
EEDO
Exotica
Folk
funk
fusion
Hip-hop / Rap
Indie
Jazz
Neo-soul / Funk
Poetry / Spoken Word
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Singer-songwriter
Soul
Swing
Theatre and Classical
Worship
District:
All
All
Adventure District
Bethany
Bricktown
Business District
Chisholm Creek
Classen Blvd
Deep Deuce District
Deep Deuce Sessions: Stages
downtown OKC
Edmond
Farmer's Market District
Film Row
Innovation District
Metro Music Fest Stages
Midtown
Nichols Hills
NMF Stages
Norman
Paseo Arts District
Paseo Arts Fest Stages
Plaza District
Shawnee
South OKC
Stillwater
Tulsa
Uptown 23rd District
Western Avenue
Wheeler District
Venue:
All
All
[Artspace] at Untitled
1612
2nd Floor Lounge
51st St. Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM Patio
ACM Performance Lab
ACM Songwriting Room
ACM@UCO
Acoustic Stage
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Rooftop
Arts Council OKC
Auditorium at the Douglass
Big Red Containers Stage!
Birra Birra
Bison Witches Norman
Bleu Garten
Blue Door
Blue Note
Bossa Nova
BossaNova
Brookhaven Village
Cafe Evoke
Chalk
Chase Tower
City Pres
Classen Coffee
Commonplace Books
Couch Stage
Courtney Patton
Deep Deuce Grill
Diamond Ballroom
Duet Jazz
Farmer's Market
Festival of the Arts
Friends
Gaillardia Neighborhood
Grand Casino
Harkins Fountain Stage
HiLo CLub
Hollywood Corners
Hubbly Bubbly
Ice Event Center
Industry Gastro Lounge
Jones Assembly
Kamp
Legacy Park
Life Organics Cannafe
Main Street Event Center
Mothership Connection
Museum of Art
Musuem of Art
Myriad Botanical Gardens
OKC Improv
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Opolis
Othellos Norman
PAF South Stage
Paramount Room
paseo plunge
Performance Studio Stage
Plaza Backyard
R&J
Resonator
Saints
Saints Session
Science Museum Oklahoma
Serve OKC
Sidecar (Chisholm Creek)
Sonic Water Stage
State Fair
Stella
Syrup
Tapwerks
The Auditorium at The Douglass
The Cellar Cafe
The Chouse
The Criterion
The Deli
The Patriarch Edmond
The Root
The Skirvin
The Vanguard
The Venue OKC
The Warehouse
Top Golf
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre Studio
Trolley Stop Records
UCO Jazz Lab
Urban Johnnie
Vintage Coffee
VZD
Wheeler Park
Whiskey Chicks
WXYZ Lounge
Yokozuna
Zoo Amphitheatre
Event Organizer:
All
All
405 Center
51st Street Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM@UCO
Allied Arts OKC
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Audio Book CLub
Beam Entertainment Group
Blue Note Lounge
Carter Sampson
Cavern Company
Celestory AV
Christian Pearson
DCF Concerts
Deep Deuce Jazz OKC
Don't Tell Dena
GotSteeze.net
Grand Gentlemen
Grand Hotel
Heller Music Group
Hollywood Corners Station
J. Lee Productions
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jeremy Thomas Quartet
Jose Hernandez
Leah J Dees
Marcellus 'Mars' Coleman
Michael Anderson
MT Sessions
Myriad Botanical Gardens
Nelson Gonzalez
Norman Music Festival
OkSessions
Opolis Prod
Plaza District
Saints
Scissortail Park
Sophia Massad
SoundBoard Entertainment
Terre Rouge Burlesque
The Blue Door
The Criterion
The Deli
The Jones Assembly
The Root
The Venue OKC
Tom Purvis
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre OKC
Tulsa Jazz
UCO Jazz Lab
Upstage Productions
VIBN Records
VZD's Restaurant
No Events
Wheeler District’s Summer Music Series: Wheeler District
Wheeler District is nestled just south of the river and is absolutely beautiful. You can always catch views and vibes, but once a month you can also enjoy a well-curated lineup of local bands on their stage. The District brings in food trucks, the ferris wheel is in action, and the crowd gathers with lawn chairs to soak in great live performances in a family-friendly environment.
april, 2024
Genre:
All
All
Acoustic
Alternative
Avant-garde
Bluegrass
Blues
Classical
comedy
Country
Dance
EDM
EEDO
Exotica
Folk
funk
fusion
Hip-hop / Rap
Indie
Jazz
Neo-soul / Funk
Poetry / Spoken Word
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Singer-songwriter
Soul
Swing
Theatre and Classical
Worship
District:
All
All
Adventure District
Bethany
Bricktown
Business District
Chisholm Creek
Classen Blvd
Deep Deuce District
Deep Deuce Sessions: Stages
downtown OKC
Edmond
Farmer's Market District
Film Row
Innovation District
Metro Music Fest Stages
Midtown
Nichols Hills
NMF Stages
Norman
Paseo Arts District
Paseo Arts Fest Stages
Plaza District
Shawnee
South OKC
Stillwater
Tulsa
Uptown 23rd District
Western Avenue
Wheeler District
Venue:
All
All
[Artspace] at Untitled
1612
2nd Floor Lounge
51st St. Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM Patio
ACM Performance Lab
ACM Songwriting Room
ACM@UCO
Acoustic Stage
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Rooftop
Arts Council OKC
Auditorium at the Douglass
Big Red Containers Stage!
Birra Birra
Bison Witches Norman
Bleu Garten
Blue Door
Blue Note
Bossa Nova
BossaNova
Brookhaven Village
Cafe Evoke
Chalk
Chase Tower
City Pres
Classen Coffee
Commonplace Books
Couch Stage
Courtney Patton
Deep Deuce Grill
Diamond Ballroom
Duet Jazz
Farmer's Market
Festival of the Arts
Friends
Gaillardia Neighborhood
Grand Casino
Harkins Fountain Stage
HiLo CLub
Hollywood Corners
Hubbly Bubbly
Ice Event Center
Industry Gastro Lounge
Jones Assembly
Kamp
Legacy Park
Life Organics Cannafe
Main Street Event Center
Mothership Connection
Museum of Art
Musuem of Art
Myriad Botanical Gardens
OKC Improv
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Opolis
Othellos Norman
PAF South Stage
Paramount Room
paseo plunge
Performance Studio Stage
Plaza Backyard
R&J
Resonator
Saints
Saints Session
Science Museum Oklahoma
Serve OKC
Sidecar (Chisholm Creek)
Sonic Water Stage
State Fair
Stella
Syrup
Tapwerks
The Auditorium at The Douglass
The Cellar Cafe
The Chouse
The Criterion
The Deli
The Patriarch Edmond
The Root
The Skirvin
The Vanguard
The Venue OKC
The Warehouse
Top Golf
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre Studio
Trolley Stop Records
UCO Jazz Lab
Urban Johnnie
Vintage Coffee
VZD
Wheeler Park
Whiskey Chicks
WXYZ Lounge
Yokozuna
Zoo Amphitheatre
Event Organizer:
All
All
405 Center
51st Street Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM@UCO
Allied Arts OKC
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Audio Book CLub
Beam Entertainment Group
Blue Note Lounge
Carter Sampson
Cavern Company
Celestory AV
Christian Pearson
DCF Concerts
Deep Deuce Jazz OKC
Don't Tell Dena
GotSteeze.net
Grand Gentlemen
Grand Hotel
Heller Music Group
Hollywood Corners Station
J. Lee Productions
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jeremy Thomas Quartet
Jose Hernandez
Leah J Dees
Marcellus 'Mars' Coleman
Michael Anderson
MT Sessions
Myriad Botanical Gardens
Nelson Gonzalez
Norman Music Festival
OkSessions
Opolis Prod
Plaza District
Saints
Scissortail Park
Sophia Massad
SoundBoard Entertainment
Terre Rouge Burlesque
The Blue Door
The Criterion
The Deli
The Jones Assembly
The Root
The Venue OKC
Tom Purvis
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre OKC
Tulsa Jazz
UCO Jazz Lab
Upstage Productions
VIBN Records
VZD's Restaurant
No Events
Deep Deuce Sessions: Deep Deuce District, Downtown OKC
We’re a bit biased, but this one is amazing. It’s not cool because of us, it’s cool because this collaboration brings together OKC’s musicians, businesses, creatives, and people in a way that builds a thriving culture for live music. We book multiple stages with multiple bands for various genres so OKC can come out and experience new things, while also knowing there will be something there they know and love. Oh yeah, and it’s free.
april, 2024
Genre:
All
All
Acoustic
Alternative
Avant-garde
Bluegrass
Blues
Classical
comedy
Country
Dance
EDM
EEDO
Exotica
Folk
funk
fusion
Hip-hop / Rap
Indie
Jazz
Neo-soul / Funk
Poetry / Spoken Word
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Singer-songwriter
Soul
Swing
Theatre and Classical
Worship
District:
All
All
Adventure District
Bethany
Bricktown
Business District
Chisholm Creek
Classen Blvd
Deep Deuce District
Deep Deuce Sessions: Stages
downtown OKC
Edmond
Farmer's Market District
Film Row
Innovation District
Metro Music Fest Stages
Midtown
Nichols Hills
NMF Stages
Norman
Paseo Arts District
Paseo Arts Fest Stages
Plaza District
Shawnee
South OKC
Stillwater
Tulsa
Uptown 23rd District
Western Avenue
Wheeler District
Venue:
All
All
[Artspace] at Untitled
1612
2nd Floor Lounge
51st St. Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM Patio
ACM Performance Lab
ACM Songwriting Room
ACM@UCO
Acoustic Stage
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Rooftop
Arts Council OKC
Auditorium at the Douglass
Big Red Containers Stage!
Birra Birra
Bison Witches Norman
Bleu Garten
Blue Door
Blue Note
Bossa Nova
BossaNova
Brookhaven Village
Cafe Evoke
Chalk
Chase Tower
City Pres
Classen Coffee
Commonplace Books
Couch Stage
Courtney Patton
Deep Deuce Grill
Diamond Ballroom
Duet Jazz
Farmer's Market
Festival of the Arts
Friends
Gaillardia Neighborhood
Grand Casino
Harkins Fountain Stage
HiLo CLub
Hollywood Corners
Hubbly Bubbly
Ice Event Center
Industry Gastro Lounge
Jones Assembly
Kamp
Legacy Park
Life Organics Cannafe
Main Street Event Center
Mothership Connection
Museum of Art
Musuem of Art
Myriad Botanical Gardens
OKC Improv
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Opolis
Othellos Norman
PAF South Stage
Paramount Room
paseo plunge
Performance Studio Stage
Plaza Backyard
R&J
Resonator
Saints
Saints Session
Science Museum Oklahoma
Serve OKC
Sidecar (Chisholm Creek)
Sonic Water Stage
State Fair
Stella
Syrup
Tapwerks
The Auditorium at The Douglass
The Cellar Cafe
The Chouse
The Criterion
The Deli
The Patriarch Edmond
The Root
The Skirvin
The Vanguard
The Venue OKC
The Warehouse
Top Golf
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre Studio
Trolley Stop Records
UCO Jazz Lab
Urban Johnnie
Vintage Coffee
VZD
Wheeler Park
Whiskey Chicks
WXYZ Lounge
Yokozuna
Zoo Amphitheatre
Event Organizer:
All
All
405 Center
51st Street Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM@UCO
Allied Arts OKC
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Audio Book CLub
Beam Entertainment Group
Blue Note Lounge
Carter Sampson
Cavern Company
Celestory AV
Christian Pearson
DCF Concerts
Deep Deuce Jazz OKC
Don't Tell Dena
GotSteeze.net
Grand Gentlemen
Grand Hotel
Heller Music Group
Hollywood Corners Station
J. Lee Productions
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jeremy Thomas Quartet
Jose Hernandez
Leah J Dees
Marcellus 'Mars' Coleman
Michael Anderson
MT Sessions
Myriad Botanical Gardens
Nelson Gonzalez
Norman Music Festival
OkSessions
Opolis Prod
Plaza District
Saints
Scissortail Park
Sophia Massad
SoundBoard Entertainment
Terre Rouge Burlesque
The Blue Door
The Criterion
The Deli
The Jones Assembly
The Root
The Venue OKC
Tom Purvis
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre OKC
Tulsa Jazz
UCO Jazz Lab
Upstage Productions
VIBN Records
VZD's Restaurant
No Events
Sunday Twilight Concert Series: Myriad Gardens
Arts Council OKC and the Chickasaw Nation are responsible for this amazing concert series on the Great Lawn of Myriad Garden. Directly south of Devon Tower families gather on blankets and lawn chairs for lively concerts throughout the summer.
april, 2024
Genre:
All
All
Acoustic
Alternative
Avant-garde
Bluegrass
Blues
Classical
comedy
Country
Dance
EDM
EEDO
Exotica
Folk
funk
fusion
Hip-hop / Rap
Indie
Jazz
Neo-soul / Funk
Poetry / Spoken Word
Pop
Psychedelic
Punk
R&B
Reggae
Rock
Singer-songwriter
Soul
Swing
Theatre and Classical
Worship
District:
All
All
Adventure District
Bethany
Bricktown
Business District
Chisholm Creek
Classen Blvd
Deep Deuce District
Deep Deuce Sessions: Stages
downtown OKC
Edmond
Farmer's Market District
Film Row
Innovation District
Metro Music Fest Stages
Midtown
Nichols Hills
NMF Stages
Norman
Paseo Arts District
Paseo Arts Fest Stages
Plaza District
Shawnee
South OKC
Stillwater
Tulsa
Uptown 23rd District
Western Avenue
Wheeler District
Venue:
All
All
[Artspace] at Untitled
1612
2nd Floor Lounge
51st St. Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM Patio
ACM Performance Lab
ACM Songwriting Room
ACM@UCO
Acoustic Stage
Aloft Hotel
Aloft Rooftop
Arts Council OKC
Auditorium at the Douglass
Big Red Containers Stage!
Birra Birra
Bison Witches Norman
Bleu Garten
Blue Door
Blue Note
Bossa Nova
BossaNova
Brookhaven Village
Cafe Evoke
Chalk
Chase Tower
City Pres
Classen Coffee
Commonplace Books
Couch Stage
Courtney Patton
Deep Deuce Grill
Diamond Ballroom
Duet Jazz
Farmer's Market
Festival of the Arts
Friends
Gaillardia Neighborhood
Grand Casino
Harkins Fountain Stage
HiLo CLub
Hollywood Corners
Hubbly Bubbly
Ice Event Center
Industry Gastro Lounge
Jones Assembly
Kamp
Legacy Park
Life Organics Cannafe
Main Street Event Center
Mothership Connection
Museum of Art
Musuem of Art
Myriad Botanical Gardens
OKC Improv
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Opolis
Othellos Norman
PAF South Stage
Paramount Room
paseo plunge
Performance Studio Stage
Plaza Backyard
R&J
Resonator
Saints
Saints Session
Science Museum Oklahoma
Serve OKC
Sidecar (Chisholm Creek)
Sonic Water Stage
State Fair
Stella
Syrup
Tapwerks
The Auditorium at The Douglass
The Cellar Cafe
The Chouse
The Criterion
The Deli
The Patriarch Edmond
The Root
The Skirvin
The Vanguard
The Venue OKC
The Warehouse
Top Golf
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre Studio
Trolley Stop Records
UCO Jazz Lab
Urban Johnnie
Vintage Coffee
VZD
Wheeler Park
Whiskey Chicks
WXYZ Lounge
Yokozuna
Zoo Amphitheatre
Event Organizer:
All
All
405 Center
51st Street Speakeasy
89th Street Collective
ACM@UCO
Allied Arts OKC
Arts Council Oklahoma City
Audio Book CLub
Beam Entertainment Group
Blue Note Lounge
Carter Sampson
Cavern Company
Celestory AV
Christian Pearson
DCF Concerts
Deep Deuce Jazz OKC
Don't Tell Dena
GotSteeze.net
Grand Gentlemen
Grand Hotel
Heller Music Group
Hollywood Corners Station
J. Lee Productions
Jeffrey Stevenson
Jeremy Thomas Quartet
Jose Hernandez
Leah J Dees
Marcellus 'Mars' Coleman
Michael Anderson
MT Sessions
Myriad Botanical Gardens
Nelson Gonzalez
Norman Music Festival
OkSessions
Opolis Prod
Plaza District
Saints
Scissortail Park
Sophia Massad
SoundBoard Entertainment
Terre Rouge Burlesque
The Blue Door
The Criterion
The Deli
The Jones Assembly
The Root
The Venue OKC
Tom Purvis
Tower Theatre
Tower Theatre OKC
Tulsa Jazz
UCO Jazz Lab
Upstage Productions
VIBN Records
VZD's Restaurant
No Events
The Yard Summer Concert Series: Auto Alley, Downtown OKC
The Yard throws great parties, and their Summer Concert Series is no exception. A half dozen nights throughout the summer, The Yard goes all out, converting their parking lot to a big stage with large spool tables and a dance floor. They bring in large spotlights and lasers to attract the attention of anyone who happens to be downtown.
The beer is cold and the music is loud. There are games and bars throughout the venue. It’s the perfect party for a summer night.
Heard on Hurd: Downtown Edmond
Citizen’s Bank of Edmond is a driving force behind local music culture at Tower Theatre and in their hometown. Heard on Hurd is their monthly community event featuring dozens of food trucks and a big stage in Downtown Edmond.
Heard on Hurd may have been inspired by our next event…
H and 8th: Midtown, Downtown OKC
We have to mention Midtown’s famous food truck event. This event doesn’t happen as frequently as it used to, but it’s worth keeping an eye out for because they’ve been known for an occasional revival.
See you there!
We can’t wait to see y’all at these live music events. Share this post with your friends and help build community. If we missed any, email us at hello(at)OkSessions.com, and if you’d like to review one of these concert series, we recommend looking into OkSessions: Amplify.