Community Calendar

Celebrate fall at the annual Pumpkin Festival at Shepherd's Cross. Enjoy a peaceful day filled with family-friendly fun at an authentic working sheep farm in Claremore. You'll find more than 60 free activities such as a pumpkin patch, hay maze and game area. You can also pet sweet farm animals like sheep, goats, donkeys and alpacas. Look around the farm for the QR code scavenger hunt and watch short videos about farming and shepherding.

Tractor-pulled wagon rides are available for a fee and loads of pumpkins will be available for purchase. Bundle your fall fun with a Pumpkin Package that includes a pumpkin, wagon ride and a take-home craft. Browse the Farm Store housed within an old Amish barn to shop for handmade decor, gifts and wares from more than 80 vendors. Pick up some local honey, meat, eggs, produce, baked goods, candy and snacks.

Find something you love at Oklahoma’s favorite shopping event, when Braum’s Affair of the Heart returns October 17-19 at the OK State Fair park! Explore more than 400 local boutiques, small retailers, artists, craftsmen and homemade vendors to find everything from home goods and seasonal décor to unique crafts, holiday gifts, tasty treats and boutique clothing. Reignite the joy of shopping small at Braum’s Affair of the Heart.

Admission is $12 and includes unlimited entry for the weekend; kids 12 and younger get in free. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online courtesy of Communication Federal Credit Union. Parking is FREE. Teacher Day is Sunday where all educators and school staff will receive 50% OFF with a valid ID.

We all have an inner artist, and some even act upon it. Join us in the beautiful, well-lit Conference Room to work on your project. Find support, ideas, and maybe make some friends as you all work on your projects.

Supplies are not provided, just bring what you are working on and everything you will need. [Registration Required.]

Check out all of SOKC Library’s upcoming events on our calendar.

MAINSITE Contemporary Art is excited to announce "Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkan: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia" a group exhibition curated by Amber DuBoise-Shepherd. The show debuts with the opening reception on October 10 at 6:00 pm, coinciding with Norman's 2nd Friday Art Walk, and runs through November 14.

"Wêwenetôni Shehkîtâkani: Ancestral Patterns Through Our Regalia, is an exhibition influenced by my late grandmother, Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise, who was born for her people of the Prairie Band Potawatomi, Sac & Fox, Kickapoo, and Absentee Shawnee... For this exhibition I wanted to share her work alongside other Indigenous fashion designers, weavers, jewelers, and painters, each sharing their ancestral patterns of their people and their families... The clothing, woven belts, and jewelry they create are more than just objects admired for their skill and beauty—they are to be respected and honored, as they carry the ancestral patterns, designs, and memories of our people. I trust this exhibition will urge viewers to look and engage more deeply with our creations beyond the surface level of the materials. They let viewers know that these creations exist beyond the past and are rooted in memory continuing to carrying our families and our nation’s people forward"

Read more about this exhibition at mainsitecontemporaryart.com

Featuring Creators:
Karen Berry
Leslie Deer
Adeline Ketcheshawno DuBoise
Jennifer McAffrey
Bird Mountain
Katie Thompson
Shelley Patrick
Phyllis Fife
Jimmie Carole Fife
Robin Fife Jenkins
Sandy Fife Wilson

Pumpkinville returns to the Myriad Botanical Gardens with a new theme: “The Museum of Pumpkinville." This year, the event has been extended by an additional week and expanded hours, giving guests even more time to enjoy the festivities.
At "The Museum of Pumpkinville," guests can explore more than 50,000 pumpkins, gourds, and other fall foliage creatively arranged into exhibits that replicate popular museum installations. The art exhibit will feature famous paintings brought to life while the space exploration exhibit will showcase pumpkin-made rockets and planets and much more.

Celebrate all things autumn at the Fall Festival at Orr Family Farm in Oklahoma City. Go through the maze, ride on a hayride, play on the farm's outdoor attractions, board the farm's locomotive or take a spin on the carousel. While you're at this Oklahoma City farm, have fun in the animal barn, pedal cars and jumping pillows.

Discover Oklahoma Contemporary's ArtNow 2025: Materials and Boundaries exhibition, highlighting new and recent art from a selection of artists active in the state. Twenty-six artists explore identity, place and experimentation through boundary-pushing practices and material innovation, offering a fresh and nuanced vision of contemporary Oklahoma. Visit okcontemp.org for gallery hours.

For more information: 405-951-0000, okcontemp.org/artnow2025

This Halloween season, visit Frontier City during Fright Fest, featuring thrilling rides and fun activities for the whole family on select weekends during spooky season. Take the kids to show off their costumes and pick up sweet treats along the way. Your little ghouls are sure to enjoy navigating the Halloween-themed activities and eerie fog, menacing music and monsters galore. Daredevils are invited to ride rollercoasters in the dark and shriek into the night. Bring the whole family for this screaming good time at Frontier City.

Join us for a heartfelt and unforgettable evening at the Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary Gala, where compassion meets celebration. This special event brings together supporters, animal advocates, and community leaders to raise critical funds for the lifelong care of primates rescued from research labs, the pet trade, and other inhumane conditions.

Set in an elegant venue, the gala will feature a cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, silent auctions, and inspiring stories from the sanctuary. Guests will hear directly from caregivers and advocates about the lives forever changed by sanctuary care and learn how their support helps provide nutritious food, expert veterinary services, enriching habitats, and around-the-clock care for over 90 primates.

All proceeds from the evening benefit the Oklahoma Primate Sanctuary’s mission to provide lifelong, enriching care for retired and rescued primates. Your attendance and generosity ensure that each monkey, macaque, and lemur in our care can continue to live with dignity, safety, and freedom from harm.

Dress to impress, bring your compassion, and prepare to be moved.

Get ready for a night of unfiltered, rapid-fire comedy when Killers of Kill Tony hits The Criterion on Friday, October 17th!

Door time is subject to change.