Exploring Diversity and Heritage : Cultural festivals and affairs of Oklahoma
Exhausted by the all-inclusive resort getaways where you laze around the pool, walking through the cultural monuments in a historical city or tired of the Disneyland trips for your kids? There is always something to explore in Oklahoma. Transform your mediocre vacation by adding the magic of peculiar and magnificent festivals in Oklahoma. Whether you’re looking for an outdoor festival or an event with small-town charm, Oklahoma’s festivals and fairs offer the best action, cultural, musical and extreme sports festivals worldwide. Whether you’re an avid enthusiast of eclectic, fruit-adorned parades, trumpet music or unusual thematic fairs, these festivals are steeped in a culture in aesthetic places where you’ll meet vibrant people that make your experience truly special.
Paseo Arts Festival
Every year, the paseo arts event attracts hundreds of people who come to enjoy this festival’s glimpse, sounds, and tastes. The association of Paseo and arts events operate the largest annual fundraiser, which supports art events in the Paseo year annually. In addition to the indigenous and delicious food and talented artists lined up, the restaurants and food plazas and working galleries open during the festival’s hours. Various galleries host exclusive exhibitions and new artists during this Oklahoma festival. The exhibiting artists display a diversity of styles of their prestigious artworks.
Plaza District Festival
Started as a moderate celebration of the revitalized Plaza district, this festival in Oklahoma now draws not only the local crowd of Oklahoma City but visitors from all across the country. You can catch the music and dance performance at the plaza district festival at any of the four stages set up in the district. This daylong festival, you’ll have plenty to choose from at this festival!
Frontier City Hallowfest
This Oklahoma frontier city, the favourite theme park, hosts the largest Halloween event, leaves no gravestones inflexible to deliver what guests expect the most- an out of the terrifying world experience. Each year the festival’s Halloween lineup is scarier than before, with terrifying haunted attractions and over 200 supernatural elements lurking throughout the venue.
Opening Nights
Since 1987, this Oklahoma festival has been the perfect hangout event for families and friends to enjoy the performing arts and begin the New Year in the spirit of humanity. Downtown Oklahoma City is the setting for a plethora of local bands, fireworks and an everlasting children crafts and performance location. The festivities end with fireworks and an extravaganza at midnight.
Chuck Wagon Festival
Chuck Wagon is a two-day fun-filled family festival offering chuck wagon food samples, butter making with artisans exhibitions, bandanna decorating competitions with live music, rope making with trick ropers, face painting activities and children’s craft stations with solving gigantic puzzles and more.
No matter what time of year it is, there’s always something exciting happening in Oklahoma City. With various artists, community celebration of the visual, performing and culinary arts and craftsmanship displays the antiques, collectables, and handmade of the southwest heritage. So gear up and explore annual events of favourites to locals and visitors with the festivals in Oklahoma this weekend.
