Tickets go on sale today for Oklahoma City’s Red Earth Festival
Cortney Yarholar (Sac and Fox) from Oklahoma City laughs with friends walking behind the truck he is riding in in the 2008 Red Earth parade. (Photo by Amy Rymer/The Oklahoman Archives)
Tickets to the annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival will go on sale on at 10 a.m. today.
The event will fill the halls of the Cox Convention Center June 5-7 as American Indians come together to display their art in various forms.The following ticket packages will be available:
Three-Day Weekend Pass
Adults (18 to 59) $20
Sr. Citizens (60+) $15
Children/Youth (6 to 17) $15 each
Children younger than 5 free
One-Day Pass
Adults (18 to 59) $10
Sr. Citizens (60+) $7.50
Children/Youth (6 to 17) $7.50
Children younger than 5 free
Groups 20+
Adults (18 to 59) $7.50
Sr. Citizens (60+) $5
Children/Youth (6 to 17) $5
Children younger than 5 free
Tickets can be purchased online at www.okfordcenter.com or www.coxconventioncenter.com, at all Ticketmaster outlets including the U.S. Army Box Office at the Ford Center, and at participating Homeland Stores, Suncoast Movie Company and FYE locations. Customers can also charge by phone at (800) 745-3000.
When the 23rd annual Red Earth Native American Cultural Festival opens at the Cox Convention Center Friday June 5, in downtown Oklahoma City, more than 1,200 American Indian artists and dancers from throughout North America will gather to celebrate the richness and diversity of their heritage with the world. For three exciting days Oklahoma City will be at the center of Native American art and culture in America.
At Red Earth, guests can sample the work of some of the nation’s most celebrated artists, with opportunities to purchase contemporary and traditional examples of beadwork, basketry, jewelry, pottery, sculpture, paintings, graphics and cultural attire during the juried art show and market.
The dance competition at Red Earth is one of the rare occasions when dancers from America’s Northern and Southern tribes can be seen together in one venue. Red Earth dancers represent the elite of Native American dance, some of the most gifted and accomplished in the world. The masters, each in their own distinctive tribal dress, exhibit their originality and skills in one of the most prestigious of all native dance competitions.
A grand parade, unlike any other parade in the world, opens the 2009 Red Earth Festival on the morning of June 5. The streets of downtown Oklahoma City will vibrate in Native American tribal spirit as representatives of more than 100 tribes, in full tribal regalia, make the Red Earth Parade one of America’s most unique.
The Red Earth Art Market opens at 11 a.m. June 5 and the first Grand Entry of dance competitors begins at noon inside the Cox Convention Center Arena. Grand Entries are scheduled at noon and 7 p.m. June 5-6, and at noon June 7. The Red Earth Run, a 5k run and 2 mile fun walk, scheduled at 8 a.m. June 6 on Regatta Park River Trails along the Oklahoma River in downtown Oklahoma City, is open to runners and walkers of all ages and abilities.
For more information, go to www.redearth.org.
-BAM
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