Weekend Warmup for May 28-31
ZZ Top
Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, has arrived. Here is a list of entertainment options happening around the state over the four-day holiday weekend (May 28-31). For more events, go to www.wimgo.com:
- PRYOR – Hear ZZ Top, Godsmack, Three Days Grace, Chevelle, Saliva, Sevendust, Fuel, Buckcherry, Theory of a Deadman, Saving Abel, Cinderella, Tesla and more at the revamped Rocklahoma today-Sunday at the Catch the Fever Festival Grounds, 1421 W 450 Road. Gates will open at 2:30 p.m. today and 12:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. To read The Oklahoman Entertainment Editor Gene Triplett’s interview with ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, click here. Information: www.rocklahoma.com.
- TULSA — Catch soon-to-split country music duo Brooks & Dunn, which includes former Tulsan Ronnie Dunn, when their “Last Rodeo Tour” stops at 7:30 tonight at the BOK Center, 200 S Denver. Doors open at 6 p.m., and Jason Aldean will open the show. Information: (866) 726-5287 or www.bokcenter.com.
- EDMOND — Listen to AJ Johnson and Why Not, The Chris Hicks Band, Edgar Cruz and more during the Edmond Jazz and Blues Festival at Stephenson Park, Boulevard and Fifth. Festival hours are 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday. Information: 341-3321 or www.edmondjazzandblues.org.
Wanda Jackson (Photo by Jaconna Aguirre/The Oklahoman Archives)
- Hear Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma student bands play for free at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. today and 3 p.m. Saturday during the Big 12 Baseball Tournament street party on Mickey Mantle Drive in Bricktown. Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and Oklahoma legend Wanda Jackson will close the party with a free show at 6 p.m. Saturday. Information: www.acm-uco.com.
- Taste outdoor cooking, participate in children’s activities and take in Western entertainment at the annual Chuck Wagon Gathering and Children’s Cowboy Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, 1700 NE 63. Information: 478-2250 or www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.
- NORMAN — Sample tasty desserts, explore the galleries, including the new “Chocolate: The Exhibition,” and hear live music from 7 to 10 tonight at a free chocolate-covered celebration of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History’s 10th anniversary in its current facility, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Information: 325-4712 or www.snomnh.ou.edu.
Randy Rogers Band
- EUFAULA – Relish the red dirt sound at Cross Canadian Ragweed’s Fourth Annual Music and Mayhem Concert, featuring Ragweed, Randy Rogers Band, Wade Bowen and Mike McClure Band, at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Eufaula Cove Amphitheater, 399 Lakeshore Drive. Information: (866) 977-6849 or www.protixonline.com.
- TULSA & NORMAN – Celebrate the release of Shawnee singer-songwriter Samantha Crain’s new CD “You (Understood)” at 8 tonight at Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N Main, Tulsa. The show also will feature Turnpike Troubadours, Ali Harter and Zeb Dewar & the Fed. Information: (918) 584-2306 or www.cainsballroom.com. Or, hear Crain, Zeb Dewar & the Fed, Student Film and Brine Webb at a CD release concert at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Opolis, 113 N Crawford, Norman. Information: www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.
- SHAWNEE – Catch Collective Soul in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at Firelake Grand Casino, 777 Grand Casino Blvd. Doors open at 6 p.m. Information: 964-7263 or www.firelakegrand.com.
REO Speedwagon
- NORMAN & THACKERVILLE – “Keep on rolling” with REO Speedwagon, who will play at 8 tonight at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9, Norman. Information: 322-6464 or www.riverwind.com. The rockers also will play at 8 p.m. Sunday at WinStar World Casino, Thackerville. Information: www.winstarworldcasino.com.
- NORMAN – Listen to Darius Rucker at 8 p.m. Sunday at Riverwind Casino, 1544 W State Highway 9. Information: 322-6464 or www.riverwind.com.
- THACKERVILLE – Hear blues singer/guitarists Buddy Guy and Robert Cray at 9 tonight at WinStar World Casino. Information: www.winstarworldcasino.com.
The Lynda Tarpley Tappers perform at the 2009 Paseo Arts Festival. The tap dance troupe are annual favorites at the festival and will perform at 11 a.m. Saturday. (Photo by Paul Hellstern/The Oklahoman Archives)
- Take in the works of more than 75 visual artists, live music and entertainment, two children’s areas and more at the 34th annual Paseo Arts Festival Saturday-Monday in the Paseo Arts District, between NW 28 and Walker to NW 30 and Dewey. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with music until 10 p.m., and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, with music until 7 p.m. Information: 525-2688 or www.thepaseo.com.
- Pay respect to the troops at the 45th Infantry Division Museum’s Memorial Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. Monday at the museum, 2145 NE 36. The ceremony will coincide with the reopening of the museum. Information: 424-5313 or www.45thdivisionmuseum.com.
- ADA – Check out the rodeo action at the Cord McCoy Invitational at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday at the Pontotoc County Agri-Plex Center. Information: www.cordpbr.com.
Red City Radio
- Listen to Red City Radio with Nothington, John Moreland and Spanish Gamble at 9 tonight at VZD’s, 4203 N Western. Doors open at 8 p.m. Information: www.vzds.com
- TULSA – Hear Broncho with La Panther Happens and Lizard Police at 10 tonight at Soundpony, 409 N Main. Information: www.myspace.com/soundponylounge.
- MUSKOGEE – Take in jesters, jugglers, musicians and other medieval-style performers, festive food and shopping for handcrafted items at the Oklahoma Renaissance Festival from10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday through Monday at the Castle of Muskogee. Information: (918) 687-3625 or www.okcastle.com.
Ghostlight Theatre Club’s [title of show]
- Catch the musical [title of show] at 8 p.m. today and Saturday at Ghostlight Theatre Club, 3110 N Walker. Information: www.ghostlighttheatreclub.com.
- Watch Reduxion Theatre’s staging of Shakespeare’s bloody revenge drama “Titus Andronicus” at 8 tonight and Saturday at City Arts Center Theater at State Fair Park. This is the final weekend for the show. Information: 651-3191 or www.reduxiontheatre.com.
- See the Oklahoma City Theatre Company’s production of “Top Girls” at 8 tonight and Saturday at the Civic Center’s CitySpace Theatre, 201 N Walker. Information: www.okctheatrecompany.org.
- BAM
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