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June 2016
Ponca City Herb Festival, Pioneer Woman Museum
From 10am to 1pm enjoy activities at the Ponca City Herb Festival. More information to come.
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Septemberfest, Oklahoma History Center
This free, family festival is hosted by the First Family, Friends of the Mansion, and the Oklahoma History Center. The event will be held at the Oklahoma History Center with free tours of the Governor's Mansion. Visitors will enjoy arts and crafts, chuck wagon cooking, living history, face painting, laser tag, museum exhibits, pony rides, storytime with the Governor Fallin, square dancing, live performances, and so much more. Septemberfest highlights all of the wonderful organizations and businesses that make Oklahoma…
Find out more »Western Heritage Weekend and Tom Mix Festival, Tom Mix Museum
Dewey keeps the spirit of Tom Mix and the Old West alive with the 12th annual Western Heritage Weekend on Saturday, September 24, and Sunday, September 25. Voted True West magazine's "Reader's Choice for Best Old West Event," Western Heritage Weekend and Tom Mix Festival events reflect the best in family fun and historical entertainment. Dewey will come alive with the sounds of longhorn cattle and stagecoaches during this two-day festival. Saturday's events begin at 9 a.m. with the Miles…
Find out more »October 2016
Watonga Cheese Festival with events at T. B. Ferguson Home
Visit the T. B. Ferguson Home during the 40th annual Watonga Cheese Festival on Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15. Activities will be held from 11 am to 5 pm both days. Explore this historic home and learn about early life in territorial Oklahoma. Outside the home, visitors will experience life on the trail with the "Old Caldwell Stables." Ride a horse, pitch a horseshoe, and eat some delicious fare from the chuck wagon. Please call 580-623-5069 for more…
Find out more »Family Farm Day, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Join us at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, Saturday, October 15, 2016, for antique tractors, a pie auction, and hands-on agriculture! Plowing a garden, shelling corn, and grinding wheat are just a few of the activities families will experience at Family Farm Day. This event celebrates the proud farming heritage that built Northwest Oklahoma. This hands-on, family event is made possible by the generous sponsorship of P&K Equipment. Family Farm Day activities are 11 am to 3 pm and…
Find out more »December 2016
Christmas festivities, Fred Drummond Home
The Friends of the Fred Drummond Home are happy to announce the annual Christmas festivities will be held on Saturday, December 10, from 1 pm to 4 pm. This year the band Finnegans Awake will play music in the parlor and entertain visitors with many new folk tunes as well as some old favorites. Santa Claus will also be here to pass out treats to all the good girls and boys. Every room of the house will be decorated for…
Find out more »March 2017
Spring Break activities, Will Rogers Memorial Museum
Parents, give your children the opportunity to experience childhood as Will Rogers would have on his Indian Territory ranch this March! Spring Break activities will be held Monday, March 13, through Friday, March 17, from 1 to 3 pm at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch. There will be new activities each day focusing on different aspects of Will's life, including sports, horses and riding, aviation, writing, and entertainment. The programs will take place at…
Find out more »Spring Break activities, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
Parents, give your children the opportunity to experience childhood as Will Rogers would have on his Indian Territory ranch this March! Spring Break activities will be held Monday, March 13, through Friday, March 17, from 1 to 3 pm at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum and the Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch. There will be new activities each day focusing on different aspects of Will's life, including sports, horses and riding, aviation, writing, and entertainment. The programs will take place at…
Find out more »April 2017
Chisholm Trail 150 Festival, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center in Enid kicks off the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail with a celebration on Saturday, April 1, from 11 am to 3 pm. The Chisholm Trail 150 Festival is a living history festival filled with music, cattle drive games, and reenactments. Attendees can enjoy beans and cornbread for lunch, prepared over an open fire. At 1 pm in the Village Church a reenactor portraying Joseph McCoy will try to persuade local ranchers to…
Find out more »Chuck Wagon Festival, Chisholm Trail Museum
The Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher will host its annual Chuck Wagon Festival on Friday, April 14, and Saturday, April 15. Festival events on Friday, April 14, will be held from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm for school groups. Festival events on Saturday, April 15, will be held from 10 am to 5 pm for the general public. Students can observe and participate in many of the occupations, chores, and other activities of the hardy pioneers that settled this great…
Find out more »May 2017
Clinton Route 66 Festival, Oklahoma Route 66 Museum
The annual Clinton Route 66 Festival will be held on Saturday, May 27, from 8 am to 8 pm in downtown Clinton. Get your kicks on Route 66 with festivities that include a car and bike show, poker run, free concert, vendors, free hot dogs, and more. The Oklahoma Route 66 Museum will host a stop during the poker run, along with other activities throughout the day. Enjoy the museum's exhibits, then travel downtown to browse the Route 66 Car,…
Find out more »June 2017
Pawnee Bill Wild West Show, Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum
Tickets still available! Stagecoaches will roll amid thundering horse hooves while the lightning of gunfire explodes around Pawnee Bill and his cohorts as the talented performers thrill and amaze audiences at the 2017 Wild West Show. The show will feature reenactments of acts from the original Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows. Producers and directors have combined stage and script with historical preservation to ensure that the Wild West Show is the most historically accurate production to date. Kevin Webb will…
Find out more »September 2017
Septemberfest, Oklahoma History Center
Don't miss the twenty-first annual Septemberfest on Saturday, September 9, from 10 am to 3 pm at the Oklahoma History Center. This free festival is hosted by the First Family, Friends of the Mansion, and the Oklahoma History Center. Septemberfest will be held at the Oklahoma History Center, and the Governor's Mansion will be open for tours. Visitors will enjoy arts and crafts, chuck wagon cooking, living history, face painting, laser tag, museum exhibits, pony rides, storytime with Governor Mary…
Find out more »13th annual Western Heritage Weekend and Tom Mix Festival, Tom Mix Museum
Dewey keeps the spirit of Tom Mix and the Old West alive with the 13th annual Western Heritage Weekend on Saturday, September 23, and Sunday, September 24. Voted True West magazine's "Reader's Choice for Best Old West Event," Western Heritage Weekend and Tom Mix Festival events reflect the best in family fun and historical entertainment. Dewey will come alive with the sounds of longhorn cattle and stagecoaches during this two-day festival. For event details please visit www.facebook.com/longhornparade74029.
Find out more »October 2017
Antique Agriculture Festival, George M. Murrell Home
The Murrell Home's annual Antique Agricultural Festival is right around the corner. Have you ever wanted to step back into a simpler time before automated living, or see how nineteenth-century folk carried out their day-to-day activities? If so, this is the festival for you! Come spend a day, or the weekend, with us and watch living historians from across the state prepare the farm for the winter, nineteenth-century style. We will have draft horses, plowing, apple preservation, campfire cooking, woodworking,…
Find out more »Watonga Cheese and Wine Festival, T. B. Ferguson Home
The T. B. Ferguson Home will be open for the Watonga Cheese and Wine Festival, October 13–14, 2017. Hours are Friday from 11 am to 5 pm and Saturday from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm. Call 580-623-5069 for details.
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