Archive for October 2010

 

What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 31, 2010

Talia Magrill, a performer with Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan, encourages children to follow her into the Pumpkin Labyrinth during the Spin 'n' Sparkle Parade, the finale of Paseo's Magic Lantern Celebration. (Skip Largent photo)

Today’s featured event:

Happy Halloween!

Celebrate Halloween with light…

Graham Colton to host third Thanksgiving benefit concert for Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma

Sherree Chamberlin and Graham Colton

Oklahoma singer-songwriter Graham Colton will host on Wednesday, Nov. 24 his third annual Thanksgiving Concert, where a portion of the ticket sales benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Colton will take the stage with Sherree Chamberlin, Christopher Wray, Matt Stansberry and The City Lives starting at 9 p.m. Nov. 24 at the…

What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 30, 2010

Today’s featured event:

Listen to Oklahoma City band The City Lives play a Halloween costume ball at 10 tonight at 51st Street Speakeasy, 1114 NW 51.

For more information, call 463-0470 or go to www.myspace.com/51speakeasy.

For more Halloween events happening around Oklahoma, click here to see the massive BAM’s Blog Oklahoma Halloween roundup.

For still more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

Win Barenaked Ladies Concert Tickets!

Anyone out there familiar with the lyrics “Chickity China the Chinese chicken, Have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin’”? If so, have I got a deal for you!

Thanks to our friends at DFC Concerts, Wimgo has 20 pair of tickets up for grabs for the Barenaked Ladies concert on Tuesday, November 2, at the Diamond Ballroom! Also, 3 VIP winners will be chosen! These winners will get closer seating as well as the chance to participate in a meet and greet at 8 p.m.

Interested? You must be since you’re still reading.

Anyway, to enter for your chance a pair of tickets simply leave a comment below.

Also, you can join in on the Twitter contest by following @wimgo_OKC on Twitter and retweeting the following message: “RT & follow @wimgo_OKC for your chance to win 2 tix to see the Barenaked Ladies at the Diamond Ballroom on 11/2!”

That’s it! Winners will be randomly selected and contacted on Monday, November 1.

Tell your friends, yo.

-Wendy with wimgo

Halloween activities planned around Oklahoma

Erica McCoy places a Jack-O-Lantern along side others, as hundreds of pumpkins are carved in preparation for the annual annual Haunt the Zoo event at the Oklahoma City Zoo. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Halloween events promise fun, frights

From Shakespearean witches to blood-sucking vampires to enchanted forests, an eerie array of Halloween-theme events are taking place around the state this weekend. For even more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

Hallopolis 5, Norman: Hear live…

Barenaked Ladies working on new chapter, playing Oklahoma City Tuesday

From Friday’s Weekend Look section of The Oklahoman.

Barenaked Ladies turn the Page to new chapter with latest release ‘All in Good Time’

Canadian pop-rockers Barenaked Ladies are turning to a new chapter of their two-decade career.

“It’s a new chapter for the band, but we’re bringing the whole book with us. We still are really proud of everything we’ve done,”…

What to do in Oklahoma on Oct. 29, 2010

Colourmusic

Today’s featured event:

NORMAN — Hear live music and enter costume contests at the fifth annual Hallopolis at 9 p.m. today and Saturday at Opolis, 113 N Crawford. Colourmusic, Lets Be Clear and Low Litas will perform tonight; Jacob Abello, Depth and Current, Student Film and Gentle Ghost are the lineup for Saturday.

For more information, go to www.starlightmints.com/opolis.html.

For more events, go to www.wimgo.com.

-BAM

Tickets on sale Nov. 6 for Ozzy Osbourne’s Tulsa show

Ozzy Osbourne (Associated Press file photo)

Tickets to Ozzy Osbourne’s 2011 tour date at Tulsa’s BOK Center will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, the venue has announced.

Osbourne and special guest Slash will play the Tulsa arena on Feb. 10, 2011.

Tickets are priced at $25, $47.50 and $77.50. They will be available starting Nov.…

Tickets on sale Nov. 6 for Ozzy Osbourne’s Tulsa show

Ozzy Osbourne (Associated Press file photo)

Tickets to Ozzy Osbourne’s 2011 tour date at Tulsa’s BOK Center will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, the venue has announced.

Osbourne and special guest Slash will play the Tulsa arena on Feb. 10, 2011.

Tickets are priced at $25, $47.50 and $77.50. They will be available starting Nov.…

Jason Aldean’s Oklahoma City show tonight part of Road Trips and Guitar Picks concert series

Fans unable see Jason Aldean’s show at 7:30 tonight in Oklahoma City can still get close to the music by becoming a part of the country stars’s behind-the-scenes tour experience. The Road Trips and Guitar Picks concert series, presented by Country Financial, is bringing fans with or without concert tickets a new layer of access to the country music star.

Fans who visit…