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Helping Tulsans discover the city and build a future here. ✨ Experience Tulsa is how you discover the city and all it has to offer.
We connect recent relocators and longtime Tulsans to the people, places, and experiences that make this city special. From immersive city visits to curated events, we help Tulsans find their place and build a future they’re excited about. We’re not just telling people about Tulsa; we’re showing them. We believe once you experience Tulsa, you’ll want to stay.
THIS FRIDAY: We’re taking SAMPLE outside to enjoy this wonderful weather we’ve been having! Just be sure to enter through the gate… or else. 🧛
Kick off First Friday with us in the 101 Archer courtyard for your favorite art & social mixer. We’ve got as the featured artist, comedians and .bai as our hosts, and coming all the way from our sister city in France (thanks !!!).
SAMPLE is free to attend, snag your tix at the link in bio.
09/28/2026
We have an official reopening date! Gilcrease Museum just announced a March 2027 reopening, following a five-year, $140.9 million rebuild.
This world-class art and history collection will soon be open to the public again in Tulsa’s Osage Hills.
This new chapter pulls everything into one destination: the museum, the Helmerich Center for American Research, the historic Gilcrease House, and the landscape that wraps around it.
Inside, a 300,000 item collection from across the Americas will bring Indigenous, American, and Latin American stories into closer conversation. Outside, you’ll be able to turn a gallery visit into a walk, hike, or bike ride across 460 acres and 14 miles of trails.
More details on opening weekend, exhibitions and visitor experiences will roll out over the coming month.
In the meantime, memberships are open for anyone who wants updates, early access, and a front row seat to Gilcrease’s comeback. Visit gilcrease.org.
09/25/2026
A new federal grant is funding exterior repairs across ten historic Black Wall Street buildings in Greenwood.
Greenwood Chamber of Commerce secured a $650,000 National Park Service grant that will cover new windows and doors and replace cracked bricks, tiles, and exterior walls so the structures stay sound and safe for the businesses inside. It’s one step in a longer process to care for buildings that have carried Greenwood’s story for decades, with construction scheduled to start this month and wrap in under a year.
Read the full story on The Oklahoma Eagle’s website.
Welcome back to TULSA WEEKEND UPDATE — Experience Tulsa’s weekly roundup of the top can’t-miss events in T-Town, hosted by Tarra Quinn.
Each week, we’re dropping a quick hit of the best events, pop-ups, parties, and unexpected happenings you should definitely know about.
Got something going on this weekend? Drop it in the comments. Shameless plugs welcome.
Got an event you’d like us to share on another edition of Weekend Update? Send it to our team at [email protected].
See you out there, Tulsa.
09/23/2026
We celebrated our 3rd anniversary hard! Thanks for showing up and showing out. Next event is Thursday, 10/15 at 5:30pm at Gathering Place's Sky Garden 🌿
Tickets go live on experiencetulsa.com on 10/07!
09/21/2026
Another year, another USA TODAY Best Oktoberfest win for Tulsa Oktoberfest 🥳
If you’ve ever been, you’re probably not shocked. This threepeat is just proof that no other U.S. city does Oktoberfest quite like Tulsa.
And it’s hard to say what puts our Oktoberfest over the top… Maybe it’s the 100+ German b**r we import, the live music talent we fly in straight from Germany, the iconic bier barrel races, or our very cute and beloved Dachshund Dash, all housed in 140,000 square feet of massive tents filled with 80,000 of your closest Oktoberfest friends?
Mark your calendars for October 22-25 at River West Festival Park. The nation’s top Oktoberfest party is happening right here at home. 🍻
Have you ever noticed all the penguins around Tulsa? has some illuminating information on this T-town phenomenon 🐧
These penguin statues have been scattered around town since 2003, originally serving as an interactive fundraiser for the .
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Special thanks to the Myers-Duren Harley-Davidson () for letting us film with their iconic penguin!
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