Weekly Events Calendar January 27-February 2

Each week, Oklahoma Today staffers comb through their calendars to find a handful of great events happening across the state. Get out! See Oklahoma! And be sure to let us know what you find, either here or on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @oklahomatoday.

Force of nature (and amazing live performer) Chaka Khan comes to Tulsa's River Spirit Casino this week.

Khan You Dig It?

Ten-time Grammy Award winner and tour-de-force singer Chaka Khan brings her decades of musical mastery to Paradise Cove at River Spirit Casino Resort in Tulsa. Whether you jam to rock, sway to soul, or feel the gospel of country and R&B, every music fanatic will enjoy a chance to hear this songbird rock the halls of Tulsa. January 30. Tickets, $50-$65. tickets.riverspirittulsa.com

Preservation Hall Jazz Band visits the McKnight Center in Stillwater this week. Photo by Danny Clinch.

Preservation Society

Are you tired of the drab music blaring on loop through your car speaker? Take the trip to Stillwater for a night of New Orleans-style jazz with contemporary, swingin’ beats performed by Preservation Hall Jazz Band; a New Orleans jazz staple for more than fifty years. The halls of the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts will ring with the electric sounds of new-age and contemporary jazz. January 30. Tickets, $25-$99. mcknightcenter.org

Bull Market

What do you get when you mix pyrotechnics and bull-riding in 8 second intervals? You get the night out you’ve been looking for. Come on down to the Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City to watch the Professional Bull Riding's Unleash the Beast. Spectators can watch some of the top 35 bull-riders in the world master and ride the toughest bulls in the business. January 31 & February 1. Tickets, $15-$110. chesapeakearena.com/events/detail/pbr2020

The Red River Showdown races into Duncan with all-aged go-kart competitions.

Need for Speed

Watch talented go-karters embrace their inner-Ricky Bobbys in a series of fast-paced, all-ages races at the Midwest Winter Race Series' Red River Showdown at the Stephens County Fair and Expo Center in Duncan. Regional competitors prove their racing prowess on the track in this annual competition that’s sure to excite the masses. January 31 & February 1. Tickets, $5-$30. mwrs.net

Giver the Gas

From the minds of the Gaslight Theatre in Enid comes the family-friendly teenage adaptation of Lois Lowry’s award-winning novel The Giver; a tale of a young man living in a utopian society as he realizes the world he lives in is not what it seems. Directed by Cantina Sundvall and adapted by Eric Coble, this performance is one the whole family must see. January 31- February 2. Tickets, $8-$15. gaslighttheatre.org

F-f-f-feeling too hot? An invigorating dip in Bath Lake during the Medicine Park Polar Plunge can help! Photo courtesy Lawton Constitution.

Cold Medicine

Who says the Oklahoma winter is just for the indoor-loving people? Join the citizens of Medicine Park as they take part in the town’s oldest tradition, Plunge Week: a weeklong event of people dressing in imaginative costumes, sharing food and drinks with one another, and diving into the cold waters of Bath Lake. This tradition dates back to the 1940’s and is alive and well, yet frozen. For details of the weekly events, visit their Facebook page. January 31- February 8. facebook.com

Written By

Brandon King