Performing Arts

Entertainers of all ages donate their performances on four stages at the Festival.  Stages are:  The Cafe Stage (located on the Festival Plaza), the Deck Stage (located on the south deck of Stage Center), the Water Stage (located in the Myriad Gardens) and the new Crystal Stage (located in the Youth Plaza, on the east side of the Myriad Gardens).

Don't miss our street performers- the Silly People!  The Silly People are award-winning, multi-talented performers who have made thousands of people smile while spreading their unconventional secrets to happiness and traveling across the world on a mission to create fun!  Watch their juggling, balloon, fire and comedy skills four times a day on the Festival plaza and south of the Myriad Gardens Water Stage.

 

See Oklahoma's next stars compete in the Festival Idol Talent Showcase.  A new twist on the annual talent show will showcase the talents of kids grades K-12 on the Crystal Stage at 6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.  Local talents will be the judge, and the top performers will move onto the encore Saturday at 6 p.m. to be named the ultimate Festival Idol.

2008 Performing Arts Schedule

Date  Stage  Performer  Genre  Time 
Tues, April 22 Cafe Stage       
Tues, April 22  Cafe Stage   Opening Ceremonies    11:00 am 
Tues, April 22  Cafe Stage   Bricktown Clowns  Clowns  12:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Cafe Stage   South Bound Mule  Bluegrass  1:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   Jonathon Cigary  Pop/Rock  2:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   The Scrapiron Quartet  Quartet  3:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   Grandpa Griffith  Indie Rock/Pop  4:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   Heartland Voices  Choral  5:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   Spiritful Voices Community Choir  Choral  6:00 pm 
Tues, April 22   Cafe Stage   The Al Good Orchestra  Big Band  7:30 pm 
Tues, April 22  Crystal Stage  Davis 4th and 5th Grade Honor Choir  Choral  11:00 am 
Tues, April 22  Crystal Stage  Sequoyah Elementary Honor Strings  Instrumental  12:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Crystal Stage Rose State College 15th Street Band  Instrumental  1:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Crystal Stage  Capps Middle School 8th Grade Choir  Choral  2:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Crystal Stage  The McTeggart Irish Dancers of Oklahoma  Irish Dance  3:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Crystal Stage  Dance Xpress Oklahoma!      Dance  4:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Crystal Stage  Highland East Jr. High Chorus  Choral  5:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Crystal Stage  Festival Idol auditions  Talent Show  6:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Crystal Stage  Sellers Dance Performance Group  Dance  7:30 pm 
Tues, April 22 Deck Stage  NO PERFORMANCES     
Tues, April 22  Water Stage  Lori Colbart  Classical 11:00 am 
Tues, April 22 Water Stage  Broken Dream  Rock  12:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Water Stage  Acoustic Lighting  Pop/Jazz  1:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Water Stage  On the Other Hand- Songs in American Sign Language  Sign Language  2:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Water Stage  Alison & Greg Magill  Standards/Folk/Pop  3:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Water Stage  Second Street Band  Rock  4:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Water Stage  Mariachi Orgullo de America  Mariachi  5:00 pm 
Tues, April 22 Water Stage  Unlabeled  Rock/Pop/Variety  6:00 pm 
Tues, April 22  Water Stage  Jackson's Brew  Pop/Variety/R&B  7:30 pm 
Wed, April 23 Cafe Stage  Never Idle  Modern Worship  11:00 am 
Wed, April 23 Cafe Stage  David Bruster Band  Big Band  12:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Cafe Stage  Watonga High School Eagle Band  Instrumental  1:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Cafe Stage  Western Oaks Warrior Chorus  Choral  2:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Cafe Stage  Rick Toops Band  Blues  3:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Cafe Stage  Christina Bender  Country  4:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Cafe Stage  Arashi Taiko  Japanese Drumming  5:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Cafe Stage  The Non  Experimental/Ambient/Rock  6:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Cafe Stage  Smilin' Vic  Variety/Oldies  7:30 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  Classen SAS Dance Dept  Dance  11:00 am 
Wed, April 23  Crystal Stage  Kirkland Chorale  Choral  11:30 am 
Wed, April 23  Crystal Stage  Academy of Ballet and Theatre Arts Performance Ensemble  Dance  12:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  Hennessey Middle School Honor Choir  Choral  1:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Crystal Stage  Jahruba and the Golden Hands  African Drumming  1:30 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  Refjue  Rock  2:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  Quackadoodledoo  Folk/Traditional  3:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  US Grant Dance Dimensions  Dance  4:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Crystal Stage  Windsor Hills Honor Choir and Drumline  Choral and Drumming  5:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  His Kids  Dance  5:30 pm 
Wed, April 23 Crystal Stage  Festival Idol auditions  Talent Show  6:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Crystal Stage  Everything Goes Dance Studio Dance  7:30 pm 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  Bill Boudreau  Folk/Traditional  11:00 am 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  Mark Galloway  Variety  12:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Deck Stage  Bob Moore  Variety  1:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  Joel Forlenza  Jazz Standards  2:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  Ian Aldridge Band  Rock  3:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Deck Stage  D. Ray Polk  Blues/Jazz  4:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  KC Mathey  Woody Guthrie Tribute  5:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Deck Stage  One Day Now  Pop/Variety/Gospel  6:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Deck Stage  Trio of Five  Variety  7:30 pm 
Wed, April 23  Water Stage  Bob Deupree Singer-Songwriter 11:00 am 
Wed, April 23 Water Stage  Tom & Billy Show  Beatles/Everly Brothers  12:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Water Stage  Beth Isbell  Acoustic Rock Originals  1:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Water Stage  Tommy Bailey & The Knobs Variety  2:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Water Stage  Zuzu's Petals  Acoustic Guitar, Violin and Vocals  3:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Water Stage  Dustin Ward  Country  4:00 pm 
Wed, April 23 Water Stage  Gospel Sound Stage  Gospel  5:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Water Stage  Michael King, Total Equilibirum  Comedy/Juggling  6:00 pm 
Wed, April 23  Water Stage  Rexall Rangers  Country  7:30 pm 
Thurs, April 24 Cafe Stage  St. Gregory's University Spirit and Sole Ensemble  Dance  11:00 am 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Wilson Honor Choir and Strings  Choral and Instrumental  12:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Mustang Trails Honor Choir  Choral  1:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Tierradentro  Traditional/Folk/Columbian Vallenato  2:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Albert Gray Eagle & Unity  Native American/World Music  3:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  The Okie Stompers  Clog Dance  4:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  High Ground Bluegrass Band  Bluegrass  5:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Random Order  Classic Rock  6:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Cafe Stage  Tall Cotton String Band  Bluegrass  7:30 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Casady Singing Cyclones  Choral  11:00 am 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Deer Creek Prairie Vale Elementary Chorus  Choral  11:30 am 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Classen SAS Jazz Ensemble  Instrumental  12:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Lakeview Middle School 6th and 7th Grade Choir  Choral  1:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage Music Makers  Choral  1:30 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage Mustang Centennial Elementary Choir  Choral  2:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Dance Visions Bishop McGuinness  Dance  3:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Soldier Creek Natural Notes  Choral  4:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Life Change Ballroom  Dance  5:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Festival Idol auditions  Talent Show  6:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Mid-Del District Elementary Honor Choir  Choral  7:30 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Crystal Stage  Moore West Tiger Choir  Choral  8:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Terry Pursell Show  Eclectic  11:00 am 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Gary Stevens  Folk  12:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Robin Brooks Sullivan & Jerry Putnam  Pop/Jazz  1:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Alicia and Friends  Pop/Variety/Gospel  2:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Aaron Squirrel Trio  Rock/Jazz/Blues Fusion  3:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  ONG  Rock  4:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Mesmorized  Country  5:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  Buffalofitz  Rock/Folk  6:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Deck Stage  OKC StorySlam  Interactive Storytelling Competition  7:30 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Live to Tell  Rock/Inspirational  11:00 am 
Thurs, April 24 Water Stage  Judah  Christian Praise Dance Team  12:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24 Water Stage  Boulevard  Acoustic/Soul/Rock  1:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Dylan Hammett Band  Folk/Rock  2:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Ruthie & Her Banjo  Country/Gospel  3:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Justin Witte  Folk/Acoustic/Blues  4:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Calico Rock  Rock/Folk  5:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  The Snakeshakers  Blues/Rock/Roots  6:00 pm 
Thurs, April 24  Water Stage  Wallbangers Tribute to Harvey  Nostalgia  7:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  Kaleidoscope Dancers Company  Dance  11:00 am 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  John Arnold Band  Country  12:00 pm 
Fri, April 25 Cafe Stage  Acoustic Motion Jazz/Blues  1:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  23rd St Jazz  Jazz/Blues  2:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  Studio B  Jazz/R&B  3:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  The Unlikely Blues Band  Blues  4:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  The OK Chorale  Mens' Barbershop Chorus  5:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  Marcy Priest  Rock/Pop/Variety  6:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Cafe Stage  The Wise Guys  Oldies/Pop  7:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Coronado Cougar Chorus  Choral  11:00 am 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Alcott Middle School Jazz Band  Instrumental  11:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Ralph Downs Roadrunner Chorus  Choral  12:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Harding Fine Arts Academy Concert Band  Instrumental  12:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Harding Fine Arts Academy Choir  Choral  1:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Harvest Hills Harmony Hawks  Choral  2:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Nichols Hills Elementary School Choir  Choral  3:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Fogarty Elementary Centennial Honor Choir  Choral  4:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Dance Dimensions-Fusion Dance Co  Dance  5:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Festival Idol auditions  Talent Show  6:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  TJ's Drumline  Drumming  7:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Crystal Stage  Gravity Performing Arts Center  Dance  8:10 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Rebecca J. Brock & Julien Boussontie  Classic Rock  11:00 am 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Quinn Bacon  Inspirational/Country  12:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Thongyal  Rock/Jazz/Blues Fusion 1:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Lost in Sin Singers  Gospel  2:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Stephanie Jackson  Classical Guitar  3:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Todd Terrill & Hardcore Country  Country  4:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  Jayne Doe  Rock  5:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  The Back Row & The Sisters of Swing  Acapella Vocal/Jazz  6:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Deck Stage  John Randolph  Rock/Pop/Variety  7:30 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  Oklahoma Traditions  Folk  11:00 am 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  Borderline  Country  12:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  High Speed Boom  Rock  1:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  All Organic Combo  Folk  2:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  Mindstorm  Rock  3:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  The Homesteaders  Gospel/Oklahoma Tribute/Comedy  4:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  Simple Tree  Original Pop  5:00 pm 
Fri, April 25 Water Stage  Loose Change  Rock  6:00 pm 
Fri, April 25  Water Stage  Class Act  R&B/Jazz/Blues  7:30 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Desert Fire  Dance  11:00 am 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Edgar Cruz  Classical Guitar  12:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Lynda Tarpley Tap  Dance  1:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  The Blu Katz  Soul  2:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  The Talk of the Town Orchestra  Variety/Jazz/Instrumental  3:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Moonlight Serenade Big Band  Big Band  4:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Son del Barrio  Salsa  5:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Kinky Slinky  Reggae/Alternative  6:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Cafe Stage  Boru's Ghost  Modern Celtic  7:30 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  CeCe Farha's Range of Motion Dance Studio  Dance  11:00 am 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  OK Children's Acting Guild  Child's Acting  12:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  Velocity Dance Center  Dance  1:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  Celtic Praise Troupe  Dance  2:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  A Mirage Dance Company  Dance  3:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  All About Irish Performance Troupe  Irish Dance  4:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  Hill Irish Dance School  Dance  5:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  Festival Idol Finals  Talent Show  6:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Crystal Stage  Jim Green Magician  Magic  7:30 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  The Timberwulf  Folk/Traditional  11:00 am 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Darrell Baskett/Delray Elvis Review  Elvis Presley Tribute  12:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Debbie Henning  Blues  1:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage Ed and Karen Petit  Blues  2:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Jahruba the Griot  Drumming/Storytelling  3:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Kerry Andrew & Friends      R&B/Smooth Jazz  4:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage Jahruba and Dave Duo  Reggae  5:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Brigade  Bluegrass  6:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Deck Stage  Jake Poire  Pop/Variety/Folk  7:30 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Lisa Curl & Company  Indie Folk/Eclectic  11:00 am 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Citizen 5  Rock/Pop/Variety  12:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Powerhouz  R&B/Jazz  1:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Psycho Diva and the Couch Doctors  Rock/Pop/Variety  2:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Fifth Story  Rock  3:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  The Latin Trio  Pop/Variety  4:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Retro  Classic Rock  5:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Full Circle  Oldies/Variety  6:00 pm 
Sat, April 26  Water Stage  Junebug Spade  Rock  7:30 pm 
Sun, April 27  Cafe Stage Perpetual Motion  Dance  11:00 am 
Sun, April 27  Cafe Stage  International Dance  Dance  12:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Cafe Stage  Highlanders of OKC  Bagpipe Band  1:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Cafe Stage  OKC Symphonic Band  Instrumental  2:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Cafe Stage  Tikvatenu Dancers- Messianic Jewish Congregation  Dance  3:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Cafe Stage  Vandevander  Rock/Blues  4:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Cafe Stage  Shortt Dogg  R&B/Jazz/Blues  5:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Casady School Jazz Band  Instrumental  11:00 am 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Len Master Magician  Magic  12:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Ford Chastain  Rock  1:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Yumare Mexican Folkloric Dancers  Mexican Dance  2:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Lyra's Muse Dance Company  Dance  3:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Russell Babb Honor Choir  Choral  3:30 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Ballet Flamenco  Dance  4:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Crystal Stage  Cottonwood Creek Cloggers  Clog Dance  5:00 pm 
Sun, April 27   Deck Stage  Oklahoma Wind  Variety  11:00 am 
Sun, April 27   Deck Stage  Robin & Company  Pop/Jazz  12:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Deck Stage  Evan & Gracie Barry  Pop/Variety  1:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Deck Stage  Jimi Jo Jami  Eclectic  2:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Deck Stage  Ieshia Le  Pop/Variety/Jazz  3:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Deck Stage  CDS Jazz Band  Jazz  4:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Deck Stage  Jerry Russell  Rock/Variety/Country  5:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  The Shelly Phelps Band  Rock/R&B  11:00 am 
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  No U Turn  Old Rock/New Country 12:00 pm
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  Blood Washed Blues Band  Blues  1:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  The Three Legged Dog Blues Band  Blues/Rock  2:00 pm 
Sun, April 27 Water Stage  Mariachi Lopez  Mariachi  3:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  Dime a Dozen  Rock  4:00 pm 
Sun, April 27  Water Stage  Suspicious Contra Band  Traditional Celtic  5:00 pm