While vendors that choke downtown Sallisaw streets might generate the most excitement during the annual Diamond Daze festival, the free entertainment isn’t far behind. Music is a festival highlight, a...

Pocket Park 6 p.m. Friday Ted Capps & Rude Mood Pocket Park 8:30 p.m. Friday Kanton Teen & The Penny Pickers Pocket Park 10:30 a.m. Saturday Cherokee Nation Youth Choir Stage Park 12:45 p.m. Saturday ...

There are few events that warm the heart as much as little boys and girls dressed to the nines, confidently strutting their stuff or bashfully wondering why onlookers are oohing and aahing. That’s why...

The roots of Red Dirt music ran deep on April 13, as four of the genre’s most iconic acts were inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (OMHOF) during the sold-out Boys From Oklahoma concert in S...

The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame is proud to announce the induction of four exceptional musicians into the Hall of Fame. The official induction ceremony will take place during the highly anticipated 'B...

Turnpike Troubadour R.C. Edwards and Lance Roark played an acoustic set in Vian on January 2, a free event hosted by Rustic Cantina. “I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to R.C. and Lance for...

Sequoyah County's Drake Hyde will appear on NBC's "The Voice" Monday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. CDT.

Enjoy a weekend immersed in authentic Native art as Cherokee Art Market returns to Hard Rock Tulsa Oct. 12-13. At one of the largest Native American art markets in the state, guests will enjoy the wor...

A concert with Lane Lowder has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, September 21, at the Vian Amphitheater. There will be food available for purchase, and attendees are asked to bring lawn chairs or bl...

Zoos, aquariums and wildlife centers offer visitors the opportunity to view exotic animals without having to venture too far from home. Zoos are great places to enjoy a full day of seeing wildlife and...

When the first Diamond Daze was held in 2006, and in the years since, the annual fete has featured just about everything one would expect to find in a community festival — vendors, car show, live ente...

History became the present on May 3 with the long-awaited opening of the Big Toy Museum, located in the old middle school. In a ceremonial ribbon cutting hosted by the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce, ow...

Mention beauty pageants, and what often comes to mind is a bougie, usually over-the-top production where tears of joy and astonished expressions of disbelief climax the competition. It’s a surreal wor...

As far as Marty Green is concerned, if people can’t find something to their liking on May 3-4 in downtown Sallisaw, they’re just not trying. “You name it,” the Sallisaw Chamber of Commerce executive d...

AC/DC tribute band, Back in Black, is taking the stage at Lee Creek Tavern located inside Cherokee Casino & Hotel Roland for a free concert on Wednesday, Nov. 22, at 8 p.m. Hailing from the Dallas-For...

We’re approaching the first week of August, so you all know what that means. It’s rodeo time! The 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo will begin Thursday and end its three-day run that following Sat...

The majority of the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo performers, along with rodeo announcer Matt McGee and rodeo clown Colten Ulmer, are traveling quite a distance to be at next week’s big event....

Rodeo clown Colten Ulmer from Mount Vernon, Mo., will get to be a part of hat trick and trifecta when the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo takes the spotlight beginning Thursday. Elmer will be pe...

For Alabama rodeo announcer Matt McGee, it will be a “Lucky 7” as he will return for the seventh straight year to be the announcer during the 79th annual Sallisaw Lions Club Rodeo. “It’s absolutely a ...