Brown Bag It
The Brown Bag It free noontime concert series at the Tulsa Performing Arts Center is now on the first Wednesday of the month. The series features some of Oklahoma’s finest professional musicians performing in the PAC's Westby Pavilion.
The mission of the series is to offer the community an opportunity to visit the Performing Arts Center facility and hear quality musical presentations. Audiences are invited to bring and eat lunch during the concerts, creating an informal atmosphere. Likewise, the musicians are encouraged to “inform” as well as perform by giving background information or program notes during the concert, breaking down the barriers between performer and audience. Each concert lasts approximately 40 minutes.
JOIN US – It's Free and Family-Friendly!
2024–2025 LINEUP
Kalyn Fay
October 2, 2024 • 12:10 pm
Westby Pavilion
Kalyn Fay (Cherokee Nation, Muscogee) is a Folk singer/songwriter born and raised in rural Oklahoma. Their songs are heartfelt, sonic explorations of their nuanced relationship to the landscape and people of the region that fostered them. Fay sees music as a way for us all to reflect and lean in - to Indigenous perspectives of collective care for all living things.
Tulsa Festival Ringers
December 11, 2024 • 11 am and 12:15 pm
John H. Williams Theatre
Tulsa Festival Ringers Inc., Tulsa’s only auditioned community handbell ensemble, is more than a musical novelty; it is an ensemble of musicians who specialize in handbell ringing. The members are handbell directors and ringers f rom various churches throughout the Tulsa area who want to share their love of music and handbells. Their annual Christmas Brown Bag It show at the Tulsa PAC has become a seasonal favorite!
Cairde Na Gael
March 12, 2025 • 12:10pm
Westby Pavilion
Cairde na Gael is a traditional Irish band from Tulsa Oklahoma, performing Irish songs and dance tunes. With Kelly Lamb and Michael Roohan (both on vocals), Gene Curtis (acoustic guitar/banjo/whistle), and Eric Ryan-Johnson (fiddle and bouzouki), they have been a staple of the Irish music scene in Oklahoma for nearly twenty years.Their music is available on all streaming platforms.
Tulsa Opera Filstrup Artists
May 7, 2025 • 12:10pm
Westby Pavilion
Each season, Tulsa Opera engages up-and-coming opera artists as members of the Filstrup Resident Artist program. Join us as these talented Tulsa artists fill the room with song!
No need to buy or reserve tickets. (Except for the Tulsa Festival Ringers.) These events are free!
Just bring your love of art and join us.
