March 31, 2018
Joe Mack
Outtakes Music Festival
Stillwater, OK
MORE SHOW BUZZ
February 25-March 3
Just Between Friends
Sale
Expo Square
Tulsa, OK
918-814-9326
www.tulsa.jbfsale.com
ENTERTAINMENT BUZZ
Easy VZD’s
By Angela Botzer
March 2
OU Sooners vs.
Iowa State Cyclones
Lloyd Noble Center
Norman, OK
405-325-8200
www.soonersports.com
March 2
OU Sooners vs.
Alabama Crimson Tide
L. Dale Mitchell
Baseball Park
Norman, OK
405-325-8200
www.soonersports.com
March 2
Bellator MMA
Winstar World Casino &
Resort
Thackerville, OK
1-800-622-6317
www.
winstarworldcasino.com
March 2-March 5
Phillips 66 Big 12
Women’s Basketball
Championship
Chesapeake Energy
Arena
OKC, OK
405-236-5000
www.okcallsports.org
[email protected]
March 3
Bill Engvall
Choctaw Casino
Grant, OK
580-326-8397
www.choctawcasinos.com
March 3
OSU Cowboys vs.
Kansas Jayhawks
Gallagher-Iba Arena
Stillwater, OK
877-255-4678
www.okstate.com
March 3
OU Sooners vs.
Alabama Crimson Tide
L. Dale Mitchell
Baseball Park
Norman, OK
405-325-8200
www.soonersports.com
March 3-March 4
Discover the Dinosaurs
Cox Convention Center
OKC, OK
763-324-7889
www.
discoverthedinosaurs.
com
OKLAHOMA CITY – For over
30 years, the live music venue
VZD’s, (4200 N. Western Avenue,
Oklahoma City, vzds.com) has
proudly upheld its motto “Food,
Booze, and Tradition,” and has
strongly supported locally-
known as well as nationally-
known musicians.
“Acoustic open mic has been
gaining a lot of traction since
we introduced the new six-
week Acoustic Songwriters
Competition during open
mic every Tuesday at 8 p.m.,”
said VZD’s music director Joe
Hopkins.
“At the end of each open mic
night, the staff votes for a
finalist, and the finals are at
every seventh week. Judged by
music industry professionals,
the winner opens the next sold-
out show for a national act that
fits their genre. It’s a priceless
opportunity for aspiring artists
to open for big names,” Hopkins
explained. “Also, every open
mic is professionally recorded.
I started doing that as a way
to help members of the music
community who cannot afford
studio time to cut an acoustic
demo,” added Hopkins.
“The shows we book throughout
the rest of the week include
indie, blues, rock, country, jazz,
and everything in between,” said
Hopkins.
Ian Moore, Photo Courtesy VZD’s
March 15 has Albert Cummings
brings his soulful, roadhouse
blues to the VZD stage.
Also catch Grammy Award
winners Mark Lettieri and
Shane Henry performing April
3.
If you get the munchies while
soaking in the music, try out one
of the offerings on the gastropub
menu, the John Wayne Burger.
It’s a class act, with ground beef
stuffed with VZD’s homemade
brisket, barbecue sauce, charred
onions, and cheddar.
Sarah Barker Huhn
photography
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[email protected]
918.398.3116
www.facebook.com/sarahsnaps/
intimate, creative candid photography for your event
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