Watonga Cheese Festival returns Oct. 10 & 11 2008

Category: Festivals — Location: , — Posted @ 1:29 pm on May 28, 2008

The Watonga Cheese Festival and Art Show will be back in downtown Watonga on Fri Oct 10 and Sat Oct 11, 2008, 9 am to 5pm. Admission is $5 for both days.

Entertainment both days, clowns, bands, face painting, balloons and dancers. Art show and demonstrations throughout the festival.

For more information contact:

Watonga Chamber of Commerce

580-623-5452

cwatonga@pldi.net

www.watongacheesefestival.com

Exciting weekend in Alva

Category: General — Location: , — Posted @ 4:20 pm on May 27, 2008

Make plans this weekend to attend the Nescatunga Arts Festival on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Alva’s downtown square. This year should prove to be even more exciting with the addition of An Evening of Quilts on Friday from 7p.m. until 9 p.m. at the historic Runnymede Hotel.

At 7 p.m. on Saturday the festival activities will conclude with the Johnny Western and the Diamond W Wranglers concert at Herod Hall on the campus of NWOSU. Concert tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the Alva Chamber office or from the Alva Fire Department. Proceeds will benefit the Alva Fire Department in their pursuit to purchase a new ladder truck.

For more information on the above activities, contact Alex Mantz at the Alva Chamber of Commerce at 580-327-1647.

Plan a trip and visit Northwest and Northcentral Oklahoma!

Category: General — Posted @ 12:32 pm on May 22, 2008

All the counties are listed above. Click on the county name to go straight to it! Not sure which county? Check the list of all the cities and towns .Visitors Guide

On the left, you’ll find our Driving Tours, Calendar, Weather information, Photography, Golf Courses, State Parks, and Bed and Breakfast Inns.

We’re glad you stopped in. Look around, and we look forward
to seeing you in Oklahoma’s Red Carpet Country.

Download our Visitor’s Guide (PDF – 4.8 MB). Careful: it’s a BIG file!

Download the Red Carpet Country roadmap (PDF – 2 MB).

Region around Red Carpet Country

Trails Day June 7, Youth Fishing Derby June 14

Category: Great Outdoors — Posted @ 9:24 am on
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge will be celebrating National Trails Day on June 7, 2008 from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. There will be opportunities to hike all the trails and recieve a Trails Day prize! Stop by the Visitor Center for more information. Or you can call 580-626-4794 or email rebecca_wolff@fws.gov .
The 16th Annual Youth Fishing Derby will be held on the following Saturday, June 14, 2008 from 8:30am – 12:00 pm. Download the flyer (PDF).

Are You an Artist living in rural Oklahoma?

Category: Art — Posted @ 6:56 pm on May 5, 2008

The Oklahoma Arts Council is conducting an Oklahoma Artist Survey that will identify visual, performing and literary artists in rural Oklahoma. This project will establish a database of artists to serve as regional cultural resources to communities that are developing cultural festivals, community opportunities for arts learning and cultural heritage tourism. For more information contact Georgia Williams at (405) 521-2931.