Wewoka, Oklahoma
Upcoming Events in Wewoka Oklahoma
May
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City Wide Garage Sale
- First Saturday in May. Ph: 405-257-5485 (Always call and confirm events) |
October
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Wewoka Sorghum Day Festival
- With autumn colors blooming, crisp air and the sorghum cane ripening, also comes Wewoka's annual Sorghum Day Festival. The annual event attracting over 20,000 people, held on the 4th Saturday of October, is known nation-wide for the processing of the sorghum cane into the sweet, black-brown syrup and the authentic 1800s pioneer demonstrations on the Seminole Nation Museum Grounds.The Sorghum Day Festival began in 1976 when a Wewoka resident donated an antique, 1800s sorghum mill to the community. The annual event has grown in popularity and is now recognized as one of the top ten festivals in the United States with tourists attending from coast to coast. Along with the 1800s mill operation, you will find great entertainment, educational demonstrations and over 100 vendors with items from all over the Nation. Although the festival is always the fourth Saturday, several events proceed the big day such as the Sorghum Queen Pageant, the Chamber of Commerce Banquet, an art show, the Golf Tournament, and more. Check the website for schedules. On Saturday a 5-K run begins at 8 a.m., and a parade at 10 a.m. Visit over 150 craft booths, antique tractor show, vintage car show, and a quilt, craft, art & photography show, then live entertainment including local bands and stunt routines. Work and planning for the festival begins in the autumn immediately following the previous festival when Rotarians begin tilling after the last cane crop. With spring buds beginning to bloom the Rotarians work continues with a second tilling and fertilizing. By June, the carefully tended soil is ready for the planting of the thumbtack sized sorghum seed. One hundred and ten days later the sorghum cane is ready for harvest. The week before the great event is held, the cane is stripped of it's leaves, cut and transported to the Seminole Nation Museum grounds for processing. The harvest process requires a crew of three to five men. The day of the festival, the sorghum cane is pressed into the antique, 1800s mill. As two mules, harnessed to a pole, slowly turn the mill around and around, a sweet, yellow-green juice is extracted from the cane. The juice is then pumped into a stainless steel pan where it is boiled over a wood fire for an hour and a half until it becomes the sweet black-brown syrup that was favored over maple syrup by the early Oklahoma pioneers. Watching the making of the sorghum has become a special treat and time honored event for many spectators. Wewoka Sorghum Festival and Car Show P.O. Box 1089 101 W Park St. (Office) Wewoka, OK 74884 405 683 3636 Car Show Contact, Lewis Johnson - 405 380 6600 lcjohnson2@hotmail.com Address: Main Street , Wewoka, Oklahoma |
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Wewoka Sorghum Day Car Show
- Wewoka Sorghum Day Car Show is held during the Wewoka Sorghum Day Festival, featuring seven city blocks of Arts, Crafts, Food, Fun, Games, Native American Foods and Demonstrations. 4th Saturday in October. Awards include plaques for: Top 15 Stock Cars, Top 20 Modified Cars, Top 10 Stock Trucks, Top 10 Modified Trucks, Top 5 All Imports, Best Vintage, Best Classic, Best Custom, Best Paint, Best Interior and Best of Show. $100.00 for car club with the most entries. T-Shirts are available for sale featuring the prior two years best of show vehicles as the feature vehicles on the shirt. Free T-Shirt for first 75 entries. Door prize drawings during the day that include Cash ($500, $300 & $200) and Other Door Prizes. Pre-Registration $15.00, Day of Show Entry $20.00. Wewoka Sorghum Festival and Car Show P.O. Box 1089 101 W Park St. (Office) Wewoka, OK 74884 405 683 3636 Car Show Contact, Lewis Johnson - 405 380 6600 lcjohnson2@hotmail.com Address: North End of Main Street , Wewoka, Oklahoma |