{"id":2385296,"date":"2026-04-23T04:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2385296"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:37:16","slug":"tulsa-litfest-2026-free-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tulsa-litfest-2026-free-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulsa LitFest 2026: Free events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Tulsa LitFest 2026 is a free, four-day celebration packed with literature, film and music in Oklahoma and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presented by the Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa in partnership with Tri-City Collective and Magic City Books, the festival is open to the public and runs April 23-26 with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/cc\/tulsa-litfest-2026-4818979\">various events<\/a> happening across Tulsa.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Thursday, April 23<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/write-with-your-eyes-an-ekphrastic-poetry-workshop-tickets-1983272873553?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Write With Your Eyes: An Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop<\/a><br \/>Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tulsa-litfest-opening-night-mixer-tickets-1983269742187?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Tulsa LitFest Opening Night Mixer<\/a><br \/>The University of Tulsa at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Friday, April 24<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/publishing-mythbusters-with-nyus-ms-in-publishing-experts-tickets-1987535828165?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Publishing Mythbusters with NYU\u2019s M.S. In Publishing Experts<\/a><br \/>Center for Public Secrets at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/dreamland-theater-presents-the-librarians-tickets-1984206188122?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Dreamland Theater Presents \u201cThe Librarians\u201d<\/a><br \/>Center for Public Secrets at 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/seventeen-syllables-in-english-an-american-haiku-workshop-tickets-1983903952126?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Seventeen Syllables in English: An American Haiku Workshop<\/a><br \/>Center for Public Secrets at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/writing-the-environment-appreciating-and-protecting-the-world-outside-tickets-1983280835367?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Writing the Environment: Approaching and Protecting the World Outside<\/a><br \/>Center for Public Secrets at 6:30-8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/blood-on-the-red-dirt-tickets-1983585020192?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Blood on the Red Dirt<\/a><br \/>Center for Public Secrets at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Saturday, April 25<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/publishing-from-the-ground-up-tickets-1985282972814?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Publishing from the Ground Up<\/a><br \/>Flagship x Tulsa Artist Fellowship at 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/storytime-reading-with-alton-carter-betty-casey-and-jennifer-riem-tickets-1983634188255?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Storytime Reading with Alton Carter, Betty Casey, and Jennifer Riem<\/a><br \/>Magic City Books at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/wrestling-the-writing-together-building-trust-with-your-story-partner-tickets-1983580823640?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Wrestling the Writing Together: Building Trust with Your Story Partner<\/a><br \/>Magic City Books at 11:30 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/level-up-a-conversation-about-growing-the-local-film-community-tickets-1983909260002?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Level Up: A Conversation about Growing the Local Film Community<\/a><br \/>Helmerich Research Center at OSU-Tulsa at 1 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/adulting-for-amateurs-with-jess-h-gutierrez-tickets-1985075356829?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">\u201cAdulting for Amateurs\u201d With Jess H.\u00a0<\/a><br \/>Magic City Books at 1 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/reflections-on-the-watch-face-a-reading-by-three-visiting-authors-tickets-1984207721709?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Reflections on the Watch Face: A Reading by Three Visiting Authors<\/a><br \/>Magic City Books at 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/resilience-through-ash-writing-about-greenwood-tickets-1983982324540?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Resilience through Ash: Writing About Greenwood<\/a><br \/>Greenwood Rising at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/wild-world-wild-words-a-litfest-keynote-on-environmentalism-and-writing-tickets-1983911060387?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">\u201cWild World, Wild Words\u201d: A LitFest Keynote on Environmentalism and Writing<\/a><br \/>Helmerich Research Center Auditorium (OSU-Tulsa) at 6 p.m<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tulsa-litfest-haiku-battle-mmxxvi-tickets-1983582765448?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Tulsa LitFest Haiku Battle MMXXVI<\/a><br \/>Good Cause Brewing at 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sunday, April 26<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-short-story-conventions-innovations-with-tim-tomlinson-tickets-1987138330238?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">The Short Story: Conventions &amp; Innovations with Tim Tomlinson<\/a><br \/>OSU-Tulsa at 10 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tulsa-litfest-2026-book-fair-tickets-1983594417299?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Tulsa LitFest 2026 Book Fair<\/a><br \/>OSU-Tulsa at 11 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/secret-book-fair-reading-tickets-1987148618009?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">\u201cSecret\u201d Book Fair Reading<\/a><br \/>OSU-Tulsa at 11:10 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/an-afternoon-with-tayari-jones-tickets-1985083660666?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">An Afternoon With Tayari Jones<\/a><br \/>Magic City Books at 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/writers-recess-tickets-1984565134741?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Writers\u2019 Recess<\/a><br \/>Pershing Studios at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/tulsa-litfest-closing-night-festivities-tickets-1986850191407?aff=odcleoeventsincollection\">Tulsa LitFest Closing NIght Festivities<\/a><br \/>Chimera Cafe at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><em>News decisions at the Tulsa Flyer are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tulsaflyer.org\/policies\"><em>here<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<section id=\"block-18\" class=\"below-content widget widget_block\">\n<nav class=\"jp-relatedposts-i2 wp-block-jetpack-related-posts\" data-layout=\"grid\" aria-label=\"Related Articles\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading tf-underlined\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\">Related Articles<\/h3>\n<\/nav>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source tulsaflyer.org \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulsa LitFest 2026 is a free, four-day celebration packed with literature, film and music in Oklahoma and beyond.\u00a0 Presented by the Center for Poets and Writers at Oklahoma State University-Tulsa in partnership with Tri-City Collective and Magic City Books, the festival is open to the public and runs April 23-26 with various events happening across [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2385297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[23560,464884,464885],"class_list":["post-2385296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-literature","tag-litfest","tag-magic-city-books"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Tulsa-LitFest-2026-Free-events.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385298,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385296\/revisions\/2385298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}