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Farm Girl Fair returns to Norman's Sandy River Ranch Oct. 4
The annual Farm Girl Fair, a Norman fall tradition since 2016, returns to Sandy River Ranch on Sunday, Oct. 4, with dozens of Oklahoma makers, family activities and $10 admission.
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Jazz-fusion band Everything Yes plays free Norman concerts
North Carolina jazz-fusion band Everything Yes played two free concerts in Norman on Sept. 21 and 22, organized by the Oklahoma House of Music, blending jazz with funk, gospel, progressive rock and hip-hop as part of a national and European tour.
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Norman's free curbside cleanup starts Sept. 26
The City of Norman's annual Fall Residential Cleanup begins Saturday, Sept. 26, with five consecutive Saturdays of free curbside bulk-waste collection based on residents' regular polycart service day.
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Norman launches fall park cleanups Saturday, Sept. 19
The City of Norman's Division of Environmental Resilience and Sustainability is hosting four volunteer cleanup and education events at local parks from September through November, starting with a watershed cleanup at Ruby Grant Park on Saturday, Sept. 19.
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Norman Music Festival opens 2027 performer applications
The Norman Music Festival began accepting performer applications on Sept. 10, with an Oct. 23 deadline for musicians hoping to play at the free, three-day festival in downtown Norman in April 2027.
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Norman Art Walk lines up 18 vendors and performers Friday
The Norman Arts Council's free monthly Art Walk returns to downtown Norman on Friday, Sept. 11, with 18 outdoor vendors and performers lined up along Main Street from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Norman's Cleveland County Free Fair marks 133 years Thursday
The Cleveland County Free Fair opens Thursday, Sept. 10, for its 133rd year, carrying the theme "Celebrating 250 Years of America, One County Fair at a Time" — a nod to a tradition that started in November 1893, when Oklahoma was still a territory.
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Norman civil rights leader Barbara Henderson dies at 92
Barbara Henderson, who became the first chair of the Norman Human Rights Commission and helped open housing to Black residents in a former sundown town, died Saturday, Aug. 29, at 92.
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Cleveland County Fair brings free admission to Norman Sept. 10-13
The Cleveland County Fair runs Thursday, Sept. 10, through Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds with free admission and parking, carnival rides, livestock shows, live music each night and the State Championship Wiener Dog Race on Sunday.
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Girls flag football league launches in Norman
GirlPower Norman, Oklahoma's only chapter of the national GirlPower Flag Football league, launched with a free clinic at Lions Park and opens an eight-game fall season for girls in kindergarten through 12th grade starting Sept. 27.
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Norman launches seven fall events for conservation, e-waste
Norman's Division of Environmental Resilience and Sustainability has scheduled seven community events from September through November 2026, including watershed cleanups, a Monarch Migration 5K, the annual Monarchs in the Park festival, wilderness workshops and a free e-waste drop-off.
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Norman's A Better Way homeless program closes after AG denies funding
A Better Way, which served 232 participants and helped 17 find housing during its year-long run, shuts down at the end of August after the Oklahoma Attorney General's Office denied the City of Norman's request for continued opioid settlement funding.
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