Dancing Turtle Arts Festival
July 25–27, 2025 | Downtown Stillwater
Event Schedule
Visual Arts
Jude Tolar Pastel Demonstration
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM
📍 Block 34
Indoor Vendor and Artist Booths
Friday, July 25 – 5–9 PM
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Stillwater Community Center
Outdoor Vendor and Artist Booths
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–8 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Block 34
High School Art Competition Display
Friday, July 25 – 5–9 PM
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Room 108, Stillwater Community Center
Sponsored by: Lambert Construction Co.
Dance
Dancing Eagles (Native American Fancy Dance)
Saturday, July 26 – 11:45 AM
📍 Block 34 – Simmons Bank Pavilion
Professional Dance Concert
Saturday, July 26 – 3 PM
📍 Winfrey D. Houston Theater – Stillwater Community Center
Hung Viet Dragon and Lion Dance Association
Sunday, July 27 – 11 AM & 1 PM
📍 Block 34 – Simmons Bank Pavilion
Yoga Art Awakening
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM
📍 North Stage Room – Stillwater Community Center
Design & STEM
OSU Fire Truck Display
Saturday, July 26 – 9 AM–6 PM (unless they get called into duty!)
📍 9th and Husband (outside SCC)
City of Stillwater Fire Truck
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–2 PM
📍 9th and Duncan (outside SCC)
City of Stillwater Utilities Bucket Truck
Saturday–Sunday (times vary)
Cooper Bicycles Antique Bicycle Display
Friday, 5 PM – Sunday, 3 PM
📍 Lowry Activity Center
Antique & Vintage Motorcycle Display – 4MAN Properties
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
📍 SE of the Stillwater Community Center & Parking Lot
OSU Robots & Race Cars
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–6 PM
📍 SE of the Stillwater Community Center & Parking Lot
OSU STEM Activities
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–6 PM
📍 SE of the Stillwater Community Center & Parking Lot
KICKER Speaker DEMO
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
📍 SE of the Stillwater Community Center & Parking Lot
Stillwater Car Club
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–12 PM
📍 SE of the Stillwater Community Center & Parking Lot
Music Workshops (Free!)
Music Together – OSU Greenwood School of Music
Saturday, July 26 – 9 AM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Ukulele Workshop – Misspent Ukes
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Misspent Ukes Singalong
Saturday, July 26 – 11 AM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Music Zoo – Daddy O’s Music Co.
Saturday, July 26 – 12 PM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Irish Fiddle Demo – Eric Ryan-Johnson
Sunday, July 27 – 11 AM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Mountain Dulcimer Workshop
Sunday, July 27 – 12 PM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
KidZone
Music Together – OSU Greenwood School of Music
Saturday, July 26 – 9–9:45 AM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Bike Decorating
Saturday, July 26 – 10–10:30 AM
📍 Block 34, near Simmons Bank Pavilion
Decorated Bike Parade
Saturday, July 26 – 10:30–10:45 AM
📍 Around Block 34
Dancing Turtle Story Time w/Stillwater Public Library
Saturday, July 26 – 11 AM–12 PM
📍 Indoor KidZone – SCC Dining & Event Hall
Decorate a Turtle Shell
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Indoor KidZone – SCC Dining & Event Hall
Turtle Sculptures
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Indoor KidZone – SCC Dining & Event Hall
Dancing Turtle Keychains
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Indoor KidZone – SCC Dining & Event Hall
Art Activity w/Prairie Arts Center
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–4 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Face Painting & Canvas Art w/StillyArts
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Kind Rock Runner (Rock Painting) w/OSU Museum of Art
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Pinwheel Activity w/ StillWonder
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Animal Experience w/Sanborn Nature Camp
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Sidewalk Chalk Competition
Sunday, July 27 – 1–2 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Bubble Zone
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
📍 Outdoor KidZone – Husband & 9th Ave.
Find the Golden Turtle!
(Golden turtles are hidden throughout the festival – show photos at either KidZone location for a Kona Ice coupon!)
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5 PM
Sunday, July 27 – 10 AM–3 PM
Kid Cinema – “Gulliver’s Travels”
Saturday, July 26 – 12:15–2:45 PM
📍 Winfrey D. Houston Theater – Stillwater Community Center
Live Music – Friday & Saturday
Waxie Dargles
Friday, July 25 – 7–9 PM
📍 Distill & Chill Arts Social – Lowry Activity Center
Sponsored by: Lambert Construction Co.
Kicker Sound Stage – Block 34
Sponsored by: KICKER & Larry Stein Trust
Stillwater Rock Academy – Sat July 26, 6:15 PM
Block 34 Dedication - Sat July 27, 7:00 PM
Carter Sampson – Sat July 26, 7:15 PM
BC & The Big Rig – Sat July 26, 8:30 PM
Lance Roark – Sat July 26, 9:45 PM
Open Mic – Hosted by Darren Stormont
Saturday, July 26 – 1–6 PM
📍 Room 121, Stillwater Community Center
Rock Academy Rehearsal
Saturday, July 26 – 10 AM–5:45 PM
📍 Room 116, Stillwater Community Center
Sponsored by: Carolyn Gang & Ed Noltensmeyer
Songwriter’s Living Room – Lowry Activity Center
Sponsored by: Visit Stillwater
Quincy Einstein – Sat July 26, 11 AM
Tim Cowan – Sat July 26, 12 PM
Hugh Foley – Sat July 26, 1 PM
Daniel Burgess – Sat July 26, 2 PM
Billy Bonney – Sat July 26, 3 PM
Monty Harper – Sat July 26, 4 PM
Emma Cash – Sat July 26, 5 PM
Simmons Bank Pavilion Stage – Block 34
Sponsored by: Jim & Nancy Beckstrom
Downright Fools – Sat July 26, 12:45 PM
Hope MacGregor – Sat July 26, 1:15 PM
Grae Taylor – Sat July 26, 2 PM
Ray & The High Rollers – Sat July 26, 2:30 PM
Cary Younge – Sat July 26, 3:15 PM
The Heard – Sat July 26, 3:45 PM
Tyler Siems – Sat July 26, 4:30 PM
Chuck Dunlap – Sat July 26, 5 PM
Dark Matter Stage – Stonecloud Taproom & Patio
Sponsored by: District Bicycles
Cody Shirley – Sat July 26, 12 PM
Connor Helm – Sat July 26, 1 PM
China Blue – Sat July 26, 2 PM
Unlikely Roll – Sat July 26, 3 PM
Peppermnt – Sat July 26, 4 PM
Garden Ants – Sat July 26, 5 PM
Double Violets – Sat July 26, 8 PM
Ugly Cowboys – Sat July 26, 9 PM
Velvetine – Sat July 26, 10 PM
Live Music – Sunday
Interfaith Brunch
Sunday, July 27 – 8–11 AM
📍 Simmons Bank Pavilion – Block 34
Family Jam
Sunday, July 27 - 11:15 AM–12 PM
📍 Simmons Bank Pavilion – Block 34
Misspent Ukes
Sunday July 27, 12:15 PM
📍 Simmons Bank Pavilion – Block 34
Slapout
Sunday July 27, 1:15 PM
📍 Simmons Bank Pavilion – Block 34
Peppermnt
Sunday July 27, 2:15 PM
📍 Simmons Bank Pavilion – Block 34
Songwriter’s Living Room – Lowry Activity Center
Sponsored by: Visit Stillwater
Eric Ryan-Johnson – Sun July 27, 10 AM
Darren Stormont – Sun July 27, 11 AM
Lucius Coldstone – Sun July 27, 12 PM
Tony Phipps – Sun July 27, 12:30 PM
Jillian Bryant – Sun July 27, 1 PM
SloMo Tornado – Sun July 27, 2 PM
Film
Saint Libby
(2024 DT Film Fest Winner – Rated PG-13)
Sunday, July 27 – 12 PM
📍 Winfrey D. Houston Theater – Stillwater Community Center
Kid Cinema – “Gulliver’s Travels”
Saturday, July 26 – 12:15–2:45 PM
📍 Winfrey D. Houston Theater – Stillwater Community Center