Submit calendar items and photos by Wednesday for Friday’s Weekend section. Please include your phone number. E-mail features@muskogeephoenix.com, fax 684-2865 or mail to Features, P.O. Box 1968, Muskogee 74402. For information, phone Features Editor Leilani Roberts Ott, 684-2908, or Features Writer Travina Coleman, 684-2901.
BLUES AND CATFISH, 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, Muskogee Civic Center. The City of Muskogee welcomes The National Preservation Conference with Blues and Catfish, featuring Wanda Watson, inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The event includes catfish dinner, music and drinks. Tickets: $35 per person. Limited seating.
Information: 684-6363.
LIVE MUSIC, Creek Nation Casino-Muscogee, 3420 W. Peak Blvd., featuring live bands, 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Fridays, free admission.
Information: 693-1825 or online www.muscogee-casino.com.
GOD’S CHOSEN of St. Louis Mo., gospel concert, 5 p.m. Saturday, Greater Grace, 1010 E. 56th St. North, Tulsa. Tickets will be sold in advance for $10 and $15 at the door. VIP tickets are $25. Various artists will be performing and opening up for the group. Tickets can be purchased at the church or by calling 425-1101. VIP tickets will allow you to have a reserved front row seats and special access backstage along with dinner and autographs after the concert.
LIVE MUSIC AT THE CANEBRAKE, Wednesdays, on the patio, weather permitting, four miles east of Wagoner on Oklahoma 51.
CARRIE UNDERWOOD’S CARNIVAL RIDE TOUR with special guests Little Big Town, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets are $55, $45 and $35 and available through Arby’s Box Office at BOK Center, online at BOKCENTER.com or call 1-866-7-BOK-CTR.
CELINE DION 2008-09 TAKING CHANCES WORLD TOUR, Nov. 13, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets: $167, $127, $77, $49.50, available at Tulsa Convention Center Box Office, www.bokcenter.com, all tickets.com outlets, or charge by phone toll free, (877) 885-7222.
FALL FELLOWSHIP GATHERING, 6 p.m. Nov. 15, Trinity Family Worship, 500 E Poplar, Fort Gibson. A devotional will be delivered followed by a concert with Southern gospel recording artists, Native Witness. Admission is free but a love offering will be received. Concessions are available with proceeds benefiting the Youth Alive youth ministries group.Area churches are welcome.
Information: Minister Terrill White, 478-2928, or Pastor Todd Turner, 478-2912.
SATURDAY NIGHT SPOTLIGHT LIVE, 7 p.m. Nov. 15, third Saturday, The Roxy theater, downtown, 220 W. Okmulgee Ave. Doors open, 6 p.m. Cost: $5 admission for adults; children 12 and under, free. Information call Michael Anthamatten, 616-5003.
METALLICA WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DOWN THE SWORD, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 18, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets: $77.50 to $57.50. Sales locations: BOK Center Ticket Office and all Reasor’s locations. Internet: www.bokcenter.com or charge by phone, (877) 885-7222.
MONTHLY SINGING, 7 p.m. Nov. 21, third Friday, Keefeton Assembly of God. Everyone is welcome.
Information: Pastor Shawn Miller, 681-7554.
CASTING CROWNS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION SHOW, Nov. 30, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets: $75, $40, $30 and $20, available at Tulsa Convention Center Box Office, www.bokcenter.com, all tickets.com outlets, or charge by phone toll free, (877) 885-7222.
TRACE ADKINS LIVE IN CONCERT, 8 p.m. Dec. 5, BOK Center, Tulsa. Tickets on sale now, $42 and $52, http://www.bokcenter.com.