Surprise all-American rejects the concert

A surprise concert by Oklahoma's own all-American rejection has contributed to starting the Tulsa Music Month and supporting the growing efforts to support local bands with the “Tulsa on Tour” program.

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“You made your house concert series, which essentially was a reaction to how expensive these big shows have been,” said Natalie Bowling with the Tulsa office of film, music, art and culture. “They just wanted to create a show that was accessible to everyone.”

The pop-up concert doubled as a fundraiser. “All donations are proposed, but everyone who wanted donations contributed to our Tulsa on tour program,” she said.

Tulsa on tour: help local bands to make the street

“We have a program that we set up a year ago that helps the bands to go on the way,” said Meg Gould. “If you have a tour that is more than four data outside the Tulsa region, you can qualify for 250 to 1,000 US dollars to help you take to the streets.”

She added: “We only ask you to talk about Tulsa, to speak that Tulsa is a music city to talk about her favorite things in Tulsa and to be our ambassador when you are on the go.”

30,000 US dollars granted local musicians in one year

“We supported 151 unique musicians with this program with this amount of money, and that is 40 unique bands,” said Bowling. “It's all from a band that goes to JD McPherson on her first tour of all time when he supported Robert Plant on the last leg.”

“It may be a bit of money, but it is enough to help you get the last thrust to be able to take to the streets,” said Gould. “We helped Johnny Mullenix to go to France.”

Where you learn more or donate more

“You can go to our website, namely Tulsafmac.com and click on music and scroll down and you will see Tulsa on tour,” said Gould. “We still accept donations. So everything from $ 1 to whatever you want – we look forward to using you directly to support musicians directly.”