OK Fest brings music to Main Street

Published 3:00 am Monday, July 29, 2024

The band Joseph plays Friday, Aug. 2, during OK Fest in Enterprise.

ENTERPRISE — The OK Theatre is celebrating a decade of music with a three-day celebration Aug. 1-3 in Enterprise.

“It’s a 10-year party,” said Darrell Brann, who owns the theater with his wife, Christi. “It was really important to seek out bands that played here 10 years ago.”

The event officially starts Thursday, Aug. 1, with an indoor concert featuring Some Sister! and headliner The Brothers Brann and Friends. Those tickets are already sold out, but plenty remain for the next two nights of music — although attendance will be capped at 1,000.

On Friday, Aug. 2, the party gets started at 6 p.m. on Main Street in Enterprise.

“On Friday, we’re shutting down Main Street,” Brann said.

The area will be filled with food trucks, a Merch Market, local beer, family fun and more. Tickets are $40 in advance at theoldok.com. Admission is free for ages 12 and younger who come with a paid adult.

The opening acts are Jezebel’s Mother, Claire Webb and Desolation Horse. The night’s headliner is Joseph, a trio of sisters from Portland who first played the OK in August 2014.

“They’ve played regularly at the OK ever since,” Brann said.

Saturday begins with a free event from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Wild Carrot’s grand reopening party, food trucks and a Makers Market.

There will also be a free pajama party with vintage cartoons — and doughnuts, and milk and cereal — at the OK Theatre from 8-10 a.m.

The ticketed part of the day starts at 4 p.m. Tickets are $50 in advance, and children ages 12 and younger can again attend for free with a paid adult.

The evening’s music opens with Lyle Witherrite, Caleb Samples and fiddle music dance band, Bart Budwig and the Cosmic Country Band, Meredith Lane, and Dick JR and the Volunteers.

The headliner is Zach Top, who grew up in Sunnyside, Washington, and first played at the OK in the summer of 2014. He recently released a new album titled, “Cold Beer & Country Music.”

“We’ve been friends for years,” Brann said. “He’s been on a meteoric rise. We love his music and his talent.”

Ticket prices increase by $10 on the day of the shows. For more information and to pre-purchase tickets, visit theoldok.com.

“It’s gonna be a lot of fun,” Brann said. “We like to do things to bring the community together.”

Pandemic to Pandemic

Originally scheduled to open in December 1918, the OK Theatre was delayed by the Spanish Flu pandemic and had to wait until early 1919.

A century later, Darrell and Christi Brann, who bought the building in 2014, experienced another pandemic — COVID-19 — which slowed work on the restoration of the building.

The Branns have received thousands of dollars in grants and donations to help restore the one-time movie house in recent years.

For updates, visit theoldok.com or follow OK Theatre on Facebook and Instagram.

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