James D. Watts Jr.

Tulsa World Scene Reporter

T he fall season is a time for festivals: celebrating the various native and ethnic cultures that call Oklahoma home, providing audiences with all sorts of live entertainment, and gathering in our state’s small towns.

The Tulsa World will get into details on the two largest such events — the Tulsa State Fair, which runs Sept. 25-Oct. 5, and the Zeeco Tulsa Oktoberfest, set for Oct. 16-19 — in the coming weeks.

Until then, there are a great deal of other festivities around the area to talk about.

Bluegrass & Chili Festival

Sept. 5-6, downtown Tahlequah

bluegrasschilifest.com

For the past 44 years, two intrinsically American art forms — bluegrass music and chili cookery — have been intertwined in northeastern Oklahoma in the annual Blueg

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