When the whole district turns out
The days downtown does something together: sidewalk sales, parades, tours and street parties. Each one lists every place taking part, on a map.
Coming up
Dancing Rabbit Music Festival
Live music in downtown McAlester four times a year, in its sixth season, with a Spotlight Series of smaller shows in between.
See the map and who is taking part
The Grillmarks Festival Series
An outdoor grilling competition that takes over downtown twice a year: ribeyes and birds in the spring, ribs in November.
See the map and who is taking part
The Cookie Tour
The same idea as the Chocolate Tour, with more sugar. You walk the district with a box, and there's something waiting at every stop.
See the map and who is taking part
The Railway District Christmas Parade
On a Thursday evening in December the street closes, the floats light up, and most of McAlester comes out to watch.
See the map and who is taking part
They come round every year
Not on the books right now. Each one has a page with photos and roughly when it comes back.
the Saturday of the tax-free weekend in early August
Crazy Days
The district's sidewalk sale day, when every shop puts its own deals out front.
What it is, and when it comes back
the first Saturday in May
The Armed Forces Day Parade
McAlester has held a parade on the first Saturday in May since 1947. It comes through downtown, and the district is on the route.
What it is, and when it comes back
one evening in February
The Chocolate Tour
One evening in February you walk Choctaw Avenue with a card and a box, and every stop along the way hands you something worth the trip.
What it is, and when it comes back
in the days before Christmas
McAlester’s $10,000 Christmas Giveaway
A shop-local drawing that has run for around thirty years. The final draw happens on a stage at Second Street and Choctaw Avenue.
What it is, and when it comes back