Norman Groovefest

03/25/2026

Check out our inaugural Groovefest Street Team event!

05/19/2023

Tough crowd?

Comic Li Haoshi made joke about soldiers that Beijing authorities deemed insulting

04/12/2021

The Biden administration is facing criticism from human rights groups after it announced this week it will leave in place a Trump-era policy to allow military commanders to use landmines across the globe. A Pentagon spokesperson described landmines as a “vital tool in conventional warfare” and s...

10/04/2020

RIGHT NOW! Groovefest 2020 is LIVE!

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10/04/2020

Thank you Andrew Coulter, local LGBTQ Activist, Founder Norman Pride, Executive Director of Norman Film Fest, - will join our stream today with an update and call to action for human rights.

The Norman Film Foundation (est. 2016) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose goals are to create more education and exhibition opportunities for local filmmakers of all ages, as well as to bring quality independent films from around the world to our local community, so that the art of filmmakin...

10/04/2020

The solidly inspiring and action-oriented Sheri Dickerson, President of Black Lives Matter OKC, our Keynote Speaker will join Groovefest to advocate for Equality and Social Justice today, streaming with other speakers and bands
https://www.blmokc.com/

Music, Art, Food, Activism, Human Rights

10/04/2020

Thank you Art Therapy Center for your donations to support local music and Groovefest 2020, advocating for human rights through arts and community building since 1986. This will be our 57th Groovefest. For 25 years, we gathered together in Spring and Fall, now only in the Fall since 2011. Volunteers welcome and streaming today at

Music, Art, Food, Activism, Human Rights

10/04/2020

Thank you, to Suzette Chang, founder and Director of Thick Descriptions, for your encouragement to work together toward sustainable change!

Thick Descriptions provides educational resources to help communities better understand themselves and each other. Through partnerships with educational institutions and community organizations, we help teach the skills necessary to build healthier and more sustainable communities. Thick Description...

10/04/2020

Senator Connie Johnson will be with us today to advocate for Voting Rights and grooving with the music!

Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics

10/04/2020

Dr. Henderson, Groovefest original faculty chair, will share words of encouragement . We are immeasurably grateful for his legacy of Human Relations seeded in Oklahoma, with benefits all over the country and abroad, as volunteers evolve into careers grounded in compassion and activism advocating for Equality and Justice. Thank you

https://www.ou.edu/cas/humanrelations/our-people/adjuncts/george-henderson

streaming from www.groovefest.org

In 1967, Dr. George Henderson became the University of Oklahoma’s third full-time African American faculty member at the Norman campus. In 1969, he became the Sylvan N. Goldman Professor of Human Relations, Education and Sociology. Later, he was appointed to three other distinguished professorship...