Open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
As soon as you pass through the rugged entrances and split rail fencing, you’ll wonder if you’ve left the Oklahoma State Fair and entered the Wild West! Oklahoma Frontier Experience (OFE) is an interactive discovery zone that steps back in time through shows, demonstrations, and activities designed to give both city slickers and country folk an experience they will never forget.
Wild West Showcase
The heroes and outlaws from all the Frontier shows, along with several new special guests, unite for The Wild West Showcase twice a day. The Showcase celebrates the serious and the comedic Oklahoma frontier and features the old-fashioned thrills of trick roping and trick riding combined with modern stunts that will delight fairgoers of all ages.
NEW! Sophie Duch - PRCA Stunt Rider
Sophie Duch has been riding and competing in equestrian events since she was three years old. 2024 began her rookie rear in the PRCA and seventh year of her career in rodeo entertainment with trick tiding, Roman riding, and an Annie Oakley mounted shooting reenactment where she has earned several gold buckles for championship dress acts. Grab your front row seat and be amazed at her riding expertise twice daily during the Wild West Showcase.
Garrett Underwood – Texas Trick Rider
This young Texas cowboy is coming back to our great state and Fair as one of the elite performers in the Oklahoma Frontier Experience. Garrett started learning his trade at the age of 14 and has continued to master his trick riding skills. He loves to compete and has won the Texas Open and was the reserve men’s winner in the NATRA. Come out and let’s give him a strong Oklahoma HOWDY!
Roper Kiesner - All Around Cowboy
Returning to the Oklahoma State Fair for his third year, Roper is a fifth-generation horseman, riding before he could walk and competing by the time he was three. At age eight he started performing Roman riding & trick riding and was a Reserve World Champion Youth Trick Rider. Roper grew up on the road performing at rodeos and wild west shows with his family all over North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. Since then, Roper has competed as a PRCA cowboy in team roping and saddle bronc riding. Roper continued to hone his skills in the western arts of trick roping, whip cracking, gun spinning, and mounted shooting. Roper looks forward to seeing you at the Oklahoma State Fair and showing you the skills of the cowboy way of life!
Charro Gabriel Hernandez
For his fourth year, welcome Oklahoma City’s own charro, Gabriel Hernandez, who began riding horses before he could walk and is one of the youngest performing charros in the rodeo circuit. He rides his horse, El Vallo, and is a rare left-handed talent that comes from many generations of experienced horsemen.
Jessica Blair Fowlkes, Liberty Rider
Dazzling audiences across the nation, this girl sparkles as she performs crazy things on her four fun-loving horses. You’ll be awed with her trick riding splendor and liberty exhibition.
Andy Stewart - Pro Rodeo Announcer
Andy Stewart brings energy and entertainment to every Rodeo performance. He’s been recognized as one of the very best in the business and has won several PRCA Rodeo awards over the years and gained accolades and prestige as the voice of the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. The Wild West Showcase wouldn’t spark without Mr. Stewart’s wit and energetic booming voice.
Frontier Shows
NEW! Tumbleweed Crossing
Tumbleweed Crossing will take you on a ZANY trip back to the WILD WEST where laughs fly like bullets and hilarity is the law of the land!
NEW! Crackin' Corn Comedy Show
When the Cornball Clodhopper cranks up his Crop-Quenching Contraption, these Rural Rubes conjure up a Crowd Coolin’ Cloudburst. You can catch them strolling around The Circle or sit yourself down and enjoy one of their shows in the Oklahoma Frontier Experience throughout the day.
NEW! Flyin' Fiddler Wayne Cantwell
The Oklahoma State Fair is excited to welcome back Mr. Cantwell with his instruments thrown in a gunny sack. Playing old time clawhammer style banjo and fiddle, he’ll perform traditional songs of yesteryear and the open prairie: music you would have heard around a campfire or during an old western barn dance.
Come As You Are Church Services
Sunday, September 15 & Sunday, September 22 – 9 a.m.
The Oklahoma State Fair is proud to offer “Come As You Are” Sunday service. Rain or shine, join Pastor and Chuck Wagon Master, David Roberts “just as you are” for an uplifting message and time of fellowship.
Plains Indian Dancers
Oklahoma is home to numerous Indian tribes. What better way to honor tradition than through dance! Under the direction of Laura Bushyhead, the color and pageantry of Native America lives on in the daily performances by some of Oklahoma’s best dancers.
Oklahoma Frontier Cloggers
What do you get when you combine tap with line-dancing? Hold on to yer hat as three Oklahoma clogging clubs, Calamity Jane Cloggers, Cottonwood Creek Cloggers, and The Okie Stompers combine forces to answer that question with the ultimate toe-tappin’ show.
Just a Little Horse Sense
Once a day, the Oklahoma Frontier Experience posse will show you the astounding relationship that can be formed between a human and a horse. Get to the Fair early, because you don’t want to miss this.
Discover the Frontier!
The wild ways of the Oklahoma frontier seep into every part of OFE. Experience a frontier church service, see a working chuck wagon camp, and visit with all the talented frontier craftsmen. Then look inside a life-size teepee and get up close and personal with Longhorn cattle and horses.
NEW! Wick & Whimsy Frontier Candle Maker
Jenni brings her craft of candle making all the way from Rockwood, Tennessee. Oklahoma welcomes her to our great Fair and can’t wait for her to join all the other Frontier artisans.
Fiber to Felt to Historical Hats
Cindie is part of a husband-and-wife team who are very passionate about keeping history alive and passing on the skills and trades used by our ancestors. She’ll demonstrate how felt is made and then turned into a historically accurate felt hat.
Rope Making
As the other part of this husband-and-wife team, Bob is passionate about several historical crafts. One of his favorites is transforming strands of cord into a strong rope. Drop by, say hi, and watch him create. Maybe you’ll get to make and take your own little piece of history home.
Early American Potter
From digging up the clay to the finished product, learn what it took to make pottery back in the 1800s. Showcasing her amazing craftsmanship, Reggie will show you the various methods it takes to make products that were used in the frontier’s everyday life!
Deep Fork Chuck Wagon Cookin'
David and Sheryl Roberts’ working chuck wagon display takes you back to a time when modern conveniences didn’t exist. Timing is everything and maybe you’ll be able to sample a taste of the old west and Oklahoma grub.
Blacksmiths of the Frontier
The Saltfork Craftsmen Artist-Blacksmiths show fairgoers the art and skill of blacksmithing. Frontier blacksmiths forged items out of necessity, today’s blacksmiths are using those same skills to make everything from tools and decorative pieces to jewelry.
Lost Art of Wooden Bowl Turning
Using a human-powered spring pole lathe, Roger Abrahamson shows crowds bowl turning techniques that date back thousands of years.
For the Li'l Wranglers
Mutton Bustin’
If your child lives for excitement and dreams of riding in the rodeo, then let him/her try mutton busting. Maybe you’ll discover the next NFR Bull Riding Champion? Registration and waivers required; restrictions apply.
REGISTRATION & RULES
- Registration takes place at the OK Kid’s Corral, inside OFE, 30 minutes before each show.
- Ages 4-6, max 60 lbs. (strictly enforced)
- All children must weigh-in, no exceptions.
- Each child must have parent/guardian sign a release.
- A helmet & vest will be provided and must be worn. No spurs or ropes allowed.
- Each show is first-come, first-served as entry is limited.
OK Kids' Corral Activities
Grab yer hat and ride on in for the sack racin’ stampede, the stick horse rodeo or some dummy ropin’ fun held in the OK Kids’ Corral. Before you leave, be sure to have yer kin snap a picture at the Li’l Wrangler Photo Op.
