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Thursday, Oct. 1- Sunday, Oct. 4 –
This four-day festival celebrates the burgeoning watersport haven the Boathouse District and Oklahoma River in Oklahoma City has become. Thursday kicks off at 6 p.m. with OGE NightSprints, which will be held nightly during the festival. Friday night’s activities include the Quixotic Cirque Nouveau, acrobatics staged atop the six-story SandRidge Sky Trail, along with fireworks. Saturday features more racing and revelry; the festival concludes Sunday with the INTEGRIS Jim Thorpe Courage Run, a one-mile family run and a 5k and 10 k run/walk. For more information, visit www.boathousedistrict.org.