Organizers seek November road closures and city help for downtown 48‑hour music festival
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Festival organizers asked the council to approve downtown road closures for a 48‑hour music festival in November 2025, requested two stages downtown and asked for possible city financial support; council approved the closures unanimously.
Organizers of a proposed 48‑hour downtown music festival asked the Atoka City Council to approve road closures for the event in November 2025 and to consider financial assistance.
Miss Garrett, representing the festival organizers, told council members the group plans to repeat the same road closures used the previous year: Court Street from the intersection at Rheumatic Tire Boulevard east to Ohio, and a short closure in front of the bank on Penn Avenue while keeping the bank's drive‑through accessible. "That's what we're asking for," Garrett said. "We don't want to move it out of downtown. We want to keep it downtown."
Garrett said the festival would use two stages — one at the end of Court Street by Ohio and a second between Jackson's and the bank — and asked the city for logistical help and possible monetary support. "If we could get some monetary help from the city, we would really appreciate that as well," she said, and added the festival organization is a registered 501(c)(3).
City staff discussed infrastructure and scheduling. A staff speaker, Mister Dean, said a pre‑construction meeting for a downtown stage is scheduled the next day and expressed optimism the permanent stage would likely be completed by September, which would allow the festival to use it in November. Garrett said the planned stage would be piped for audio but probably would not have sound equipment installed by the festival date; organizers plan to contract with AV vendors to attach to the stage.
Council members voted to approve the requested road closures for the November 2025 festival. The recorded yes votes were Mister Turner, Mister Sheryl, Miss Lundy (also referred to as Miss McGee in other parts of the transcript), and Mister Cathy. Organizers said they will continue seeking sponsorships and grants; they asked staff about potential matching funds or city grants and confirmed the group's nonprofit paperwork was submitted and approved.
The council did not commit city funding during the meeting; organizers said they would follow up with formal grant requests and provide further details to city staff.