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Thanks to everyone that came out last night to Ida Red!
It was a packed house! And the music was jammin’.
The photos will be up for the next month or so, and all prints are for sale for $65. I’ll post more photos soon of the ones for sale soon. I’d be happy [...]

Something fun about working at Ida Red, is that occasionally there is someone that bursts through our doors and scrambles to find some kind of candy that is a personal nostalgic trip for that particular person. One of those things is … Candy Buttons. Now this is really the beautiful thing about nostalgia—its [...]

Wow! Lots going on …
Silent Auction items and lots of good music! Come on out!

Special event coming up Monday, January 11th with 100 Monkeys including Jackson Rathbone from the Twilight movie series. They’ll be here at 3:00 to do a special free meet and greet and acoustic performance—warming up for their show later that same night at the Cains Ballroom.
We are so excited to have them in the store [...]

Folks are doing some really cool things these days in efforts to recycle and go green! We like to go both red and green here … especially during Christmas time!
Check out these new bags and headbands made out of “pop tops.”

Or how about cuffs made out of pop cans?

Or Bags made out of tires??

Go [...]

This Saturday, December 5th, we will be showing off our new digs.
That’s right folks we have moved in … dusted off our things … and we are open in our new location!
We are so lucky to have great music from Admiral Twin, Ben & Noelle Kilgore, and The Red Alert. And as [...]

Ok. So here’s the deal. I love Jack Frank’s DVDs. It’s no secret. Every time I’ve gotten a new DVD in his series, I race home, unwrapping the DVD in my car because I can’t wait to stick it in my DVD player.
This new installment was no exception.
This DVD is [...]

Our webstore is now open for business. I want to give a shout out to Donald from New Jersey who was our first order! I think you are going to look snazzy in your new Cains Ballroom tshirt. New items will be added soon.
Thanks for looking!
Love, Ida

Well It’s a big week round these parts. We are moving locations, and we are moving down the block to 3336 S. Peoria. The new location will be bigger and better—we will have lots of new merchandise that we will be getting out of boxes there, so it will be ready for your [...]

Boy oh boy …. This show is going to be a great one! This is a rare treat.
It’s free to the public and it will be a real rockin’ good time! They will have their merchandise to sell and your tips to them are welcome and appreciated.
Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin have long [...]

Do you care about Soda Pop? Maybe you should. When you go to a restaurant you might order some water, maybe you get an iced tea or maybe you order some soda, maybe a Coke or maybe a Pepsi, possibly a diet version of those. The water comes out of the tap and isn’t even [...]

Tonight we are going to show Strictly Background. It is a fun look at the people that make up “extras” in all the movies and TV shows you watch every day. Check out the trailer, come tonight and check out the movie, have an awesome chilled espresso. Probably around 8 when it gets a little [...]

Our favorite place, the Cains Ballroom announced their plans for a new Cains Ballroom museum downtown next to the original.
There is a great article that came out today in Urban Tulsa Weekly.
Here is a link to the article. Lots of great things happening in the area. I’m excited, and I’m thinkin’ you should [...]

In honor of dear old dad, why not celebrate him with a six pack of some Dad’s Rootbeer, Dad’s Creamy Red Soda, or Dad’s Creamy Blue Soda? We have a special this week only, 15% off of these sodas! This would be a great addition to a father’s day meal, or even just [...]

Ida Red was featured last week on KOTV Channel 6, with Rick Wells. He is our new buddy and we were so glad he came! I think he was glad too, because he found his long lost loves … the Zagnut Bar and Black Jack Gum.

Check out the segment here.
Thanks Rick and the [...]

Thanks go out to all those out of towners that visited the store during the Hanson Day weekend events. It was great to meet you all and thanks for the love towards Ida Red!
Special thanks go out to those Hanson boys as well, for supporting Tulsa Businesses that they love.
For those of you not [...]

Wow … Ida Red has been rocking out in Tulsa for one year. Our first endeavor was having a booth at the Blue Dome Festival, and its that time again!
Please catch us on Friday and Saturday there, where we will be showcasing some of our fine items!
Ahhhh …. Dome Sweet Dome …
Thanks to Zuri [...]

Keaton Simons played an awesome show last Thursday. He chatted away with his fans and tried a good ammount of the wonderful and unique sodas in Ida Red. I think his favorite by far was the Olde Rhode Island Molasses Root Beer. He is an intense root beer fan and it shows in the performance [...]

Well well well …. Looks like its time to celebrate Hanson Day again.
WHAT?!? You’ve never celebrated Hanson Day?? Well we are celebrating in T-town on May 15th & 16th this year. We celebrate all forms of the “Tulsa Sound” here at Ida Red.
To all those Hanson Fans coming in this weekend for the [...]

We have a great artist playing at Ida Red tonight. He happened to be passing through town and needed somewhere to play … so he’ll be doing a performance here. As always it will be a very intimate performance tonight, and this will be an exciting night to see some great talent! [...]

Tonight we had a great time with Sara Bowersock! We had so much fun rocking out to her band, The Electric Rag Band. I think I have to say … this crowd was ALMOST having too much fun (almost) … must have been all the Faygo and the Zotz? Her art is [...]

I just got back from the Cecada show at Ida Red. I listened to some of the music beforehand on their MySpace page and knew that I would really like them. I was very pleased with what I heard. They really played together instead of competing for who would be the loudest or most prominent. [...]

Don’t miss this next art opening! Sara has painted many of Oklahoma’s famous musicians … We will kick it off This Saturday, May 2nd with a party and music from her band, the Electric Rag Band!

Howdy Folks!
Just a friendly reminder that M. Ward will be playing at our very own Cains Ballroom this week with the Watson Twins.
Everywhere I go, I hear people talking about this show, and I get the feeling that THIS will NOT be one to miss.
If you are not familiar with M. Ward check out [...]

Take those shoes off and support the cause!

We have a great photographer’s work in the store this month.
Meet Tony Li!

Please swing by and check out some of his great photographs … and I must add they are very reasonably priced ….

On April 16th, go barefoot on the way to the water cooler, walking to the mailbox, in an afternoon meeting or on your lunch break; go barefoot for the entire day or long enough to raise awareness. This is an event that our friends at TOMS is promoting tomorrow, to help raise awareness for [...]

A friend of ours Erin Austin … is up for a big ole’ award. She has played at Ida Red several times and was our very first podcast (Don’t forget to watch that podcast). She has really helped to spread the word about Ida Red to other musicians … so we want to [...]

Avery Hanson had an art show at Ida Red a few days ago and I pulled her away from the party for a few moments to ask her a few questions about why she chose Ida Red and what went into the pieces in her show.

Just wanted to give a shout out to everyone that made it Avery Hanson’s art show opening party!
Lots of folks came out, and I think the last count was 9 paintings sold and several prints. Ben Kilgore was awesome and the cupcakes were pieces of art themselves!
A great time was had by all! [...]

Well everybody … your prayers have been answered …. We have Dublin Dr Pepper back in stock.
For those of you that are not familiar with Dublin Dr Pepper, its Dr Pepper … only a lot better. Its the original formula made in only one plant in Dublin (That’s Texas not Ireland). It’s made [...]

On March 6th, a very good friend of mine will have her art show opening right here. It will be up all through the month of March, but the party on the 6th is really going to be a great time. This is her first art show, and if you haven’t already heard [...]

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