Songs & Stripes: Big Band Show
July 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
The Edmond History Museum presents the LibertyFest event Songs & Stripes: Big Band Show, July 3, 2025, at 5:00-6:15 pm and 7:30-8:45 pm. During the show, attendees will be 
transported back to the World War II era when well-known entertainers cheered up American troops through comedy skits, beloved music and patriotism.
The show features live musicians and actors reading Old Time Radio-style scripts incorporating Edmond history from 1943. During the mid-war era, Central State College was packed with soldiers in training, car tires were wearing thin, and 500+ Edmondites were working in military factories. The entire country needed a much-needed boost of positivity, and entertainment was key to keeping everyone’s spirit up.
Big band music will be performed by Talk of the Town Orchestra. Lindsie VanWinkle-Guthrie, Scott Guthrie, Christine Lanning, and Barrett Huddleston will entertain in the style of a Bob Hope USO comedy tour from the 1940s, while acknowledging modern military heroes from Edmond. Back by popular request, the show will feature Barret Huddleston and Lindsie VanWinkle-Guthrie in an all new “George Burns and Gracie Allen” skit.
Songs & Stripes, an official LibertyFest event, is part of the museum’s 1940s Radio Theater, a national award-winning series hosted by the Edmond History Museum. The script is written by museum director, Amy Stephens. The program is sponsored by Junk Platoon of Edmond and Found Love Consignment Bridal.
Tickets to Songs & Stripes are $20 each, children 5-11 are $5, children under 5 are free. Forty tickets are reserved FREE for Active Military or Veterans, but RSVP is required to obtain free tickets. Tickets will increase to $25 on July 3rd. Purchase tickets at EdmondHistory.org, which includes an option to donate an extra $5 to support a Veteran’s ticket. The show will be performed live at the Edmond History Museum, 431 S. Boulevard in Edmond.