The Hop Jam, founded in 2014 by Tulsa music trio Hanson and its Hanson Brothers Beer Co. with McNellie’s Group, will introduce an increasingly diverse and impressive list of breweries not only from Oklahoma, but also from all across the U.S. and around the world.

The craft beer aspect of the festival will again be accompanied by a free all-ages concert with a robust music lineup, according to a news release. The Hop Jam music performers will be announced at a later date.

“It’s hard to believe we are about to host our fifth Hop Jam festival, but it is clear to see that the craft beer community is here to stay and we are glad to have been a part of the revival we have seen here in Oklahoma,” co-founder Taylor Hanson said.

“When The Hop Jam started, we had nearly every one of the then-dozen breweries in Oklahoma. Now, Oklahoma can boast almost triple that, and we are able to feature them alongside some of the world’s most respected brewers, right here on Main Street, with an incredible music festival creating the soundtrack.”

Musical artists will perform on two stages. The talent roster will include nationally recognized artists and the winner of the Tulsa World’s Awesome Music Opening Band Contest. The contest winner will open the show. Runners-up in the statewide contest will perform on the Park Stage.

To participate in the contest, local artists can submit music at tulsaworld.com/awesomemusiccontest.

Staged in the heart of the Tulsa Arts District, The Hop Jam was designed to celebrate the community and the vibrancy of downtown Tulsa with a welcoming atmosphere that appeals to all ages. The festival has an eight-block footprint and will have something for guests of all ages and interests, including food trucks, family activities, national music acts, access to many local restaurants and amenities and, of course, more great craft beer.

The craft beer portion of the event will feature more than 75 breweries from 14 states and five countries, including Oklahoma favorites Marshall, COOP and American Solera. Leading U.S. craft brewers Dogfish Head, Jolly Pumpkin, Destihl and Evil Twin will be on site, along with international brewers like Dieu du Ciel, Omnipollo and many more.

Current subscribers may renew their season tickets beginning April 2, with new season ticket sales beginning April 30. Tickets for individual concerts will go on sale in July.

The season begins Sept. 7 with the traditional “Symphony in the Park,” a free concert event held on the Guthrie Green in the Tulsa Arts District conducted by Ron Spigelman.

Cellist Lynn Harrell will be the guest artist for the orchestra’s Opening Night Gala Concert on Oct. 6. Harrell will be the soloist for the Cello Concerto in B Minor by Dvorak, part of a program led by principal guest conductor Daniel Hege.

James Bagwell, former music director of Light Opera Oklahoma and a frequent guest conductor with the Tulsa Symphony, will return Nov. 11 to lead the orchestra and the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus in Britten’s “War Requiem,” considered the composer’s choral masterpiece, combining the Latin Mass with poems by Wilfred Owens, a writer killed during the final days of World War I.

“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” will be accompanied by a live performance of the John Williams score for two performances Nov. 17-18.

Williams’ music was also featured in the comedy “Home Alone,” about a young boy accidentally left behind by his family during Christmas and his efforts to fend off a couple of bumbling burglars. The film with live accompaniment will be presented Dec. 1.

Hege will return to the podium Jan. 5 to lead the orchestra in a program of song and dance, featuring selections from Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” and Prokofiev’s score to the ballet “Romeo and Juliet.”

The Feb. 2 concert will feature guest conductor Gerhardt Zimmermann overseeing the performance of the Symphony No. 7 by Shostakovich, also known as the “Leningrad,” as it was written during the siege of that city during World War II and paints a bleak musical picture of the horrors of war.

Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, was the final piece he composed before his death in 1943, so it is fitting this will be the cornerstone of the symphony’s final Classics concert of the season April 13, 2019.

The season concludes May 17, 2019, with “Hanson String Theory,” an evening that will feature new and retrospective songs by the band, arranged by David Campbell.