TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa’s Great Raft Race will cease this year. Organizers of the long-standing event will hold one final gathering, Raft Race Sails into the Sunset, on Saturday, August 16, at River ...

TULSA, Okla. — A Tulsa tradition is scrapped, again. The Great Raft Race is no more. Organizers announced there will be no race this year or in future years. Rafts launch in the 1981 Great Raft Race.

Ten years since its revitalization, Tulsa’s Great Raft Race is preparing for its final splash. Organizers announced the long-running Labor Day race will sunset after its 2025 season, marking the ...

CORRECTION (6/12/2025) — The original reporting stating a final race will be held on Labor Day is incorrect. The final event will be the Raft Race Sails into the Sunset in August. The story has been ...

The Great Raft Race will set sail for the last time on Saturday, closing out a Tulsa tradition that has spanned generations. Organizers are marking the finale with a farewell celebration along the ...

Some people are disappointed to learn there will no longer be raft races on the Arkansas River. The event gave people the chance to float on the water in their homemade rafts with crowds cheering for ...

Jun 12, 2025 Jun 12, 2025 Updated Jun 12, 2025 0 Tulsa’s Great Raft Race — an annual Labor Day party on the Arkansas River that drew the quirky, the carefree and the competitive — is no more.