Festivals and Parades

Arkansas hosts a variety of annual festivals, fairs, and parades throughout the year. Some of the more well-known affairs, such as the Hope Watermelon Festival or the Arkansas Apple Festival, celebrate the centrality of agriculture to both local life and the wider state economy. Others celebrate some aspect of industry that is central to town life, such as the Malvern Brickfest or the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival. A number of festivals focus upon arts and crafts, music, and movies, as well as an array of holiday-related celebrations centering upon Christmas or Independence Day. In addition, such events as Toad Suck Daze or the Lepanto Terrapin Derby simply provide opportunities for amusement.

February
Daffodil Days	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Mid-Southern Watercolorists’ Juried Exhibition	Little Rock (Pulaski County)

March
Annual Quilt Show	Texarkana (Miller County)
Camden Daffodil Festival	Camden (Ouachita County)
Celebrate Art Shows	Springdale (Washington County)
Earth Day Celebration	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Eureka Springs Gallery Association Showcase	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Eureka Springs Kite Festival	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Governor Conway Days	Bradley (Lafayette County)
Jonquil Festival	Historic Washington State Park, Hempstead County
Mountain View Bluegrass Festival	Mountain View (Stone County)
Pioneer Craft Festival	Rison (Cleveland County)
Quilt Show	Tyronza (Poinsett County)
Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming	Searcy (White County)
Valley of the Vapors Independent Music Festival	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Wild Cave Tour and Dripstone Trail Tour	Fifty-Six (Stone County); also occurs in April
Wye Mountain Daffodil Festival	Perry County

April
Arkansas Folk Festival	Mountain View (Stone County)
Blooms Blues Festival	Altus (Franklin County)
Calico Rock Homecoming	Calico Rock (Izard County)
Dogwood Festival	Siloam Springs (Benton County)
Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival	Fordyce (Dallas County)
Great Cotter Trout Festival	Cotter (Baxter County)
Harbor City Festival and Gumbo Cook-off	Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)
Hogskin Holidays Festival	Hampton (Calhoun County)
Old Hardy Town Spring Arts and Crafts Show	Hardy (Sharp County)
Promise Land Spring Fest	Wing (Yell County)
Spring Fest	Heber Springs (Cleburne County)
Spring Jammers Jamboree	Otto (Faulkner County)
Star Daze Festival	Star City (Lincoln County)
Thunder in the Mountains	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Twin Rivers Festival	McNab (Hempstead County)
Wild Cave Tour and Dripstone Trail Tour	Fifty-Six (Stone County); also occurs in March
Wild Hog Music Festival and Motorcycle Rally	Helena-West Helena (Phillips County)

May
Augusta Days	Augusta (Woodruff County)
Bald Knob Home Fest	Bald Knob (White County)
Big Bass Festival	De Queen (Sevier County)
Big Woods Birding Festival	Clarendon (Monroe County)
Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival	Warren (Bradley County)
Camp Adams Civil War Reenactment	Yellville (Marion County)
Crawdad Days Music Festival	Harrison (Boone County)
Crawford County Festival Arts and Crafts Fair	Van Buren (Crawford County)
Dermott Crawfish Festival	Dermott (Chicot County)
Diamond Festival	Murfreesboro (Pike County)
Dinosaur Festival	Nashville (Howard County)
Esperanza Bonanza Festival	Marion (Crittenden County)
Eureka Springs May Festival of Arts	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Fulton County Homecoming Festival	Fulton County
World Famous Armadillo Festival	Hamburg (Ashley County)
Hillbilly Days	Witts Springs (Searcy County)
Hope Bluegrass Festival	Hope (Hempstead County)
Hot Springs Music Festival	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Kingston’s Fair on the Square	Kingston (Madison County)
Loose Caboose Festival	Paragould (Greene County)
Magnolia Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cook-off	Magnolia (Columbia County)
Mount Ida Good Ol’ Days Festival and Car Show	Mount Ida (Montgomery County)
Mustang on the Mountain	Morrilton (Conway County)
Old Time Days	Van Buren (Crawford County)
Ozark Arts and Crafts Fair	Rogers (Benton County)
Peach Blossom Festival	Nashville (Howard County)
Petit Jean Show	Morrilton (Conway County)
Picklefest	Atkins (Pope County)
Rough and Ready, Rhythm and Roots Festival	Monticello (Drew County)
Spanker Creek Farm Arts and Crafts Fair	Bentonville (Benton County)
Stars and Stripes Festival	Tyronza (Poinsett County)
Steamboat Days Family Festival	Witts Springs (Searcy County)
Toad Suck Daze	Conway (Faulkner County)
Whistle Stop Festival	Ashdown (Little River County)
Yell Fest	Dardanelle (Yell County)

June
Buffalo River Elk Festival	Jasper (Newton County)
Catholic Point Picnic	Catholic Point (Conway County)
Chicken and Egg Festival	Prescott (Nevada County)
City of Shirley Homecoming	Shirley (Van Buren County)
Freedom Fest	West Memphis (Crittenden County)
Great Arkansas Pig Out	Morrilton (Conway County)
John Huddleston Day	Murfreesboro (Pike County)
Juneteenth	(state wide)
Leslie Homecoming, Arts and Crafts Festival	Leslie (Searcy County)
Lum and Abner Festival	Mena (Polk County)
Malvern Brickfest	Malvern (Hot Spring County)
North Arkansas Rusty Wheels Old Engine Club	Harrison (Boone County)
Oil Town Festival	Smackover (Union County)
Portfest “Rollin’ on the River” Festival	Jacksonport (Jackson County)
Red, White, and Blue Festival	Mountain Home (Baxter County)
Riverfront Blues Festival	Fort Smith (Sebastian County)
Turpentine Creek Native American Pow Wow	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Valleyfest	Russellville (Pope County)

July
4^thof July Celebration	Fairfield Bay (Van Buren County)
Altus Grape Festival	Altus (Franklin County)
City of Caraway 4^thof July Picnic	Caraway (Craighead County)
Ding Dong Days	Dumas (Desha County)
Fantastic 4^thCelebration	El Dorado (Union County)
Homecoming Picnic	Corning (Clay County)
Johnson County Peach Festival	Clarksville (Johnson County)
July 4^thCelebration	Horseshoe Bend (Izard County)
Pops on the River	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Summer Gospel Festival	Otto (Faulkner County)
Watson Homecoming Days Festival	Watson (Desha County)

August
Arkansas Old Time Fiddle Championship Contest	Mountain View (Stone County)
Bryant Fall Fest	Bryant (Saline County)
Cane Hill Harvest Festival	Cane Hill (Washington County)
Cave City Watermelon Festival	Cave City (Sharp County)
Festival Latino	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Frisco Festival	Rogers (Benton County)
Gravette Day	Gravette (Benton County)
Hope Watermelon Festival	Hope (Hempstead County)
Hot Springs Blues Festival	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Hot Springs Jazz Fest	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Maynard Pioneer Days	Maynard (Randolph County)
Mount Nebo Chicken Fry	Dardanelle (Yell County)
Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival	Ozark (Franklin County)
Pigtrail Motorcycle Rally	Ozark (Franklin County)
Tontitown Grape Festival	Tontitown (Washington County)
Tudor Rose Renaissance Faire	Wrightsville (Pulaski County)
White River Days	Bull Shoals (Marion County)
Wiederkehr Weinkeller Weinfest	Wiederkehr Village (Franklin County)

September
Antique Automobile Festival	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)
Antique Tractor & Engine Show	Scott (Pulaski and Lonoke counties)
Arkansas State Championship Hillbilly Chili Cook-off	Bull Shoals (Marion County)
Bluegrass Festival	Texarkana (Miller County)
Cotton Picking Contest	Caldwell (St. Francis County)
Crawford County Festival, Arts and Crafts Fair	Van Buren (Crawford County)
Depot Days	Newport (Jackson County)
Four States Fair and Rodeo	Texarkana (Miller County)
Lick Skillet Day	Brinkley (Monroe County)
Mountainfest	Mena (Polk County)
National Championship Chuckwagon Races	Clinton (Van Buren County)
Petit Jean Fall Swap Meet and Car Corral	Morrilton (Conway County)
Pinnacle Hills Arts Festival	Rogers (Benton County)
Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair	Prairie Grove (Washington County)
Rector Day Picnic	Rector (Clay County)
Rock and Blues Festival	Fayetteville (Washington County)
Saline County Fair and Rodeo	Benton (Saline County)
Smoke on the Water Festival	Pine Bluff (Jefferson County)
Southwest Arkansas District Livestock Show and Rodeo	Hope (Hempstead County)
Times-N-Traditions Festival	Newark (Independence County)
Tribute to Grandpa Weekend	Mountain View (Stone County)
Trumann Wild Duck Festival	Trumann (Poinsett County)
World Fest	Little Rock (Pulaski County)

October
Arkansas Apple Festival	Lincoln (Washington County)
Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival	Helena-West Helena (Phillips County)
Arkansas Goat Festival	Perryville (Perry County)
Arkansas Rice Festival	Weiner (Poinsett County)
Arkansas State Fair and Livestock Show	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Bean Fest and Championship Outhouse Races	Mountain View (Stone County)
Cabotfest	Cabot (Lonoke County)
Fall Festival	Van Buren (Crawford County)
Harvest Fest	Harrison (Boone County)
Johnny Cash Heritage Festival	Dyess (Mississippi County)
Lepanto Terrapin Derby	Lepanto (Poinsett County)
Mount Magazine Frontier Day	Paris (Logan County)
October Fest	Hot Springs (Garland County)
Old Applegate Autumn Arts and Crafts Festival	Ozark (Franklin County)
Old Time Rock and Roll October Fest	Cherokee Village (Sharp County)
Pea Ridge Mule Jump and Show	Pea Ridge (Benton County)
Timberfest	Sheridan (Grant County)
Turkey Trot Festival	Yellville (Marion County)
War Eagle Fair	Hindsville (Madison County)
Wing Ding Festival	Jacksonville (Pulaski County)
World Championship Quartz Crystal Dig / Quartz, Quiltz, and Craftz Festival	Mount Ida (Montgomery County)
World Cheese Dip Championship (WCDC)	Little Rock (Pulaski County)

November
Annual Buck Fever Festival	Banks (Bradley County)
Arkansas Cornbread Festival	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Festival de Otoño	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Lit’l Bit of Christmas	Jonesboro (Craighead County)
Original Ozark Folk Festival	Eureka Springs (Carroll County)

December
Arkansas Craft Guild Christmas Showcase	Little Rock (Pulaski County)
Festival of Trees	Horseshoe Bend (Izard County)
Holiday Extravaganza	Mountain Home (Baxter County)
Winter Blast of Blues	Mountain Home (Baxter County)