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Calendar of Events

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April


First Weekend: Rod Run Show, Magnolia
April 4: Citizens with Disabilities Days at Crater of Diamond State Park, Murfreesboro
Second Weekend: Rodeo, Hampton
Second Weekend: Hogskin Holidays, Hampton
Second Weekend: Oil Discovery Days, Stephens
April 11: Annual Egg Hunt, Nashville City Park
Third Weekend: Main Street Camden Easter "Eggstravaganza", Camden
April 18: Dixie Baseball Jamboree, Nashville City Park
April 21: March for Parks, Nashville City Park
April 27th & 28th: Twin River's Festival for the City of McNab and City of Fulton
Fourth Weekend: Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival, Fordyce
Fourth Weekend: Re-enactment of Battle of Marks' Mill, Marks' Mill Historic State Park
Annual Southwest Arkansas Arts & Crafts Fair -- Nashville
Hope FFA Rodeo: Hope
Stock Car Racing every Saturday night, State Line Speedway -- Texarkana
Spring Nationals Truck Pull, Four States Fairgrounds -- Texarkana
Birding Seminar: Millwood State Park, Ashdown
Annual Easter Egg Hunt: Millwood State Park, Ashdown

May


May 2: Mayhaw Festival, Old Rainey-Newton House, El Dorado
First Weekend: Thornton Music Festival
May 1: Dusk 'til Dawn, Nashville City Park
May 6: Street Elite Car Show, Nashville City Park
May 9: ASA Girls Softball Tournament, Nashville City Park
Mother's Day: Mother's Day Fling, Luncheon and Craft Show, Village
Second Friday: The Shots Heard Round the Square, El Dorado
Third Week: 8th Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and World Championship Steak Cook-Off, Magnolia
May 21-24: Annual Strange Family Bluegrass Festival, Texarkana
Memorial Day Weekend: Felsenthal Bream Festival, Felsenthal
Memorial Day Weekend: Oil Belt Four Ball Golf Tournament, El Dorado
Murder Mystery Tour, Dinner & Drama -- Old Washington State Park
Memorial Day Movie Marathon: Millwood State Park, Ashdown
Memorial Day Weekend: Tri-Lakes Bass Tournament, DeQueen
Boggy Creek Monster Day: Fouke
Annual Gator Run: four-mile race across Millwood Dam -- Ashdown

June

Main Street Farmer's Market: Smackover
Second Saturday: Felsenthal Spring Bass Tournament, Felsenthal
Second Weekend: "Boom Town" Outdoor Drama, Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Smackover
June 13: Dinosaur Festival, Nashville City Park
June 20: ASA Girls Softball Tournament, Nashville City Park
June 20: John Huddleston Day: Crater of Diamonds State Park
Third Weekend: Annual Oil Town Festival, Smackover
Third Saturday: Antique Car Show, Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, Smackover
Fourth Saturday: Purple Hull Pea Festival, Emerson
First Weekend: Senior Citizens Appreciation Day, Hampton
Last Friday: Main Street Bed Races and Street Dance, El Dorado

July

First Weekend: Fantastic Fourth Celebration, War Memorial Stadium, El Dorado
July 4: Stand Up for America Celebration, Nashville City Park
July 10-11: Women of Washington "Dinner Theater," Old Washington State Park
Second Weekend: Pine Belt Four Ball Golf Tournament, Fordyce
July 17-18: Chicken and Egg Festival, Prescott
July 17-18: Men's and Women's Softball Tournament, Prescott
Fourth Weekend: Dixie Ponytails Slow Pitch Softball World Series, Magnolia
July 31-Aug. 1: 26th Annual Pine Tree Festival, Dierks

August

Fourth Week: Dallas County Fair, Fordyce
Fourth Week: Little River County Fair & Rodeo -- Foreman
Fourth Week: Union County Fair -- El Dorado
Archery Shoot: Millwood State Park, Ashdown
Aug. 13-16: Hope Watermelon Festival
Aug. 15: Softball Tournament, Hope City Park

September

 First Week: ArkLa Fest, Junction City
First Week: Little River County Fair & Rodeo--Foreman
First Week: Calhoun County Fair, Hampton
Second Week: Union County Fair and Livestock Show, El Dorado
Second Week: Ouachita County Fair and Livestock Show, Camden
Third Saturday: 8th Annual Deer Dog Festival and Hunting Horn Blowing Contest, Village
Third Saturday: Fair on the Square, Magnolia
Third Week: Columbia County Fair and Livestock Show, Magnolia
Sept. 18-20: Gem and Mineral Show, Murfreesboro
Sept. 24-26: Sentimental Journey, Hope Airport
Sept. 26: Frontier Days, Old Washington State Park
Fourth Saturday: 27th Annual BPW/Tate Barn Sale, Camden
Fourth Weekend: Southern Arkansas University Rodeo, Magnolia
Last Weekend: Waldo Harvest Festival, Waldo
Southwest Arkansas Fair: Hope
Quadrangle Festival: Texarkana
Homecoming Days: Winthrop & Alleene
Lafayette County Fair: Lewisville/Stamps
Sevier County Fair & Rodeo: DeQueen
Four States Fair & Rodeo: Texarkana
Nevada County Fair: Prescott
District Fair & Rodeo: Hope
Crappie Fishing Tournament: Millwood State Park, Ashdown
Crappie Fishing Seminar: Millwood State Park, Ashdown

October

First Weekend: Waldo Harvest Festival, Waldo
First Weekend: Indian Summer Pow Wow, Camden
Oct. 6: Golden Gathering, Nashville City Park
Oct. 10-11: Hoo Rah Days, DeQueen
First Weekend: MusicFest, El Dorado
Second Saturday: Harvest Festival, Stephens
Fourth Saturday: Main Street Camden Harvest Festival, Camden
Fourth Weekend: Fordyce Harvest Jamboree & Craft Show, Fordyce
Four States Fair and Rodeo: Texarkana
Light It Up Festival: Lewisville
Annual Moonlight Concert: Old Washington State Park
Cossatot Crafts Show & Sale: DeQueen
Annual Southwest Arkansas Arts & Crafts Fair: Nashville
Oct. 31-Nov. 1: Old Washington Annual Civil War Weekend, Old Washington State Park
Super Bull Bullriding: Texarkana

November

First Thursday-Friday: 21st Annual Methodist Women's Christmas Bazaar, Fordyce
First Weekend of Deer Season: Buck Fever Festival, Banks
Second Weekend: Ouachita County Arts and Crafts Show, Camden
Opening Day of Duck Season: Waterfowl Days, Felsenthal
Late November-December: Downtown Christmas Open House and Festival of Lights, El Dorado
Ashdown/Little River Christmas Parade & Fair
Lafayette County Courthouse Lighting: Lewisville
Murder Mystery Tour, Dinner & Drama: Old Washington State Park
Nov. 21 & 28: Christmas Designers Workshop, Old Washington State Park
Twice as Bright Light Festival: Texarkana (Nov. 25 -- Jan. 2)
Land O' Lights Festival: Ashdown/Little River County (Thanksgiving Eve -- News Year's Day)

December

Dec. 5: Spirit of Christmas, Mainstreet Nashville
Dec. 5: Christmas in Candlelight, Old Washington State Park
Singing Christmas Tree: Fordyce
Community Christmas Celebration and Parade: Fordyce
All Month: Lights Fantastic Festival, Magnolia
First Week: County Tree Lighting Ceremony, Hampton
First Saturday: Christmas Parade, Magnolia
First Thursday: El Dorado Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade, El Dorado
Second Saturday: Main Street Camden Christmas Parade, Camden
Annual Nevada County Arts & Crafts Show & Sale -- Prescott
Christmas Parades: Texarkana, DeQueen, Lewisville, Lockesburg, Horatio, Ashdown, Wilton & Foreman
Christmas Lights Display: Lockesburg
Christmas on the Square: Prescott
Early Christmas Customs: DeQueen
Victorian Christmas: Ace of Clubs House, Texarkana
Land O' Lights Festival: Ashdown & Foreman
Christmas Parade - El Dorado

Third Saturday, Each Month -- Union Street Station County Music Show, Magnolia

For a Holiday Tour of Lights Schedule

Arkansas Dept. of Parks & Tourism
Joe Rice
One State Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
501-682-1088
1-800-NATURAL


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