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• The Auto Age in Eureka Springs

• Thomas Hart Benton, Artist (from the Ralph Foster Archive)

• Hunting & Fishing in the Branson Area

• Music in the Ozarks (A Word from Louis Darby)

• Family Recollections (from John Tilden)

• The Ozarks Mountaineer: (From the Ralph Foster Archive)

• The Art of M.E. Oliver (from the Ralph Foster Archive)

• Harold Morrison (from the Ralph Foster Museum archive)

• Faith In The Ozarks (From John Tilden)

• Pure Heart

• Cushaws & Cushaw Custard

• The Pirate of Point Chretien (A Word from Louis Darby)

• In Louisiana, 1901 (A Word from Louis Darby)

• The Road to Baker Creek

• Branson History (A Word from Louis Darby)

• Violet Hensley, Fiddlemaker

• Ozark Culture (A Word from Louis Darby)

• The Horse Creek Band (an interview)

• Living On The James (from John Tilden)

• Joe Benjamin, Pen & Ink

• Going the Distance: Wayne Horsburgh

• Mandolin Maker, John Wynn

• Homesteading on the James (from John Tilden)

• Miss Virginia

• Traveling Through The Ozarks, circa 1923

• Cajun Passion: Cedric Benoit

• A Deputy with Heart: Terry Wayne Sanders

• A Jim-Dandy of a Gentleman: Jamie Haage
• Ozark Mountain Festivals & Events
Ozark Mountain Festivals & Events

Everywhere you turn, there's another place having a festival about food or flowers or art or music.

If it's not exactly about Bluegrass, but it is exactly in the Ozark mountains, you'll probably find it here...


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• Please note, folks - check all information for yourself before traveling long distances.

I am making every effort to ensure the information is correct, but keeping up to date is always an interesting challenge.

And if you visit a festival or event you found here, be sure to tell folks you saw it on State of the Ozarks!
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ARKANSAS

(EUREKA SPRINGS EVENTS)

• FEBRUARY 1-29: Leap Year of Romance Art Gallery Celebration. Call: (479) 253-7679. Visit: (www) ArtOfEureka (.com).

• MARCH 27-29: Arkansas Historical Association 67th Annual Conference (Inn of the Ozarks). "Land of Eccentricities" is the theme. Call: (479) 575-5884. Visit: (www) UARK.EDU /depts / arkhist / home

• APRIL 18-19: 4th Annual Carving In The Ozarks (Highway 62 E. & Rochouse Road). Eureka Springs. Call: (479) 253-2080. Visit: (www) CarvingInTheOzarks (.com).

• MAY 2-4: 3rd Annual Turpentine Creek Spring Arts & Crafts Fair (Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge). Call: (479) 253-3790. Visit: (www) TurpentineCreek (.org).

• JUNE 13-15: 10th Annual Turpentine Creek Native American Pow Wow (Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge). Call: (479) 253-3790. Visit: (www) TurpentineCreek (.org).

• SEPTEMBER 5-7: 38th Annual Antique Automobile Festival (Pine Mountain Village). Eureka Springs. Call: (800) 638-7352. Visit: (www) Eureka Springs Chamber (.com).

• SEPTEMBER 26-28: 3rd Annual Eureka Springs Studio Tour. Call: (479) 253-2951. Visit: (www) Eureka Springs Studio Tour (.com).

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(SHILOH MUSEUM OF OZARK HISTORY)

• APRIL 12: Warp & Woof Handweavers Guild Programs.

• APRIL 16: Ozark Chinquapins Noon Program.

• MAY 3: The Golden Age of Radio - Program by Bruce Vaughan.

• JUNE 14 (thru to JANUARY 17, 2009: Ozark Voices: Personal Stories From Northwest Arkansas Exhibit.

• JULY 16: Early Madison County (1830-1865) - Program by Joy Russell.

• AUGUST 20: From Sumac Trees to Superhighways: The Butterfield Stage Route Through Northwest Arkansas - Program by John McLarty.

— All programs exhibits presented at: Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Springdale. Call: (479) 750-8165. Visit: (www) Springdaleark (.org).

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(OZARK FOLK CENTER)

• APRIL 18-20: Ozark Folk Center Open House

• MAY 2-3: Heritage Herb Spring Extravaganza Ozark Folk Center Open House.

• AUGUST 8-9: Cowboy Gathering & Folk Humor & Storytelling Weekend.

• AUGUST 29-30: Tribute to Grandpa Jones Concerts (7:30 - 9:30PM).

• SEPTEMBER 26-27: Arkansas State Old-Time Fiddle Contests.

• OCTOBER 3-4: Herb Harvest Fall Festival (annual workshop).

• OCTOBER 11: Fire on the Mountain - Hammerfest X, (A Blacksmithing Event)

— All festivals presented by the Ozark Folk Center StatePark. Mountain View. Call: (870) 269-3851. Visit: (www) OzarkFolkCenter (.com).

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(PRAIRIE GROVE BATTLEFIELD)

• MAY 18: Webb Civil War & Antique Collection, 1-5 PM.

• JUNE 29: Webb Civil War & Antique Collection, 1-5 PM.

• AUGUST 24: Webb Civil War & Antique Collection, 1-5 PM.

• AUGUST 30 to SEPTEMBER 1: 57th Annual Clothesline Fair.

•OCTOBER 25: Haunted Battlefield Tour, 7-10:30 PM.

• DECEMBER 6-7: Battle of Prairie Grove Re-enactment (100th Anniversary of Battlefield Park, 1908-2008).

— (Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park). Prairie Grove. Call: (479) 846-2990. E-mail: prairiegrove (@arkansas.com).

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(HARDY, ARKANSAS EVENTS)

• MAY 24: 2nd Annual Wilburn Brothers Tribute (Loberg Park). Hardy.

• JUNE 21: 17th Annual Hardy Homesteaders' Day (Loberg Park). Hardy.

• JUNE 28: Hardy Old Time Picnic Water Fun.

• SEPTEMBER 26-28: 2nd Annual Art Holms Memorial Pow Wow.

— (Loberg Park). Hardy. Call: (870) 856-3811. E-mail: mayorofhardy (@yahoo.com).
OZARK FISHING

(TOURNAMENTS)

• MARCH 1 (7:45 AM to 4 PM). 11th Annual Team Trout Tournament (Lilley's Landing Resort & marina). Lake Taneycomo, Branson. Visit: (www) Ozark Anglers (.com).

ARKANSAS

(WINTERTIME)

• DECEMBER 31 to MARCH 25: The Great Arkansas Quilt Show II (Historic Arkansas Museum). Little Rock. Call: (501) 324-9351. Visit: (www) HistoricArkansas (.com).

• FEBRUARY 1-28: Mardi Gras Ozark Style (city wide celebration). Bull Shoals. Call: (870) 445-4443. Visit: (www) BullShoals (.com).

• FEBRUARY 23-24: 8th Annual Indian Artifact Show (Holiday Inn Convention Center), Prairie Grove. Call: (479) 846-2010. Visit: (www.) Daltonman (.com).

• MARCH 15: Archeology Day at Petit Jean (Petit Jean State Park), Morrilton. Call: (501) 727-5441. Visit: (www) Petitjeanstatepark (.com).

• MARCH 28-29: 9th Annual UA Horse Festival (Pauline Whitaker Animal Science Arena). Fayetteville. Call: (479) 575-4351. Visit: (www) HorseFestival (.org).

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(SPRINGTIME)

• APRIL 12: Rediculous Dogwood Day (lower mall parking lot). Horseshoe Bend. Call: (870) 670-5433.

• APRIL 17-19: 46th Annual Arkansas Folk Festival (Court Square). Mountain View. Call: (870) 269-8068. Visit: (www) Your Place In The Mountains (.com).

 • APRIL 18-19: 7th Annual Great Cotter Trout Festival (Big Spring Park). Cotter. Call: (870) 492-4483. Visit: (www) CotterArkansas (.com).

• APRIL 18-20: 1800's Mountain Man Rendevous (Wolly Hollow State Park). Greenbrier. Call: (501) 679-2098. E-mail: woollyhollow (@arkansas.com).

• APRIL 18-20: Artisans' Market on the Square (Court House Square). Mountain View. E-mail: arkcrafguild (@mvtel.net). Visit: (www) ArkansasCraftGuild (.com).

• APRIL 18-20: 29th Arkansas Scottish Festival (Lyon College Campus), Batesville. Call: (870) 698-4382. E-mail: Jbell@lyon (.edu).

 • APRIL 25: Taste of Heber, Artist Walk & Chair Art Auction (Downtown). Heber Springs. Call: (501) 362-2444. Visit: (www) Heber-Springs.com.

• APRIL 25-27: 34th Annual Dogwood Festival (downtown). Siloam Springs. Call: (479) 524-6466. Visit: (www) SiloamChamber (.com).

• APRIL 26-27: Springfest 2008 (Spring Park). Heber Springs. Call: (501) 362-2444. Visit: (www) Heber-Springs.com.

 • APRIL 26: Mountain Memories History Programs (Mount Magazine State Park visitor center). Paris. Call: (479) 963-8502. Visit: mountmagazine (@arkansas.com).

 • MAY 2-3: Izard County Pioneer Days. Melbourne. Call: (870) 368-4215. Visit: (www) MelbourneAR (.com).

• MAY 2-4: War Eagle Arts & Crafts Fair (War Eagle Mill). Rogers. Call: (479) 789-5343. Visit: (www) WarEagleMill (.com).

 • MAY 2-4: 27th Annual Toad Suck Daze (downtown). Conway. Call: 501) 327-7788. Visit: www.ToadSuck.org.

• MAY 2-4: Spanker Creek Farm Arts & Craft Fair (Clarion Convention Center & Spanker Creek Farm). Bentonville. Call: (479) 685-5655. Visit: (www) Spanker Creek Farm (.com).

 • MAY 19: Pioneer Days (Queen Wilhelmina State Park). Mena. Call: (479) 394-2863. E-mail: queenwilhelmina (@arkansas.com).

•MAY 22-23 & May 25-26: Demonstrations of beadmaking, wheel-thrown pottery and spinning wheel demonstrations too (Black River Beads & Pottery). Pocahontas. Call: (870) 248-0450. Visit: (www) blackriverbeads (.com).

 • MAY 24-26: Crawford County Arts & Crafts Festival (Lake Lou Emma). Van Buren. Call: (479) 474-8322. Visit: (www) vanburen (.org).

 • MAY 30-31: 19th Annual North Arkansas Ancestor Fair (Civic Center). Marshall. Call: (870) 447-6161. E-mail: larry@ozarkisp.net. Visit: (www) Ancestor Fair (.us).

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(SUMMER)

• JUNE 1-3: Pioneer Dancing (Historic Arkansas Museum). Little Rock. Call: (501) 324-9351. Visit: (www) HistoricArkansas (.com).

• JUNE 12-15: 66th Annual Johnson County Peach Festival (town square). Clarksville. Call: (479) 754-9152. Visit: (www) JocoPeachFestival. (8m.com).

• JUNE 13-14: 28th Annual Craftsfest (Baxter County Fairgrounds). Mountain Home. Call: (870) 424-5710. E-mail: craftyhjm@hotmail.com.

• JUNE 20-21: 2nd Annual Bootlegger Daze (Main Street & Peppersauce Alley). Calico Rock. Call: (870) 291-8899. Visit: (www) CalicoRocket.org.

• JUNE 21: Siloam Springs Heritage Festival (Twin Springs Park). Siloam Springs. Call (479) 524-4011. Visit: (www) Siloam Spring Heritage Festival (.org).

• JUNE 27-28: Annual Red, White, Blue Festival (ASU Mountain Home Campus). Mountain Home. Call: (870) 425-5111. Visit: (www) Red White Blue Festival (.com).

• JUNE 27-28: 11th Annual Buffalo River Elk Festival (courthouse square). Jasper. Call: (870) 446-2455. Visit: (www) The Ozark Mountains (.com).

• JUNE 27-28: 20th Annual Great Arkansas Pig Out (city park). Morrilton. Call: (501) 345-5400. Visit: www.pigout.info.

• JULY 4: Freedom Fest (city park on Main Street). Gentry. Call: (479) 736-2358. Visit: www.gentrychamber.com.

• JULY 5: History & Heritage Celebration, (Lake Ouachita State Park). Mountain Pine. Call: (501) 767-9366. E-mail: lakeouachita (@arkansas.com).

• AUGUST 1-31: Pioneer Textiles (Historic Arkansas Museum). Little Rock. Call: (501) 324-9351. Visit: (www) HistoricArkansas (.com).

• AUGUST 7-9: 29th Annual Cave City Watermelon Festival (city park). Cave City. Call: (870) 283-5959. Visit: (www) Cave City Arkansas (.info).

• AUGUST 22-23: 24th Annual Frisco Festival (Rogers Historic Downtown District). Rogers. Call: (479) 936-5487. Visit: www.friscofestival.com.

• AUGUST 23-31: 23rd Annual National Championship Chuckwagon Races (Bar o f Ranch). Clinton. Call: (501) 745-8407. Visit: (www) Chuckwagon Races (.com).

• AUGUST 28-29 & SEPTEMBER 1: Demonstrations of beadmaking, wheel-thrown pottery and spinning wheel demonstrations too (Black River Beads & Pottery). Pocahontas. Call: (870) 248-0450. Visit: (www) blackriverbead

• AUGUST 30: Petit Jean Founders' Day (Petit Jean State Park), Morrilton. Call: (501) 727-5441. Visit: (www) Petit Jean State Park (.com).

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(FALL)

• SEPTEMBER 5-7: 2nd Annual Pinnacle Hills Art Festival (Pinnacle Hills Promenade). Rogers. Call: (479) 899-6294. Visit: (www) PinnacleHills (.info).

• SEPTEMBER 13-15: Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour (visit local artisan studios). Mountain View. Call: (870) 269-8068. Visit: (www) Your Place In The Mountains (.com).

• SEPTEMBER 27: Historic Hunters Encampment (Mount Magazine State Park visitor center). Paris. Call: (479) 963-8502. Visit: mountmagazine (@arkansas.com).

• OCTOBER 15-19: Spanker Creek Farm Arts & Craft Fair (Clarion Convention Center & Spanker Creek Farm). Bentonville. Call: (479) 685-5655. Visit: (www) Spanker Creek Farm (.com).

• OCTOBER 15-19: Ole Applegate Place Arts & Crafts Festival (Mulberry Mountain). Ozark. Call: (479) 667-1919. Visit: (www) Ole Apple Gate Place (.com).

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(WINTERTIME)

• DECEMBER 12-13: 5th Annual Holiday Extravaganza (Baxter County Fairgrounds). Mountain Home. Call: (870) 425-9261. E-mail: deewhite (@mymtnhome.com).
Cedar Rain, Lucky13Studios© Archive. Photo credit, J. Heston.
MISSOURI

(SPRINGTIME)

• MARCH 1: 2008 Trout Season Opening Day, Lebanon. Call: (417) 532-4338. Visit: (www) Bennett Spring State Park (.com).

• APRIL 3-5: The Great Lake of the Ozarks Gospel Sing (Main Street Music Hall), Osage Beach. Visit: (www) Great Lake Of The Ozark Gospel Sing (.com).

APRIL 5: Gospel Sing & Jubilee (Miller Performing Arts Center). Jefferson City. Call: (573) 636-5255.

APRIL 12: Storytelling program by Gail Portman (Montauk State Park camp ground). Salem. Call: (573) 548-2225. Visit: (www) MoStateParks (.com).

•  APRIL 12: Bison Hike (Prairie State Park). Mindenmines. Call: (417) 843-6711. Visit: (www) MoStateParks (.com).

• APRIL 17-20: 58th Annual Dogwood Festival, Camdenton. Call: (573) 346-2227. Visit: (www) Camdenton Chamber (.com).

• APRIL 19: Cabin Fever Quilters Show (Community Christian Church), Camdenton. Visit: (www) Cabin Fever Quilters (.com).

• APRIL 23-27: Kewpiesta (Bonniebrook Park), north of Branson. Call: (417) 561-1509. Visit: (www) Explore Branson (.com).

• APRIL 24-27: Cherry Blossom Festival, Marshfield. Call: (417) 859-2460.Visit: (www) Marshfield MO Chamber Of Commerce (.com).

•  MAY 3: Spring Kids Fishing Day (Montauk State Park). Salem. Call: (573) 548-2201. Visit: (www) MoStateParks (.com).

• MAY 11: Baldknobbers Day (Shadow Rock Park), Forsyth. Call: (417) 546-9892. Visit: (www) Forsyth Missouri (.net).

• MAY 16-18: Mountain Man Rendezvous, Rockaway Beach. Call: 417) 561-4280. Visit: (www) Rockaway Beach Chamber (.com).

• MAY 17 (10AM to 4PM): Fiber Fair (Webster County Fairgrounds), Marshfield. Call: (417) 859-7840. Visit: (www) HFA Fiber Fair (.com).

• MAY 23-25: 4th Annual Upper Current River Pow wow (301 East 10th), Salem. Call: (573) 729-2233. Visit: (www) Powwow 2008 (.info).

• MAY 30-JUNE 1: Wilderness Road Festival (Wild Eye Ranch), Galena. Call: 417) 357-6346.
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(SUMMER)

• JUNE 6-7: Ozark Riverways Heritage Days (at Big Spring). Van Buren. Call: (573) 323-4236. Visit: (www) NPS.Gov/Ozar/

JUNE 7-8: Annual Free Fishing Weekend, Rockaway Beach. Call: 417) 561-4280. Visit: (www) Rockaway Beach Chamber (.com).

JUNE 11-14: Bushwhacker Days, Nevada. Call: (417) 667-5300. Visit: (www) Visit NevadaMO (.com).

• JUNE 13-14: Will Rogers Indian Club 43rd Annual PowWow, Marshfield Equine Center, Marshfield. Call: (217) 783-2539 or (417) 256-4698.

• JUNE 13-14: Acoustic Music Festival, Carthage. Call: (417) 358-2667. Visit: (www) PowersMuseum.com.

 • JUNE 20-21: 16th Annual Old-Time Fiddlers Contest & Jam (Snyder Music Park). Halltown. Call: (417) 882-6621.

• JUNE 20-21: Old Time Music Ozark Heritage Festival, West Plains. Call: (417) 256-8835. Visit: (www) Old Time Music (.org).

 • JUNE 21: Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social & Craft Fair, Crane. Call: (417) 723-5292.

• JUNE 20-22: 8th Annual Osage River Pow Wow (Miller County Fairgrounds), Osage. Call: (573) 369-2710. Visit: (www) Osage River Pow Wow (.com).

(INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS)

• JUNE 29: Honor America Old Fashioned Independence Day (College of the Ozarks). Point Lookout. Call: (417) 334-6411. Visit: www.cofo.edu.

(JULY 4 EVENTS) •

• Fire & Thunder Fireworks / Boat Parade, Shell Knob. Call: (417) 858-3300.

• Fireburst 2008, Kimberling City. Call: (417) 739-2564.

• Spirit of 76 (Branson Veterans Task Force). Call: (417) 337-8387. Visit: (www) Branson Veterans (.com).

• 33rd Annual Fireworks over Table Rock Lake (Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce). Call: (417) 561-4280.

• Annual Fourth of July Celebration at Rockaway Beach. Call: (417) 561-4280.

• JULY 5: Fireburst Flotilla, Kimberling City. Call: (417) 739-2564.

For more information, visit (www) VISIT Table Rock Lake (.com).

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• JULY 16-19: Crawford County Fair (600 Thoroughbred Dr.). Cuba. Call: (877) 212-8429. Visit: (www) CubaMO Chamber (.com).

• JULY 25-AUGUST 3: Ozark Empire Fair (Missouri Entertainment & Event Center), Springfield. Call: (417) 833-2660. Visit: (www) Ozark Empire Fair (.com).

• AUGUST 6-9: Brumley Gospel Sing (Cowan Civic Center), Lebanon. Call: (800) 435-3725. Visit: (www) Brumley Music (.com).

• AUGUST 29-30: Crane Broiler Festival, Crane. Call: (417) 723-5415.

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(FALL)

• SEPTEMBER 5-6: 6th Annual Southwest Missouri Celtic Heritage Festival & Highland Games (Old City Park), Buffalo. Visit: (www) SWMO Celtic Festival (.com).

• SEPTEMBER 6: Southern & Bluegrass Gospel Music Festival (Snyder Music Park). Halltown. Call: (417) 882-6621.

• SEPTEMBER 6-7: MSU Ozarks Fest Craft & Music Festival (MSU Campus), Springfield.

• SEPTEMBER 12-14: 39th Hillbilly Fair (Laurie Fairgrounds), Laurie. Call: (573) 374-4871. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

• SEPTEMBER 27: Shakin' in the Shell Festival & Car Show, Shell Knob. Call: (417) 858-3300. Visit: (www.) Shell Knob (.com).

• SEPTEMBER 27: Harvest Moon Festival Classic Car Show (Historical Shadow Rock Park Campground), Forsyth. Call: (417) 546-2741. Visit: (www) Forsyth Missouri (.net).

• SEPTEMBER 29-30: Heritage Reunion Festival (Historic Wommack Mill), Fair Grove. Visit: www.fghps.org .

• OCTOBER 4: Homer Sloan Buddy Bass Tournament (1363 Campbell Point Road), Shell Knob. Call: (417) 858-3300. Visit: (www.) Shell Knob (.com).

• OCTOBER 4: 29th Annual Old Tyme Apple Festival, Versailles. Call: (573) 378-4401. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

• OCTOBER 11: Annual White River Band Cherokees Pow Wow (Shadow Rock Park), Forsyth. Call: (417) 546-9892. Visit: (www) Forsyth Missouri (.net).

• OCTOBER 10-11: Apple Butter Days Fall Festival (Camden County Museum), Linn Creek. Call: (573) 346-7191. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

• OCTOBER 11-12: The Haunting in the Hills (at Alley Mill), Eminence. Call: (573) 226-3945. Visit: Visit: (www) NPS.Gov/Ozar/

• OCTOBER 18-19: Cuba Fest, Cuba. Call: (877) 212-8429. Visit: (www) CubaMO Chamber (.com).
• OCTOBER 25: 18th Annual White Bass Tournament (Gravois Mills Public Access), Gravois Mills. Call: (573) 372-1787. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

• OCTOBER 31: Ha Ha Haunt (Ha Ha Tonka State Park, Camdenton. Call: (573) 346-2986. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

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(WINTERTIME)

• NOVEMBER 1-DECEMBER 31: Branson Festival of Lights, Branson. Call: (417) 334-4084. Visit: (www) Explore Branson (.com).

• NOVEMBER 27: Winter Holiday Light Celebration & Santa's Arrival (Tan-Tar-A Resort), Osage Beach. Call: (800) 826-8272. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).

• NOVEMBER 29: Annual Lighted Christmas Parade (Laurie Terrace Mall), Laurie. Call: (573) 374-5500. Visit: (www) Fun Lake Life (.com).
 (BAKER CREEK EVENTS)

MANSFIELD, MISSOURI

• MARCH 2 (10AM to 6PM). Crafters, music & seeds.

• APRIL 6 (10AM to 6PM). Come enjoy great music and purchase plants and seeds.

• MAY 4-5. Spring Planting Festival. The largest event of the season!

• JUNE 1 (10AM to 6PM). Buy early season produce and crafts.

• JULY 6 (10AM to 6PM). Come celebrate an independent food supply and buy produce

• AUGUST 3-4 The Heirloom Garden Show. Our big summer event!

• SEPTEMBER 7 (10AM to 6PM). Enjoy chuckwagon music & shop for fall veggies.

• OCTOBER 5 (10AM to 6PM). Our Pumpkin Festival with lots of cowboy music.

• NOVEMBER 2 (10AM to 6PM). Music contest & harvest festival.

• DECEMBER 7 (3 to 8PM). Christmas Music Show & seed sale (music only).
Find out more about Bakersville in the State of the Ozarks article, The Road To Baker Creek!
(SILVER DOLLAR CITY EVENTS)

Silver Dollar City opens March 20.

YOUNG CHRISTIANS WEEKEND: March 28 through 30.

WORLDFEST:
April 3 through May 4, includes Ireland's Feet of Flames (featuring Dearbhail Finnegan), Uganda's Watoto Children's Choir, and returning favorites Beggar's Row (Scotland), the Zunyi Acrobats (China) and the Russian Academic Band.

BLUEGRASS & BBQ: May 10 through June 1, approximately 200 performers, 50 bands, Rhonda Vincent & The Rage (May 11, 12, 13), Single MIC championship (May 17, 18), KSMU Youth In Bluegrass Band Contest (May 24, 25) and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (May 30).

KIDS FEST: June 7 through August 10.

SOUTHERN GOSPEL PICNIC: August 28 through September 7 with performances by Jeff & Sheri Easter, The Isaacs, and more.

The new Silver Dollar City Culinary & Craft School opens in September.

NATIONAL HARVEST FESTIVAL (I.E., FALL FEST!): September 11 through October 25, includes the Salute to the Great American Cowboy and the Salute to the All-American Farmer. Performers include Asleep At The Wheel (SEP 20), John Conlee (OCT 11), Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass (OCT 1 through 5) as well as The Horse Creek Band and Australia's Singing CowboyWayne Horsburgh.

OLD TIME CHRISTMAS:
November 1 through December 30.

(2009)

SILVER DOLLAR CITY & OZARK MOUNTAIN WOOD CARVERS OF MISSOURI present the 13th Annual Wood Carving Seminar, first week of March

Begins March 2. For more information e-mail woodcarvers @ silver dollar city (c.om).


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(DOWNTOWN BRANSON EVENTS)

• MAY 16-18: Plumb Nellie Arts & Crafts Festival

• SEPTEMBER 18-21: Autumn Daze Arts & Crafts Festival

• NOVEMBER 11 (11AM): 74th Annual Veterans Parade & Ceremony. Call: (417) 337-8387.

• DECEMBER 2 (5PM): 59th Annual Adoration Parade & Lighting Ceremony. Call: (800) 214-3661

— All events presented by the Downtown Branson Main Street Association. Call: (417) 334-1548. Visit: (www) Downtown Branson (.org).

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(WILSON'S CREEK BATTLEFIELD EVENTS)

• JUNE 7: Ray House Jamboree (11AM to 4PM)

• JUNE 14: Civil War Photography Program (2PM to 3:15 PM)

• JUNE 21-22: Union Soldier Living History Weekend

• JUNE 28: Artillery Program

• JULY 5: Artillery Program

• JULY 12: Tracing Your Civil War Ancestor Program (2PM to 4:15PM)

• JULY 19: Artillery Program

• AUGUST 9-10: 147th Battle Anniversary Events

• SEPTEMBER 1: Artillery Program

• OCTOBER 4: Moonlight Tour (6:45PM to 10PM).

• DECEMBER 13: Memorial Illumination (5:30PM to 9:30PM)

— Wilson's Creek was the first major Civil War battle fought west of the Mississippi River. Call: (417) 732-2662 ext. 227. Visit: www.NPS.gov.