Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Are you looking for fun activities during your visit to an Arkansas State Park? Our park interpreters routinely schedule fun, family-friendly programs that are designed to help you have a more meaningful park experience and make memories of a lifetime. We offer more than 50,000 activities each year, including guided hikes, lake tours on park boats, birding adventures, kayak tours, living history demonstrations, nature games, historic site tours, bald eagle watches, spring wildflower walks, campfires, outdoor skills workshops, A.D.E.-accredited teacher professional development, and much more — there’s something going on all the time.
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The dates, details, and admission prices in this calendar of events were submitted to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and are accurate to the best of our knowledge. We recommend that you check with local sponsors before making a trip to any event.
Friday, June 18, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Yarn spinning is interwoven
through the history of the Ozarks. Listen to yarns as the spinning of the wheel
takes you back to the Ozark past with Craft Director Jeanette Larson. Schedule…
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Join Ozark folksingers, dancers, and musicians The Wiede Family as they play
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village featuring this…
Saturday, June 19, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Learn
about how weeds like dandelion, plantain, chickweed, and henbit have been used
by Ozark peoples through the generations to make life more comfortable
with Village Apothecarist, Linda Odom.…
Saturday, June 19, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Learn to forge iron in this beginner's course, taught by OFC resident blacksmith Sam Hibbs. This four-hour class will cover the basics of forging, hammer-work, and tools used in blacksmithing.…
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Join this young band of award-winning musicial friends and family as they play hard-driving bluegrass tunes, Celtic ballads, and folk songs during this unplugged music performance…
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Join veteran Ozark folksinging duo Robert & Mary Gillihan as they play
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village featuring upright…
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Learn about the plants of the Ozarks and the people who
use them while touring the Heritage Herb Garden with Lead Gardener and Herbalist, Tina Marie Wilcox. Experience the sights and scents of native…
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Join Ozark folksingers, dancers, and musicians The Wiede Family as they play
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village featuring this…
Thursday, June 24, 2021
/ 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Learn two Ozark jig steps passed
down through generations of Ozark jig dancers during this introductory lesson with
acclaimed local dancer Keith Symanowitz.
This half-hour…
Friday, June 25, 2021
Join Ozark original Duane Porterfield as he plays
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village featuring mountain dulcimer, guitar, banjo,…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Yarn spinning is interwoven
through the history of the Ozarks. Listen to yarns as the spinning of the wheel
takes you back to the Ozark past with Craft Director Jeanette Larson. Schedule…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
Join award-winning trio and vocal powerhouse Harmony as they play
old-timey tunes, ballads, and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village featuring…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Learn
about how weeds like dandelion, plantain, chickweed, and henbit have been used
by Ozark peoples through the generations to make life more comfortable
with Village Apothecarist, Linda Odom.…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Learn to forge iron in this beginner's course, taught by OFC resident blacksmith Sam Hibbs. This four-hour class will cover the basics of forging, hammer-work, and tools used in blacksmithing.…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Taught by Jeanette LarsonIn this class you'll learn quick and basic cheesemaking, as it is done in a modern farm kitchen. You'll use fresh goat's milk and store bought cow's milk in these cheeses.…
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Join National Thumbpicking Champion James Clinkingbeard and his friends as they play
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the Craft
Village…
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Join veteran Ozark folksinger and bluegrass musician Unkle Dave and his friends as they play
old-timey tunes and songs during this unplugged music performance in the…
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Learn about the plants of the Ozarks and the people who
use them while touring the Heritage Herb Garden with Lead Gardener and Herbalist, Tina Marie Wilcox. Experience the sights and scents of native…
Thursday, July 01, 2021
/ 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Learn two Ozark jig steps passed
down through generations of Ozark jig dancers during this introductory lesson with
acclaimed local dancer Keith Symanowitz.
This half-hour…
Friday, July 02, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Yarn spinning is interwoven
through the history of the Ozarks. Listen to yarns as the spinning of the wheel
takes you back to the Ozark past with Craft Director Jeanette Larson. Schedule…