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.
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Connect with nature through timeless tales or stories for the young and young-at-heart written by Crafter Janice Clark.Meet at the Bessie Moore Memorial Deck at 1 p.m. Village Programs at the Ozark…
Wednesday, May 01, 2024 - Saturday, May 04, 2024
Guests will join interpretive staff for a guided tour around the museum grounds and exhibits. Take a look into the world of early Arkansas settlers and lives they lived.
Heart Healthy
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Join special guests the Dodd Mountain
Pickers as they perform a variety of timeless country, gospel, and American folksongs at our relaxed, open-air music venue in the heart of the Craft Village.…
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
/ 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 a gardener or herbalist on staff at the Ozark Folk Center State Park. You'll experience…
Thursday, May 02, 2024
Join special guests
Wes Kent & Hand Picked as they share a variety of old-time tunes,
stories, and traditional American folksongs with some humor thrown in for good measure.Experience…
Thursday, May 02, 2024
/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Lavish Herbal
Feast and Heritage Herb Spring Extravaganza returns to the Ozark Folk Center
State Park in scenic Mountain View May 2 through 4.
The festival which takes place during National Herb…
Friday, May 03, 2024
Join the elderstatesmen of the Mountain View folk scene, the Whoa Mule String Band, as they perform a lively set of classic country, dance tunes, and downhome mountain music featuring fiddle,…
Friday, May 03, 2024 | Saturday, May 04, 2024
Heritage
Herb Spring Extravaganza returns to the Ozark Folk Center State Park in scenic Mountain
View May 3rd through the 4th. The festival which takes
place during National Herb Week is designed for…
Friday, May 03, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Have you ever heard the timeless tale of the Arkansas Traveler? Stop by the Bessie Moore Memorial Deck to hear this fun, humorous story from the Arkansas frontier told by Crafter Jamie Blakely at 1…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Join us here at Mammoth Spring State Park as we step back in time and celebrate our military forces and the vehicles that transported them into battle. Over 20 military vehicles will be on display.…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Learn how to make a one-of-a-kind yarn doll. This craft is a fun way to learn what toys meant to a child in 1877 as well as provide a cool indoor summer activity for all ages. All supplies will be…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
Join acclaimed veteran fiddler Roger Fountain and his friends for a set of timeless
country songs and old-time fiddle tunes featuring Mountain View-style pickin’ by
celebrated local Ozark musicians.…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
/ 8:45 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Here is your chance to immerse yourself into the natural landscape and discover the rich heritage of the Delta region on a guided bike and kayak tour led by a park interpreter. Our journey will begin…
Friday, May 03, 2024 | Saturday, May 04, 2024
Heritage
Herb Spring Extravaganza returns to the Ozark Folk Center State Park in scenic Mountain
View May 3rd through the 4th. The festival which takes
place during National Herb Week is designed for…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
/ 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Lake Chicot is the largest oxbow lake in North America and the largest natural lake in Arkansas. Join the park interpreter to learn more about how oxbow lakes are formed and take a short walk…
Saturday, May 04, 2024 | Sunday, May 05, 2024 | Friday, September 27, 2024 | Saturday, September 28, 2024
In this class, you will learn to warp the loom and basic weaving techniques. You will choose your own colors of yarn and leave with a scarf that you wove and the skills to continue on your weaving…
Saturday, May 04, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Herbs and their healing properties are an important part of Ozark life. Learn how weeds like
dandelion, plantain, chickweed, and henbit have been used by Ozark peoples down
through the generations to…
Sunday, May 05, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Join us at the visitor center to watch us feed our speckled kingsnake on display. This is your chance to see how snakes are able to swallow their prey. We will also explore how other snakes found at…
Monday, May 06, 2024
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
This one day class will include basic terminology, hand setting type and plate preparation for printing, and finishing of a personalized note sheet and notecard. If communicated to the instructor…
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Connect with nature through timeless tales or stories for the young and young-at-heart written by Crafter Janice Clark.Meet at the Bessie Moore Memorial Deck at 1 p.m. Village Programs at the Ozark…