2011 ARKANSAS 2011
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events still waiting for new dates
April 16, 2011 25th Annual Alma Spinach Festival - Alma, Arkansas
Arts, crafts, food, entertainment, spinach eating and growing contests.
April 22-23, 2011 9th Annual Strawberry Festival - Cabot, Arkansas
Cabot's very own STRAWBERRIES!! Carnival rides, festival, pageant and games for the whole family. Carnival: Thursday and Friday 6 p.m.-9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Pageant: Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration form and vendor application will be found on the website.
April 28, 2011 19th Annual Taste of the Valley - Russellville, Arkansas
Main Street Russellville's award-winning tasting party.
May 13-14, 2011 Heritage Herb Spring Extravaganza Garden Fair in the Park
Mountain View, Arkansas
The Ozark Folk Center. Hands on activities, lectures, demonstrations, vendors & tours of the garden!
May 13-14, 2011 20th Annual Picklefest - Atkins, Arkansas
Come out and participate in the pickle eating and juice drinking contests, arts & crafts booths, food vendors--one with the famous fried pickles, tractor pull, rodeo, parade, and more.
May 20-21, 2011 28th Annual Crawfish Festival - Dermott, Arkansas
One of Arkansas’ most successful festivals, the award winning Dermott Crawfish Festival, a food and music festival, is sponsored by the Dermott Chamber of Commerce. Don’t miss the live music, crawfish dinners, official crawfish t-shirts, arts, crafts and food vendors and free train and fire truck rides for the children on Saturday.
May 20-21, 2011 Magnolia Blossom Festival & World Championship Steak Cook-Off
Magnolia, Arkansas
23rd Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and 22nd Annual World Championship Steak Cook-Off. This will also be the 61st Anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show. This year’s festival is sure to be grand as there are several new events being planned along with some fantastic music acts.
May 20-22, 2011 International Greek Food Festival - Little Rock, Arkansas
Medley of Greek and Middle Eastern cuisines. Indoor Old World Market offers exceptional imports, artwork, pastries and coffee bar. Live entertainment.
June 5-11, 2011 55th Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival - Warren, Arkansas
During the Pink Tomato Festival, there's dancing in the streets - literally! All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato.
June 10-11, 2011 11th Annual Art of Wine Festival - Fayetteville, Arkansas
Good food, good friends and good wine--all the ingredients necessary for an entertaining evening out.
June 16-19, 2011 Annual Johnson County Peach Festival - Clarksville, Arkansas
The oldest outdoor festival in Arkansas. Peach eating contest and a peach cobbler, jam and jelly bake-off. Gospel music on Court Square, arts and crafts, 4 mile run, frog jump contest and more!
June 24-25, 2011 Annual PurpleHull Pea Festival & World Championship Rotary Tiller Race
Emerson, Arkansas
You won't see anything else quite like it. We're a small town festival with the best purple hull peas on earth, and the world's fastest garden tillers.
July 29-30, 2011 28th Annual Altus Grape Fest - Altus, Arkansas
Come join the fun in Altus, the Arkansas Wine Capital. Grape stomp contests, Bacchus look-alike contest, fireworks, street dance, grape pie-eating contest, wine making contests and more!
August 11-13, 2011 32nd Annual Cave City Watermelon Festival - Cave City, Arkansas
Entertainment, parade, contests, and a watermelon feast. A rind thumpin' good time!
August 11-13, 2011 35th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival - Hope, Arkansas
Melon judging & auction, watermelon eating contest, seed spitting contest, antique engine show, entertainment and Southwest Arkansas' largest arts and crafts show.
August 19-20, 2011 ValleyFest 2011 - Russellville, Arkansas
The River Valley's premier festival with all proceeds benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs. Lots of Entertainment and fun - BBQ Cook-off, Fishing Derby, Horseshoes, etc
August 20, 2011 Arkansas Great Steak Cook-Off - Conway, Arkansas
Fire up your grill as Saturday afternoon as the Arkansas Outdoors Expo turns tasty with the first ever Arkansas Great Steak Cook-off. Gather up a team and try your hand at cash and prizes, or just bring your appetite and purchase cooking team steaks for only $5.00. Setup starts at 8am, and preheating begins at 4:00 pm. Judging will take place at 6:00 pm.
August 27-Sept 4, 2011 Annual Nat’l Championship Chuckwagon Race - Clinton, AR
Chuckwagon Races, Snowy River Race, bronc fanning, music, concerts, camping, trail riding, western trade show, horse and mule clinics, seminars, barn dances. Attendance: 20,000.
September 9, 2011 Wine and Food Festival - Little Rock, Arkansas
Join Wildwood Park for the Arts and revel in over 150 specially selected wines and artful edibles created by the area's finest chefs and restaurants.
September 9-11, 2011 Pinnacle Hills Arts & Food Festival - Rogers, Arkansas
A juried art show and sale, the annual event presents fine artists from across the USA and showcases the region's best chefs. A street festival atmosphere of art, music, food, and green living.
September 10, 2011 Northwest Arkansas Cheese Dip Classic
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Celebrating Arkansas's culinary export to the world. Come feast on ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT cheese dip, vote for your favorite cheese dip to represent northwest Arkansas in the World Cheese Dip Championship in Liitle Rock, enjoy live music and fun activities for the kids.
September 10, 2011 16th Annual Arkansas State Championship Hillbilly Chili Cookoff
Bull Shoals, Arkansas
International Chili Society sanctioned cook-off. ICS cooks compete for the Arkansas State Championship, cash prizes, and trophies. Tasting samples for the public, People's Choice award, arts & crafts vendors, live music all day.
September 10, 2011 20th Arkansas Antique Tractor and Engine Show - Scott, Arkansas
Witness the early machines that plowed, pumped, and drove us into the 20th century. Exhibits feature vintage tractors, single-piston engines, early implements and farm machines. Plantation Agriculture Museum.
September 13, 2011 8th Annual Arkansas Chefs Culinary Classic - Little Rock, Arkansas
Come taste Arkansas’s finest chefs’ scrumptious entries as they compete in soup/salad, appetizer, dessert and entree categories. Special wine tasting sponsored by Glazer’s Distributors. Silent auction. After party following.
September 14-15, 2011 67th Annual AHA Convention and Tradeshow - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Hospitality Association.
September 15, 2011 Chefs in the Garden - Fayetteville, Arkansas
Held at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, the event combines the beauty of lovely gardens with demonstrations and samplings from local chefs, music from one of the area's favorite bands, and a small silent auction.
Sept 16-17, 2011 Smoke on the Water Arkansas Barbecue Challenge - Pine Bluff, AR
$25,000 prize money.
September 24, 2011 World Cheese Dip Championship - Little Rock, Arkansas
Arkansas’s premiere food competition celebrating Arkansas’s culinary export to the world. Come feast on All-You-Can-Eat cheese dip, vote for your favorite cheese dip, watch the Arkansas vs. Alabama football game live on the end-zone Jumbotron, enjoy live music before and after the game and fun activities for the kids.
Sept 26-Oct 1, 2011 67th Annual SW Arkansas District Livestock Show & Rodeo
Hope, Arkansas
PRCA rodeo, livestock show, plant show, arts & crafts, food preservation, horticulture, commercial exhibits, food, large carnival, queen contest and talent show.
September 29, 2011 18th Annual Taste of the Town - North Little Rock, Arkansas
Sample the Tastes that our city and region have to offer with more than 30 local restaurants, caterers and drink distributors participating.
September 30-Oct 1, 2011 Herb Harvest Fall Festival - Mountain View, Arkansas
National Herb Day celebrated with a seminar form held in the Heritage Herb Gardens. Speakers, local herbal merchants & plantsmen share their knowledge. Much more.
September 30-Oct 2, 2011 Arkansas Apple Festival - Lincoln, Arkansas
Every year during the first weekend of October. Join us as we celebrate our bounty of apples and three days of wholesome family entertainment.
October 1, 2011 Wing Ding Festival - Jacksonville, Arkansas
Sample unique flavors, or enter a team of your own, during the World Championship Chicken Wing Cook-Off!
October 1, 2011 Keo Fall Days - Keo, Arkansas
This annual event on the first Saturday in October features a Pecan Baking Contest for adults and youth, antique cars carriage rides, food vendors, arts and crafts, and activities for children.
October 7-8, 2011 66th Annual Turkey Trot & National Wild Turkey Calling Contest
Yellville, Arkansas
Arkansas' oldest annual festival.
October 8, 2011 35th Annual Arkansas Rice Festival - Weiner, Arkansas
Observing the rich heritage of rice farming in Arkansas and celebrating harvest. The festival is held annually the second weekend in October in conjunction with National Rice Promotion Month. Volunteers prepare rice dishes ranging from appetizers to main dishes.
October 18, 2011 20th Annual Taste of Texarkana - Texarkana, Arkansas
Enjoy a 'World Showcase of Flavor'. Two stages with cooking demonstrations, ice carving, wine and food pairing lessons, wineries and tasting, over 40 restaurants and much more! Proceeds benefit the programs of Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank.
October 18-29, 2011 Harvest Festival - Mountain View, Arkansas
Come celebrate the harvest at the Ozark Folk Center. Make sorghum, shear sheep, carve pumpkins, and much more. Cast your vote for the best decorated craft shop and sing along with the music.
October 22, 2011 5th Annual Spice Up Your Southern Accent Chili Cook-Off - Pine Bluff, AR
Proceeds from this event will help fund programs that benefit Children's Hunger/Nutrition in the Jefferson County Community.
October 28-29, 2011 29th Annual Arkansas Bean Fest and Championship Outhouse Races
Mountain View, Arkansas
Through the years, the festival has proved itself one of the most exciting and outrageous around, drawing thousands to the small Ozarks town for music, pinto beans and cornbread, and the spectacle created by the outhouse racing teams.
October 29, 2011 35th Annual Grand Prairie Rice Festival - Hazen, Arkansas
Antique farm machinery parade and show; mini-tractor pull, southern gospel music show, youth and children's attractions, food booths and other vendors.
November 19-26, 2011 76th Annual Duck Festival - Stuttgart, Arkansas
World's Championship Duck Calling Contest; Wings Over the Prairie Festival; Duck Gumbo Cook-Off
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