Events

The 9th Annual Arkansas STEM Festival in Little Rock introduces youth to science, technology, engineering, and math with more than 100 exciting demonstrations and hands-on activities.

Cheer on 12,000+ runners or volunteer for at the Little Rock Marathon, which Runner’s World has called one of the 10 Great Marathons for First-Timers.

Start the New Year off on the right foot, and then the left foot, by hiking through the hills and hollows of Lake Fort Smith State Park.

Arkansas’s Mountain View Fall Bluegrass Festival returns for its 20th year from Nov. 10-12 at the Ozark Folk Center Auditorium & Grounds.

Imagine taking apart a toaster, throwing clay on a wheel or exploring how heavy machinery works. At Tinkerfest 2022, visitors won’t have to.

The 46th annual Hope Watermelon Festival takes place August 11-13 with food, fun, and friends.

The 36th Annual Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day will showcase the first-ever matchup between No. 21-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks and Penn State’s Nittany Lions.

December in Arkansas means holiday lights at the State Capitol.

As the entertainment industry recovers from the pandemic, TicketSearch is seeking to elevate the industry and empower clients with affordable solutions.

Fall, fiddles and folk music will fill the air at the Ozark Folk Festival in Eureka Springs, Nov. 6-10. Now in its 72nd year, the event is the country’s longest continuously running folk festival.

Fans of food, fellowship and fun rejoice. The 9th annual Main Street Food Truck Festival is right around the corner. Featuring more than 50 trucks and vendors along Main Street and Capitol Avenue in downtown Little Rock, the event has hosted approximately 45,000 people annually since 2016.

As central Arkansas residents patiently await the 9th annual Main Street Food Truck Festival later this year, those in Northwest Arkansas can enjoy some of the region’s best cuisines, ingredients, restaurants and chefs this month at BITE NW Arkansas.

With a mission to inspire social and economic change in Arkansas, The Venture Center in Little Rock provides an extensive network of people and resources to help early-stage companies. The nonprofit is always looking for ways to educate and collaborate. Here are some of the organization’s events this month:

As the International Greek Food Festival enters its 35th year of food and fun in Little Rock on May 17-19, we sat down with an expert who told us everything there is to know.

The Central Arkansas Library System’s status as a leader in community involvement will be further solidified with this weekend’s 16th annual Arkansas Literary Festival. Sessions, panels and workshops with authors, cooking workshops, concerts and many other exciting events headline this year’s lineup.

Yoga, an exercise method primarily used to sharpen one’s own body and mind, will be a method for helping others next month in Little Rock. Donna Terrell’s Yoga Warriors will be hosting its sixth annual Fighting Colon Cancer event on April 20 at the DoubleTree hotel in downtown Little Rock.

As Northwest Arkansas continues to provide outlets for aspiring entrepreneurs, Fayetteville is set to host Techstars Startup Weekend during the first weekend in April. The event, which includes one-on-one time with mentors and networking opportunities, provides a surefire way to cultivate your pitch for solving educational, environmental, financial, social or other issues.

Two of Broadway’s most famous musicals are among the attractions for the upcoming season at Robinson Center Music Hall. “Wicked” (Jan. 1-19) and “Cats” (June 5-7, 2020) headline the five-act season which begins with Jimmy Buffet’s “Escape to Margaritaville” on Nov. 1.

While the 91st Academy Awards ceremony has come and gone, the movie celebration in Little Rock continues. The theme of this year’s annual Downtown Dash 10K/5K race hosted by the Junior League of Little Rock is “Movie Madness,” with all participants encouraged to dress as their favorite movie character.

Keep those black ties and dresses in the closet for the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming Beethoven and Blue Jeans performance April 13 and 14 at the Robinson Center.

As the temperature slowly starts to rise and spring approaches, there’s no shortage of upcoming events in Little Rock. Here are a few to consider in the coming weeks:

Northwest Arkansas residents with a brilliant idea will soon have an avenue to share it. The IdeaFame Live contest, coming to Fayetteville on Feb. 21, is an event that gives innovators, entrepreneurs and dreamers an opportunity to pitch their businesses, products, services and solutions.

The next featured speakers at the Clinton School of Public Service will be serving up the big impact of smaller housing. John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin, co-hosts of “Tiny House Nation,” are scheduled to speak to the public at 6 p.m. on Feb. 1 at Sturgis Hall.

The Clinton School of Public Service announced its lecture series schedule for October.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 821 million people in the world still suffer from hunger even though the world produces enough food to feed everyone. So, what can you do about it? Support World Food Day.

The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is bringing “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” to Robinson Performance Hall Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. The symphony, created by the French composer Paul Dukas, is based on a 1797 poem written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

The inaugural Little Rock Night Market kicks off at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, at The Bernice Garden on Little Rock’s Main Street. The market provides a platform for local chefs, startups, artists and entrepreneurs to showcase their imaginations and strengthen the local economy by creating a space that encourage shoppers to buy local. According to coordinators, vendors at the Little Rock Night Market are 100% local.

Thea Paves the Way, Thea Foundation’s annual sidewalk chalk event, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, on the front lawn of the Clinton Presidential Library. The community event invites children and adults to join together and create vibrant chalk-based artwork all over the sidewalks.

Make this fall one to remember by attending a fun fall festival. Here’s a list of Arkansas festivals you should attend:

Arkansas Cinema Society is hosting Filmland August 23-26, which will showcase several Arkansas films alongside big name films and epic after-parties.