Calendar of EventsAprilTBA: Possum Stampede & 5K Run, Lake Catherine State ParkTBA: Diamond Pageant, Murfreesboro TBA: Festival of Two Rivers, Arkadelphia: Crafts, music, entertainment, games, and sporting events TBA: College Jazz Fest, Hot Springs TBA: Barbershop Concert, Hot Springs 4: Easter Egg Hunts, Lake Catherine State Park & Lake Ouachita State Park 11-15: Racing Festival of the South, Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs: Seven classic days of racing, inaugurated in 1974 15: Arkansas Derby, Oaklawn Park, Hot Springs 15-16: Creepy Crawly Cold-Blooded Creatures, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 17: Wildflower Week, Lake Catherine State Park 21-23: Easter Ecstasy, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 23: Easter in the Park, Hot Springs: Egg hunt, bonnet contest, musical entertainment & kids' art lessons 24: Barbershop Concert, Hot Springs 27-30: Malvern Arts & Crafts Fair, Fairgrounds 28-30: Wildflower Wanderings, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia MayTBA: Womble Trail: Mountain Bike Race, N.O.R.B.A. Sanctioned, Mount IdaTBA: Crash Bird Course, Lake Catherine State Park TBA: Diamond Festival, Murfreesboro TBA: Arkansas Celebration of the Arts, Hot Springs TBA: Downtown Taste Festival, Hot Springs TBA: Hot Springs Music Festival: Young professional musicians & mentors, free evening concerts May-December: Lake Catherine Tag Fishing Derby, Malvern 8-9: Civil War Re-enactment, Mount Ida 12-14: Hot Springs Chamber Street Painting Festival JuneTBA: National Lum & Abner Society Convention, Pine Ridge1-30: Celebration & Exhibitions, Artists' Workshop, Hot Springs 10: Charley Weaver Day, Mount Ida 14-18: Miss Arkansas Pageant, Hot Springs 18: Jr. Fishing Fest, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 19: John Huddleston Day, Crater of Diamonds State Park, Murfreesboro 19-22: Arkansas Extension Homemakers Council, Hot Springs 22-24: Brickfest XX, Malvern: Celebrating Brick Capital of the World, games, sporting events, fishing and horseshoe tournaments, beauty pageants, and live entertainment JulyTBA: Christmas in July, Murfreesboro1-31: Celebration & Exhibitions, Artists' Workshop, Hot Springs SeptemberTBA: Hot Springs Business ExpoTBA: Gem, Mineral & Jewelry Show, Murfreesboro: Dealers from all over U.S., food & entertainment 5-9: Hot Spring County Fair & Rodeo, Fairgrounds, Malvern 7-11: Pike County Fair, Glenwood 8-10: Hot Springs Jazz & Blues Festival: Free admission, featured entertainers for the whole family 9: DeGray Lake Shoreline Cleanup, Arkadelphia 9-12: Arkansas Senior Olympics, Hot Springs 11: Garland County Fair Parade, Hot Springs 11-15: Clark County Fair & Rodeo, Fairgrounds, Arkadelphia 11-16: Garland County Fair & Rodeo, Fairgrounds, Hot Springs 24-26: Caddo River Sawmill Days, Glenwood: Honoring Glenwood's sawmill heritage, arts, crafts, logging & equipment demonstrations 29-October 1: Hot Springs Kennel Dog Show 30: Hook, Line & Sinker Fishing Derby, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 30-October 3: Miss Hot Springs Pageant October2: Spa City Blues Society Blues Fest, Hot Springs6-8: Hot Springs Arts & Crafts Fair, Garland County Fairgrounds 7-8: Street Rod Car Show, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 12-14: World's Championship Quartz Crystal Dig, Mount Ida 13-15: Autumn Avian Affair, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 13-15: Quartz, Quiltz, Craftz Festival, Mount Ida: Gem & mineral show, quilts, quilting bee, crafts, food & crystal dig, free 13-21: World Wide Church of God, Hot Springs 13-22: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival: continuous screening of Academy Award nominated & winning short & feature length documentaries 19-21: Arkansas Oktoberfest, Hot Springs: German theme, features bands, food, and folk dancing 20-26: Fall Foliage Freenzy, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 22: Volksmarsch, Guided Hike, Hot Springs National Park 26-28, 31: Haunted House of Horrors, Hot Springy Dingy, Hot Springs 27-29: Civil War Weekend, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 28: Forest Festival, Gurdon 29-31: Tower of Terror, Hot Springs Mountain Tower 30-31: Allen Bowles Gun & Knife Show, Hot Springs 31: Halloween Bonfire & Owl Prowl, Lake Ouachita State Park NovemberTBA: Tiger Tunes & Homecoming, Ouachita Baptist University, ArkadelphiaTBA: Sportsfest '00, Hot Springs TBA: Homecoming, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia TBA: Garland County Courthouse Lighting, Hot Springs TBA: Holiday Open House & Annual Holiday Lighting, Hot Springs 3-4: Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair, Fairgrounds, Malvern 3-7: Arkansas Celebration of the Arts, Hot Springs: with a performing arts focus 10-11: Razorback Clock Collectors, Hot Springs 22-25: Thanksgiving Get-Away, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Arkadelphia 24-25: Dinner Theater, presented by Repertory Theater, Hot Springs 24-25: Winter Wonderland Arts & Crafts, Hot Springs 24-January 1: Holiday in the Park, Hot Springs: Choral festival, luminarias, lighting of downtown historic district, and live nativity 24-January 3: Iron Mountain Christmas, Iron Mountain Lodge & Marina, Arkadelphia 25: Iron Mountain Holiday Flotilla, DeGray Lake, Arkadelphia DecemberTBA: Carol of Lights, Henderson State University, ArkadelphiaTBA: Courthouse Square Lighting, Mount Ida TBA: Jaycee's Christmas Parade, Downtown Hot Springs TBA: Madrigal Feaste, Henderson State University, Arkadelphia TBA: Taste of Christmas: Festival of Lights, Murfreesboro TBA: Festival of Christmas, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia TBA: Luminaries, Hot Springs TBA: Old-Fashioned Candlelight Walk, Hot Springs TBA: Christmas Parade, Mount Ida 2: Christmas Parade, Magnet Cove 2: Candlelight Service, Hot Springs 2, 9 & 16: Iron Mountain Holiday Flotilla, DeGray Lake, Arkadelphia 7: Christmas Parade, Malvern 7: Christmas Parade, Arkadelphia 8-9: Krus International Car Auction, Hot Springs 31: New Year's Eve Festival Party & Dance, Hot Springs *Dates subject to change without notice. For more information, contact the Hot Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau, (501) 321-2277/1-800-SPA-CITY or local area chamber of commerce.
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