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Original Ozark Folk Festival

Eureka Springs invites you to the 78th Original Ozark Folk Festival on September 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Our Ozark Heritage will be highlighted this year with regional music, dance, and arts. The headliners include the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, The Steel Wheels, The HillBenders, and Handmade Moments! You won’t want to miss the Old Time Community Dance in Basin Park, as well as folk dance and music workshops.  Our Singer Songwriter Contest will showcase up-and-coming Ozark songwriters. Enjoy the Folk Fair in Basin Park with Ozark artists and Craftspeople on Friday and Saturday. Come to Eureka’s Original Ozark Folk Festival for three nights and three days of folk, fun, and music.

Festival Main Stage

Friday, September 5th

The Historic Auditorium

7:00pm Winner of the Songwriting Contest

7:45pm Handmade Moments

9pm The HillBenders

Saturday, September 6th

The Historic Auditorium

7:30pm Steel Wheels &

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Festival Schedule

Thursday, September 4th

The Historic Auditorium

6pm Hedgehoppers with Still on the Hill

 

7:30pm Barefoot Ball

Front Porch 

Patti Steel

Friday, September 5th

Basin Spring Park

11-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

11:30am The Mountain Gysies

1:00pm Songwriting Contest Finalists

2:30pm March to August

3:30pm Songwriting Winners Announced

3:45pm The Korey McKelvy Duo

5:00pm Matt Axton and Bad Moon

Saturday, September 6th

Basin Spring Park

11-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

11am Jig dance & Traditional

Percussion Workshop

12:30pm Mountain Alice

1:45pm Meadow Makers

3:00pm The Bayard Band

4:15pm The Creek Rocks

5:30pm Community Square Dance

with the Old 78s.

The Auditorium Lower Level

12:30pm Old Time Square

Dance Workshop with Steve Green

Sponsors

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Music Lineup

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Steel Wheels

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The Hillbenders

Ozark Mountain Dare Devils

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Handmade Moments

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Patti Steel Band

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Matt Axton + Bad Moon

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Front Porch Band

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Mountain Alice

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March to August

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The Mountain Gypsies

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The Korey McKelvy Duo

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Meadow Makers

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The Bayard BlainBand

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Workshops in Folk percussion & Jig Country Dance

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The Creek Rocks

Still on the Hill

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