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Original Ozark
Folk Festival

September 5th-7th, 2024
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Original Ozark
Folk Festival

The Original Ozark Festival is ready for its 77th year with a new date and more music and workshops than ever before. The longest-running folk festival in America is excited to announce its September 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th lineup.  This year we celebrate the Strings in the Springs with workshops for fingerpicking, flat-picking, uke and mandolin, as well as jig dancing & spoons. The Ozark Songwriting competition is back showcasing songwriters from all over the country. 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 music, fun, and folk.

Music Lineup

Event Schedule

Thursday, September 5th

The Historic Auditorium

8pm Barefoot Ball with Chucky Waggs and His Company of Raggs with Jesse Dean

Friday, September 6th

The Historic Auditorium

7:30pm Ozark Mountain Daredevils

and The Creek Rocks

Basin Spring Park

12-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

1:00pm Songwriter Contest

2:15pm Richard Gilewitz

3:30pm Dandelion Heart

5:00pm Undergrass Boys

Main Stage Community Center

11-7pm Albert Skiles Photo Exhibit of 1973 Ozark Mountain Folkfair

5pm Evening Concert with Tim May & Richard Gilewitz

Main Stage Community Center Workshops

12pm Fingerpicking with Richard Gilewitz

1pm Flatpicking with Tim May

2pm Mandolin with Tim May

4pm Ukulele with Richard Gilewitz

Saturday, September 7th

The Historic Auditorium

7:30pm The Elders and Matt The Electrician

Basin Spring Park

11-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

11am Jeff Cannon

12:15pm Richard Gilewitz & Tim May

1:30pm The Creek Rocks

2:45pm Billy Yank & Johnny Reb

4pm Mountain Alice

5:15pm Shannon Wurst

Main Stage Community Center

11-6pm Albert Skiles Photo Exhibit of 1973 Ozark Mountain Folkfair

12pm Albert Skiles' Photo Exhibit Reception with Refreshments 

2pm Aaron Smith and Still on the Hill

5pm Evening Concert with Tim May & Richard Gilewitz

Auditorium Workshops

11am Folk Rocks with Keith Symanowitz

12:30pm Jig Dance with Keith Symanowitz

Sponsors

The Elders

The Creek Rocks

Ozark Mountain Dare Devils

Dandelion Heart

Undergrass Boys

Shannon Wurst

Jesse Dean

Mountain Alice

Brick Fields Band

Matt The Electrician

Keith Symanowitz

Aaron Smith

Tim May

Jeff Cannon

Richard Gilewitz

Still on the Hill

Sponsored by Arkansas Music Works, Gotahold Brewery, and The Gravel Bar

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