Festivals and Special Events around
Mountain View, Arkansas
Plan on staying as busy as you
like while visiting Mountain View. There are plenty of fun filled
family activites throughout the year and festivals that appeal
to music lovers, art connoisseurs, and fun loving folks in general.
Most every festival or event seems to involve folk, mountain or
bluegrass music in same way.
Beanfest & Great Championship Outhouse Races
Arkansas Folk Festival The oldest festival is the 45th
Annual Arkansas Folk Festival, held in the glorious spring, this
year on April 19th - 21st, 2007. A highlight of this festival is
an old fashioned "home-town" parade, which brings out school
bands, patriotic veterans groups, dudded-up horses, and decorated
floats of all sorts.
Beanfest and the Great
Championship Outhouse Race! If filling up on beans and cornbread
and then cheering wildly decorated outhouses as they careen down
the street sounds like fun, then the Beanfest
and the Great Championship Outhouse Race, the last Saturday
in October is for you. There is plenty of pickin' on the Square
to be found during The Beanfest, in addition to a talent show,
craft booths throughout town, and great beans & cornbread
for all. [Click here for more...]
Schedule
of Activities
in Mountain View: [For more events
and informationplease
click here...]
Bluegrass Festival Bluegrass fans will find festivals
devoted to this increasingly popular type of music in both mid-March
and mid-November. The many activities of the Mountain
View Bluegrass Festival are planned indoors, in case the
weather chooses not to cooperate! Both Bluegrass festivals are developing
a reputation for attracting top notch national music groups.
An Old Time Gathering on the Square Mountain View celebrates our
Fourth of July with an Old Time Gathering on the Square. Each year
leading up to the Fourth Mountain View is home to parades, live
music, fun games for families including a children’s fishing
tournament and of course, FIREWORKS! Click here for this year's events...
Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour Mountain View is chock full of some
of the most talented artisans in the country and the Off
the Beaten Path Studio TourSeptember
14, 15, & 16, 2007,
is a unique way to see their work. A free self guided tour takes
you to the studios of these artisans, where you can watch them
create their amazing works of art. It's a great way to see the
beautiful scenery of the countryside, too.
Please
register at the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce starting on Thursday,
September 13th, 2007.
Super Cruise 2007 in Mountain View Arkansas The
fun begins on Friday, (dates to be announced later) - bring your
poodle skirt and roll up those blue jeans. The show continues on
Saturday with a fun filled cruise and
ends on Sunday with church service and door prize drawing. [More...]
Caroling in the Caverns 2007 Blanchard
Springs Caverns is the setting for Caroling
in the Caverns, performed during the holidays, the first
three weekends in December. Talented area musicians perform
traditional carols in the cathedral like atmosphere. One visitor
said it best,
"I was underground, but never felt closer to heaven." The
2007 schedule will be announced later.
Seems as if there is always something special
going on in Mountain View, so be sure and check the Schedule
of Activities to find out what's happening when you are
planning a visit to the area.
