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 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.

Schedule of Events:

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

Date: September 5 - 8, 2024

Location: Eureka Springs Auditorium, 36 South Main Street, Eureka Springs, AR 72632

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