What’s Happening at the Ozark Folk Center State Park April 14-20th? Join us for an amazing week!

by | Apr 13, 2015 | Travel Tips

What is happening at Ozark Folk Center State Park this week?

Music Roots Opens Concert Season

Enjoy an evening of entertainment on April 16, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Large Auditorium as our Music Roots students perform. The Music Roots concert will highlight the musical talents of all the area students. “It’s one of our more popular shows. Groups like Possum Juice, who play in the Craft Village this on Saturday, participated in the  Music Roots program and are now regulars on our nightly shows,” said Daren Dortin, Music Director.

Music Roots is a unique music program that allows interested students from across Stone County, Arkansas a chance to learn the traditional string band folk music of the Ozarks. The Music Roots program in Stone County is sponsored by The Committee of 100, The Mountain View Bluegrass Association, The Mountain View School District and the Ozark Folk Center.
During the school year, skilled instructors provide youth with classes in traditional folk instruments: guitar, banjo, autoharp and fiddle. Classes are held during the school day to help students and parents. This innovative program is creating a generation of young folk musicians. These young people are already performing music that came from Europe with the pioneers. These same students will one day be able to pass this music along to future generations.

Music Roots Concert starts at 6:30 p.m. and the doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission to this concert is free. Click here to

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Craft Village Hosts Open House for Folk Festival

While you’re in Mountain View for the Folk Festival, make sure you take some time to visit the Ozark Folk Center State Park. Located just a mile off the Mountain View Courthouse Square, this Arkansas State Park was formed to keep the music, crafts and plant knowledge of the Ozark region alive. Admission to the Village is free for the Folk Festival Open House Friday and Saturday, April 17-18.

The Craft Village at the Ozark Folk Center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and offers more than 20 working shops with master crafts people who make their living creating and selling handcrafted items. The shops include a gunsmith who makes black powder rifles, a knife maker, quilter and many more.

There is plenty of parking in the big lot just off Jimmy Driftwood Parkway. The General Store offers  old-timey treats for to you enjoy while waiting for the bus. Make sure to relax and take time to visit the Audrey at the Visitor Information Center next door. Just sit right down and join her in some fine music or share some great stories.

When you’re ready, catch the shuttle up to the Homespun Gift Shop at the entrance to the Craft Village. The Gift Shop has consignments from crafts people from around the state, as well as tshirts and other Folk Center merchandise.
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Evening Concert Season Begins Friday, April 17

This year’s Ozark Folk Center evening concert series kicks off Friday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. with a concert featuring some of the areas finest young musicians including:
  • Clancey Ferguson & Friends
  • Upjumpers
  • Mary Parker & Friends
  • Lazy Goat Stringband
  • Possum Juice
This year concerts will be held Wednesday-Saturday through September and Tuesday-Saturday in October. Folk musicians of regional and national renown perform at the Ozark Folk Center’s evening concert programs, including 25 special feature concerts this season.
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This Week’s Skillet Restaurant Specials

Lunch Specials April 14-20
Served 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Taco Salad
served in a homemade tortilla bowl,
with refried beans, Pico De Gallo, lettuce, tomato,
fresh grilled hamburger, diced onion
$7.95
or
Stuffed Baked Potato
(baked potato cooked in kosher salt & seasoning)
stuffed with a grilled chicken breast & topped with cheese, bacon & chives.
$6.95
Evening Specials

FRIDAY NIGHT IN March & April

Seafood special: Fresh Herb Grilled Salmon & Shrimp, baked potato, hushpuppies

& a one trip salad
$15.95
SATURDAY NIGHT IN March & April
PRIME RIB: A fresh tender cut of Prime Beef marinated in fresh herb butter, sure to melt in your mouth served with a baked potato and one trip salad bar
$17.95
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Performing this Week

Tuesday, April 14
Noon Program –  Shawn Hoefer – Smitty the Cowboy Poet
Daytime Musicians – Glover Family

Wednesday, April 15
Noon Program –  Tina Marie Wilcox – Garden Tour
Daytime Musicians -Uncle Dave & Friends

Evening Concert – (evening concerts start on April 17, 2015)

Thursday, April 16

Noon Program -Obadiah T. Fassbinder and his modern medical miracle
Daytime Musicians – Mary Parker & Friends
Evening Concert – Music Roots Concert

 

Friday, April 17
Noon Program – Kathleen Connole – Native Plants and Peoples
Daytime Musicians – Whoa Mule!
Evening Concert –
  • Clancey Ferguson & Friends
  • Upjumpers
  • Mary Parker & Friends
  • Lazy Goat Stringband
  • Possum Juice

 

Saturday, April 18
Young Pioneers children 7-14 for more information click here
Noon Program – Jeanette Larson – Spinning Yarns
Daytime Musician – Possum Juice
Evening Concert –
  • Mulligan Stew
  • Clancey Ferguson & Friends
  • 5 South
  • Wiede Family
  • Charlie Sandage
Schedule Subject to Change
Craft Village- Open 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission $12.00 for adults and $7.00 for children 6-12, children under 6 are free. Family pass is $29.50.
A season pass includes both Crafts and Music $75 for adults and $35 for children 6-12.

Open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. – good old southern country cooking

Homespun Gift Shop

            Open 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. – featuring items from Arkansas crafters

Cabins at Dry Creek

Open daily & year-around for comfortable, quiet lodging

Loco Ropes

            Treetop Adventure open 7-days a week, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Noon program on the Bessie Moore Deck next to the School House

Daytime Musicians are located at the Blacksmith Stage…. Daytime Music 10:15 / 11:15 / 12:15 / 1:45 / 2:45 / 3:45

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