Downtown Bentonville
First Friday - May
Art & Nature Festival |
Every first Friday of the month from March through November, the Downtown Bentonville Square is transformed into a giant block party for the entire community.
Great food, live music, children’s activities, gallery openings and more!
Each month is themed differently, so explore this page to find out more information.
The First Friday event includes a lunch concert from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, with the full First Friday extravaganza from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm.
This Month on the Main Stage :
11:30 am. – Carter Sampson
5:00 pm – Carter Sampson
6:00 pm – Jayme Stone’s Room of Wonders
7:00 pm – Brick Fields Band.
On the street @ 5:30pm – Dinosaur Petting Zoo.
The 2013 First Friday season is generously supported by the Bentonville Convention and Visitors Bureau, Walton Arts Center and the Walmart Visitor Center.
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Delbert McClinton at Walton Arts Center - Sunday, May 5 |
Returning to Walton Arts Center for the first time since his much-loved Valentine’s Day performance in 2010, Delbert McClinton is set to deliver another powerful performance to his highly devoted Arkansas audience.
The upcoming show features some of McClinton’s classic hits as well as plenty of new songs from his more recent albums.
McClinton, a three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, has left his footprint on many different areas in the music industry during a career that spans more than five decades. As front-man for a 1960s bar band called The Straightjackets, McClinton honed his craft by backing such blues greats as Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins and Jimmy Reed. He continued to polish his musical skill-set while playing with countless musicians and recording various albums during the ‘70s and ‘80s. McClinton won his first Grammy in 1991 for a duet with Bonnie Raitt titled “Good Man, Good Woman.” After a stellar decade, he carried his success into the 2000s by winning two Grammys in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category – for his LPs Nothing Personal in 2001 and The Cost of Living in 2006.
McClinton’s show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25-$75 and are available by calling 443-5600 or via www.waltonartscenter.org.
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Fayetteville Springfest 2013 Postponed |
Due to the freakish weather we had today and weather expected tomorrow, we are postponing our event for a few weeks.
We will keep you posted on the future date and expect this event to be bigger than ever!
Fayetteville Springfest began in 1983 by merchants on Dickson Street as a way to celebrate the history, culture, and flavor of Fayetteville. The festival quickly became a late-April staple each year featuring a pancake breakfast, lots of live music, kid-friendly activities, arts and crafts vendors and the annual “bed races” where teams of participants put together their own racing beds and wheel them up Dickson Street.
After a year off last year, Springfest is back, and we think the festival will be better than ever in 2013. Watch for the rescheduled date.
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Music Calendar
5/03 - 5/11 |
5.3
- Big Uns, Got it Covered at George's Happy Hour
- The Fresco Jazz Trio at Fresco Cafe & Pub in Fayetteville - 6:00pm
- All Star Quintet at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
- Claudia Burson Trio in the Union Lounge located at the Chancellor Hotel in Fayetteville
- T J Scarlet at Jose's in Fayetteville
- The Artistry of the Guitar - Steve Davidson, Ken Bonfield and Danny Dozier at the Underground in Fayetteville - $15
- Brick Fields Band - 1st Friday Bentonville Square 7pm
- Straight Line at the Bayou in Rogers
- 540 North at Acoustic Mud in Bella Vista
- Isayah's Allstars at the Rowdy Beaver in Eureka Springs
5.4
- Cadillac Jackson at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
- Fayetteville Springfest
- Jed Clampit at Jose's in Fayetteville
- Prince Albert & the Knights at Jose's in Springdale
- Brick Fields Duo - Trail Mix Concert Tour - Nadine Baum Studio Plaza - Fayetteville 10am - noon
- Brick Fields Duo - Trail Mix Concert our - Tulip Tree Trail at Crystal Bridges - Bentonville 3pm - 5pm
5.5
- Delbert McClinton at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville
- Ben Miller Band at Geroge's in Fayetteville
- Claudia Burson at Copelands Sunday Brunch in Rogers - 11am to 1pm
- Jazz Duos at Emelia's Kitchen Sunday Brunch in Fayetteville
- Keith Nicholson at the Bayou in Rogers
5.6
- Russ Hutchison at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville
5.7
- The Longest running Blues Jam in Northwest Arkansas featuring the Larrys at the Bayou in Rogers
- Jed Climpit at the Pesto Cafe in Fayetteville
- Gary Huchison at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville
5.8
- Jazz with Adam Collins, Johny Arredondo and Drew Packard at Arsaga's on Dickson in Fayetteville
- Brick Fields a Bear's Place in Fayetteville - 6pm
5.9
- 34th Annual Blues Music Award in Memphis - live broadcast on Sirius/XM - Bluesville - 8:30pm
- Mo Brothers at JJ's Grill & Chill in Fayetteville
5.10
- The Odds and Ultra Suede at George's Happy Hour
- Mr Blue at Jose's in Fayetteville
- The Fresco Jazz Trio at Fresco Cafe & Pub in Fayetteville - 6:00pm
- Claudia Burson Trio in the Union Lounge located at the Chancellor Hotel in Fayetteville
- Strange Deranger at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
- Dead Irish Blues at the Tanglewood Branch Beer Company in Fayetteville
- Matt Smith at the Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville
- Wiskey Grin at the Bayou in Rogers
5.11
- Keith Nicholson at Kingfish Dive Bar in Fayetteville
- Red Barn Rramblers at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville
- Isayah's Allstars at Jose's in Fayetteville
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Ozark Blues Society Membership |
Help Build a Better and Bigger Blues Community in Northwest Arkansas with an Ozark Blues Society Membership
Click Here to see what it's all about!
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On this day in Blues History
May 3 |
Booker T & The MGs – Time is Tight
Edwin Hawkins Singers – Oh Happy Day
Listen here..>>
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"I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peaceful. Funny, but the more hurtin' the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin' the blues myself, but I'm writing them for other people who have a hard life."
Chris Isaak
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The 34th Annual Blues Music Awards |
On Thursday, May 9, The Blues Foundation with host the 34th Annual Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN
Last chance to buy your tickets or table here.
The complete list of nominees is here .
You can reserve your room at the Marriott here.
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3rd Annual Stomp the Blues out of Homelessness Festival
May 18,2013
Springfield, Mo
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ST LOUIS.
MAY 24-26, 2013
MEMORIAL WEEKEND
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2013 Eureka Springs Blues Weekend |
Another Great Line up this year coming to the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend - June 13 - 16, 2013
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