Bean Fest & Great Arkansas Championship Outhouse Races

Mountain View, AR · Quirky

When: October 23–24, 2026
Where: Downtown Courthouse Square · Mountain View · AR
Cost: Not confirmed
Status: Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

An annual fall festival on the courthouse square in Mountain View built around a communal pot of beans, cooked in cast iron over open fire, and a race of hand-built, human-powered outhouses down Main Street. Now in its fifth decade, it draws costumed teams competing for gold, silver and bronze toilet-seat trophies and has been covered by national outlets as one of Arkansas's stranger traditions.

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