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Stringband Music & Arts Festival
Mountain View, AR · Music
- When
- October 9–10, 2026
- Where
- Ozark Highlands Theater, Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1032 Park Ave · Mountain View · AR
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
A weekend of old-time string band performances at the Ozark Folk Center State Park's Ozark Highlands Theater in Mountain View. Regional string bands play sets across two days as part of the park's fall concert programming, reflecting the town's standing as a hub for traditional Ozark music.
The history within reach
- Bluegrass & Fried Chicken Festivalsame spot
A themed evening concert at the Ozark Folk Center State Park's Ozark Highlands Theater in Mountain View, pairing bluegrass performances with a fried chicken supper.
- Stringband Music & Arts Festivalsame spot
A weekend of old-time string band performances at the Ozark Folk Center State Park's Ozark Highlands Theater in Mountain View.
A fall bluegrass festival at the Ozark Folk Center State Park's Ozark Highlands Theater in Mountain View, run by the Mountain View Bluegrass Association.
- The Ozark Folk Centersame spot
A state park built to keep Ozark craft and music being practised rather than displayed, blacksmiths, coopers and broom-makers working, and old-time musicians playing nightly on instruments made on site.
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.