ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

Tickets

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Special Events

• Klipsch Auditorium
  206 West Avenue A and Elm Street • Hope, AR 71802
  870-777-7500
  This location is the site of several cultural events sponsored by the Southwest Arkansas Arts Council. The auditorium is available for rent for your special event.

Festivals & Fairs

• Hope Watermelon Festival
  Located at Fair Park
  870-777-3640
  Since the mid-1920s, this annual festival has captured the hearts of Hope, Arkansas families and visitors. It features numerous activities including numerous arts & crafts booths, food, a 5K race, seed-spitting contest, softball tournament, an antique engine show, antique car show, entertainment, and other family-oriented activities.
  Sponsored By: Hope Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce

• Hempstead County Fair
  Located at Hempstead County Fairgrounds
  870-777-7500
  Fun for all ages, this annual festival includes rides, contests, vendors, games, and great food!

• Bluegrass Festival
  200 South Main • Hope, AR 71801
  870-777-3640
  The May Bluegrass Festival in Hope offers the community a great opportunity to hear local and regional Bluegrass bands performing live in a fun, outdoor setting. Great food and RV sites are available.
  Sponsored By: Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce

• Annual Hope Watermelon Festival
  200 South Main • Hope, AR 71802
  Fair Park
  870-777-3640
  Southwest Arkansas' largest arts and crafts show, music, 5K race-walk- Ice cold watermelon by the Slice.

• Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival
  Fair Park
  870-777-3640
  The Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce sponsors Free Bluegrass Festivals at various times throughout the year including our big spring festival in May. Last May our show included The Hempstead County Melody Boys of Hope, Arkansas, High Mountain Grass of Magnolia, Arkansas, The Anderson Family of Mount Enterprise, Texas, Grass Fire of Foreman, Arkansas, Grand Prairie from Lonoke, Arkansas, The Hartley Family from Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Old School Bluegrass Band from Little Rock, Arkansas, Out of the Hills from Searcy, Arkansas and The Nichols from Fordyce, Arkansas.