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June 2025 brings entertaining and interesting festivals to the forefront of the Arkansas event calendar. Have you ever attended the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival in Warren? The festival has a unique history and would make for the perfect day trip to experience Arkansas culture and history. The World Championship Running of the Tubs event in Hot Springs is sure to bring a smile or laugh! Plus, who doesn’t love a good Cheese Dip championship? There will also be music festivals, car shows and fishing derbies to attend. June 2025 festivals in Arkansas will be packed full of fun for anyone. Get out and enjoy the Natural State.
World Championship Running of the Tubs | Hot Springs
The World Championship Running of the Tubs in Hot Springs is sure to provide entertainment as you watch costumed teams push customized bathtubs on wheels down Historic Bathhouse Row in hopes to win a prize. This event is FREE, family-friendly and the cleanest fun in town! The bathtub must be full of water at the start of the race and have at least 10 gallons of water left in the tub at the finish line. If that isn’t hard enough, each bath attendant must carry one of 4 items (bar of soap, bathmat, loofah mitt and bath towel) throughout the entire race and present all items at the end of the race. Make plans to attend this zany event!
Location: Hot Springs
Date: June 7
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Pig Trail Mud Run | Springdale
June 7 is the annual Pig Trail Mud Run. If you think getting wet and dirty sounds fun, and you love to be mentally and physically challenged, then this is the race for you! You can pig out on food and cold drinks and enjoy some great entertainment at the recovery picnic. Even if you don’t like the idea of running the race yourself, come out and join the picnic anyway. The course features extreme hills, underbrush and lots of trees, a stream bed and ponds. Bring your piglets and let them wallow and play in the mud while you run. Kids ages 4 through 10 are invited to play in the mud, squirt each other with water, and do a number of other fun, muddy activities.
Venue: Ecclesia College
Date: June 7
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Lum & Abner Festival | Mena
The LUM & ABNER Festival is Mena’s signature event and takes place the first weekend in June. Live entertainment is an emphasis of this festival as well as arts and crafts, great food, an impressive Lum & Abner car, truck, and motorcycle show, a playground for the kids with bounce houses, a 5K Run/Walk and more! If you haven’t ever explored Mena, this festival weekend would be a perfect time!
Location: Janssen Park
Date: June 6-7
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Little Rock World Cheese Dip Championship | Little Rock
The World Cheese Dip Championship is a Little Rock staple, drawing contestants from across the state—and even the country—as they vie for the top title. Whether you’re a die-hard fan of the traditional cheese dip or you’re excited to try new, creative versions, this is the place to indulge.
Location: Dickey-Stephens Park
Date: June 7
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Arkansas Highland Games | Mt. Vernon
Come test your might and marvel at feats of strength at the Arkansas Highland Games. Pulling from Scottish tradition, Highland Games will include caber toss, stone throw, hammer throw, and much more with various classes for all competition levels. Head to this event and enjoy the Calling of the Clans, wonderful food and vendors, and amazing performances and spectacles of strength this June!
Location: Mt. Vernon, AR
Date: June 7-8
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Turkey Track Bluegrass Festival | Waldron
Located in the beautiful Ouachita Mountains near Waldron, Arkansas, Turkey Track Bluegrass Park is one of the largest bluegrass festivals west of the Mississippi. Bring the whole family and enjoy wholesome family entertainment!
Location: Waldron
Date: June 12-14
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Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival | Warren
Farmers in Bradley County have been raising tomatoes for sale since the 1920s. They chose a variety of tomato that would ship well if picked when the tops of the fruit just barely turned pink. In 1956, a group of Warren merchants decided to host an event to celebrate the tomato industry and to help promote business in the area. From this, the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival was born! The Pink Tomato Festival attracts 35,000 people each year from all over the country and has received recognition from state, national, and international levels. Fun facts: Every Arkansas governor serving since 1956 has attended the festival. The Bradley County Pink Tomato was designated the state’s official fruit and vegetable by the Arkansas Legislature in 1987.
Location: Warren, AR
Date: June 13-14
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Surf the Bay Water Sports Festival | Fairfield Bay
Head to Fairfield Bay this June to enjoy food trucks, live music and water sports at the Fairfield Bay Marina. It will be fun for the whole family. Surf the Bay is a day all about water. This free event will feature wakesurfing, flyboarding, paddle boarding, kayaking, and family-fun water slides, so no matter your age or skill level, grab a board and join in the fun! There will be top water sports professionals at the festival, who will wow you with stunts and tricks on the water.
Location: Fairfield Bay Marina
Date: June 14
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67th Annual Petit Jean Swap Meet and Show | Petit Jean Mountain
In its 67th year, this Father’s Day weekend show features cars from the turn of the 19th century to the 1980s, with hundreds of collectible automobiles for sale and over 1,000 vendors selling car parts, related items and food! If you love checking out antique cars as well as hot rods, then you need to make plans to head to Petit Jean Mountain in June. There will be a Swap Meet, Car Corral and two car shows. In addition to the cars, there will be a host of vendors to check out. Spending a day on Petit Jean Mountain is always a fun day.
Location: Petit Jean Mountain
Date: June 11-14
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Jacksonville Fishing Derby | Jacksonville
Lots of hungry fish will be biting at the annual youth fishing derby at the Jacksonville Shooting Sports Complex Lake. Fishing enthusiasts, ages 15 and under, are invited to join in the morning of fun and fishing. Prizes will be given!
Location: Jacksonville
Date: June 14
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Ozark Mountain Rumble Rally | Rogers
The Rumble Rally is a custom bike show event for bike lovers. There will be vendors and live music. Check it out!
Location: Rogers
Date: June 19-22
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Rock The Country Festival | Little Rock
Rock The Country is a two-day event that will bring the best of both worlds, rock and country, together in uniting the country legend, Kid Rock, and the ultimate rockstars, Nickelback. With the country and rock genres joining forces, Rock The Country will truly be rocking the country all summer long.
Location: Arkansas State Fairgrounds
Date: June 20-21
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Juneteenth in Da Rock | Little Rock
The state’s largest Juneteenth celebration kicks off with the 2nd annual Juneteenth 5K walk/run at 7 a.m. The center’s annual festival, which takes place on historic W. Ninth Street, starts at noon. More than 100 food and merchant vendors will be on site. Other attractions include an outdoor kid zone, an indoor education station, a live music stage and more. There will also be spots for people to bring their own chairs to enjoy music.
Location: Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Date: June 21
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Buffalo River Elk Festival | Jasper
The Buffalo River Elk Festival celebrates the Buffalo National River, the conservation efforts of the area and the great outdoors. The festival is complete with drawings for elk permits, an elk calling contest, food and craft vendors, live music, a fishing derby, a Dutch oven cook-off, a pageant and running with the Elk 5K. After the festivities of the day, nothing is better than settling in your lawn chair listening to talented musicians with a refreshing lemonade in one hand and your favorite festival food in the other. Kick back and relax Saturday evening with a grand finale of fireworks over the stage!
Location: Jasper
Date: June 27-28
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Magic Springs Concert Series | Hot Springs
Summertime means Magic Springs is open and ready to be a destination point as a water and theme park along with the summer concert series. All the concerts are free with one-day admission or season pass! Check out the concert lineup for June!
June 7- Phil Wickham
June 14- Clay Walker
June 21- Tauren Wells
June 28- Jesse McCartney
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Walmart Music Pavilion Cox Concert Series | Rogers
Summertime is upon us in Arkansas and that means a lot of outdoor music events for the Cox Concert Series. The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion has a full line up with different genres. Which one of these would be your top pick to attend? There are still tickets available for some of these.
June 4- Simple Minds
June 5- Thomas Rhett
June 8- The Black Keys
June 14- Bailey Zimmerman
June 19- Luke Bryan
June 20- TobyMac
June 23- Def Leppard
June 28- Old Dominion
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Minor League Baseball in Arkansas
Arkansas is fortunate to be home to two minor league baseball clubs. The Arkansas Travelers, affiliated with the Seattle Mariners, in North Little Rock, Arkansas. The Northwest Arkansas Naturals are based out of Springdale and are an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Attending the games of these ball clubs is always fun because they have activities for the crowds, themed nights and of course, ballpark food. Take time this month to head to a game with friends or family.
Arkansas Travelers Baseball
Date: Date: Home Games will be June 1, 10-15, 17-22
Venue: Dickey-Stephens Park (North Little Rock)
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Arkansas Naturals Baseball
Date: Home Games will be June 3-8, 17-22
Venue: Arvest Ballpark (Springdale)
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