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NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CREATIVE CALENDAR

A regional arts & culture events calendar.

ART * MUSIC * FASHION * THEATER * LITERATURE * PERFORMING ARTS * FOOD * COMEDY * DANCE

ART * MUSIC * FASHION * THEATER * LITERATURE * PERFORMING ARTS * FOOD * COMEDY * DANCE

ART * MUSIC * FASHION * THEATER * LITERATURE * PERFORMING ARTS * FOOD * COMEDY * DANCE

ART * MUSIC * FASHION * THEATER * LITERATURE * PERFORMING ARTS * FOOD * COMEDY * DANCE

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  • Time Loop by Klip Collective: A Forest Light Experience

    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR

    This fall, roam a world outside time as acclaimed studio Klip Collective uses light, sound, and state-of-the-art projection mapping to transform acres of Ozark nature into a one-of-a-kind journey across time and space. Designed exclusively for the museum’s North Forest, this outdoor, site-responsive experience features six immersive installations for you and your...

    $20 – $25
  • Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture

    Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art 600 Museum Way, Bentonville, AR

    The roar of the stadium. The green of the field. A held breath erupting into victory—or defeat. Is it any wonder that sports inspire artists? With our latest exhibition, Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, experience how today’s artists and designers respond to the drive, passion, culture, and systems surrounding...

    $15
  • Inverse Performance Art Festival 2025

    The Momentary 507 SE E St, Bentonville, AR, United States

    INVERSE 2025 is a four-day performance art festival in Bentonville, Arkansas. Employing liveness, experimentation, and radical approaches to the important issues of our moment, the festival seeks artists and projects who are in constant interrogation of material, form, and gesture to offer new ideas and perspectives to how we experience...

  • The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press

    The Momentary 507 SE E St, Bentonville, AR, United States

    The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press is one of JR’s most extensive immersive and experiential works to date. After taking portraits in one of three individual photo booths, visitors enter the interior of an oversized, whirring printing press – turning their image into a tangible work of art...

  • The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash)

    The Momentary 507 SE E St, Bentonville, AR, United States

    Widely known as the godfather of music photography, the late Jim Marshall maintained a 50-year career that resulted in more than 500 album covers, an abundance of magazine covers, and some of the most celebrated images in blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll, including those from Johnny Cash’s notable...

    Free
  • Fayetteville Festivus

    Fayetteville Downtown Square & Gardens 1 W Mountain St, Fayetteville, AR

    Fellow Friends & Family, Join us for a fabulous addition to Lights of the Ozarks—the second annual Fayetteville Festivus! This frosty festival invites you to frolic in the heart of downtown Fayetteville as the square sparkles with plenty of winter magic, but this will NOT be your traditional holiday celebration!...

  • The Light Show NWA

    The Light Show NWA

    Washington County Fairgrounds, Fayetteville 2537 N. McConnell Ave, Fayetteville, AR

    Join us at The Light Show for a dazzling drive-through adventure, where spectacular light displays and festive music create unforgettable holiday moments for the whole family. The Light Show NWA offers a dazzling drive-through experience, illuminating the Washington County Fair Grounds with spectacular light displays designed to celebrate and enhance...

  • TWO STORY RADIO

    Tin Roof - Fayetteville 430 West Dickson St, Fayetteville, AR

    1st Floor Stage Two Story Radio makes their Tin Roof debut!

  • David Nihill at The Grove

    David Nihill at The Grove

    The Grove 808 S. Bloomington St, Lowell, AR

    Leaving Dublin, Ireland where he was born and raised until the age of 22, David got drunk on travel and never quite hit sobriety of it. He has lived and worked in twelve countries and visited over seventy. His shows draw on his wide travels, cultural observations, attempts at language...

  • The Nutcracker!

    The Nutcracker!

    Fayetteville Public Library and Event Center 401 W Mountain St, Fayetteville, AR

    This holiday season, we invite you to join Ozark Ballet Theater for an evening of artistry crafted here in Northwest Arkansas. Our production of The Nutcracker offers professional dancers and talented students from our region the rare opportunity to perform in a large-scale ballet crafted specifically for our community. The...

    $33 – $38
  • Rachel B Band at Six Twelve

    Six-Twelve Coffeehouse and Bar 3980 W Wedington Dr., Fayetteville, AR, United States

    Free Lindy Hop/Swing dance lesson at 6:15 to get you dancing by 7:00! No cover charge. Good music, good food, good drinks, good times at a good price!

  • 96 Miles at The Gravel Bar at Wanderoo Lodge

    Gravel Bar at Wanderoo Lodge 216 W Van Buren, Eureka Springs, AR

    Join us on a musical journey with 96 Miles as they effortlessly traverse genres, from country to top 40 hits, indie folk to oldies. The enchanting duo, comprised of the married pair Michael and Tami, draws inspiration from the 96 miles that separate them, infusing their relationship with a magical...

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