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Original Ozark Folk Festival

The Original Ozark Festival is ready for its 78th year with a new date and more music and workshops than ever before. The longest-running folk festival in America is excited to announce its September 4th, 5th, & 6th lineup.  This year we celebrate the Strings in the Springs with workshops for fingerpicking, flat-picking, ukulele and mandolin, as well as jig dancing & spoons. The Ozark Songwriting competition is back, showcasing songwriters from all over the country. Enjoy the Folk Fair in Basin Park with Ozark artists and Craftspeople on Friday and Saturday. Come to Eureka’s Original Ozark Folk Festival for three nights and three days of music, fun, and folk.

Festival Main Stage

Friday, September 5th

The Historic Auditorium

7:00pm Winner of the Songwriting Contest

7:45pm Handmade Moments

9pm The HillBenders

Saturday, September 6th

The Historic Auditorium

7:30pm Steel Wheels &

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Festival Schedule

Thursday, September 4th

The Historic Auditorium

6pm Hedgehoppers with Still on the Hill

 

7:30pm Barefoot Ball with Front Porch

& The Patti Steel Band

Friday, September 5th

Basin Spring Park

11-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

11:30am The Mountain Gysies

1:00pm Songwriting Contest Finalists

2:30pm March to August

3:30pm Songwriting Winners Announced

3:45pm The Korey McKelvy Duo

5:00pm Matt Axton and Bad Moon

Saturday, September 6th

Basin Spring Park

11-6pm Ozark Folk Fair

11am Jig dance & Traditional

Percussion Workshop

12:30pm Mountain Alice

1:45pm Meadow Makers

3:00pm The Bayard Band

4:15pm The Creek Rocks

5:30pm Community Square Dance

The Auditorium Lower Level

12:30pm Old Time Square

Dance Workshop

Sponsors

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Music Lineup

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Steel Wheels

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The Hillbenders

Ozark Mountain Dare Devils

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Handmade Moments

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Patti Steel Band

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Matt Axton + Bad Moon

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Front Porch Band

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Mountain Alice

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March to August

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The Mountain Gypsies

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The Korey McKelvy Duo

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Meadow Makers

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The Bayard BlainBand

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Workshops in Folk percussion & Jig Country Dance

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The Creek Rocks

Still on the Hill

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