Events

  • Fayetteville Strawberry Festival returns May 18

    Fayetteville Strawberry Festival returns May 18

    The Downtown Fayetteville Coalition presents its second Fayetteville Strawberry Festival on the historic square May 18 from 12-6 p.m. At this free festival, expect a pie competition, food from local farms and bakeries, art vendors, live music from local bands Arkansauce, Copper Flats, Ashtyn Barbaree, and more. “We will have over 15 dessert vendors selling…

  • Diamond Chef Returns to UA-PTC Culinary School

    Diamond Chef Returns to UA-PTC Culinary School

    The Iron Chef-style culinary competition Diamond Chef Arkansas returns on April 3, 2025, with its first event in six years. Originally founded in 2008, the event pits chefs in training against one another in a good-spirited cooking contest benefitting the UA-Pulaski Technical College Foundation.

  • Little Rock Soup Sunday Highlight: Blackberry Market

    Little Rock Soup Sunday Highlight: Blackberry Market

    The 44th Annual Soup Sunday benefiting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families takes place on March 2 at The Venue at Westwind in North Little Rock. There will be soups and sweets galore, and you even might see a few soup-adjacent entries, like this Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili from Blackberry Market. 

  • Little Rock Soup Sunday Highlight: Trio’s

    Little Rock Soup Sunday Highlight: Trio’s

    The 44th Annual Soup Sunday benefiting Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families takes place March 2 at The Venue at Westwind in North Little Rock. As we inch closer and closer to the event, let us delve into yet another fantastic recipe from one of the participants. This time, Trio’s owner Capi Peck and executive…

  • What to Know about Soup Sunday NWA with the Hangry Pedaler

    What to Know about Soup Sunday NWA with the Hangry Pedaler

    Get your spoons ready! Soup Sunday, a fundraiser to benefit Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, returns to the Rogers Convention Center in a few weeks. Wondering what to expect? We chatted with popular Northwest Arkansas foodie Joseph Nguyen of Hangry Pedaler NWA (@hangrypedalernwa), who serves as this year’s restaurant chair. Read on for his…

  • Go Nuts at Keo’s Arkansas Pecan Festival

    Go Nuts at Keo’s Arkansas Pecan Festival

    For centuries, pecan orchards have been admired for their beauty and, yes, their bounty. Just 20 minutes from Little Rock, the small town of Keo (known as the Pecan Capital of Arkansas) is making sure the state’s official nut is properly celebrated with an annual event, the Arkansas Pecan Festival. Held the first Saturday in December,…

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