ARKANSAS: January, February, March - April - May - June - July - August - September - OCTOBER - November & December Check previous year if event is not yet updated to current year 2025 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2025
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
(see also: 2024 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2017)
September 30-Oct 4, 2025
81st SW Arkansas District Livestock Show & Rodeo
Hope, Arkansas
October 3-5, 2025
Arkansas Apple Festival
Lincoln, Arkansas
Over 100 craft vendors all on the square of Lincoln selling awesome, unique and handmade merchandise. Plenty of food vendors with all your favorite funnel cakes, corn dogs, deep fried oreos and much, much more. Free Apple Slices - On the corner of the festival you'll find some fine folks peeling and slicing fresh apples to give to patrons at absolutely no charge! Parade - Horses, Firetrucks, Cool Cars, Cop Cars, and so much more during the Apple Festival parade. Tractor Show. October 4, 2025 15th Annual Turkish Food Festival
Little Rock, Arkansas
Visit the Turkish Food Festival and enjoy the Turkish Cuisine! Don’t miss this opportunity. Come and taste the most extraordinary food in the world! October 10-11, 2025 79th Annual Turkey Trot - Yellville, Arkansas
Arkansas' oldest annual festival. Every year since 1946 the city of Yellville has celebrated what is known as Turkey Trot. The event was conceived as a way to call attention to the region's abundant wild turkeys. Turkey Trot is one of the most exciting times of the year around here. It has become a time for homecomings, reunions, and traditions for many tourists, classmates, friends and family members. Mid-Marion County Rotary is excited to sponsor the longest continuous festival in Arkansas for the second year. Fifty years ago it was an accepted procedure to re-populate wild turkeys in the Ozarks by tossing them from airplanes. The Rotary Club agrees that this tradition is no longer viable. Controversy surrounding the cruelty of dropping turkeys from planes or buildings that have plagued previous sponsorship efforts, have conditioned Rotary’s sponsorship. In the event turkeys are dropped, Rotary will have to withdraw sponsorship of the Turkey Trot Festival in the future. However, we will continue future support to the community.
October 10-19, 2025 85th Annual Arkansas State Fair
Little Rock, Arkansas
Ridin', Rockin' & Livestockin', the Arkansas State Fair will include concerts, great food, midway, livestock displays & competitions, rodeo, interesting exhibits, and much more. Attendance: 400,000. October 11, 2025 49th Annual Arkansas Rice Festival
Weiner, Arkansas
Observing the rich heritage of rice farming in Arkansas and celebrating harvest. The festival is held annually the second weekend in October in conjunction with National Rice Promotion Month. Rice Cook-Off, Old Time Rice Threshing Demonstration, Parade, Rice Festival Pageant, Kids Activities, Art Show, Tractor Pull, much more. October 13-17, 2025 - National School Lunch Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association. October 14, 2025 32nd Annual Taste of Texarkana
Texarkana, Arkansas
'Come Get a Taste!'. Two stages with cooking demonstrations, ice carving, wine and food pairing lessons, wineries and tasting, over 40 restaurants and much more! Proceeds benefit the programs of Harvest Texarkana Regional Food Bank. October 24-25, 2025 Annual Arkansas Bean Fest and Championship Outhouse Races - Mountain View, Arkansas
The Annual Bean Festival features artisan crafts, live music, and lots of great food and entertainment in downtown Mountain View.
2024 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2024
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 26, 2024 Grand Prairie Rice Festival - Hazen, Arkansas
Antique farm machinery parade and show; mini-tractor pull, southern gospel music show, youth and children's attractions, food booths and other vendors.
2022 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2022
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 8, 2022 Annual Arkansas Rice Festival - Weiner, Arkansas
Observing the rich heritage of rice farming in Arkansas and celebrating harvest. The festival is held annually the second weekend in October in conjunction with National Rice Promotion Month. Rice Cook-Off, Old Time Rice Threshing Demonstration, Parade, Rice Festival Pageant, Kids Activities, Art Show, Tractor Pull, much more. October 21-22, 2022 - International Greek Food Festival
Little Rock, Arkansas
The largest ethnic festival in Arkansas, has been serving food, friends and the community for the past 35 years. The wonderful cuisine associated with the many cultures that make up the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church is the product of our immigrant forefathers. We boast a long line of cooks from various culinary traditions, making up the best of our Church's culture - Greek, Armenian, Georgian, Romanian, Russian, Indian, Middle Eastern, English and a dash of American. From these cultures has evolved this distinctive collection of foods identified with the Greek Orthodox Church - a style of cooking that not only captures the traditions of our heritage but makes eager eaters call for more.
2021 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2021
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 2, 2021 Keo Fall Days - Keo, Arkansas
This annual event on the first Saturday in October features a Pecan Baking Contest for adults and youth, antique cars carriage rides, food vendors, arts and crafts, and activities for children. October 29-31, 2021 IHA Conference & Meeting
Mountain View, Arkansas
Join us for our first hybrid conference experience with in person & virtual options for herb lovers everywhere! International Herb Association Educational Conference and Meeting of Members.
2020 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2020
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober , 2020 - Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry Dinner
Little Rock, Arkansas
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS. No child in should grow up hungry in America, but one in five children struggles with hunger. Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in this nation by connecting kids in need with nutritious food and teaching families how to cook healthy, affordable meals. You can help surround kids with the nutritious food they need where they live, learn and play.
2019 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2019
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 4-6, 2019 - Arkansas Apple Festival - Lincoln, Arkansas
Guaranteed to provide a weekend of fun for the whole family, no matter how old you are. Join us as we celebrate our bounty of apples and three days of wholesome family entertainment at the Arkansas Apple Festival. The center piece of our apple festival is the unequaled variety of arts and crafts featuring works of some of the most talented artisans in the Ozarks. These three days are bursting full of activities with contests for kids, musical entertainment, gospel singing, and much more. Youngsters are welcome in our special Kid's World. And yes, there will be an abundance of apple cider and free apple slices.
2017 ARKANSAS: OCTOBER 2017
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 21, 2017 - Annual Hillbilly Chili Cook-Off
Lakeview, Arkansas
Upper Bull Shoals-White River State Park. Cooks from all over Arkansas and surrounding states compete for the title of “Arkansas’s Best Chili.” Taste the chili and visit vendors as cooks turn up the heat. Prize money given for International Chili Society champion and a People's Choice winner. Enjoy live music, arts and crafts vendors, boat show, car show, chili tastings, raffle, food vendors and games for kids. | 
