The annual Arkansas Folk Festival, first held in 1963, returns to the tiny town of Mountain View this weekend. Musicians, fans of folk, bluegrass and country music and the merely curious are expected to again pack the area surrounding the Stone County Courthouse, all the streets leading to it and the nearby Ozark Folk Center State Park.
Elizabeth Cook, along with opening act Wade Sapp, performs at 7:30 p.m. today ($20); Billy Jeter & the Shine Eye Band performs at 8 p.m. Friday ($10) and The Brothers Shreve perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday ($12 reserved; standing room $10) at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock.
Elizabeth Cook, along with opening act Wade Sapp, performs at 7:30 p.m. today ($20); Billy Jeter & the Shine Eye Band performs at 8 p.m. Friday ($10) and The Brothers Shreve perform at 8:30 p.m. Saturday ($12 reserved; standing room $10) at Stickyz Rock 'n' Roll Chicken Shack in Little Rock.
Rachel "Brick" Fields and Fonky Donkey perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Fields, a singer-songwriter-guitarist-flutist, and her husband, guitarist and backing vocalist Larry Brick, will be accompanied by Little Rock band Fonky Donkey.
Rachel "Brick" Fields and Fonky Donkey perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at White Water Tavern in Little Rock. Fields, a singer-songwriter-guitarist-flutist, and her husband, guitarist and backing vocalist Larry Brick, will be accompanied by Little Rock band Fonky Donkey.