With rain expected tonight, the Siloam Springs Dogwood Festival entertainment will move into the Siloam Springs American Legion building at 110 N. Mount Olive St. Kin & Company kick off live music at 3:30 p.m. followed by Almost Guilty at 6 p.m. Following the Saturday morning "Dino Encounters" will be Americana sweethearts March to August at 1 p.m., a performance by Studio B Dance at 2:30 p.m., then rock n roll with Mojo Bone at 3:30 p.m. JJ Taylor & Bourbon Highway close out Saturday with a mix of red dirt and traditional country at 6 p.m. The Butler Creek Boys kick off Sunday with bluegrass and gospel starting at noon, and brother and sister folk duo Common Roots start singing harmonies at 2 p.m.
With rain expected tonight, the Siloam Springs Dogwood Festival entertainment will move into the Siloam Springs American Legion building at 110 N. Mount Olive St. Kin & Company kick off live music at 3:30 p.m. followed by Almost Guilty at 6 p.m. Following the Saturday morning "Dino Encounters" will be Americana sweethearts March to August at 1 p.m., a performance by Studio B Dance at 2:30 p.m., then rock n roll with Mojo Bone at 3:30 p.m. JJ Taylor & Bourbon Highway close out Saturday with a mix of red dirt and traditional country at 6 p.m. The Butler Creek Boys kick off Sunday with bluegrass and gospel starting at noon, and brother and sister folk duo Common Roots start singing harmonies at 2 p.m.
The Mullens Dogwood Festival is returning to its roots and tradition after a year away.
The small, Southern West Virginia town will host its 41st annual dogwood tree-planting ceremony this weekend, and organizers expect the in-person event will bring renewed hope and life to the town after the pandemic kept the event from happening last year.
In springtime, as people drive into Mullens, West Virginia on Route 54, the dogwood trees stand as welcome visitors, lining the hillsides in the woods, front yards, and even along the railroad tracks.
“They’re all over town,” observes Dogwood Festival treasurer Sara Lou Frank, who has lived in Mullens her whole life and helps with the festival each year. She says many of the white and pink trees you see as you enter town were planted as part of the annual event.