Celebrate Ozark Heritage this 2018 Memorial Day Weekend at the Ozark Folk Center State

May 22-28 , 2018, Ozark Folk Center News

Celebrate Ozark Heritage this Memorial Day

May 25 – 28, 2018

This Memorial Day Weekend take a break from the lake and come get your hands on fun at the Ozark Folk Center State Park with mini-workshops, goats, craft demonstrations, live mountain music, and more.

In addition to our regular 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday – Saturday schedule, the Craft Village at the Center is open Sunday and Monday, May 27 & 28. Music sets are six times throughout the day in the Village and evening concerts are Thursday – Saturday starting at 7 p.m. in the Large Auditorium.

For added fun this Memorial Day Holiday, we have Sawyer Dyer and his recreation of a 1910 goat cart from Stone County, Arkansas. There will be mini-workshops about goats, gardening, and natural dyeing.

For a schedule of Memorial Day Weekend events at the Ozark Folk Center State Park, click here.

This Week’s Skillet Restaurant Specials

May 22-28, 2018

The Skillet Restaurant is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday – Saturday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday

Breakfast Buffet every Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.- 10:45 a.m.
Sunday Skillet’s famous Fried Chicken Buffet 11a.m.- 2 p.m.

Lunch Specials
Chef’s Choice – $6.95
Beef tips with white rice, baby carrots & dinner roll – $7.95

Skillet breakfast (served in an iron skillet) fried potatoes, grilled peppers, onions, bacon, two fried eggs $6.95, without meat $5.95
 
Friday Nights in May
THREE COURSE DINNER FOR TWO
Appetizer: cheese curds, Entrée: Bacon wrapped chicken breast, Dessert: apple or peach cobbler $17.95

Saturday Nights in August  
Prime Rib Beef marinated in fresh Herb Butter, sure to melt in your mouth served with a Baked Potato and One Trip Salad Bar $17.95

Performing this Week at Ozark Folk Center State Park

Daytime Music 10:15, 11:15, 12:15, 1:45, 2:45, 3:45

Craft Village open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Music Auditorium doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 22
Daytime Musicians: David & Renee Wright

Wednesday, May 23
Daytime Musicians: Sibling Rivalry

Feature Performer: Caleb Ryan Martin, 2-3 p.m. at the Outdoor Music Pavilion in the artisan Craft Village

Weekly Garden Tour at Noon: Departing from the Bessie Moore Deck
 
Thursday,  May 24
Daytime Musicians: Flathoof Stringband

Noon Program on the Bessie Moore Deck: Rock Tales & More with Charles Widmer

Evening: Apple & Setser, Mulligan Stew, Here Comes Trouble, The Glover Family, Sibling Rivalry

Friday, May 25
Daytime Musicians: Whoa Mule

10:30 a.m. – Building Garden Soil Health and Fertility mini-workshop with Tina Marie Wilcox. Meets at the Herb Study Center.

11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. – Natural Dyeing Demonstration with Jeanette Larson at the Dye Shed.

Evening: Love Holler, Two Roads, John Severs, Grace Stormont, Ruthie & Bobby

Saturday, May 26
Daytime Musicians: Love Holler

10:30 a.m. – Wild Greens Hunt with Tina Marie Wilcox. Meets at the Herb Study Center.

2:00 p.m. – Goat Care mini-workshop and bottle baby goat feeding, Herb Study Center.

Evening: Harmony, Flathoof Stringband, Lee Mountain Ramblers, George Hulsey & Friends, The Wiede Family

Sunday, May 27
Daytime Musicians: Possum Juice

2:00 p.m. – Goat Care mini-workshop and bottle baby goat feeding, Herb Study Center.

Monday, May 28
Daytime Musicians: Whoa Mule

10:30 a.m. – Building Garden Soil Health and Fertility mini-workshop with Tina Marie Wilcox. Meets at the Herb Study Center.

11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m. – Natural Dyeing Demonstration with Jeanette Larson at the Dye Shed.

Schedule Subject to Change

Jimmy Driftwood

This week, legendary songwriter, performer, folklorist, and historian Jimmy Driftwood performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park.  Dave Smith gives an historical portrait of the life of this remarkable Ozarker.  Also, Ozark Highlands Radio host Dave Smith and producer Jeff Glover discuss the fine points of what makes “folk music,” and Mark Jones offers an archival recording of another Ozark original, Jean Simmons, performing the song “Unclouded Day,” in her pioneering mountain dulcimer style.

Catch this episode and more on Ozark Highlands Radio.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Auto Harp Weekend

June 7 – 9, 2018

This year’s Auto Harp Workshop features nationally-acclaimed auto harp players Karen Mueller, Charles Whitmer, Les Gustafson-Zook, and John Hollandsworth. Our schedule of events this year includes intensive classroom instruction and performances from our special guests. Students of all playing abilities are welcome to join.

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