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Eureka Springs Arkansas B&B Newsletter
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
September, 2011
Congratulations Eureka Springs! Each year, 
Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine celebrates the great small towns with the “Coolest Small Towns in America” competition. Readers of the magazine nominate the most interesting towns they know with populations of less than 10,000. Voters then choose among the nominees for the coolest small town. Eureka Springs is proud to have been voted #4 in the U.S. overall! Voted for having great B&B’s, Victorian architecture, the monumental 67-foot-tall hilltop Christ of the Ozarks, Branson-style shows, and hunting for ghosts in the historic downtown. Also noted for the thriving Artist Community, the current of creativity bubbles up just about everywhere, if you look hard enough. We would love for you to visit and experience this wonderful Victorian retreat for yourself.
Banjo Rally International – Eureka Springs, AR
Come enjoy Banjo Rally International in beautiful Eureka Springs Arkansas, August 31st through September 3rd, 2011. This rally has been held annually in Eureka Springs since 1975. Attendees come from all over the US and several other countries. Billed as a “world class celebration of Razzle-Dazzle Jazz Banjos,” the Eureka Springs Banjo Rally will include Ragtime, Dixieland, Tin Pan Alley, Broadway tunes and old standards musical styles.
There will be performance opportunities for players at local venues, institutions and other facilities; evening shows at the Best Western Convention Center and “jam sessions” at all hours of the day and night. A vendor room offering opportunity to see and acquire quality instruments, instrument accessories, sheet music, instruction materials and access instrument maintenance services and advice from experienced luthiers and players. Public evening shows are held on Friday and Saturday nights with quality performers and very reasonable admission prices. The public shows begin at 7:00 pm and last until they are over. After the evening shows, “jam sessions” usually breakout in every nook and cranny of the convention center and evening show attendees are welcome to linger and enjoy these sessions too.
Bluegrass Festival In Eureka Springs, AR
Join us in Eureka Springs Basin Park for our 2011 Annual Bluegrass Celebration August 19-21!
Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival
Schedule:
2011 Annual Bluegrass Celebration in Basin Park! Rain or Shine. This is a Free Event!
Fri: 1 p.m.- Mountain Sprout. 2:15 p.m.-Backroads Bluegrass Band. 3:30-Steve Jones’ Band. 4:45- Cletus Got Shot.
6-8 p.m. – Watermelon social and open jam. All pickers invited!
Sat: 1 p.m.-Mountain Sprout. 2:15-Arkansas Red. 3:30-Backroads Bluegrass Band. 4:45-Hogscalders. 6:00-Hogeye Ramblers.
7:15 Headliner! Blackberry Winter, the musicians featured on the soundtrack of the film Winter’s Bone.
Sun: 1-3 p.m. Gospel-themed ensembles from Pine Mtn.Theater and Ozarks
Mtn. Hoe-Down, plus special guest.
Enjoy a relaxing getaway at our Eureka Springs bed and breakfast and don’t miss this free event!
Eureka Springs Yards and Yards of Yard Sales
Looking for a great deal? Or maybe something unusual or one-of-a-kind? Then the 17th Annual Yards and Yards of Yard Sales in Eureka Springs, Arkansas is for you. Hosted August 5th and 6th, Yard Sale bargains will be all around town. Maps will be available at the Chamber of Commerce so you can locate the sales in our city-wide sale.
Visit the dozens and dozens of sales all over town and try out your picking skills. You never know what valuable items will be found at rock-bottom prices. Antiques Roadshow is waiting to hear about how you found something exquisite in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
Bed and Breakfast News, Eureka Springs, AR
EVENING SHADE INN BED AND BREAKFAST NEWSLETTER
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
July, 2011
Lots of things going on in Eureka Springs during July. We’re looking forward to the July 4th celebrations. Hometown Downtown Fourth of July will host a full day of games, contests, food, music and family fun in downtown Eureka Springs. Then off to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge with your own fireworks, or Holiday Island to watch theirs., including the fireworks at Turpentine Creek.
Enjoy a French-themed weekend during Fleur Delicious July 7, 8 and 9, including a street fair atmosphere and many local businesses participating throughout the event. Starts at the Farmers’ Market at Pine Mtn. Village on Thursday morning. Free events in Basin Spring Park and events all around town. French wine flight at DeVito’s. Indulge yourself!
Don’t forget the 2nd Saturday Gallery stroll where the city’s art galleries are joining forces to stage a monthly “Celebration of the Art of Eureka.”. And later in the month, the Fat Tire Festival will be held at Lake Leatherwood Park, and host competitive and non-competitive mountain bike events.
Don’t miss Free concerts in Basin Spring Park seven days a week, weather permitting. Eureka Springs. We’d love to have you visit our bed and breakfast in Eureka Springs and enjoy all the extraordinary things Eureka Springs has to offer. Call us and make your reservations today!
A Better Way To Stay In Eureka Springs, AR
According to a study by Professional Association of Innkeepers International (PAII) and TripAdvisor in 2009, the main reason travelers DON’T choose B&Bs is because the B&B option doesn’t cross their minds. Additionally, there are long-perpetuated myths about B&B’s that keep people away.
Are you shying away from staying at a B&B because you’re not sure 
what to expect? Younger travelers think B&Bs are for “oldies” and others believe the B in B&B stands for boutique or expensive.
Here’s some myth’s about B&B’s:
“But I’ll have to eat with people I don’t know!”
We deliver a full, hot, 3-course breakfast to your room each morning at your chosen time. We think sharing breakfast with your loved one is a special treat and should be private. You don’t even have to get dressed for breakfast, much less eat with strangers.
“I don’t want to share a bathroom!”
Every suite and cottage at Evening Shade Inn B&B has it’s own private bathroom, complete with a tub/shower combination. Each suite and cottage also has a two-person jacuzzi located outside the bathroom.
Eureka Springs Fleur Delicious Weekend
Tour de France in Eureka Springs, Arkansas at a new four-day festival entitled Fleur Delicious Weekend. The event is billed as one to delight all the senses of anyone who enjoys French food, art, wine and entertainment. Sponsored by local businesses, the French-themed weekend will blend sophisticated food and beverages, art, and music with light-hearted entertainment and some goofy old-fashioned fun.
Eureka Springs Fleur Delicious
The event kick-starts the senses at the Farmers’ Market at Pine Mountain Village, Thursday, July 7, 7 a.m. – noon, with French music and a cooking demonstration, gorgeous flowers, a cornucopia of organic veggies, baked goods, and locally handcrafted items. That evening at 6 p.m. Caribe Restaurante y Cantina will serve café au lait with beignets during a presentation of the work of Robert Norman, the Eureka Springs artist who designed the event’s artwork and poster.
Free Movies In The Park
Starting June 5th, there will be six weeks of FREE movies. Eureka Springs Sunday Movies in the Park, Summer Season are free and prizes will be given out at each movie. Movie goers can pick up entry tickets from as many participating business locations to win prizes given away at each movie.
Bring your lawn chair and find your perfect spot in this unique outdoor theater. Then, make your way to the concession stand to get some hot popcorn, your favorite candy and a couple of tall cool drinks. Settle down into your chairs, the movie starts at dusk and then laugh the night away watching a great movie. Afterward you head back to the bed and breakfast with great memories for a sound nights sleep.
Eureka Springs Movies In The Park
Here’s the movie schedule -
June 5: Despicable Me : PG
June 12: Defending Your Life : Comedy PG
June 19: Meet Me in St. Louis : G
June 26: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: PG
July 3: Yankee Doodle Dandy :G
July 10: Casablanca : PG