Events
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!
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
Eureka Springs – Voices of the Silent City
The history of Eureka Springs is filled with many colorful characters.
Charles Conner, Carnegie Library Contractor
Not intended to be spooky, volunteers in period clothing portray some of the early citizens of Eureka Springs. Some of the characters were pillars of the community and others were figures whose colorful, outrageous or scandalous behavior helped shape the history and the myths of the town. This is an approximately one hour walking tour that includes 5 minute stops with each “citizen.” Tours are scheduled to start around 5:30 p.m. and will leave every twenty minutes, the last one ending at 8:00 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at the event. Free parking and shuttle service will be available at Eastgate Shopping Center located on Highway 62 East across from Passion Play Road.
This is a wonderful fundraising project of the Historical Museum and proceeds are used to finance daily operations, special exhibits and on-going restoration projects. The all new 2011 fall tour is scheduled for two weekends in October, the 14th & 15th and 28th & 29th.
For more information, call the Museum at 479/253-9417.
Eureka Springs Blues Festival
Eureka Springs Blues Festival
Hurry, we only have a couple of rooms left at our Eureka Springs Bed and Breakfast for the weekend, so don’t wait.
Springtime In The Ozarks
Everyone looks forward to springtime, especially after the long hard winter we just had. From spring break vacations to the redbuds and dogwoods blooming, it’s a special time to experience at our Eureka Springs Bed and Breakfast. 
Along with all of nature’s beauty, the 35th Annual Springtime In The Ozarks AA Convention will be held in Eureka Springs April 14th thru 17th. Multiple speakers from at least 7 states are scheduled Thursday through Sunday. This annual gathering is well attended and includes a ice cream social on Thursday night, a Dance and Bingo on Friday and Saturday nights as well as marathon meetings at the Coffee Pot in Eureka Springs.
Come visit Eureka Springs, the extraordinary escape.
Eureka Springs Mardis Gras Festival
This year’s 6th Annual Eureka Gras Mardi Gras Parade theme is “Alice in Wonderland.” Multi-colored floats, costumed walkers, bands and more parade through historic downtown starting at 2 p.m. Mar. 5. The costume contest follows at the New Delhi Café bandstand; cash and other prizes will be awarded. Admission to both the parade and the costume contest is free.
The festival gets underway with the colorful Krewe of Krazo Hookers & Jokers Ball Mar. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Inn of the Ozarks Convention Center. Everyone is welcome to attend the event, which features a Creole buffet, cash bar, and music by Swing And A Miss. Party goers are asked to dress as either “Hookers or Jokers,” “Guys and Dolls,” or “Freakin Eurekan.” Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door; 
March 4, the Krewe of Krazo Coronation Ball and Masquerade Dance takes place at 6 p.m. at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa’s Crystal Ballroom. The Promenade and Grand March of the 2011 Eureka Gras King, Queen and Royal Court will be the evening highlight. A New Orleans buffet dinner will be served. A cash bar will be available. Tickets are $35 and reservations are required. The Beaux Arts Ball follows that evening at 7 p.m. at the 1905 Basin Park Hotel’s Barefoot Ballroom. Patterned after the world famous Parisian Artists Masquerade Ball, the dance features the music of Rosie Ledet Zydeco. Tickets are $25.of Krazo will lead the parade and other walking groups include the “Krewe of Kidz” and the canine “Krewe of Barkus.”
Festivities continue Mar. 6 with the Eureka Gras Jazz Brunch at the Crescent Hotel’s Crystal Dining Room from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendees can greet the Kings and Queens of Krazo in 2nd line and hear music by the Crescent Jazz Ensemble. Reservations are required; call 479-253-7837.
New to this year’s festival is Arti Gras; an exhibit of “tastefully risqué” art by 15 local artists, hosted by Roi Regency in full regal attire. The display will be at the Basin Park Hotel Mar. 7 from 6-8 p.m. “Eureka Springs is Mid-America’s Art Capitol,” organizer Dan Ellis explained. “And so we felt Eureka Gras wouldn’t be complete without celebrating the amazing artists who live and work here.” The event is free and there will be a cash bar.
Come visit and enjoy Eureka Springs, the Extraordinary Escape.
Eureka Springs Antique Show and Sale
The 22nd Annual Eureka Springs Fall Antique Show and Sale this November 20 and 21st will feature Handel and Tiffany lamps, pre 1930’s! This popular show is known for the wide variety of antiques and has drawn customers from as many as 22 different states. This fall dealers are traveling to Eureka Springs from 14 different states for this important antique weekend. Festivities start at 5:30 p.m. Friday November 19th with a Wine and Cheese Preview Show and Sale. The cost is $10 per person which comes with a weekend pass. Saturday show hours are 10 to 6 and Sunday hours 10 to 4, admission is $2.50
“Antiques are a good investment and have held their value and in some cases have grown considerably” according to Dave and Jane Baker, show managers. The Best Western Inn of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, Arkansas hosts this bi-yearly event, the third weekend in March and the third weekend in November each year. See you there!