Old Time Music Ozark Heritage Festival

The Bob Holt National Old Time Jig Dance Competition	Exhibits & Activities: Quilt Exhibit and Demonstration What's Cookin' (food arts stage) 1890s Era Rendezvous old time square and jig dancing workshops in traditional music jam sessions, pickers welcome
Third Annual Mule Jump Competition
Performances: dulcimers, autoharps, drop thumb banjos, string bands, pickers, &more.
Artisans in Action: Blacksmith, spinners & weavers, quilters, candle makers, traditional basketmaking & more.
2004 Festival Photo Gallery	Music from 2003 Festival Hard for to love by Kim & Jim Lansford It was sad by The Graves Family

2011 Performers

HEADLINERS:

Featured musical guests: JUNIOR BROWN, BLACKBERRY WINTER, LEONA AND RON WILLIAMS, and MORE!

We're pleased to announce that our featured musical guests for the 2011 Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival will include...

JUNIOR BROWN (http://www.juniorbrown.com/) on Friday evening!

And BLACKBERRY WINTER (http://blackberrywinterband.com/) and LEONA AND RON WILLIAMS (http://www.leonawilliams.com/) on Saturday evening!

Watch this Facebook page for further announcements about musical programming, including, of course, performances by OUTSTANDING LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS representing the MUSICAL TRADITIONS OF THE OZARKS!

Special presentation: ragtime piano music of the Ozarks!

Accomplished ragtime pianist Susan Cordell of Carthage, Missouri, will present a program of rags composed by James Scott on Friday, June 17 (time to be announced), in the West Plains Civic Center as part of this year's Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival. Scott, who was born in Neosho and raised in Carthage, is often described as one of the three foremost composers of the classic ragtime era (along with Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb). Stay tuned to this Facebook page for further developments!

The Festival Sponsors

The Festival receives financial assistance from the Missouri Arts Council(MAC), a state agency, the Missouri Folk Arts Program and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a Federal agency. NEA believes that a great nation deserves great art
Photography, Festival program guide, and newspaper coverage. Many of the photos on this site were taken by Quill staff photographers.


Our Community Sponsors

Ozark Heritage Welcome Center

Greater West Plains Area Chamber of Commerce

Howell Rural Fire Dept NO. 1

Perry's Auto Service

Community Sponsorships: Anyone who donates $500 or more in cash or $1000 in documented in-kind to the Festival can be listed as a community sponsor on the web and in our Festival program. The sponsors remain on the web for the entire year. E-mail arts@townsqr.com if you would like to become a sponsor of the Festival.
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