The 21st Annual Buffalo River Elk Festival is scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the historic downtown square in Jasper. The festival will offer two days of entertainment, local art and homemade goods, food vendors, the Arkansas elk tag lottery and outdoor activities for the whole family.
The festival celebrates the successful reintroduction of wild elk to the Buffalo River corridor and teaches associated benefits to local communities via tourism, outdoor recreation and education.
The event’s musical lineup includes Backroad Anthem, Whistlin’ Dixie, Modern August, No Name Band, RIO, Tessa Kate, Unashamed Bluegrass, NRG, Hedley Lamar and The Crumbs. Activities will include the Running With The Elk 5K, American Legion pancake breakfast, pie contest, fishing derby, Dutch oven cook-off, presentations by Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and National Park Service educators, elk calling contest, a fireworks presentation and much more.
For more information about the festival, go online to www.buffaloriverelkfestival.com or visit the Buffalo River Elk Festival Facebook page at www.facebook.com/buffaloriverelkfestival.
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