Press Releases | Hot Springs National Park Arkansas

DATE: MARCH 11, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Security measures will be in force for the 2026 Arkansas state high school basketball championship tournament that begins Thursday, March 12, and runs through Saturday, March 14, at Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs.

DATE: March 10, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The lineup is set. The celebrities, floats, marchers and Irish Elvis Impersonators are putting on the final touches. The World’s Tallest Leprechaun is getting ready to strut his stuff.

DATE: MARCH 8, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The Titanic Tater is on track for its return appearance March 17 in the First Ever 23rd Annual World’s Shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade® in downtown Hot Springs.

DATE: March 2, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — For the first time ever, the World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races in Hot Springs have their own website.

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DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Six baseball legends, including three Hall of Famers, will be in town August 7 – 8 as the Ninth Annual Hot Springs Baseball Weekend celebrates the Spa City’s history as The Birthplace of Major League Baseball Spring Training.

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DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration is now open for the fifth running of the Northwoods Mullet Trail Run and Beaver Bash, scheduled for May 9 on the Northwoods Trail System in Hot Springs.

DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration is open for the 2026 Stueart Pennington World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races along World Famous Bathhouse Row in downtown Hot Springs.

DATE: JANUARY 28, 2026 … HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The massive winter storm that swept across Arkansas and surrounding states on Saturday has forced changes in the fifth annual Dugan Invitational Baseball Tournament at Historic Majestic Park in Hot Springs.