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Hot Springs Is Boiling Over With Activities And Events for Memorial Day Weekend

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs is boiling over this year with activities and events on the Memorial Day Weekend.

“After three years of curtailed entertainment opportunities because of the global pandemic, Hot Springs is back with a bang this Memorial Day Weekend,” Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison said. “It’s not a cliché to say that there is something for everyone to enjoy in the city this year.

“A lot of the activities and events are free and open to the public, while other venues in Hot Springs have ticketed events for the weekend. We’re geared up to bring fun back to Memorial Day, and we welcome everyone to come have a blast.”

Arrison said the free public events include:

  • May 26 — The Arkansas Walk of Fame induction of country music star Buddy Jewell at 5 p.m. in Hill Wheatley Plaza.
  • May 26 — A free public concert by Jewell at 7 p.m. in the Bridge Street Entertainment District adjacent to Hill Wheatley Plaza.
  • May 26 – 27 — The Hot Springs Book Festival at the Garland County Library on Malvern Avenue.
  • May 27 — Five additional Arkansans will be inducted into the Arkansas Walk of Fame in a ceremony at 11 a.m. at The Vapors, 316 Park Avenue. They are civil rights icon Daisy Gatson Bates; professional wrestler BoBo Brazil; World War I aviator Capt. Field E. Kindley; fighter Lafayette Lawson, and aviation pioneer James McDonnell.
  • May 28 — The annual free Memorial Day fireworks display at dark on Lake Hamilton off Highway 7 South across from the DoubleTree by Hilton Hot Springs Hotel.
  • May 29 — The Hot Springs Concert Band Memorial Day Performance with patriotic music at 3 p.m. in Whittington Park on Whittington Avenue.
  • All day every day during the holiday weekend — The 2023 $100,000 Hot Springs Fishing Challenge with 61 tagged prize fish available in Lakes Hamilton and Catherine, open to anyone with a valid Arkansas fishing license.

Arrison said there also will be other events that have an admission fee:

  • May 26 — The Old Crow Medicine Show at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort at 7 p.m.
  • May 26 – 27 — The Liverpool Legends perform at The Vapors on Park Avenue.
  • May 27 — The Ouachita Highland Games from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Cedar Glades Park, $5 admission.
  • May 27 – 29 — Magic Springs Theme and Water Park is open for the holiday weekend.

Arrison said further information about the ticketed events is available from the individual venues.