Weekend Flyer: Tontitown Grape Festival, American Mariachi, Bentonville Film Fest and more

Happy Friday, everyone.

For the 122nd time in the last one-hundred-and-twenty-something years (the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the pandemic), the Tontitown Grape Festival will be happening just north of Fayetteville this weekend. There’s a carnival, live music, and of course, plenty of chicken spaghetti (it’s a thing). Here’s more info about that.

In tunes, George’s will kick off the weekend with locals, Full House during happy hour. Later on Friday, local bluegrass band The Damn Neighbors will celebrate the release of their new album with their friends Lonesome Narrows. On Saturday, Springfield’s The Mixtapes will perform.

The Bentonville Film Festival is underway for the 2021 season. This year’s event takes place as a hybrid version of virtual showings and local and limited on-the-ground events due to the pandemic. Here’s the schedule.

There’s a big gravel bike ride departing from the Fayetteville Square on Saturday morning. It’s part of the Fayetteville Adventure Series we wrote about not too long ago. Here’s a bit more info about the series.

TheatreSquared has a brand new comedy that opened this week. The new show is called American Mariachi and is described as “a hilarious and heartwarming new music-filled comedy about the freedom to dream big.” Here’s more about that.

How about an art show? There’s a big group show opening on Mount Sequoyah on Friday night called “Resilient Together: The Artist’s Journey through Liminal Space.” We wrote about that earlier this week.

There’s a country show at the Walmart AMP this weekend with Lady A, Carly Pearce, Niko Moon, and Tenille Arts.

Also of note, local legends The Cate Brothers will play the new Railyard Park in Rogers on Saturday night.

Feel free to let us know what you’re up to this weekend in the comments below. Have a great weekened!

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Friday, August 6

10:30 am	Bentonville Film Festival Downtown Bentonville	Art
1:00 pm	Tontitown Grape Festival Tontitown, AR	Activity
6:00 pm	Happy Hour: Full House George’s Majestic Lounge	Music
6:00 pm	Rachel B & Table for 3 Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
7:00 pm	Red Oak Ruse Kingfish	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: American Mariachi TheatreSquared	Performance
8:00 pm	Dragonflyz JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:00 pm	L+B Music JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:00 pm	The Royale Railyard Park – Rogers	Music
8:30 pm	412 West JJ’s Grill on Dickson	Music
8:30 pm	Off the Trails Comedy Show – Mo Alexander Nomads Trailside	Comedy
9:00 pm	The Damn Neighbors / Lonesome Narrows George’s Majestic Lounge	Music

Saturday, August 7

7:00 am	Elkfest Elkins Community Center	Community
7:00 am	Fayetteville Farmers’ Market Fayetteville Square	Community
7:00 am	Tontitown Run for the Grapes 5K & Fun Run Tontitown, AR	Activity
9:00 am	Korey McKelvy Jammin’ Java	Music
9:30 am	Fayetteville Adventure Series: Gravel All Ride Fayetteville Square	Activity
10:00 am	Bentonville Film Festival Downtown Bentonville	Art
10:00 am	Tontitown Grape Festival Tontitown, AR	Activity
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: American Mariachi TheatreSquared	Performance
6:00 pm	Sugar Creek Sassafras Springs Vineyard	Music
7:00 pm	Lady A / Carly Pearce / Niko Moon / Tenille Arts The AMP – Rogers	Music
7:30 pm	TheatreSquared: American Mariachi TheatreSquared	Performance
8:00 pm	Pals JJ’s Grill on Steamboat	Music
8:00 pm	Swade Diablos JJ’s Grill – Springdale	Music
8:00 pm	The Cate Brothers Railyard Park – Rogers	Music
8:30 pm	Emmitt & 4WD JJ’s Grill on Dickson	Music
8:30 pm	The Mixtapes George’s Majestic Lounge	Music

Sunday, August 8

2:00 pm	A Conversation with Sidney Thompson Fayetteville Public Library	Literary
2:00 pm	TheatreSquared: American Mariachi TheatreSquared	Performance
4:00 pm	Remedios CACHE at 214 – Springdale	Art
7:00 pm	J Ray Davis Six Twelve Coffeehouse & Bar	Music
8:00 pm	Rocket Coma / Ghost Cities George’s Majestic Lounge	Music