Great Cotter Trout Festival 2008
April 18-19, 2008
Cotter, Arkansas

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 18

 Saturday, April 19
Festival Set-up at Big Spring Park 8-11 am Festival grounds open

9 am
Opening Ceremony near Gazebo 12 noon

Cotter School Art Show and
Area Art Club Show & Sale at Spring House

9-5 pm
KTLO Treasure Chest Noon-2 pm Kids' Fishing Hole (15 and under) 9-2 pm
Arts / crafts / commercial booths open Noon-5 pm Boat Rides (Water permitting) 9-2 pm
Cotter School Art Show and
Area Art Club Show & Sale at Spring House		 Noon-5 pm Fly Casting Demo / Instruction 10-2 pm
Collector Cars on Display 3 pm Fly-Tying Demonstrations 10- 2 pm
BBQ Dinner begins serving ($6.00) 4 pm Seminars  
Beer Garden open 4-8 pm      Bull Shoals State Park

9-9:45 am
Big Red & the Soul Benders 5-9 pm      White River Chapter T.U.

10-10:45 am

 

 

Beer and Barbeque

Under the Bridge

4-9 pm Friday
   "Big Red and the Soul Benders" tour nationally and their appearances around the mid-south routinely include the "Arkansas Blues & Heritage Festival" (formerly King Biscuit) at Helena, and other venues in Tennessee (Memphis), Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Their appearance at the Great Cotter Trout Festival is part of a special "Arts on Tour" program. This program is supported by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

     Friends of the Norfork Fish Hatchery

11-11:45 am
     Jeff Williams, AGFC Trout Biologist

12-12:45 pm
     John Kielczewski, Corps of Engineers

1-1:45 pm
     Lyndle Crownover, AGFC Enforcement

2-2:45 pm
Southbound and Friends

1-3 pm
Fish Fry begins serving ($6.00)

4 pm
Rio 3:30-5 pm
Crooked Creek 5:30-8:30 pm