April 17-18, 2009
Cotter, Arkansas
Schedule of Events
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Friday, April 17 |
Saturday, April 18 | ||
| Festival Set-up at Big Spring Park | 8 a.m.-11 a.m. | Festival grounds open |
9 a.m. |
| Open | 12 noon |
Old-fashioned parade |
9 a.m. |
| KTLO Treasure Chest | Noon-2 p.m. | Arts / crafts / commercial booths open | 9 a.m. |
| Arts-Crafts-Commercial booths open | Noon-5:00 p.m. | ||
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Open Air Quick Draw
(Entry Fee $5.00) |
9 a.m. | ||
Paint Out (Painting in the out of doors) on Friday and Saturday. Artists may sell their work. |
Noon-5:00 p.m. | Kids' Fishing Hole (15 and under) | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. |
| BBQ Dinner begins serving ($6.00) | 4 p.m. | Fly Casting and Fly Tying Demonstration and Instruction |
10-2 p.m. |
| Beer Garden open | 4 p.m.-8 p.m. | Music | 1-3 p.m. |
| Headline Music | 5 p.m.-9 p.m. | Fish Fry begins serving ($6.00) | 4 p.m. |
 Beer and Barbeque "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. |
Music | 3:30-5 pm | |
| Beer Garden open | 4-8 p.m. | ||
| Music | 5:30-8:30 pm | ||
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