Summary
This is your guide to finding the best things to do this summer in Texarkana, Arkansas. Whether it’s live music, family-friendly events, or just some fun around town, you’ll have plenty to do all summer long!
Texarkana Airshow
📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026
🕒 Gates open at 10 AM
📍 Texarkana Regional Airport
If you are looking for something BIG this summer, this is one you will NOT want to miss. Expect high-speed aerial performances, parachute teams, live music, and plenty of food all packed into one high-energy day at the airport. Grab your tickets now before they sell out.
Front Street Wings & Blues Festival
📅 Saturday, June 27, 2026
🕒 Beginning at 11 AM
📍 Front Street Festival Plaza
The Wings & Blues Festival is bringing something new to downtown Texarkana, AR. Expect a full day of live blues, competitive wings, and Front Street taken over from end to end. Already coming in for the Airshow? Stay downtown and make a full weekend of it.
Downtown Live! A Taste of Downtown Progressive Dinner
Friday, June 12, 2026
6-9 PM
Downtown Texarkana
A progressive dinner crawl through downtown Texarkana, A Taste of Downtown moves you through six stops, from cocktails at The Eagle to dessert at Banana Club with a full meal and drinks in between. Learn more and buy tickets.
Rodeo, Racing & More at the Four States Fairgrounds
📍Four States Fairgrounds, Texarkana, AR 71854
The Four States Fairgrounds is one of the busiest venues in the region all summer long. Rodeo, livestock competition, barrel racing, and more cycle through the calendar from June through August — the kind of events that fill hotels and bring in crowds from across the Ark-La-Tex. Check their full schedule and plan around what’s coming up.
The summer schedule includes:
- Arkansas Quarter Horse Show, May 22-24
- Arkansas Elite Barrel Race, May 25-31
- Arkansas High School Finals, June 3-7
- Running WJ Ranch Barrel Race, June 12-13 & 14
- Juneteenth Celebration, June 20
- YGB Livestock Camp, July 15-17
- NJ Productions Team Roping, July 31-Aug. 2
Gateway Farmers Market
📅 Every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday
🕒 7 AM – 12 PM
📍 602 E Jefferson Avenue, Texarkana, AR
Throughout the summer, you can swing by the Gateway Farmers Market, walk around, grab something fresh, and see what vendors have brought that week. the market offers a vibrant mix of locally grown produce, homemade goods, and handcrafted items. While you’re there, check out the Red Dirt Master Gardeners Plot.
Live Music & Entertainment Lineup
- May 14 – Jasper Bradshaw at Fat Jacks
- May 14 – Taylor Coleman at 1923 Banana Club
- May 15 – Jackson Culp Band at Fat Jacks
- May 15 – Sunnie Jazz at 1923 Banana Club
- May 15 – Leash at The Wild Hare
- May 16 – TJ McAlexander at Fat Jacks
- May 16 – Jonathon Allen at The Wild Hare
- May 16 – Soulvybe at 1923 Banana Club
- May 21 – Wayne Harvey at Fat Jacks
- May 21 – Ceed at The Wild Hare
- May 21 – The Piano Man at 1923 Banana Club
- May 22 – Beaux Jenkins Band at Fat Jacks
- May 22 – Split Decision at 1923 Banana Club
- May 23 – White Trash Wannabees at Fat Jacks
- May 23 – Sean-Anam at The Wild Hare
- May 23 – Jackie Myers Trio at 1923 Banana Club
- May 28 – Jimmy Anderson at Fat Jacks
- May 28 – The Piano Man at 1923 Banana Club
- May 29 – Sunset Strip Concert at Fat Jacks
- May 29 – Wyly Bigger at 1923 Banana Club
- May 30 – The Fabulous Freak Bros Fat Jacks
- May 30 – Bass & Bikini EDM at The Wild Hare
- May 30 – 2Pianos at 1923 Banana Club
- May 30 – Patrick Owens & The Slurred Words at Whiskey River Country
- June 13 – Copper Flats at Whiskey River Country
- June 20 – Josh Arnold at Whiskey River Country
We’ll see you on the Arkansas side!
