Welcome to the 15th Anniversary of the Ozarks Celebration Festival! We have a great week planned for you!

We are going to begin our celebration with the Annual Ice Cream Social and Concert Under the Stars on Friday, Sept. 7th. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and get there early for this outstanding lineup: The Blackberry Winter Band at 5:30 p.m.; The HillBenders at 7 p.m.; and Rhonda Vincent & The Rage at 8:15 p.m.

The craft and music festival continues on Saturday and Sunday with five performance stages and more than 75 artists, craftsmen, and vendors. New this year is the Seldom Heard Music Stage - an open mic stage where anyone is invited to come and perform before an audience.

The festival lecture series will be held Monday, Sept. 10th through Wednesday, Sept. 14th. You won't want to miss the special events we have planned: our gallery show at Missouri State's Student Exhibition Center runs Friday, Sept. 7th through Saturday, Sept. 22nd; we have a special showing of the film Winter's Bone with commentary by members of The Blackberry Winter Band on Tuesday, Sept. 11th at 7 p.m. at Plaster Student Union Theatre; and get your tickets now for the Second Annual Black Ties & Bluegrass at The Tower Club on Sept. 14th (all proceeds benefit the Ozarks Celebration Festival).

Thank you for visiting our website. We hope to see you the week of Sept. 7th through the Sept.14th for the 15th Annual Ozarks Celebration Festival!

- Barb Jones
OCF Director