Music Event – Missouri Life

The 30th Annual Old-Time Music, Ozark Heritage Festival takes place in and around Historic Downtown West Plains and at the West Plains Civic Center, 110 St. Louis St. It’s the biggest West Plains’ festival of the year, and admission is free to all events! Always focused on music, food, and vendors, this year, there’s an …

Not many events can claim all this: Competing critters. Marvelous music. Carnival contests. Rousing rides. Blue ribbon baking. Ridin’ & ropin’. Tough tractors. And more. Yep, you know what we’re talking about. But do you know this year’s details?

If you’re a fan of country music—and a fan of doing good—you’ll want to make plans to attend northern Missouri’s premier country music and camping festival August 4–5. The festival benefits worthwhile area charities each year.

Are you a big Beatles fan? Maybe the Brit band was part of the soundtrack of your youth. Or maybe you’re a younger fan of the Fab Four. Either way, “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Don’t “ miss your chance to see an amazing Beatles tribute that’s a theatrical thrill.

If you’re a fan of iconic country artists Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash, and Patsy Cline, you‘ll want to “Walk The Line” straight to a charity concert featuring a topnotch tribute band that celebrates these music legends. You’d be “Crazy” not to.

Do you get jazzed about jazz? Hopped up about history? Thrilled by theater? Here’s a great chance to indulge all of these passions. One Missouri city’s celebrating its playwriting talent in a Theatre Lab Festival starting May 18.

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If you enjoy the high energy, fast-paced tempo of bluegrass music, you’ll want to “pick” this event for your weekend calendar. Some real practiced pros will be taking the stage at a rollickin’ good time, a pickin’ and a grinnin’.

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