Submitted by Mena A&P
The Mena Advertising & Promotion Commission would like to invite you to join the fun at the 45th Annual Lum & Abner Music and Arts Festival, June 3 – 4.
Mena’s signature event, the Annual Lum & Abner Music & Arts Festival, is held at Janssen Park, in Mena, Arkansas. This is a Free Admission event and was voted “Best New Festival in Arkansas” in 2006 by the Arkansas Festival & Events Association and “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” in 2010 by the Southeast Tourism Society. The festival has received statewide publicity in various newspapers, specialty publications, and television.
Live entertainment is a huge part of the event as it runs all day both days of the festival. In addition to live entertainment, enjoy wonderful arts and crafts, great food, the incredible Arkansas Circus Arts performers, an awesome Lum & Abner Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show, Kiddie Korner with playground and bounce houses, the Lum & Abner 5K Run/Walk, the Lum & Abner 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Fishing Derbies, the RE/MAX Baby Crawlin’ Contest, and more.
Live entertainment on the
festival stage
Great music has become a hallmark of the Lum & Abner Festival. There will be live music from top Arkansas artists on the Aleshire Electric Entertainment Stage or Visit Mena Stage, both days of the festival.
Friday, June 3
10:00 a.m. – National Anthem
11 a.m. – The Ouachita Strings Ensemble
1:30 p.m. – The Ouachita Strings Ensemble
2 p.m. – Marissa Dawn
4 p.m. – Backroad Revival
6 p.m. – Ryan Paul Davis
8 p.m. – Sam Allbright & the Southern Heat
Saturday, June 4
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Talent Show
2 p.m. – Nash Moore
4 p.m. – Spa City Young Bloods
6 p.m. – Fonky Donkey
8 p.m. – Mr. Cabbagehead & the Screaming Radishes
You can see the festival’s schedule of events, registration forms, and more, at visitmena.com/.
Don’t forget your lawn chairs for this free concert. We look forward to seeing you there.
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