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In the evenings and select days, we invited visitors to the Ralph Rinzler Main Stage for music, dancing, and short films. All concerts were free and open to the public.

This schedule was subject to change due to weather and other factors. Concert descriptions and more artists will be added in the coming weeks.

* Concerts marked with an asterisk were livestreamed worldwide on our YouTube channel.


Thursday, June 29

6–8 p.m. | An Evening with Ozarks Women *


Friday, June 30

6–9 p.m. | Come Let Us Sing: Gospel Music Legacies *


Saturday, July 1

6–8 p.m. | NextGen Ozarks Showcase *

8–9:30 p.m. | Community Square Dance


Sunday, July 2

5:30–7 p.m. | Singing Together


Tuesday, July 4

2:30–4 p.m. | De Libertate: Sounds of Freedom and Hope from Ukraine *

5–5:45 p.m. | Singing Through the Dark *

6–7:30 p.m. | An Evening with the Ozark Mountain Daredevils *


Thursday, July 6

2–3 p.m. | Yiddish Folk *

6–8 p.m. | Ozarks Opry *

8:30–10:30 p.m. | Folkways at 75


Friday, July 7

6–8:30 p.m. | Memorias de agua: An Evening of Film, Dance, and Music *


Saturday, July 8

1–2 p.m. *

6–8:30 p.m. | Ozarks × Folkways *

8:30–10 p.m. | Community Square Dance


Sunday, July 9

12–2 p.m. | DJ Duane Powell's Sunday Service

5–6:30 p.m. | Blues and Roots: Celebrating the Musicians of Playing for the Man at the Door


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