Get Into the Fun!
The Daffodil Festival gives you plenty opportunity to join in on the fun! If you're into vintage cars you can swing by the Antique Car Show. There's a spectacular art show where you can buy fabulous works of art from local and regional artists. Get ready for winter at the Quilt Show and Art Sale in the 1st UMC Great Hall/Welcome Center. And don't forget the Championship Steak Cook-off on Saturday. It will be the best steak you'll ever eat.
WalMart sponsored Children’s Activities are not just for small children – they are for those who are “young at heart” also! You will not want to miss “The Daffodil Cardboard Challenge” happening Friday Morning downtown. There will be 20 teams of students from 4th – 12th grades from public, private and homeschoolers competing to build the best “creation”. During their 3 hour time to build the Teams will be given several “roadblocks” that they will have to maneuver through.
Look for the ALFIE award winning rides & inflatables located on the Farmer’s Bank Parking Lot and the Postmaster’s Grill Parking Lot. There will be new rides to excite the younger, pre-teen and teenager. You will want to take advantage of the special armband hours on both days that will let you ride everything on both lots for one price. Our trackless train will be back again this year, loading passengers next to the Farmer’s Bank Building. All to make the children’s festival time as much fun as the adults!
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World Championship Steak Cook-off
Art Show & Sale
Dining with the Daffodils
Quilt Show
Live Entertainment
Antique Car Show
Cardboard Challenge
World Championship Steak Cook-off
Limited tickets available at Information booth and the First Methodist Great Hall Ticket Table until 4:00 pm.
Must buy tickets in advance!!!
On Saturday evening stay around for the Annual World Championship Steak Cook-Off featuring angus beef rib eye steaks with all the trimmings. Eat well and enjoy the FREE music, Dance in the streets, enjoy our community, and you are most welcome at any of our churches for Sunday morning services.
We hope you will come and bring cameras, casual clothing, happy hearts, and your dancing shoes! Our festival was founded by local citizens and gardeners who wanted to share our charm and give the money to local charities. We have emergency vehicles on hand and lots of security so come visit us, relax, have a good time knowing your money goes for a good cause.
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Art Show/Sale
1st UMC Welcome & Hospitality Center – March 13th - 14th • 9:00 – 5:00 pm. Entry to this event is FREE!
Local and regional arts will be exhibiting and selling their work at the Daffodil Festival Art Show and Sale in the festival hospitality center at First United Methodist Church Great Hall from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 13th - 14th.
Click Here to download the 2020 Art Show application form and guidelines.
Dining with the Daffodils!
March 13th & 14th, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Elliot-Meek Nunnally House (761 W. Washington St.)
Join us at the Elliot Meek Nunnally House (761 Washington), a National Register Home, for lunch on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 till 12:30 and 12:30 till 2PM. Tickets will only be sold online and at the House. Tickets may be purchased at the house with cash or credit cards.
~ Menu ~
Choice of
French Potato Soup
or
Tomato Basil Soup
Served with a choice of
Chicken Salad Sandwich on a Croissant
or
Grilled Cheese Sandwich (aged Irish cheese) on artisan bread
Dessert:
N’Orleans Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce
Sooo good! . . . and all homemade!!!
Meet us inside this great historic home where we will have lunch ‘al fresca’, entertained by a strolling violinist and enjoy a fashion show of this year’s spring line from Rainbow Connection.
The cost of the lunch is $15.00. The proceeds will go toward the foundation restoration of the McCollum Chidester House Museum (sponsored by the Ouachita County Historical Society).
Quilt Show
March 13th - 14th – 9:00-5:00 pm. Fabulous display! This is a FREE EVENT!
Held at First United Methodist Church Great Hall, The Ouachita Quilters gather quilts donated for the show from Ouachita County residents.
One of the other projects of this group is to donate baby quilts to the Women's Crisis Center; they have donated 80 over the past years.
Also one of the founding members of the club, Ethel Hickman, was the first woman from Arkansas to have a quilt on permanent display at the World Quilting Museum in Paducah, Kentucky.
Live Entertainment
At the Postmasters Grill Stage 133 W. Washington!
Be sure to take a break and enjoy some of the best local and regional entertainment South Arkansas has to offer. You'll hear bands, local choirs, and singing groups, as well as see dance troupes and other forms of entertainment throughout the day. 10-5pm both Friday and Saturday. This is a free event!
Antique Car Show
COLLECTOR/SPECIAL INTEREST VEHICLES & MOTORCYCLES
Saturday, March 14
Register from 9:00 AM - 11 AM
Location: Corner of Haynes & Washington Street (1108 W. Washington St.)
Trophies awarded @ 2:30 p.m.
Show entry $15.00 per owner, additional vehicles $5.00 each Free T-Shirt with each paying entrant.
Cars entered eligible for "Best of Show Award"
Additional judging awards for:
“1st place awards for Best Pre-80 Model, Post 80 Model Cars,” “Best Truck & Best Motorcycle”
Shuttle service to the downtown festival will be available for car show participants.
For more Information contact John Coons: 870-833-0508
Email: k.coons@att.net
Cardboard Challenge
WHEN : March 13 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
WHERE: The Camden Daffodil Festival, Downtown CamdenTeams of 3-5 Students from area public, private, and home schools Grades 4-12; Minimum 1 Teacher Advisor per team; Each school is allowed up to 2 teams (these teams can be multi-grade levels) Registration is limited to the first 20 teams.
What is a Cardboard Challenge? Students are invited to build something awesome using cardboard, recycled materials, and imagination during a specific time frame. They will be using collaboration, creativity, and problem-solving skills during this activity.
COST: FREE!
