Press Releases | Hot Springs National Park Arkansas

OAKLAWN ANNOUNCES MONUMENTAL SHIFT IN ITS RACING CALENDAR HOT SPRINGS, AR (June 7, 2021) – In yet another historic move for the 117-year-old track, Oaklawn will now add December race dates to its calendar and host a 66-day season from Friday, Dec. 3, 2021 – Sunday, May 8, 2022. “For many yea...

39th Annual Grassroots Bass-Fishing Championship to be held in Hot Springs for Record Sixth Time HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (June 3, 2021) – Major League Fishing, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced Thursday that the 39th annual Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American will be...

(Photo Caption: Memphis Soul Revue.) HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The first of four “citywide block parties” scheduled each Thursday in June will be held Thursday (June 3) in the Bridge Street Entertainment District in downtown Hot Springs from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. It’s part of the...

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The tubs are nearing the post. The final lineup of competitors was announced today (May 23) for the 2021 Stueart Pennington World Championship Running of the Tubs bathtub races on World Famous Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs. The races will begin at 9 a.m. from...

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Hot Springs native John Muldoon, who has extensive experience coaching baseball at the former Hot Springs Girls and Boys Club, has been named assistant general manager of the new Majestic Park baseball complex being constructed at Carson and Belding Streets....

Southern Airways Express, the Essential Air Service provider for the cities of El Dorado, Harrison, and Hot Springs, has expanded its popular daily service from Dallas and Memphis to soon include weekend flights connecting all regions of the state. In addition, Hot Springs will add Memphis as a co...

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — Registration opens today (Sunday, May 9) for the Third Annual Güdrun Mountain Bike Festival, a three-day celebration of Hot Springs’ internationally acclaimed Northwoods system of bike trails that will take place November 12 - 14. Competitive events will t...

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The Hot Springs Convention Center, under the leadership of Director of Operations Jennifer Wolcott, has achieved accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council for establishing and maintaining controls for infectious agents such as the COVID-19 coronav...

(PHOTO CAPTION: Susan Kay Dugan, wife of the late baseball historian Mike Dugan, plays a game of catch earlier this year using the “sweetheart baseball” Mike gave her.) HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The “Second Inning” of the community-wide game of baseball catch will take place...

HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, Arkansas — The annual Memorial Day free fireworks display sponsored by Visit Hot Springs will be held Sunday, May 30 on Lake Hamilton. In case of rain, the fireworks will be held Monday, May 31. The Memorial Day fireworks will be the first of three fireworks displays V...