Festival Kickoff + Dylan Earl

The festival begins where Arkansas does: with a song.

Dylan Earl, born in Louisiana and naturalized by the Natural State, opens the main stage with an alt‑country set drawn from his 2025 album Level‑Headed Even Smile. Earl has spent the better part of a decade behind the wheel, sharing stages with Esther Rose, Nick Shoulders, Willi Carlisle, and The Deslondes across the United States and Europe. His songs are wry, irreverent, and shaped by the back roads and people who showed him how to call Arkansas home.

For festival opening night, it is the right voice to set the tone: distinctly Arkansas, generously original, and entirely his own.