Downtown Benton's Third Thursday

06/18/2026

Third Thursday is happening tonight

06/14/2026

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨

🎸 Battle of the Bands is BACK at Retro Rose Record Store! 🎸

On July 10th & 11th, local bands and artists will battle it out live at Retro Rose for a chance to advance to the finals.

🏆 The Top 2 performers will earn a spot on the Main Stage at Benton's Third Thursday on July 16th, where they'll perform in front of one the towns biggest events of the summer and compete for:
🥇 1st Place - $700 🥈 2nd Place - $300

This is your chance to showcase your talent, gain exposure, and perform at one of Downtown Benton's favorite events!

🎤 Bands and solo artists are welcome to apply.
🎤 Family-friendly performances only as it is a family friendly festival.
🎤 Crowd favorite prizes each night

👉 Interested in competing? Fill out the application form here: https://forms.gle/LJVhe7rM2j4zZcVW7

Even if you're not performing, get ready for an incredible weekend of local live music and come cheer on your favorites!

A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors for helping make this event possible:
❤️ The front porch market
❤️ Relics Tattoo Studio
❤️ Sign Co.
❤️ Val-Trax LLC
❤️ Tipsay With Lindsay

And a special thank you to the City of Benton for partnering with us to support local music and local talent!

👇 Tag a band that needs to enter! 👇

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06/08/2026

Announcing the newest addition to June's Third Thursday lineup. In an amazing collaborative effort all of our wonderful merchants on Market street will have safe and secure outdoor shopping and dining. Take a stroll down Market and see everything our merchants have to offer. Ice cream, Sushi, Italian just tastes better in an outside setting. We want to thank everyone on Market street for getting involved and making Third Thursday even stronger. Stated HQ Sparks Fine Jewelry & Gifts Rock N Roll Sushi - Benton, AR Relics Tattoo StudioRetro Rose The Corner Downtown Pretties & Grace / WILD 2.0 The Oil Shop Benton Area Chamber of Commerce Benton, Arkansas - Benton Proud Downtown Benton Events Benton, Arkansas Parks and Recreation Benton Police Department

05/27/2026

05/26/2026

🔥 CALLING ALL PITMASTERS! 🪵

Benton's Downtown Third Thursday is firing up! Join us for the annual "Butts N Bones" BBQ Cookoff.

🗓️ WHEN: June 18th, 2026 | 6:00pm – 8:30pm
📍 WHERE: Downtown Benton Third Thursday Street Party
💸 COST: FREE to enter!
💡 You must bring your own meat (BYOM).

Benton Farmers Market Pavilion.
Email [email protected] immediately to request your registration form.

05/21/2026

Preview of Third Thursday

05/20/2026

Good Afternoon, We have been blessed with what we hope to be good weather tomorrow night so Third Thursday is a go!. Our World Record hot wheels track will be on River Street and we will attempt the record between 7:15 and 7:30. Everyone who wants to witness the event can make there way over to River Street starting at 6:45.
We have several new Vendors out as well including J3L Wholesale Liquidation Discount Store & Pallets who will be unboxing pallets and giving away prizes all during the night. Must be present to win and they will be over on River Street by the Farmers Market.

Lots of new Food trucks for you guys to try as well.
Big Baby BBQ
Picky Nikki's
Lee's Concessions
Certified Pies
Arkie Acai
Lost Pizza
HTeaO
Kona Ice
Rich's Cosmic Eats
The Dessert Lab
Wells Fun Co.
Jesse James Foods
Hunters Loaded Lemonade
Fizzie Pop Soda Shop
Sweet Ride Treats
Euro Delight
Bodiddle's

Everything starts at 6pm. See you Thursday!!

03/05/2026

Well Everyone. It’s official and it’s time. Our Cajun and Crawfish celebration happens April 16th starting at 6:00pm. All the proceeds, and I mean all, 100%, of every box sold, goes to Bright Futures, the amazing organization helping and serving the under privileged students in the Benton school district. We want to thank our Crawfish Sponsor “The Mighty Crab” for their generous donation of everything you would expect in a crawfish box. Everything will be cooked on site in giant cookers and served hot and delicious.
To make this easier on all of you and to avoid long lines we ask that you purchase your meal ticket here in advance. Scan the QR code and it will take you to the Eventbright page to get your ticket.
There will be walk up lines the night of but be prepared to stand in line.

we will have a designated area for all of you purchasing early.

We even have a drive through area ready to go so even if you can’t stay and enjoy the music and the fun you can at least support Bright Futures and take your crawfish home.

Let’s make our first Third Thursday of the season something to really talk about and support the kids of the Benton School District!