Arkansas Cornbread Festival

10/23/2026

🌽 Meet a few of the talented bakers showing up for this year’s People’s Choice!

✨Team Grits A Ya-Ya, bringing Classic Sweet Potato Cornbread

✨Creative Culinary Kids, bringing Once in a Blue Moon Cornbread with Pecan Maple Crunch

✨Simply Blissful Desserts by Carla bringing Brown Butter Cinnamon Sweet Potato Cornbread with a Honey Butter Glaze

Come taste, meet the bakers, and show some love! Grab your tasting tickets at arkansascornbreadfestival.com

10/22/2026

Alright Little Rock! Festival time is just a few weeks away! We are so excited to start introducing you to some of the incredible vendors joining us this year!

Kimberlyz Kraftz (https://www.facebook.com/kimberlyzkraftz)
- Handmade headbands & boutique accessories designed for everyday comfort + style

PHOEBENFRIENDS (https://www.facebook.com/PHOEBEnFRIENDS) Fun bandanas and fashion-forward collars for your furbaby!

DyeingKatYarn (https://www.facebook.com/groups/325228525975349)- a local small business based in Bryant, Arkansas, dedicated to the art of custom dyeing yarns.

Come find them on South Main Street in SoMa on November 7th.

Free admission!

10/13/2026

November 7th is coming fast and we still need volunteers!

A few hours of your time helps make a free, family-friendly community celebration possible for thousands of Little Rock residents.

Sign up here:

Calling Cornbread lovers! We need your help. The Arkansas Cornbread Festival is a great place to meet friends, support a unique community building event and of course the yummy place to be on November 7, 2026. Volunteer as an individual or as a group! If you have a large group (more than 10) that

10/08/2026

There's still time to enter the Cornbread Competition!

We lowered our entry fees this year because we want this competition to be as accessible as possible. We know competing comes with real costs and we want that to be the focus - not the entry fee.

Amateur entry: $20 | Professional entry: $50 | Deadline: October 10th
Apply at arkansascornbreadfestival.com!

10/07/2026

Friendly reminder - tasting tickets are on sale NOW and you will want them!

Admission to the Arkansas Cornbread Festival is always FREE. But if you want to taste every competitor cornbread and cast your People Choice vote, grab your tasting tickets in advance and save:

3 tickets for $5
Unlimited wristband $20 advance / $25 day of

November 7th is coming fast.

Buy your tickets at www.arkansascornbreadfestival.com !

10/05/2026

One of our favorite things about this year is getting to know the people behind the cornbread.

Every competitor will have a story card at their booth - one sentence about where their recipe came from or what it means to them.

"My grandmother made this every Sunday after church."
"I have been perfecting this for six years."
"This is the cornbread that won my husband's heart."

THAT is what you are tasting on November 7th.

We can't wait to share it with you!

10/03/2026

We've been building toward this and November 7th is getting close Little Rock! 🌽

If you've been thinking about entering the cornbread competition - as a home cook OR a professional - this is your sign. We made the entry fees more accessible this year because we want as many people at that table as possible.

Professional entry $50 | Amateur entry $20 | Deadline October 10th

Apply at arkansascornbreadfestival.com - link in bio on Instagram!

09/28/2026

We need YOU Little Rock! 🌽

The Arkansas Cornbread Festival is looking for volunteers to help make November 7th an incredible day for our community. Whether you're helping with setup, managing waste stations, guiding festival-goers, or supporting the cornbread competition - there's a place for you.

Sign up at the link below (or in the bio!) and let's build this together!

https://www.arkansascornbreadfestival.com/volunteer/

09/27/2026

We're building something really special for this year's vendor experience and we can barely wait for you to see it. 🌽

From handmade jewelry to fresh food to unique art - Main Street in SoMa Little Rock is going to be the place to be on November 7th!

Vendor applications are still open - link below!

https://www.arkansascornbreadfestival.com/vendors/

09/25/2026

November 7th is six weeks away and tasting tickets are on sale now! 🌽

Admission is always FREE - but grab a tasting ticket to taste every competitor's cornbread and vote for your People's Choice favorite!

3 tickets for $5
Unlimited wristband for $20 (goes up to $25 day of)

Link below!

https://www.arkansascornbreadfestival.com/attend/tickets/