The Craighead Forest Bandshell is located on Access Road 6 in Craighead Forest Park. The bandshell is a Blues Club project and was donated to the park in 2003.
The Blues Club, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit group that presents and promotes the music of Northeast Arkansas. Each year The Blues Club presents live music at the park with Sunday In The Park in the Spring and Blues Fest in the Fall.
For more information about Sunday In The Park or Blues Fest click the links below.
Blues Fest
Carpentry Starts On The Bandshell
Construction Updates
KAIT Newsclip
Our Donation Letter
Raising The Beam
Sunday In The Park
The Five Decades Of Great Music Fundraiser
Craighead Forest Bandshell - Photos
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Work begins on the bandshell foundation
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The pad has been poured and we start using the bandshell.
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Dennis, Hairy Larry, Sonny, and Carl raising the walls.
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Still working on the walls.
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Dennis Mathes, Kier Heyl and Sonny Ackerman siding the walls.
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No roof yet but we're using the bandshell.
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Guard rails go up.
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Setting the beam.
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Trusses are put into place.
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Trusses are up.
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Dennis Mathes sawing lumber for the roof.
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The roof is going on.
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Up on the roof. Tim Hoggard and Chuck Turner decking the roof.
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