Discover Fort Smith

06/02/2026

Fort Smith Pride Month plans? We’ve got you 🌈✨

The Fort Smith Drag Collective is hosting a lineup of drag shows throughout June, bringing local performance, nightlife, music, celebration, and community to the city. Whether you’re planning a weekend visit, meeting friends for a night out, or looking for something fun to add to your Fort Smith itinerary, this is your guide to the shows happening this month.

Save this Reel, tag your show crew, and check each event for ticket details, times, venue info, and age requirements before you go.

06/01/2026

Not to brag, but we come prepared, plan the dates, answer the calls, and know all the good spots. Green flag behavior, honestly 💅

Start your Fort Smith trip at the Visitor Center for maps, guides, local recommendations, events, souvenirs, and everything you need to explore the city like you actually had a plan.

📍Fort Smith Visitor Center / 524 Garrison Ave, Suite 21

05/29/2026

Every great trip needs a great breakfast spot 🥞 and Fort Smith has 13 of them. From a warm cinnamon roll waiting at your table at Calico County to Dubai chocolate pancake pops at Digs FS in The Bakery District, mornings here are anything but ordinary.

Tag someone you'd road trip to Fort Smith with! 👇

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Fort Smith’s breakfast scene serves up everything from classic diners and homemade biscuits to creative brunch spots and local coffeehouses. Discover 13 must-try breakfast restaurants in Fort Smith, Arkansas, with local favorites, brunch ideas, and unique morning flavors.

05/28/2026

June is HERE, and Fort Smith is serving looks, thrills, and good times all month long! 🏳️‍🌈✨

👑 Drag at Digs – A grown and glamorous night of live drag at The Bakery District. 18+, just $5 💅
🌊 Dark Waters – Waterpark after dark? Yes please. Parrot Island is open under the stars
🚛 Crush Zone Monster Trucks – Big trucks, bigger stunts at Kay Rodgers Park
🎉 Juneteenth Block Party – Soul food + live music = the only place to be on June 19
🎪 Bakery District Street Fest – Food trucks, vendors, live music, and a kids zone all in one
🏎️ IMPORTEXPO Car Show – JDM, euro, domestic — the builds are coming to the Convention Center

June in Fort Smith hits different. Tag someone you're dragging out this month! 👇

05/27/2026

Meet someone who has spent his career chasing the full story, not just the easy parts.

Tom Wing is a historian, Assistant Professor at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, and Director of the Drennen-Scott Historic Site in Van Buren. Twenty-three years at the university, ten in the secondary classroom, and eight as a National Park Service ranger and historian. He didn't land here by accident. He built toward it.

The site he stewards is a 36-acre property anchored by a house built in 1838, passed down through five generations of the same family before UAFS acquired it. It's the kind of place that could've been sanitized into a postcard. Tom makes sure it isn't. The full story is told here. The founder, the enslaved people who worked his land, the Native nations displaced, and the women erased from the record.

Off the clock, you'll find him exactly where you'd expect. Still somewhere in the past, still asking questions📜

📹 FSLT - Fort Smith Little Theatre / In partnership with City of Fort Smith, Arkansas

05/26/2026

POV: the gallery never closes here 🌈 In Fort Smith, the art lives outside, painted big and bold across the city—and you've only just walked through the front door

Brought to you by Main Street Fort Smith & The Unexpected

05/26/2026

Pov: the gallery never closes here 🌈 In Fort Smith the art lives outside, painted big and bold across the city—and you've only just walked through the front door

Brought to you by Main Street Fort Smith & The Unexpected

05/25/2026

You know that feeling when you stumble onto a restaurant that becomes an instant favorite? That's Diamond Head #2 🍜

Tan Dai and his family left Vietnam with nothing, stripped of everything they owned, and made the journey to Fort Smith. What followed is a story of resilience, family, and food. For over 40 years, generations of the Dai family have shown up almost every single day, welcoming every customer with a smile and cooking dishes Tan has made entirely his own.

📍 Diamond Head #2 / 1901 Midland Blvd

05/22/2026

You know that one stop on a road trip that you didn't plan for but ended up loving the most? 🚗

This , we're hoping Fort Smith becomes that stop for you. Walk downtown Fort Smith and take in the murals. Step inside the courtroom where "Hanging Judge" Parker handed down frontier justice. Grab a meal you can't get back home, pick up a souvenir with a story, and if you're not ready to leave, stay the night in a renovated 1890's loft right downtown.

📍 Save this for your next Arkansas adventure.

05/21/2026

We're back with Fort Smith Unfiltered 🎙️ Real locals, real answers — no filters, no fluff.

Meet Brandon Goldsmith—a well-known name around town and a true creative at heart. He's currently lighting up the stage in The Western District play, hosts the Fort Smith International Film Festival, and always has a hand in something film-related. Brandon is one of those people who makes Fort Smith's arts scene feel alive.

✨ Here's the scoop:
🌮 Favorite local food? Fajitas at La Huerta paired with live music on the patio.
🥃 Favorite drink? A classic black coffee at Fort Smith Coffee Co. and bourbon on the rocks at 906 Lounge
🎬 Favorite thing to do in Fort Smith? Supporting friends and showing up for their events — plus hanging out at The Bakery District
🔥 Most underrated thing about Fort Smith? Fort Smith lets people play. If you've got a great idea, people are willing to get behind it.

📍 Filmed at the top of the City of Fort Smith garage