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Weekend Roundup

Happy Friday, Northwest Arkansas! Here's your Weekend Roundup:

• 🎸 3-Days of fun: The highly anticipated FORMAT Festival is this weekend and is featuring 60+ performances and integrated art experiences.

• 🧸 Tinker toys: Tinkerfest is happening Saturday, at the Amazeum, featuring hands-on activities from makers and educators to celebrate creativity and innovation for families.

• 🥁 Music to my ears: If you’re not going to be making it to FORMAT this weekend, you can check out some of the other great music options going on in NWA this weekend.

• 🍺 Beery good cause: Beer Makes a Difference 2023 is an event offering free samples from 10 breweries to raise funds for Arkansas JDRF, fighting type 1 diabetes.

• 🏍️ Bikes, Blues, and BBQ: The world’s largest charity motorcycle rally will be wrapping up tomorrow after a full week of events.

• 🎉 Fun fest: The NWA Festival Association has been hosting its Arts & Craft Fair and cooking competitions, including BBQ and chili, this week. Check out the schedule to see the remaining events.

• 🥳 Fiesta: NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival is back this year with a new location. The event will be held on Sunday, Sep 24, from 1-5p at the NWA Mall West parking lot.

Restaurant Highlight

ICYMI: New Pub in Downtown Rogers

Pub on the Bricks launched earlier this month in Downtown Rogers and had a grand opening celebration to mark the occasion.

• A Family Affair: Located at The District, a newly renovated space at 106 W Elm St, Pub on the Bricks is owned by the Alexander family — longtime residents of Rogers and founders of the annual Pig Gig Arkansas festival.

• Grab a Pint: Come enjoy the laid-back vibes, craft brew delights, live music, and good times! The new venue has indoor and outdoor seating and a finely curated selection of 14 Arkansas craft beers on tap, as well as a handpicked assortment of wines and domestic beers.

Follow Pub on the Bricks for updates HERE.

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Razorbacks Devo Davis and Trevon Brazile Join Celebrity Influencers at ReWired Fest

Arkansas Razorbacks basketball stars Devo Davis and Trevon Brazile have joined the lineup of celebrities who will appear at ReWired Fest, returning to the University of Arkansas’s Bud Walton Arena Oct 6-7.

• The Showdown: ReWired Fest brings together global tech, esports, gaming, entertainment, and food & beverage innovators for an expo-meets-festival experience — that’s completely free! This year’s lineup includes Dude Perfect, Danny Duncan, Typical Gamer, and Justin Flom. Basketball stars Devo and Trevon will join the action, competing for bragging rights in a head-to-head Mario Kart competition followed by a meet-n-greet.

• The Expo: Enjoy games, giveaways, a flight simulator, free food samples, a beer garden, live music, and more! Register by Sep 27 to compete in a $25,000 Prize Esports Tournament in Street Fighter 6 and Super Smash Bros.

View the full schedule of events and register for free HERE.

Events

Kick Off Your Weekends with Fun, Affordable Family Activities at The Jones Center

FamJam Saturdays at The Jones Center are the ultimate weekend family experience. An unbeatable price of just $5/person includes movement class, activity and entertainment. Starting Saturday, September 2023, with "Papa Rap",

• Family fun: From movement class to live performances, FamJam Saturdays will entertain and educate the whole family.

• Something for everyone: The FamJam 2023-2024 lineup includes Halloween Harvest with Shannon Wurst, REFLEX, Holly Jolly FamJam, 123 Andrés, University of Wonder & Imagination Live and Doktor Kaboom.

Grab your tickets HERE.

Employment

Cool Jobs In NWA

Looking for a job? Check out the wide range of positions posted to our community board:

• Join MAKR Communications, a newly launched, well-funded fine art print production company as a Photoshop Pro.*

• HealthFitness is seeking Fitness Professionals, Lifeguards, and Youth Activity Specialists to join the team at Walton Life Fitness Center in Bentonville.*

• Find several other listings in the Health, Education, and Retail industries.

Have a job you're looking to fill? Post it HERE.

NWA Daily Picks

In other news

• 🧹 Clean home, happy heart! Reach out to NWA Cleaners to get your home, short-term rental, or Airbnb cleaned. Get a quote HERE.*

• 🎓 Movin’ on up: The Sam M. Walton College of Business ranked 25th in public colleges and 38th nationally for undergraduate business programs by U.S. News & World Report for 2024.

• 🔬 Under the microscope: University of Arkansas received $3.1m from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute to study pediatric mitochondrial disorders.

• 🧞‍♂️ Genie in a bottle: Cartwheel Startup Studio recently partnered with SSI to launch Quantis, a manufacturing tech startup focused on beverage operations that is expected to do multiple millions in revenue this year.

• 🐜 Swarming: Across NWA and the River Valley, people witnessed an odd site of swarms of flying ants. This article explains why swarms like this happen.

• 📅 Ditch the FOMO: Post your upcoming events on our Events Page, and stay in the know about upcoming events mentioned in the newsletter.

• 🥳 Join the Club: Our NWA Daily Fan Club keeps this thing going. In return for being awesome, they get access to exclusive giveaways — ranging from gift cards and concert tickets to bikes and kayaks!

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