Ozark Beer Company, Yeyo's and Pink House Alchemy are among a select group of businesses invited to Washington D.C. by The Smithsonian Institution to participate in a celebration of the Ozarks.  "Visitors to the 2023 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will experience the cultural landscape of the Ozarks region of the U.S. with the program The Ozarks: Faces and Facets of a Region."

The event, set for June 29 to July 4 and July 6 to 9, takes place on the National Mall between 12th and 14th streets. Musicians, dancers, cooks, artisans, and storytellers are part of the program. The festival is produced by the Smithsonian’s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and presented in collaboration with the National Park Service. The program will feature large-scale murals and a custom-built mountain bike trail, music jam sessions and performances, dance and craft workshops, food and plant knowledge demonstrations, and curated discussions. 

Java Dudes Coffee Co. and Mavis WineCo. are collaborating to offer a summer pop-up market featuring creators and vendors from our region. They have selected local artisans with handcrafted products inspired by the heart and soul of talented makers from our community. Make plans to visit Rogers + Art + District and attend RAD on 2nd, Downtown Rogers’ newest makers market offering locally made products They will also feature food trucks serving up a variety of food and beverage options. RAD on 2nd is 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4 at 718 N 2nd Street, Rogers, AR.

The community is invited to Pig Gig Arkansas, as the annual festival returns to Downtown Rogers. Pig Gig Arkansas is a family friendly event organized  Jay Alexander Foundation to benefit the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation. The event includes a pig roast BBQ and live music performances to honor the life of Jay Alexander, a Rogers resident who passed away in 2011 at age 20 from a rare form of liver cancer. Presented by Jay Alexander Foundation, Inc. in partnership with the City of Rogers at the Downtown Rogers Butterfield Stage, the festivities are set for 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m., Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 101 E Cherry St, Rogers, AR. 

For the past thirty seven years, Arkansas Public Theatre (APT), a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, has served as a community-based organization that believes performing arts are an essential part of a healthy community and vibrant economy. Arkansas Public Theatre at The Victory Theater presents high caliber productions with volunteer actors, directors, designers and technicians from our region.

The organization is thankful for season ticket holders, donors, partners, and ticket holders. This continued support is vital to the existence of APT. Their future promises greater community development and initiatives, while maintaining their productions’ relevancy in keeping our community alive and inspired. 

Harold's Diner, Soda Fountain and Farmacy is a ministry AND a place to enjoy delicious and healthy food. The founders are bringing their passion for feeding the community in the form of a restaurant to 710 N. 2nd Street, in Downtown Rogers. Their menu includes a variety of plant-based options and menu offerings as close to Farm to Plate as you will find in a restaurant.

They are hosting a soft opening at their new brick and mortar with a Mother's Day Brunch, 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Sunday, May 14. Kids under 8 eat free, and you can enjoy buffet style dining, featuring clean, gluten free, locally sourced food. The fixed price buffet is $31 and you may make reservations by email at [email protected].

It is the mission of Harold’s Diner to provide a place of security in trust and food. Founders--Coty Pate, chef, founder and operator; and Josh Musehl, assistant operator--strive to provide you with food that feeds more than your appetite as they prepare clean, local and mindful meals. Supporting Harold’s Diner does more than just help a food service operation. It helps build our community by sourcing local farmers and other entrepreneurs to ensure you get the purest options available.

The month of May is National Pet Month and what better time to highlight our dog friendly Downtown Rogers than with a doggy themed Art on the Bricks Art Walk. The monthly event is a program of The Rogers Lowell Chamber, welcomes the community to shop with artists and pet related businesses and non-profits to participate in “Barks on the Bricks,” 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 11, 2023.

Little Monsters have been sighted in Downtown Rogers and their tracks lead us to three Rogers Public Schools. Students at Rogers High School are closing out their year with their art exhibition Little Monsters, created in partnership with Bonnie Grimes and Reagan Elementary Schools. High School students in Jordan Anson's Ceramic I class received monster drawings by 3rd grade students and took their designs to create whimsical 3D ceramic sculptures.

Rogers Local Food Market kicks off their season 8:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday May 6 and continues each Saturday—May through September—at Railyard Plaza in Downtown Rogers. The 2023 market welcomes new vendors and introduces mixed drinks and beer by TxAR House and Rendezvous Junction Brewing Co. They will also have live music, cooking demonstrations, children’s activities and more.

May is National Pet Month and we are celebrating our Dog Friendly Downtown Rogers with numerous events including the May 11 Barks on the Bricks Art Walk and an opportunity for your pet photos to be featured in the Rogers Experimental House Gallery.  

The Chamber and the City of Rogers hosted a site visit from representatives of Frisco, Texas to discuss urban planning, Downtown revitalization, and comprehensive growth plans for our city.  Hosted at Ozark Beer Company in Downtown Rogers, this multi-hour meeting created great conversation highlighting the redevelopment of Downtown Rogers and learning the similar challenges and opportunities found in Frisco.

B-List on the Bricks has partnered with Delta Crawfish and Catering to present the First Annual Crawfish Boil, Bugs @ B-List set for this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 21 - 23 in Downtown Rogers. Enjoy fresh crawfish, live music plus cooking and eating competitions and a cornhole tournament. The Festivities take place at B List on the Bricks, 105 S 3rd Street in Downtown Rogers. 

April is National Car Care Month so we decided this is the perfect time to introduce you to our friends at Subie Gurus! National Car Care Month comes around twice a year, every October and April. These months bring attention to the importance of regular preventative car maintenance and care as we begin planning road trips for summer and again during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. And while it is a nationally recognized month, we know our community appreciates supporting local, so we invite you to get to know a local business owner who is a great promoter of Downtown Rogers. 

Earth Day is celebrated each year in April and we would like to highlight some of the businesses that are making efforts to reduce the impact they are having on our environment. One such effort is Honeycomb Kitchen Shop’s partnership with Ozark Compost & Swap to collect food waste from their cooking classes to be used for composting.

Call for Artists and Pet Related Vendors & Non Profits! May is National Pet Month and the May Art on the Bricks Art Walk in Downtown Rogers features Our Dog Friendly Downtown! Join us Thursday, May 11 for our dog friendliest event of the year! 

April 7 is recognized as National Beer Day in the U.S., and April 6 is known as New Beer's Eve. Why, you ask? April 7 is the anniversary of the end of Prohibition in the United States. Those who frequent Downtown Rogers restaurants and bars don't need a special day to enjoy locally the popular beverage that has been made for over 5,000 years. But it is a great reason for us to shine the spotlight and help you get acquainted with one of the founders and co-owners of Ozark Beer Company, Lacie Bray.  

April is National Recycling Month and Earth Day is April 22. The April Downtown Rogers Art on the Bricks Art Walk is the perfect time to highlight art that is based on restoration and reuse. We are excited to share the works of than a dozen artists who created art that comes from items that are recycled or repurposed. We are also showcasing the works of dozens of other artists who bring beauty as well as socially and culturally significant messages to the community through art.

Art on the Bricks Art Walk is Thursday, April 13, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in locations throughout Downtown Rogers.

Underbrush Books, with support from The Cozy Librarian and Ozark Beer Co., is hosting the inaugural NWA Book Fest, 10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, April 1, at Ozark Beer Co., 109 N Arkansas Street, Rogers, AR. The event includes two stages and opportunities to connect with more than 2 dozen local authors and publishers, 12 maker/small business pop-up shops, and eight locally owned independent bookstores. 

The Rogers Lowell Chamber recently launched the Downtown Rogers Merchant MeetUp, a program designed to facilitate connections and collaborations among Downtown Rogers businesses. Business owners, managers and staff come together for the monthly get together to convene, connect, converse and collaborate over coffee.

NWA Media, a division of the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, collaborated with Rogers Lowell Chamber and Downtown Rogers merchants to publish the new 2023 Go Downtown Rogers Map and Shopping Guide which can be found in shops, restaurants and offices throughout Downtown Rogers and is also available throughout the region.

We can't believe it's almost been 1 year since Nola's Pantry opened their doors in Downtown Rogers! The specialty food shop and cafe is hosting a multi-day celebration for the community!   B-DAY Bash from Wednesday, March 15th to Saturday March 18th.

Opening in the fall of 2022, Ember Fine Art and Tattoo is a tattoo studio that aims to blend the worlds of fine art and body art and is owned by Andrea White. While the studio can house up to 9 artists there are currently 4 artists that each provide different styles of work that create a well rounded portfolio and atmosphere of work. The studio features local fine art from NWA artists that also resides in the waiting area and hopes to change the narrative around tattoo studios.

The 3rd year of the Rogers Short Film Festival returns to the beautiful and historic Victory Theater in Downtown Rogers, Friday – Sunday, March 3 – 5. Presented by StudioChunky and Arkansas Public Theatre, films juried into the festival include narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation films with awards based on age and skill-specific categories.

Sir Edmond, an 8-year-old Anatolian Shepherd, is throwing a party and YOU are invited! Help raise money as he competes for Pet Partners 2023 Pet of the Year. Help raise funds for Pet Partners, the leading therapy animal registry program in the United States.

Specialized Real Estate Group broke ground on Downtown Rogers' first ground-up, large-scale, multifamily development during a ceremony Thursday, February Feb. 23. Designed by Modus Studio, the $28 million development will include four three-story buildings with 121 apartments including studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom units.

Hawk Moth Brewery & Beer Parlor, the Downtown Rogers nano brewery and tap room, announced they are leaving Downtown Rogers. Company founder, Bradley Riggs, shared the company is shifting its business model to wholesale production and distribution only, and expanding into a larger location that will allow double the current production capacity. 

Specialized Real Estate Group is celebrating the ground breaking during a ceremony Thursday, February Feb. 23, in Downtown Rogers. First Street Flats, is the first ground-up, large-scale, multi-family community in Downtown Rogers.
The ceremony will take place at the development site at 401 1st St., Rogers, Ark, in the Water Tower District.

Each year, since 2012, the Daisy Airgun Museum has created a custom engraved, limited edition Model 25 pump BB gun featuring an image of historic downtown Rogers. This year, the museum has chosen to highlight the Cider & Vinegar plants.  Vinegar was manufactured in Rogers for ninety-six years, beginning in 1905.  Benton County was once the highest apple producing county in the nation. 

This year’s gun stock features a custom engraving created from several historic photos.  The accompanying card, inside the package, details the significant contribution made by this business.

Lovers of art, poetry, music, and food are invited to celebrate Black History Month during the February Art on the Bricks Art Walk. Join this collaboration of black creators and thought leaders as we come together as a community and experience the good things in life. Enjoy food and art, accompanied by written and spoken word, collectively inspired by our regions’ black culture and community.

“So It's Black History Month...What Are You Going to Do Beyond Today?” challenges participants to consider their relationship with the rich and diverse black community in Northwest Arkansas. The Black History Month celebration is a free, family friendly event at the Rogers Experimental House, (RXH) 121 W Walnut Street, Rogers, AR. 

Downtown Rogers offers a welcoming business community with charming brick streets, and historic brick buildings that house a variety of shops, restaurants and bars. Your patronage is still vital to locally owned businesses during the cold weather months. And, in addition to regularly supporting your favorite businesses, you can help these businesses thrive when you write reviews! Your positive online review is a great way to lift up and support small businesses. When you spend a few minutes writing a review, you can have a significant impact on that company.

An interesting turn of events led to the opportunity for a longtime locally owned business in Downtown Rogers to continue carrying on a family tradition. In the fall of 2022, Rick White, owner and founder of White’s Jewelry & Company, announced his plans to retire. Rick’s son, Clennton White was not a candidate to take over as the 2nd generation operator. He was busy jet setting around the country—literally--as a private pilot, part time family farmer, and owner of an RV Park on Beaver Lake. So, the retirement sale marketing efforts kicked into high gear and the store was consistently busy thanks to news coverage, bright yellow retirement sale banners, texts, phone calls and more. Friends and customers said their goodbyes.