2nd Annual Taste of Hope Offers Food + Fun in Arkansas

If you love to eat, the first weekend in October promises to be an exciting time for residents living in Hope, Arkansas as the 2nd Annual Taste of Hope is on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024.

Taste of Hope

The Downtown Network is proud to present this food-filled event that will benefit area businesses and revitalize and preserve the historic district in downtown Hope.

Taste of Hope begins at 5 PM and goes until 8 PM with this year's theme, Diners and Drive-ins. reminiscent of the 50s and 60s, according to Hope Prescott.com.

This is the perfect time of the year for the local and surrounding communities to come together to enjoy samplings of food from the downtown businesses and local restaurants. Taste of Hope will be set up in the downtown area called the HUB in Pavilion Park.

Besides great food, there will be many other family-oriented activities that will keep attendees entertained all day.

• Fun and Games
• BINGO - Win Gift Cards from Area Merchants
• Photo Opps with Vintage Vehicles
• Jail and Bail
• Cartoons for Kiddos
• DJ and Street Dancing

The Hope Downtown Network building will have a pie-baking contest, a video presentation of past diners, and drive-ins in Hope.  Watch a restoration video, Alley-Way Art, Paint-by-Number-Mural, and much more.

One of the highlights of Taste of Hope is that attendees can vote on the next Hope Downtown Network project with several exciting options. The Hope Downtown Network is a program under Main Street Arkansas a unique preservation-based-economic for downtown development

The evening will culminate with a free movie, Disney's Mary Poppins at Pocket Park at 8 PM presented by the Hempstead County Historical Society.

Purchase Tickets

Tickets for Taste of Hope are $25 for adults and $10 for children 6-12. Tickets can be purchased at Elm Street Marketplace, Bob's Antiques, or Vintage Girls Boutique.

For tickets online and more about Taste of Hope, please visit hopedowntownnetwork.org

Hope, Arkansas known for being the birthplace home of President Bill Clinton and home to one of the best Watermelon Festivals of the year. Now you can add the Taste of Hope to that list.