2025 Festival Schedule of Events

Ticketing + Festival Pass

Purchasing an Ozark Music Festival Pass is the best way to ensure you don't miss out on any OMF performances, including the Inside Out Experience, which is only open to festival pass holders. Your purchase of a festival pass will get you into the venues and let everyone know you are a supporter of the Ozark Music Festival.

Individual event tickets can be purchased on event pages.

Orchestra Concerts at Fayetteville Public Library & Faulkner Performing Arts Center
$30 General Admission / $15 Student

Chamber Orchestra Concert at Crystal Bridges
$25 General Admission / $10 Student

All Chamber Music Concerts
$20 General Admission / $10 Student



Jun
22

Orchestra Concert

Join us for the final performance of the 2025 Ozark Music Festival season, a powerful conclusion to a transformative musical journey. Performed by the OMF Orchestra under the baton of Principal Conductor Sunny Xia, this concert features a sweeping program of orchestral masterpieces that celebrate color, drama, and emotional depth.

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Jun
20

Chamber Orchestra Concert

Join us for a concert in the Great Hall at Crystal Bridges, featuring the Ozark Music Festival Chamber Orchestra. The OMF Chamber Orchestra will present a full concert including the premiere of an original work by Detroit Symphony cellist and Arkansas native, Jeremy Crosmer. The OMF Chamber Orchestra is conducted by Seattle Symphony’s Associate Conductor, Sunny Xia. 

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Jun
20

Weekend Starts: Soundscapes

Soundscapes features a diverse array of repertoire performed by the Ozark Music Festival chamber ensembles. Experience the harmony of art and nature as music fills the air along the forest canopy and winding pathways of Tanglewood Creek, Fay Jones Woods, and the newly opened Upper Ramble public space.

Free and open to the public

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Jun
19

Chamber Concert

Join us for a diverse chamber music program performed by our esteemed Ozark Music Festival student musicians. OMF students join us from from top college and university music programs across the nation.

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Jun
18

Open Mic Night

You've heard our festival musicians play classical music beautifully- this is your chance to witness their other creative talents! Join us for a fun night of acting, comedy, and non-traditional music!

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Jun
17

Chamber Concert

Join us for a diverse chamber music program performed by our esteemed Ozark Music Festival student musicians. OMF students join us from from top college and university music programs across the nation.

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Jun
16

Inside Out Experience

Audience members will have the rare opportunity to sit in the orchestra and learn about the rehearsal experience from the “Inside Out.” Join the Ozark Music Festival Orchestra and conductor Sunny Xia for a magical musical evening unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before!

Open to Festival Pass holders

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Jun
15

Orchestra Concert

Enjoy an evening of free orchestral music on the Momentary Green, featuring the Ozark Music Festival Orchestra. The concert opens with Dances in the Canebrakes, composed by Arkansas native Florence Price and orchestrated by fellow Arkansan William Grant Still. The program also includes exhilarating masterpieces such as Richard Strauss’s Don Juan and Claude Debussy’s La mer, all conducted by Sunny Xia, Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony.

The Momentary Free on the Green Series

Free and open to the public

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Jun
14

Orchestra Concert

The OMF Orchestra brings together talented young professionals and esteemed faculty from around the world, under the direction of OMF Principal Conductor Sunny Xia, Associate Conductor of the Seattle Symphony.

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Jun
13

Faculty Chamber Concert

Experience the artistry and passion of the Ozark Music Festival’s esteemed faculty in an unforgettable evening of chamber music. This unique program features a diverse repertoire—from an intimate flute and marimba duo to the rich textures of a full nonet. Join us for a night of inspiration, virtuosity, and musical connection at the heart of the festival.

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Jun
12

Faculty Chamber Concert

Join us for the first chamber music concert of the Ozark Music Festival, performed by our esteemed faculty at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church—a perfect space to experience the intimacy and rich array of chamber music.

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Jun
11

Opening Brass Fanfare

This outdoor celebratory kickoff sets the tone for our festival’s theme, “Transformation”—a nod to our evolution from origins in Hot Springs to a vibrant new identity in the Ozarks.

Free and open to the public

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