Press Releases

The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting colder, which can only mean one thing. It’s time for the annual Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade, sponsored by the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau (LRCVB), to march through downtown Little Rock. On Saturday, December 7,​2019, gather your family and friends to see Santa and all his friends as well as themed community floats, beauty queens including Miss Arkansas, car and civic clubs, city leaders as well as a host and variety of holiday entries. Read More

The 2019 Little Rock “Rock Stars” have just been announced and there are 39 inductees that round out this year’s hall of fame inductees. Read More

The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has promoted Christin Byrd to the marketing and communications team’s Creative Services Manager responsible for managing the team’s advertisement creation and promotional material development for the bureau. Since 2012, Byrd has served as organization’s Graphic and Web Designer. Read More

Downtown Little Rock Partnership invites community members to the 3rd Annual Bright the Night, a lighting ceremony for downtown’s public holiday tree at Capitol Plaza. Read More

The city of Little Rock is set to host a weekend of fun following the Thanksgiving holiday, November 29-December 1, 2019. Residents and visitors are encouraged to stay in Little Rock for football, fun, food, live music, special events and activities for all. Read More

Emmy-nominated independent singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ben Rector announces "The Old Friends Acoustic Tour” featuring special guest Cody Fry. Read More

A leading tourism, real estate and economic development advisory group, Resonance Consultancy, has again ranked the city of Little Rock one of its “2019 America’s Best Cities.” Arkansas’s capital city appeared in its 2017 and 2018 studies, as well as in previous years. Read More

ATA International tournaments continue to grow; World Expo will move from Little Rock to Phoenix, Arizona in 2021; and ATA officials are working to bring its Fall National Tournament to Little Rock for 2021, according to Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB). Read More

Plan your escape to the new musical about the choices we make – and the people we become – once we’ve had a change in latitude. Read More

Arkansas Cornbread Festival gives back to its host neighborhood Read More

Sponsored by the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB)” and the North Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (NLRCVB), Big Boo!seum Bash takes place Thursday, October 24, 2019, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Read More

THE TEMPTATIONS AND THE FOUR TOPS, originally scheduled to perform at Robinson Performance Hall on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, has been moved to Monday, March 9, 2020 ​due to a non-life-threatening medical issue affecting one of the artists. Read More

Members of the media are invited to RibFest 2019 where Little Rock’s best rib teams will compete against one another. Read More

LITTLE ROCK – WICKED, Arkansas’ most popular musical, will return to Little Rock’s Robinson Performance Hall January 1-19, 2020. Read More

Little Rock’s Riverfront Park will soon be home to a new plaza featuring a sculpture which pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of Arkansas ratifying the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. Read More

n one of the highest volume seasons in its history, the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) hosted 112 meetings and conferences June-August 2019, representing attendance of 60,923 people and a direct economic impact to the city of nearly $20 million*, according to LRCVB President and CEO Gretchen Hall. Read More

AUGUST 19, 2019 (Little Rock, Ark.) – On August 30 – September 2, 12 equine organizations from across the state will come together to raise funds for Arkansas Children’s Hospital as the 56th Annual Arkansas State Championship Horse Show returns to the Arkansas State Fairgrounds and Barton Coliseum for its 56th year! Read More

Since the City of Little Rock passed an ordinance to allow the River Market District to implement an Entertainment District in a portion of the neighborhood, there has been a flurry of activity to get ready for the launch on August 23. Read More

Little Rock, AR, August 13, 2019­ – The Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Victoria Ramirez as its new Executive Director. Read More

Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) President and CEO Gretchen Hall has been named Secretary/Treasurer for the 2019-2020 Board of Directors of Destinations International (DI), according to Craig Davis, DI Chair. Read More