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💚🎶SAVE THE DATE: MUSICFEST 2024💚🎶
Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18
Downtown Osceola, Arkansas
LINEUP OUT NOW!!
Headliner and more details to be announced right here and on our social media pages.
#OsceolaMusicFest
24th Annual Osceola Heritage Music Festival
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SAVE THE DATE
May 17th and 18th, 2024 Click here for line-up information. The Annual Osceola Heritage Music Festival will be a great event for all! This annual festival of a weekend of premium musical entertainment brings a variety of music, from the sounds of the 80's, the down home delta blues, classic rock, and country!! We have something for everyone!!! The best food vendors in the area always make the experience that much better. We haven't forgotten the kids either!! There will be plenty of activities and games to keep the little ones busy!! Make plans to join us and meet up with your old friends!!! MusicFest is a homecoming for lots of friends! Use the navigation buttons above to view information about the various facets of the festival, including festival lineup, purchasing tickets and directions & parking. |
Musicfest poster pays tribute to “Sweet Man” Willie Bloom
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Musicfest poster pays tribute to “Sweet Man” Willie Bloom
Just image, you are standing upstairs in the old Osceola Times building... looking out the window. Willie Bloom’s tunes are playing on the old record player... straight ahead is a familiar sight, the beautiful historic courthouse. Then you look to the far left... your imagination takes you to the white cotton fields... or is that a Hawaiian Blue steel mill in the distance. This year’s Osceola Heritage Musicfest Poster , painted by local artist Greg Newsom, tells a story of our heritage as we embrace our future. Osceola's own "Sweet Man," Willie Bloom, captured Southern cotton workers' sentiment with his legendary Blues music dating back to 1918. Bloom, whose recordings included "Osceola Blues," played alongside musical giants such as W.C. Handy, Jimmy Lunceford, Fats Pichon, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Fats Waller. William Russwurm Bloom was born in Phillips County, Arkansas on Dec. 11 1897 to Joseph Bloom and Pinkie Humble. The couple had six children, but were divorced by 1910. At this point, Pinkie and her children were living in Helena where she was taking in laundry to make money. In 1915, Pinkey moved her family to Memphis and by 1920 she was remarried to Valentine Bush. Now playing jazz piano, William was hired at the Metropolitan Theater on Beale Street. It was during this time that Willie Bloom met and played with many of the musical legends performing around the Memphis area. After playing with several groups in Mississippi County, Bloom decided to make Osceola his home. He soon married and the five-piece Willie Bloom Orchestra became a local favorite. The orchestra began playing at community functions throughout northeastern Arkansas. Bloom also participated in many local parades and was known for playing an upright piano in the back of a decorated wagon. During the late 1940s, Bloom opened up a club in Osceola. It was fittingly known as “Willie Bloom’s Place.” In its beginning, the club was a real juke joint complete with music, drinking, and lots of gambling. Surprisingly, it was eventually turned into a cafe and became the town’s popular teenage hangout. During the early 1960s, Bloom was persuaded to record with the Variety Recording Company of Jonesboro. In 1963, his first and only album was released with 13 songs. Bloom passed away in Jan. 1972. |
LIST OF 2024 MUSICFEST SPONSORS
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Headliners and notable acts of
previous MusicFests include:
Rodney Atkins
John Michael Montgomery
David Nail
Ghost Town Blues Band
Callie MaRae
Blackberry Smoke
Rock Sugar
Tracy Lawrence
Buddy Jewell
Confederate Railroad
Molly Hatchet
Ruby Wilson
The ShotGunBillys
Son Seals
Reba Russell
Eric Hughes
Tom, Dick, & Harry Band
Doctor Zarr's Amazing Funk Monster
Tragikly White
Greasy Tree
The Band Trippp
and many MORE!
previous MusicFests include:
Rodney Atkins
John Michael Montgomery
David Nail
Ghost Town Blues Band
Callie MaRae
Blackberry Smoke
Rock Sugar
Tracy Lawrence
Buddy Jewell
Confederate Railroad
Molly Hatchet
Ruby Wilson
The ShotGunBillys
Son Seals
Reba Russell
Eric Hughes
Tom, Dick, & Harry Band
Doctor Zarr's Amazing Funk Monster
Tragikly White
Greasy Tree
The Band Trippp
and many MORE!
