What is Going on In and Around Springfield, Mo Aug 3, 4, and 5th, 2012

What is  Going on In and Around Springfield, Mo?  

Some are for a price, and some are FREE!!!!    The weekend is Always a fun time at one of our Beautiful Lakes!    Pack a picnic, grab your family and friends and Make it a Very Enjoyable, Special Weekend! 

                   So What's Going on this Weekend, "In and Around Springfield, Mo?

Friday, August 3rd

Nixa Live Band Dance, 7pm at the Nixa Senior Center, 404 S. Main St.   Cover charge.   725-2322.

Springfield First Friday Art Walk, a self-guided art gallery tour, 6 to 10pm downtown Springfield.   Features art, live music and hands-on-activities at several venues.   Exhibits remain at galleries through the month.  FREE!   For more information call 849-8255.

23rd Annual Lamp Show and Sale! 3 to 7pm Friday and 8am to 3pm Saturday, during the Aladdin Lamp Collectors Convention.    University Plaza Hotel and Convention Center, 333 John Q. Hammons Parkway.    Nominal admission fee.    Saturday, August 4th

Commericial Street at Jefferson Footbridge features locally grown produce, baked goods, dairy and more from area producers.   FREE admission.   496-1968, or  email .

Farmers Market of the Ozarks, 7:30am to 1pm at 4139 S. Nature Center Way, west of the Hilton Garden Inn at Republic Rd and Glenstone.   Email us or Farmers Market of the Ozarks on Facebook.

Live Band Dance, 7pm, Nixa Senior Center, 404 S. Main St.  Cover charge.   725-2322.

Transitioning Containers to Maintain Color into Fall, 10am, Garden Adventures Nursery, 1900 W. Mount Vernon St.   FREE, no registration required.   725-3223.

Ozark, All You Can Eat Breakfast, 7-9am, VFW Post 7628, 104 S. First St.   Admission, $3, $2 for ages 6 to 12, free for ages 5 and younger.    581-5553.

Summer Slam, a grass volleyball tournament, August 4 and 5th.    Price cuttter Park.   Top finishers awarded prize money.   Proceeds from the event will benefit Ozark Care to Learn and Least of These food pantry.   Admission:  $5 for a carload of spectators.   Email us. 

Book Signing, 10am to 2pm, Christian County Library, 1005 N. 4th Avenue.    Nicole Hardison will sign copies of her book, "The Farmhouse Secret".   FREE

Taney County Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony and Fundraiser, 4pm,  Lake Taneycomo Elks Lodge 2597, U.S. 160.   Memorial bricks will be available to purchasse for $100 each to be placed around memorial walls.  A dinner and dessert meal is $5.  546-5246.

Firehouse Bluegrass Jam and Show, jam at 4pm, bluegrass show at 6pm.   Firefights Union Hall, 2350 N. Clifton Ave.   FREE, and accepting donations.   818-1588.

Greater Is He Gospel Sing, 7-9pm, Springfield Community Church, 2616 E. Battlefield Rd.   Free admission, accepting donations.  818-1588.

Railroad Historical Museum, Inc., open 2-4pm, Grant Beach Park, 1300 N. Grant Ave.   Free admission.   865-6829.

Tour de Cox, (in preparation of the MS 150) 7am, Meyer Center, 3545 S. National Ave.   Participants can choose between 26 or 62 mile ride.   The full route includes rest stops at each Cox Health Fitness Center (Cox North, Willard, Republic, and Meyer, with hyration stops in between.   Entry fee $10.  To register, call 269-3282.

Sunday, August 5th

Ozark Senior Center Luncheon and Silent Auction fundraiser.   11am to 3pm, Ozark Jr. High School, 1109 W. Jackson St.   Lunch and silent auction begins at 11am and live auction is at 1:30pm.    581-2538.

Make it a FUN WEEKEND!!!!  Shop the Branson Landing, Hike one of the Nature Trails, Bike Ride the Ozark Greenways and play Air Soft games at So Go Air Soft in Ozark, Mo.   

This Sunday's Open Houses in and Around Springfield, MO!  Want a Realtor to Help you Find Your Perfect House?   Give me a call at 417-234-0887.   I would love to help you!!!

***There is so much to do “In and Around Springfield, Mo.”  The information shared in this blog is information obtained through a variety of sources, I recommend verifying your event is still scheduled to take place. Make it a Weekend full of Memories with those you love while enjoying what is going on, “In and Around Springfield, MO   August 3, 4, and 5th, 2012