This week, Arkansas Symphony Orchestra announced a brand new festival called Symphony Local. The event will accompany the second concert of the 2018-19 Stella Boyle Smith Masterworks season, Elgar’s Enigma on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11 at the Robinson Center.
Symphony Local will celebrate all things local including the Arkansas Foodbank and local arts and crafts vendors. Food trucks and drink vendors will be on site and the lineup includes Lost 40 Brewing, Count Porkula, Adobo-to-Go, Arkansas Heart Hospital Food Truck, Adams Mobile BBQ and more. The festival takes place before the concert on Nov. 10 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. on Nov. 11.
ASO and the Arkansas Foodbank will also be collecting food donations during Symphony Local. Anyone who brings 10 or more non-perishable food items will receive a voucher good for one pair of tickets to any upcoming ASO concert in the 2018-19 season.
The concerts will follow directly after the Symphony Local fests. Symphony tickets include Joan Tower’s Made in America, followed by Smetana’s The Moldau and Šárka and ends with Elgar’s Enigma Variations. All concert ticket holders are also invited to Concert Conversations, a pre-concert talk one hour before each Masterworks concert in the Upper Tier Lobby of the Robinson Center.
Symphony tickets start at $16; active duty military and student tickets are $10 and can be purchased online here or by phone at (501) 666-1761, ext. 100. All Arkansas students grades K-12 are admitted to Sunday’s matinee free of charge with the purchase of an adult ticket using the Entergy Kids’ Ticket, downloadable here.