✨ FREE Music Concert, Skating Returns To Conway + Weekend Guide
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Hey Conway! 👋
It’s Memorial Weekend and May is doing what it does best, packing the calendar full, warming things up just enough to make you dig out those lawn chairs.
And reminding you why you live in a town where there’s always something worth getting off the couch for.
This week we’ve got live music, an epic skate night coming up fast, a restaurant opening, and a few other things worth knowing.
Let’s get into it 👇
🎶 Free Music Under the Sky
If you don’t have plans for Friday night yet, you do now!
The Conway Community Band is taking the stage at Simon Park for a free outdoor concert, and honestly, it’s one of the best things this city does all spring.
Pack a blanket, grab some snacks, bring the kids, bring the neighbors, and bring that friend who always says they “never know what’s going on around here.”
There’s no ticket to buy, no reservation to make, just good live music in a beautiful park on a May evening in Conway.
It’s free. It’s local. It’s the kind of thing you’ll be glad you went to.
📍 Simon Park, 1201 Front St., Conway
🕢 7:30 PM Friday, May 22
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📅 Your Weekend Guide
Here’s a quick look at everything worth doing this weekend in the city:
📅 Friday, May 22
🎶 Conway Community Band Concert | Simon Park
🎨 Pet Portraiture | The Studio Downtown
🔵 May Bubble Painting Workshop | Good Day Pottery
🃏 Friday Night Modern! | Trainer J’s
🎤 Friday Night Karaoke Dance Party | The RAB
🎸 Mister Lucky w/Chris Tucker | JJ’s Grill Conway
🎤 Friday Night Karaoke | Bear's Den Pizza
🎵 Bellwood Live | Kings Live Music
🎤 Amber Violet Live! | TGI Friday’s Conway
📅 Saturday, May 23
🏺 Naughty Pottery Night | Good Day Pottery Studio
🌽 Memorial Day Weekend Farmers Market | Antioch Baptist Church
🏃 2nd Annual Mom & Me Gauntlet/Fundraiser | Gatlin Park
🐾 Adoption Event – Senior Prom | Hollywood Feed
🎭 Adult Vocal & Action Studio | Red Curtain Theater
🎨 Artist Pop-up: Selcouth Creative | Good Day Pottery Studio
⚽ 3v3 Live Soccer Tour | Conway Soccer Complex
📚 Craft and Yap Journal Night | Pages and Ink
🎴 Pokemon Standard Tournament | Trainer J’s
🖼 GetSmART, Draw Attention | The Studio Downtown
🃏 Keyforge Weekly Play | Roll & Play
🧠 Karaoke & Trivia | Bear's Den Pizza
🎊 Conway All White Party | Seven Oaks Steak & Seafood
🎸 Rebels In Rehab Live | Kings Live Music
📅 Sunday, May 24
🚗 May Cruise 2026 | Beaverfork Lake Park
🍽 Squishmallows Plate Party | Good Day Pottery Studio
🍪 Kid’s Cookie Decorating Class – Colorful Bugs | Frost Your Cake Studio
🔮 Guest Reader: Tabitha Galbraith | Good Day Pottery Studio
🎮 Yu-Gi-Oh Weekly Play | Roll and Play
🧙 MTG Strixhaven Store Championship | Roll and Play
⚔️ Middle-Earth Strategy Battle Game Learn to Play | Game Goblins
🎤 Open Mic Night | TC's Midtown Grill
Roll Haus Brings Skating Back to Conway
Roll Haus Founding Skate Night | Conway Expo Center | Thursday, May 29
Roll Haus is the brainchild of a Conway woman, who grew up in a skating rink and has been building this concept from the ground up with one clear goal: to bring that feeling back to Conway.
Every skate, every detail, every decision has been made with a bigger vision in mind, not just a fun night out, but a real community gathering place that Conway can call its own again.
On Thursday, May 29, that vision gets its public debut.
Whether you’re someone who spent half their childhood at a rink or someone who fully intends to make friends with the wall, you belong here.
Here’s what the night looks like:
🎵 Live DJ spinning all night
🏪 Vendors and concessions on site
👨👩👧 Family & Late Sessions
All skill levels are welcome, grab tickets early because this one is already generating real buzz and walk-up tickets may go fast!
🍕 New Business Openings
Counting down to June 15 | 2555 Prince St., Conway, AR 72034
Mark your calendars, pizza people: Rotolo’s Craft & Crust is opening its first-ever Arkansas location right here in Conway on Monday, June 15 at 11 AM, and they are not easing into it quietly.
The first 25 guests will have the chance to walk away with free pizza for a year.
The first 50 guests score a limited-edition Rotolo’s Conway T-shirt.
That’s the kind of grand opening that turns a Monday morning into a full-on event.
Rotolo’s Craft & Crust is celebrating 30 years as a brand with this Arkansas debut.
Tag your pizza crew and start planning your morning accordingly.
💼 Who’s Hiring: Conway Job Listings
Here are some recent job posts for open positions in Conway.
🧹 General Cleaner - Zippers
Conway, AR
$14 - $16 an hour - Part-time
🥫 Stocker - Harp’s Food Stores
1120 East German Lane, Conway, AR 72032
Part-time
👷♂️ General Labor (1st and 2nd Shifts)
SFI of Arkansas, LLC - Full-time
✂️ Hair Stylist — The Parlor
$125/day · Full-time
☕ Food Spotlight: Cookie Butter Latte
Secret Nook is exactly what the name suggests, a cozy, welcoming little hideaway where coffee and books live happily together.
It’s the kind of place that makes you want to slow down, and how better to do that than with a Cookie Butter Latte in hand!?
Imagine warm, spiced cookie-butter flavor swirled into a beautifully crafted latte; rich, smooth, and just a little indulgent in the best possible way.
It’s been described as “princess status” so we reckon it’s well worth a try.
Pop in for a quick coffee or settle in with a book for the afternoon, Secret Nook is the kind of small local business that makes Conway feel like exactly the kind of town you want to live in.
☕ Secret Nook Coffee & Books
📍 1105 Deer St., Suite 5, Conway, AR
🗓️ Looking Ahead
There are some fun things happening in Conway on the near horizon:
May 29 Roll Haus Founding Skate Night - Whether you’re a seasoned skater or planning to hold the wall for dear life, this one looks like a blast. Conway needed this.
Saturdays through October — Downtown Farmers & Crafts Market keeps rolling all season long.
June 6 — Conway Art Walk downtown at 5 PM. A great evening to explore local art, support local artists, and feel cultured while eating street food.
June 15 — Rotolo’s Craft & Crust Grand Opening at 11 AM, 2555 Prince St. Set those alarms.
🌟 That’s a Wrap, Conway!
That’s your week Conway; the city is doing what it does best: showing up for its people.
Enjoy the 3-day weekend, see you around town and we will be back next Thursday with more Conway events and happenings 🤙