{"id":2406534,"date":"2026-05-07T19:42:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406534"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:42:20","slug":"texarkana-entertainment-list-for-the-weekend-of-may-8-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/texarkana-entertainment-list-for-the-weekend-of-may-8-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Texarkana Entertainment List for the Weekend of May 8 &#038; 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Looking at a great weekend of fun in Texarkana and lots and lots of Tacos! Here is our entertainment list for the weekend of May 8 &amp; 9 thanks to our community partners at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/langfordrc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tony Langford Roofing<\/strong><\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/whiskeyrivercountry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Whiskey River Country Club<\/strong><\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HotTailsCrawfish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hot Tails Crawfish<\/strong><\/a>.<span id=\"more-21553\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend Downtown Texarkana is about to get a serious flavor upgrade as the city gears up for the first-ever Texarkana Taco Festival this Saturday, May 9th at Front Street Plaza. This all-day, high-energy celebration will bring together food trucks, live music, vendors, and family-friendly entertainment, all centered around one thing\u2014tacos. From the opening Chihuahua Parade to the fiery Hot Salsa \u201cToughman\u201d Contest, the day is packed with creative competitions including Best Taco, Best Salsa, a \u201cDress Your Pet Like a Taco\u201d contest, luchador wrestling, and a grand finale Taco Eating Contest that promises to steal the show. Organizers say the goal is simple: bring the community together for a fun, flavorful, and unforgettable downtown experience where the only thing better than the competition is the tacos themselves.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/5LpeVqNFDJCDdbpjnuUyG1?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"g g-1\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-9\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"gofollow\" data-track=\"OSwxLDEsNjA=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@whiskeyrivercountrytxk\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>LIVE MUSIC LIST \u2013 MAY 8 &amp; 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 8:<\/strong><br \/>Miller County Line at Whiskey River Country Club<br \/>Dark Waters Project at La Fogata Bar &amp; Grill<br \/>Paul Holder &amp; The Hot Snakes at Fat Jack\u2019s<br \/>Anthony Price at Redbone Magic<br \/>Travis Matthews &amp; Company at The Banana Club<br \/>Jesica Peacock at Twisted Fork<br \/>Zack Squyres Band at The VFW on 82<br \/>Josh Arnold Band at Hot Tails on 71<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, May 9:<\/strong><br \/>Dusty Rose Band at Whiskey River Country Club<br \/>Heather Linn &amp; The Deacons at Fat Jack\u2019s<br \/>Preston Barrett at Redbone Magic Brewing<br \/>The Cold Shot at The Banana Club<br \/>Mayson Garner at The Wild Hare<br \/>Don Louis at Hot Tails on 71<\/p>\n<p>SHARE! Send your information of community interest to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/texarkanafyi.com\/texarkana-entertainment-list-for-the-weekend-of-may-8-9\/mailto:TexarkanaFYI@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TexarkanaFYI@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source texarkanafyi.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at a great weekend of fun in Texarkana and lots and lots of Tacos! Here is our entertainment list for the weekend of May 8 &amp; 9 thanks to our community partners at Tony Langford Roofing, Whiskey River Country Club, and Hot Tails Crawfish. This weekend Downtown Texarkana is about to get a serious [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2220153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Texarkana-Entertainment-the-Weekend-of-January-2-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406535,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406534\/revisions\/2406535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2220153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}