Free Event Calendar Listings and Advertising Opportunities Help Connect Your Event with Arkansas’s Outdoor Community
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Organizing an outdoor recreation event takes work. From securing permits and coordinating volunteers to planning routes and managing registration, event directors have plenty to do before the first participant arrives. But even the best-organized event needs one essential ingredient: people who know about it.
That’s where Arkansas Outside comes in.
For years, Arkansas Outside has helped connect outdoor enthusiasts with events across the Natural State. Whether it’s a mountain bike race in the Ozarks, a gravel ride through the Delta, a trail running event in the Ouachitas, or a paddling adventure on one of Arkansas’s many waterways, our event calendar helps people discover opportunities to get outside.
And the best part? Adding your qualifying event to the Arkansas Outside calendar is free.
Why Promote Your Event on Arkansas Outside?
Arkansas Outside reaches an audience interested in outdoor recreation, adventure, and active lifestyles. Our readers aren’t just browsing for something to do. They’re cyclists, runners, hikers, climbers, paddlers, and outdoor enthusiasts looking for their next adventure.
Unlike general community calendars that cover everything from bake sales to business luncheons, the Arkansas Outside event calendar focuses on outdoor recreation.
That means your event appears alongside other activities that appeal to people who are already interested in getting outside.
Listing your event provides several advantages:
- Reach the right audience. Connect with people who actively participate in outdoor recreation.
- Increase event visibility. Give potential participants another way to discover your event beyond social media and registration websites.
- Help people plan ahead. Outdoor enthusiasts often schedule trips, training, and vacations around events. Getting your event listed early gives them more time to prepare.
- Support Arkansas outdoor recreation. A comprehensive calendar helps build awareness of the variety of outdoor opportunities available throughout the state.
- It’s free. There is no charge to submit a qualifying event to our calendar.
Submit Your Event for Free
Arkansas Outside maintains an online calendar of outdoor recreation events happening throughout Arkansas.
Historically, we’ve spent considerable time searching registration platforms, event websites, and social media pages to identify upcoming activities and manually add them to our calendar.
As the number of outdoor events across Arkansas has grown, keeping up with every race, ride, and gathering has become increasingly difficult.
We still monitor several popular event registration platforms and add events when time allows. However, those sources don’t capture everything happening around the state.
Rather than relying entirely on our staff to discover and enter events, we’re encouraging event directors, race organizers, clubs, and nonprofit organizations to submit their own listings.
You know your event better than anyone else, and submitting it directly helps ensure the information is accurate and complete.
Submit Your Outdoor Event for Free
When submitting an event, please provide as much information as possible, including the event name, date, start time, location, description, registration information, and an appropriate event image or logo.
The more complete your submission, the more useful it will be to potential participants.
What Types of Events Do We List?
Arkansas Outside focuses on human-powered outdoor recreation. Our calendar accepts qualifying events in the following categories:
- Cycling: Road cycling, mountain biking, gravel riding, cyclocross, bikepacking, and recreational rides.
- Running: Road races, trail races, ultramarathons, and other distance running events.
- Climbing: Rock climbing competitions, festivals, and organized climbing events.
- Paddling: Canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding, and other paddle sports.
- Hiking: Organized hikes, hiking festivals, and guided outdoor adventures.
- Backpacking: Group backpacking trips, backpacking clinics, and related events.
- Disc Golf: Tournaments, competitions, and organized disc golf events.
Events We Do Not List
To keep the calendar focused and manageable, Arkansas Outside does not include every type of sporting event.
We also do not list traditional ball sports, including football, baseball, basketball, and soccer.
Motorsports and equestrian events fall outside our editorial focus and are not included.
Likewise, hunting and fishing events are not listed. Numerous websites and organizations already provide extensive coverage and calendars dedicated to those activities.
These guidelines allow us to concentrate on the outdoor recreation communities Arkansas Outside has served for years.
Want Even More Exposure? Advertise Your Event on Arkansas Outside
A free calendar listing is a great starting point, but sometimes an event needs additional visibility.
Arkansas Outside also offers paid advertising opportunities for event organizers who want to reach more potential participants.
Whether you’re launching a new event, expanding an established race, or hoping to attract visitors from across the region, advertising on Arkansas Outside puts your message in front of an audience with a demonstrated interest in outdoor activities.
Our website advertising opportunities include display advertisements in multiple sizes, helping organizers build awareness and direct readers to event information or registration pages.
Advertising can be especially valuable for events that depend on advance registration, attract participants from outside the immediate area, or need to distinguish themselves in an increasingly busy outdoor event calendar.
A calendar listing helps people find your event. Advertising helps bring additional attention to it.
Contact Arkansas Outside to discuss advertising opportunities and how we can help promote your upcoming event.
Help Us Build a Better Outdoor Event Calendar
Arkansas has developed a strong reputation for outdoor recreation, and its calendar of events reflects that growth.
From small community rides and trail races to major festivals and endurance competitions, these events bring people together, support local businesses, introduce visitors to new destinations, and strengthen our outdoor communities.
Arkansas Outside wants to continue providing a useful resource for discovering those opportunities.
But we need the help of event organizers.
If you’re planning a qualifying outdoor recreation event in Arkansas, don’t assume we already know about it. Even if you’ve posted it on social media or listed it with a registration company, there’s a chance we haven’t seen it.
Take a few minutes to submit your event directly to our calendar. It’s free, and it helps more people discover what you’ve worked so hard to organize.
Add Your Event to the Arkansas Outside Calendar
You can also explore upcoming events on our Arkansas Outdoor Events Calendar.
Let’s keep Arkansas moving, exploring, and getting outside.
If you’re interested in other advertising and promotional opportunities, please visit our media kit.
This article was originally published on ArkansasOutside.com, your trusted source for outdoor news and updates in The Natural State. Unless otherwise credited, all photos included in this piece are the property of Arkansas Outside, LLC. We take pride in sharing the beauty and adventures of Arkansas through our lens, thank you for supporting our work!