Historic Dyess Colony

Arkansas Roots Music Festival
2024-04-06 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
Join us April 6th at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home for an afternoon of Roots music performances! Live music begins at 12:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM. The admission fee is $35 for ages 18 and over, $10 for 13 through 17-year-olds, 12 and under free. Bring your chairs and come on out with family and friends to 4791 West County Road 924, Dyess.
Performances by Nightwing, Posey Hill, Marty Ray Project, and Jason D. Williams!
Tickets

John Carter and Ana Cristina Cash Concert
2024-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72401
Join Johnny’s son, John Carter, and his wife, Ana Cristina Cash, for an amazing concert on Sunday, February 25. Tickets are available now at https://bit.ly/JohnCarterCashConcert. This concert kicks off the 50th Governor’s Conference on Tourism. Attendees tickets are included in registration. The concert is open to the public.

Baking Pies Like Mama Cash
2023-12-09 17:00 - 18:30 | The Grange, 15 South Jefferson Street, Wilson, ar, 72395
Using Mama Cash’s recipes, participants will each make their own pineapple or chocolate pie (two of Johnny’s favorites) in the kitchen at The Grange in Wilson, AR, followed by a tour of Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. Registration information is coming soon!

Mama Cash's Pumpkin Bread
2023-10-28 17:00 - 19:00 | The Grange, 15 South Jefferson Street, Wilson, ar, 72395

Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle
2023-08-12 17:00 - 21:00 | Fowler Center, 201 Olympic Drive, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 72401
A new performance series will be presented by the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. The Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle will be held in Riceland Hall at Fowler Center, located at 201 Olympic Dr., Saturday, Aug. 12. This event will be hosted by Rosanne Cash along with performers Rodney Crowell and Sarah Jarosz, with accompaniment by the acclaimed guitarist and songwriter John Leventhal. Proceeds will benefit the ongoing preservation and operation of the boyhood home.
The evening reception will begin at 5 PM in the Grand Hall with Cash-themed drinks by Delta Dirt Distillery, hors doeuvres, and a silent auction. The concert will begin at 7:00. Ticket prices begin at just $43 plus fees. Following the concert, there will be a meet-and-greet with the artists for VIP ticket holders ($98 plus fees).
Sponsored by Judd Hill Foundation, Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas, and Lost Forty Brewing.

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Summer Concerts at Native Brew Works
2023-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Native Brew Works, 515 South Gee Street, Jonesboro, arkansas
Join us for the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home’s summer concerts at Native Brew Works with Akeem Kemp! Admission is free, just come on out to this community event and enjoy the music!
Sponsored by Judd Hill Foundation, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, and KASU.
Native Brew Works, 515 South Gee Street, Jonesboro

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Summer Concerts at Native Brew Works
2023-06-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Native Brew Works, 515 South Gee Street, Jonesboro, arkansas
Join us for the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home’s summer concerts at Native Brew Works with TRIPPP! Admission is free, just come on out to this community event and enjoy the music!
Sponsored by Judd Hill Foundation, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, and KASU.
Native Brew Works, 515 South Gee Street, Jonesboro

Johnny Cash Boyhood Home Summer Concert Series at Native Brew Works
2023-05-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Native Brew Works, 515 South Gee Street, Jonesboro, arkansas
Join us as we kick off the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home’s summer concerts at Native Brew Works with Cory Jackson! Admission is free, just come on out to this community event and enjoy the music!

Sponsored by Judd Hill Foundation, Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation, KASU, and A-State’s Delta Symposium within the Department of English, Philosophy, and World Languages

Arkansas Roots Music Festival at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home
2023-04-01 12:00 - 17:00 | Arkansas
Join us April 1st at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home for an afternoon of Roots music performances! Live music begins at 12:00 PM and ends at 5:00 PM. Performers include The Casey Penn Band, Rachel Ammons, Wyly Bigger, Marybeth Byrd, and The Tina Cossey Band. Food vendors include Tacker’s Shake Shack and J & B’s Twizted BBQ. Live demonstrations include a blacksmith and woodcarver. The admission fee is $30 for ages 18 and over and free for under 18. Donated adult beverages provided Native Brew Works will be available to those 21 and over. Bring your chairs and come on out with family and friends to our Arkansas Roots Music Festival!

No coolers allowed inside gates. We will be enforcing the university’s clear bag policy.
Tickets at DyessCash.AState.edu/tickets

Arkansas Roots Ride
2023-04-01 09:00 - 12:00 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
A new bicycle tour linking Arkansas State University’s Heritage Sites will begin as a part of the Arkansas Roots Music Festival on Saturday, April 1. The Arkansas Roots Ride will begin and end at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, and invites bicycle riders to experience the wide-open Delta spaces between the Dyess Colony and the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum at Tyronza. Registration is open now at AState.edu/ARMFride. Early registration is $50, with late registration $55.
The 30-mile out-and-back course starts on the gravel road at the Cash home. Only the first quarter mile of the course will be gravel. Check-in opens at 8 a.m., with the ride beginning at 9 a.m.
Along with a commemorative tee-shirt, ride support and snacks, and admission to both A-State Heritage Sites, riders will also receive admission to the Arkansas Roots Music Festival that begins at noon as well as a voucher for food at one of the festival food trucks.

Songwriting Retreat with Erin Enderlin
2023-03-17 18:00 - 2023-03-18 21:00 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
This incredible event includes one-on-one and group sessions with Artist Erin Enderlin! Enderlin’s catalog includes Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” Luke Bryan’s “You Don’t Know Jack,” and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, Reba, Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more.
Registration is due before March 1 and space is limited! A waitlist will be available after all spots are filled. For the link to register or recommended hotels in Jonesboro (if needed) contact Penny Toombs at ptoombs@astate.edu.
$275 Registration Includes:

Meals – Friday night’s dinner through Saturday night (Jonesboro and Dyess)
Plenty of snacks, drinks, and coffee
One-on-one songwriting time with Artist Erin Enderlin (Dyess)
Small group songwriting and brainstorming sessions (Dyess)
Tour of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home (Dyess)
A Johnny Cash Boyhood Home guitar pick
An opportunity to perform your song at Native Brew Works (Jonesboro)

Hotel (if needed) is not included in registration price. Mileage from Jonesboro to Dyess is 50 miles.

Birthday Celebration of Johnny Cash
2023-02-25 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
In recognition of Johnny Cash’s birthday on February 26, Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home will be giving free tours all day on Saturday, February 25.

Artist Kevin Kresse and the Johnny Cash Statue
2023-02-10 10:00 - 2023-02-11 13:30 | Arkansas

Back Home with Joanne Cash Yates
2022-11-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
We will host a special event entitled Back Home with Joanne Cash Yates on Saturday, November 5 at 1:00 PM. This event will feature a free performance by Joanne Cash Yates in celebration of her role in the restoration of the Cash family home in Dyess, as well as the dedication of a new plaque recognizing the home’s listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Following the performance, the home will be open for free tours.
The celebration will be held in front of the Cash family home at the Historic Dyess Colony. It is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring a chair and a picnic lunch.
This celebration will also be an opportunity for the public to join in the ongoing support of the Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home. We’ll be announcing our new friends program, the Dyess Colony Circle, which will invite you to join a community committed to preserving our musical heritage. Membership will include exclusive merchandise, access to year-round cultural and art programs, and behind-the-scenes access at events. More details can be found here: https://dyesscash.astate.edu/the-dyess-colony-circle/
If you’d like a jump-start on this program, we’ll be inviting the first ten members at the Silver level or above to join Joanne for a private tour of the Cash family home on the morning of Nov. 5. In addition, everyone who joins at the Silver level or above during the first year of the program will receive permanent recognition in the colony Visitor Center, as well as all of the annual benefits normally associated with the program.

Live from Little Rock Central High: Daisy Bates Sculpture
2022-10-24 12:45 - 14:00 | Arkansas
Join the livestream broadcast from Little Rock Central High on Monday, October 24 at 12:45 PM to hear from two specialists on Daisy Bates and her sculpture. The program will include Dr. Charles King, president of the Daisy Bates House Museum Foundation, and Benjamin Victor, the sculptor of Daisy Bates. This is part one of the A-State Heritage Sites series on the two individuals chosen to represent Arkansas in the U.S. Capitol, the other being Johnny Cash. This program will be streamed by the Central High EAST program at the following link: https://adesandbox.arkansas.gov/st?cid=MzkzYW

Live From the Cash Porch - Trout Fishing in America
2022-08-20 16:30 - 18:15 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
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Live From the Cash Porch - Blind Mississippi Morris
2022-07-16 16:30 - 18:15 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
The second of our FREE summer concerts will be held on July 16. Blind Mississippi Morris will bring some blues to the Cash House!
Morris, blind since the age of 4, is the embodiment of the Delta bluesman. Rated one of the ten best harmonica players in the world by Bluzharp Magazine, Morris has taken the Delta blues worldwide from his Memphis home.

Parking will be next to the house. Come out with your own chairs, blanket, picnic basket and enjoy the concert. We will provide tents for shade and have drinks, snacks, and merchandise available for purchasing.

During this time the house will not be open for tours. If interested in a tour before the show, our last one goes out at 3:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased online or at the Visitor Center (110 Center Drive).

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Live From the Cash Porch - Erin Enderlin
2022-06-25 16:30 - 18:15 | Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, Dyess, AR, 72330
The first of our FREE summer concerts will be held on June 25. Talented singer and songwriter Erin Enderlin will be performing on the porch of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home! Erin was one of our incredible performers at the 2021 Johnny Cash Virtual Heritage Festival. She remains a go-to writer for stars and legends as well. Her catalog includes Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” Luke Bryan’s “You Don’t Know Jack,” and a host of other songs for Randy Travis, Joey+Rory, Reba, Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more. For additional information on Erin, please visit erinenderlin.com.
Along with the FREE concert, parking will also be free next to the house. Come out with your own chairs, blanket, picnic basket and enjoy the concert. We will provide tents for shade and have drinks, snacks, and merchandise available for purchasing. After the concert, Wilson Café is offering 10% off meals with proof of attendance!
During this time the house will not be open for tours. If interested in a tour before the show, our last one goes out at 3:00 PM. Tickets may be purchased online or at the Visitor Center (110 Center Drive).
Sponsored by:

Professional Development - 6 hours Economics AR, JCBH, STFM
2022-06-14 09:00 - 16:00 | Arkansas
Economics Arkansas, Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, and Southern Tenant Farmers Museum have partnered to offer a fabulous day of professional development on June 14. The links below will take you to the registration page (JCBH 9AM-12PM, STFM 1PM-4PM). Each participant will receive a $25 Walmart eGift card from Economics AR!!!
Contact ptoombs@astate.edu for additional information.
Session 1 – JCBH
Session 2 – STFM
