Come to the High Cotton on the Bayou Festival at Scott Settlement in Scott Arkansas, 10am to 3pm on Saturday October 4th, 2025 and step back into history! Enjoy a wonderful day full of turn-of-the-century family-style fun!

Tour authentic plantation buildings that compose the Scott Settlement. Watch demonstrations of heritage skills such as grinding and cooking sorghum, blacksmithing, spinning yarn, needlework, wood fired oven cooking, and butter making.

Children will enjoy playing heritage games such as hopscotch, jumping rope, sack races, and walking on stilts.

Listen to live music while you stroll and explore vender booths, historical buildings, and heritage activities. Ride on an antique school bus and hay wagon within the settlement compound.

Food, brunch, and lunch available for purchase at the wood fired oven/cast iron cookstove and a food truck.

Visit The Sweet Shop located in the original Scott Train Depot. Purchase homemade goodies and coffee from start to finish.

Admission is $5 per person. Children age 6 and under admitted free.

High Cotton on the Bayou Festival is on the first Saturday each October regardless current weather conditions.