Celebrate springtime blooms in Idabel with a visit to the springtime Dogwood Days Festival. Held annually in April, festivities include a myriad of craft vendors, children's games, live entertainment and more. Enjoy delicious fair food under the sparkling white dogwood blooms while browsing through the festival's retail sidewalk sales. The festival kicks-off with a Mr. & Mrs. Dogwood Days Pageant and First Friday, a monthly music and food truck event. Saturday is packed with a golf tournament, crawfish boil, car show, chicken cook-off, movie night, street dance and many other vendors and attractions.

A spring tradition in Idabel, the Dogwood Days Festival features something for everyone and prides itself on providing good, old-fashioned family entertainment. Bring the entire family and enjoy a bike show, chainsaw carving demonstrations, free concert, scavenger hunt, dance troupes, and even a lawn and garden show. Travel to this southeast Oklahoma town for activities that will last throughout the afternoon, and then take a short trek over to neighboring Beavers Bend State Park for a stunning scenic drive lined with native dogwood trees.