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Depot Days & Kids Fest – Newport, Arkansas

The 26^th Annual Depot Days Festival and the 7^th Annual Kids Fest are coming to downtown Newport on Saturday, September 20, 2025—and you’re invited to be part of the fun! Enjoy a full day of FREE music on the Terry Scoggins Memorial Stage, featuring performances that will have you singing and dancing along. Bring the whole family for a day filled with activities, games, vendors and entertainment. Don’t forget to bring a lawn chair or blanket. Admission is completely FREE, making this the perfect community day out for family, friends, and neighbors. For more details, call 870-523-3618.

Saturday, September 20, 2025

12:00pm-6:00pm Fear Factory, Pirates Revenge, Petting Zoo, Pony Rides, Bounce Houses, Arts & Crafts, Rock Climbing Wall, KidSPOT Swiftie Lounge and Much More

1:00pm-3:30pm DJ Swiftie – The World’s #1 Taylor Swift Tribute DJ

2:00pm-4:00pm Memphis Championship Wrestling Grudge Match

3:45pm-5:00pm The Big Dam Horns – Horn-Driven, Dance-Ready Funk, Soul, Rock & R&B

5:30pm-6:45pm Tragikly White – Arkansas’ Longest Running Party Band

7:15pm-8:30pm Tae Lewis – Standout Semifinalist on The Voice

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“One of the best things about country music was that it was adult music,” Erin Enderlin says. “It was real music that dealt with hard issues in life so that people going through those things don’t feel so alone.”
The observation is signature Enderlin: She has a way of turning a song or even just a thought into an outstretched hand to the lonely or ashamed. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, she has since emerged as a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Backsliders, avengers, lovers, and victims––they’re all in her acclaimed albums, such as 2019’s Faulkner County and 2017’s Whiskeytown Crier.

Enderlin’s new single, “Somebody’s Shot of Whiskey,” sounds like a grinning defense of a good time––and it is, riding a pocket groove that echoes the laid-back cool of 70s Emmylou Harris with lines that evoke the unapologetic irreverence of Loretta Lynn. Like Emmylou and Loretta, it’s also more than a party: Enderlin often uses a character’s vulnerability as a gateway to their strength. Amidst acoustic guitar, crisp snare, and cheeky fiddle, Enderlin’s protagonist admits she’s not for everybody, then celebrates not just self-acceptance, but love with another person that can only be found when we are wholly and unapologetically ourselves.

In everything she does, Enderlin sings like the heir to Patsy or Tammy, then writes like Eudora Welty decided to pick up country music. Over the last year and a half, more people––some with big microphones––have noticed.

Enderlin is 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 Reba, Willie Nelson, Randy Travis, Rodney Crowell, Gene Watson, Joey+Rory, , Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more.

Tina Cossey, a California native, started performing at the age of five. Being no stranger to the gypsy life, she performed and was inspired by all types of music. As a child, her dad would play the blues and though she didn’t know it yet, it would become a part of her life. At the age of eight Tina’s roots would be planted in Arkansas where she evolved and found her sound in the blues. Her soul has always loved blues with the heartache and pain that it conveys, but she was ultimately drawn to the hope that it also offers.

Josh Parks, Lead guitarist, found his home with the Tina Cossey Band in 2023. Born in Phoenix, Arizona, Josh began playing the guitar at 13. After moving to North Little Rock in 2016, Josh’s music revealed influences of rock, blues, reggae, and soul. Josh says “I play the Blues because I was born to be a musical healer. The Blues is the root of so many kinds of music and is possibly the most healing kind of music. It hooked me the first time I heard it. It’s what I am. It’s in my blood. It’s what I was born to do.”
Slide/rhythm guitar, Jared Admire, grew up in Little Rock and was around music from an early age. He heard his brother play guitar and mom and sister play piano, but he didn’t really get serious with guitar until after playing saxophone in the school band. During that time, he discovered improvisation. Jared played and learned the fundamentals, but around age 15 he had dropped the horn altogether and was fully focused on playing guitar. Being inspired by many different styles of music, he strives to have an eclectic multi-genre sound.

Bass player, Ryan A. Hinman, grew up near Texarkana in the small town of Hooks, TX. He started playing music on the trombone at the age of nine. In high school, he picked up bass guitar then later the 6 string and started writing his own songs. The Blues has always been an important aspect in his musical journey, as it has taught him about the freedom and diversity in music even with a limited set of chords.
Drummer, Darius Blanton, is a multi-talented multi-instrumentalist. Born in Little Rock, he started playing music at the age of six. He began playing various instruments including drums. Darius started playing blues to be able to express himself. In his words, he “always plays from the heart.”