HogTown on Maple Street is set to return for the 2026 Razorback Football season, once again turning the area north of Razorback Stadium into the team’s pregame gathering spot before every home game.
The free, public event opens four hours before kickoff and sits between Razorback Road and Stadium Drive. Fans will find live music, food trucks from across Northwest Arkansas, a beer garden, sponsor activations, giveaways, inflatables for kids and a large videoboard carrying college football games from around the country.
The scene also includes a few of the program’s best-known traditions. Fans can meet Tusk VII, the official live mascot of the Arkansas Razorbacks, watch a pep rally with the Razorback Spirit Squads and Razorback Marching Band, and take in the Hog Walk with Head Coach Ryan Silverfield and the Razorback Football team.
The 2026 HogTown Concert Series brings a different act to each home date, starting Sept. 5 against North Alabama with Rodney Block & The Love Supreme Band. That opening show is followed by Burnt CD’s on Sept. 19 vs.
Georgia, Funk Factory on Sept. 26 vs. Tulsa, Jason D.
Williams on Oct. 10 vs. Tennessee, No Vacancy on Oct. 31 vs.
Missouri, Gone Country on Nov. 14 vs. South Carolina, and a closing DJ battle featuring DJ DSewell and DJ C-had on Nov. 28 vs.
LSU.
Rodney Block & The Love Supreme Band is known for a high-energy mix of jazz, funk, R&B and rock. Burnt CD’s is billed as Northwest Arkansas’ favorite 2000s party band, with songs from artists including Yellowcard, Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Nelly, Kings of Leon, Paramore and Black Eyed Peas.
Funk Factory covers funk, soul, R&B, Frank Sinatra jazz, modern pop and current hits. Jason D.
Williams, described as a native Arkansan and lifelong Razorback loyalist, brings his rock ‘n’ roll and boogie-woogie style. No Vacancy offers a mix of hits from the 1960s to today, while Gone Country leans into 1990s country.
The final date features the two DJs in an energetic musical showdown.
There are also a few logistics fans need to know. Maple Street, from Stadium Drive to Razorback Road, will close to traffic at 7 p.m. on Fridays before each home game for HogTown setup.
Lot 300 near the Frank Broyles Athletic Center will still be accessible on Friday and Saturday through the east entrance on Stadium Drive and the west entrance on Razorback Road. Maple Street will reopen to traffic on game day after the second quarter of each home game.
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