# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Big Spring Park Free Concert with Ralph Hepola
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 09:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Ralph Hepola
with special guest John Strickler
June 12 at 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Big Spring Park | West Spring Street | Neosho, MO 64850

Concert is FREE and open for everyone to attend.

Bring a lawn chair or blanket and feel free to picnic during the concert!

Neosho Arts Council hopes families will join us and help nurture the next generation of music lovers! The arts council will be holding a sidewalk chalk fun draw during each concert.

JAZZIZ has called Ralph Hepola “a musician who plays the language of contemporary jazz on the tuba.”

Ralph Hepola was a Missouri Arts Council April 2021 Featured Artist.  As a freelancer in New York City and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Ralph performed on recordings and productions that have been Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, and Tony Award winners and nominees. Ralph was a member of Switzerland’s Basel Symphony Orchestra and The United States Army Band of Washington, D.C.

John Strickler performs with a wide variety of musical groups and as a jazz soloist. He also teaches Western Music Appreciation, Jazz Appreciation, and Guitar Class at Ozarks Technical Community College.

Made possible with support from Missouri Arts Council, City of Neosho, Southwest Missouri Bank, Fred Harris State Farm, the Neosho Daily News, KOAM, and FOX14.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/neosho/big-spring-park-free-concert-with-ralph-hepola/200029858690931
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, art, workshops, trips-adventures, live-music
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029858690931?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=neosho-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Neosho
- **state**: MO
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 309 W Spring St, Neosho, MO 64850-1762, United States
- **lat**: 36.86967
- **long**: -94.37119
- **full address**: 309 W Spring St, Neosho, MO 64850-1762, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Neosho Arts Council (https://allevents.in/org/neosho-arts-council/13069344)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 12 May, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-05:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 309 W Spring St, Neosho, MO 64850-1762, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Neosho Arts Council
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, art, workshops, trips-adventures, live-music
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Big Spring Park Free Concert with Ralph Hepola ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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