Bargains Galore on 64 2026: The Arkansas Highway 64 Route Guide

Bargains Galore on 64 is a 160-mile yard sale that runs US Highway 64 clear across Arkansas, from Fort Smith on the Oklahoma line in the west to Beebe northeast of Little Rock in the east. More than twenty towns along the highway take part, with clusters of yard sales, church sales, and barn sales filling the stretches in between. The 2026 edition runs Thursday, August 13 through Saturday, August 15 — the second full weekend of August, the way it has since it started back in 1999.

This is a corridor event, not a single-town sale. Each community along US-64 sets up its own sales, so there is no one seller registry to check the night before. That is exactly why the plan matters: you are working towns strung along one highway across the width of the state, and knowing which stretches draw the densest setups is the difference between a full trunk and a long day of driving. US-64 parallels Interstate 40 nearly the whole way, so you can jump ahead or backtrack a segment whenever you need to.

The corridor, west to east

US-64 runs the whole width of Arkansas, from the Oklahoma line at Fort Smith, up through the Arkansas River Valley, past Russellville and Morrilton, and on toward Conway and Beebe near the middle of the state. Bargains Galore breaks naturally into a western half anchored by the River Valley towns, a middle around Russellville and Morrilton, and an eastern end running through Conway and Vilonia toward Beebe.

• Fort Smith, Van Buren & Alma (west end) — where the corridor starts, right on the Oklahoma border. Van Buren and Alma sit side by side at the mouth of the River Valley and draw a heavy early cluster of sales along the Alma Highway stretch. This is the smart place to base for the western half and get out of the car first.
• Ozark, Altus & Clarksville (the River Valley) — the heart of the western run, strung along the Arkansas River between the Boston Mountains and the Ouachitas. Ozark and Clarksville are the county seats and the densest stops here, with the wine-country town of Altus in between. Church lots and city parks fill in with multi-vendor setups.
• Lamar, Knoxville & London — the smaller Johnson and Pope County towns between Clarksville and Russellville, filling the corridor with roadside and barn setups. Knoxville in particular hosts a big multi-vendor lot right on Highway 64.
• Russellville & Atkins (the middle) — Russellville is the largest town on the western half and a natural place to reset, restock, and hit an ATM before pushing east. Atkins sits just beyond it as the corridor bends toward Morrilton.
• Morrilton (the hinge) — the Conway County seat, roughly the corridor's midpoint, with sales downtown and along the highway. A good place to break a multi-day plan and reset for the eastern run.
• Conway, Vilonia & El Paso toward Beebe (east end) — Conway is the big city on the eastern half and one of the densest stops on the whole route, with Vilonia and El Paso filling the stretch out toward Beebe, the corridor's eastern anchor northeast of Little Rock.

The dense stretches west to east — the points shoppers use to break the route into sections — run Van Buren/Alma → the River Valley → Russellville → Conway. Those are the natural places to split a multi-day plan.

Three-day strategy — the call you make before Thursday

A hundred and sixty miles of highway across three days is plenty of time to work the corridor carefully, but only if you decide your rhythm before you leave home. Russellville and Morrilton sit near the middle and make your hinge. Two ways to run it:

• West end first, then run east. Start in Van Buren and Alma Thursday morning, give the River Valley cluster real time through Ozark and Clarksville, and work east toward Russellville by the afternoon. Take Morrilton, Conway, and the run toward Beebe over the next two days. This front-loads the densest western half while you're fresh.
• Base near the middle and radiate. Park in Russellville or Morrilton and run the western River Valley one day, the eastern Conway end the other. The cleanest logistics on a route this long — you're never far from the center and never repacking for a new town every night.

Whichever you pick, decide before you go. The shoppers who try to improvise a 160-mile corridor spend the weekend on Highway 64 instead of in anyone's yard.

Where the density is

Because each town runs its own sales, the corridor never feels uniformly packed. A few stretches draw the thickest setups year to year, and they are worth building the plan around.

The Arkansas River Valley — the western hub

Van Buren and Alma at the west end, then Ozark and Clarksville along the river, are the densest early stretch of the route and the smartest place to base for the first day. Setups here cluster close together, with churches and city parks hosting multi-vendor lots. If you're coming in off I-40, this is where you get out of the car first — work it hard before you push east.

Russellville & Morrilton — the middle

The two biggest towns on the middle of the route draw sellers thick and make the natural hinge for a multi-day plan. Base near here and you can reach either half of the corridor without a long backtrack, and you're never more than a short drive from a fresh cluster.

Conway — the eastern anchor

The largest city on the eastern half, Conway is one of the most reliable clusters on the whole route. Time a morning around it, then let Vilonia, El Paso, and the run toward Beebe fill in the drive east.

When to start and what to expect

Most sales open early and run into the afternoon across all three days. With a Thursday-through-Saturday window, Saturday is the biggest day — more sellers out, more traffic on Highway 64 — while Thursday is lighter and less picked-over. Serious shoppers treat Thursday morning in the River Valley as the time to get ahead of the crowd.

Coming from the west off I-40: enter at Van Buren and Alma and work east. Coming from Little Rock: start at Beebe and Conway and work west toward Morrilton. Either way, anchor your nights near Russellville or Morrilton in the middle so you're never starting the day with an hour of highway before your first stop.

Cash is the standard. These are front-yard, church-lot, and small-town sales along a rural highway — most sellers won't take a card. Hit an ATM in Van Buren, Clarksville, Russellville, or Conway before you get out onto the smaller stretches, because the towns in between won't always have one.

What you'll find

The Highway 64 corridor runs through the Arkansas River Valley and the farm country beyond it — towns where families have lived for generations and the barns, sheds, and farmhouses are getting cleared out. That means uncurated, underpriced inventory: furniture, tools, antiques, collectibles, and everyday household goods, with food trucks setting up at the bigger clusters. The event was started so families could outfit their kids for the school year without overspending, and that practical, affordable streak still runs through it.

Vintage cast iron cookware is a standout. These River Valley kitchens cooked on cast iron for generations, and the skillets and pots that turn up along US-64 are the real, used article — not the cleaned-up, marked-up pieces from a dealer's booth.

Vintage Pyrex shows up throughout, and it shows up flat-priced — corridor sellers tend not to chase the going rate, so a worthwhile set can go for household-goods money if you know your patterns before you grab. CorningWare in the Cornflower blue-flower pattern turns up the same way, all down the highway.

Farmhouse furniture, tools, and Americana round out the estate tables — old advertising, farm tools, and vintage hardware straight out of the outbuildings, the agricultural and household pieces that come with clearing land a family has worked for generations.

Pro tips

• Build your route the night before. There is no master seller list for a corridor event, so pull up the map, pick the towns you're committing to, and set your driving order before you leave. The River Valley and Conway first.
• Base near Russellville or Morrilton. They sit near the corridor's midpoint, so you can work either half of the route from one room without a long backtrack. The smartest logistics on a route this long.
• Bring cash, and plenty of it. Most front-yard and roadside sellers won't take a card. Stock up at an ATM in one of the bigger towns before you head out.
• Watch the clusters. The River Valley towns at the west end, Russellville and Morrilton in the middle, and Conway on the east concentrate the most sellers — time your mornings around them.
• Use I-40 to skip and backtrack. The interstate runs alongside US-64 nearly the whole way, so you can jump ahead to the next cluster or double back to one you rushed.

FAQ

When is Bargains Galore on 64 in 2026?

Thursday, August 13 through Saturday, August 15, 2026. The event runs the second full weekend of August each year, with most sales open from early morning into the afternoon across the three days.

Where does Bargains Galore on 64 take place?

Along US Highway 64 across Arkansas, from Fort Smith on the Oklahoma line in the west to Beebe northeast of Little Rock in the east — about 160 miles. US-64 runs alongside Interstate 40 nearly the whole way. The live event map pins each corridor town plus the vendor setups along the highway.

What towns are on the route?

West to east along US-64: Fort Smith, Van Buren, Alma, Mulberry, Dyer, Ozark, Altus, Coal Hill, Clarksville, Lamar, Knoxville, London, Russellville, Pottsville, Atkins, Morrilton, Conway, Vilonia, El Paso, and Beebe. The map pins the corridor towns, and the densest clusters gather around the River Valley and Conway.

Is there a central registry of sales?

There is no single central list for the whole route. The corridor fills with yard sales, church sales, barn sales, and multi-vendor setups along the highway — drive US-64, watch for signs, and plan around the town clusters. The River Valley towns and Conway are the densest.

When does next year's event happen?

Bargains Galore on 64 runs every year on the second full weekend of August. The 2027 dates will be confirmed by the organizers in early 2027; we'll update this page when they post.

More highway yard sales to plan

If you build a weekend around Highway 64, these corridor events are worth a look too:

• 127 Yard Sale — 690 miles from Michigan to Alabama, the world's longest yard sale.
• Route 66 100 Mile Yard Sale — 100 miles of historic Route 66 across central Missouri.
• QIDC 100 Mile Yard Sale — 100 miles of corridor sales.

We'll see you on Highway 64.