Arts On Tour

The Arts on Tour roster lists a broad spectrum of Arkansas’s finest solo and ensemble performers, individual visual artists and prepared art exhibitions ready for touring within Arkansas. The online AOT listing facilitates the booking process for arts organizations, festival and event planners, schools, civic organizations and government entities interested in contracting with the artists.

The AOT program is designed to reimburse presenters who showcase Arkansas artists listed on the roster. When an AOT artist negotiates a contract with the presenter, the Arkansas Arts Council typically will subsidize 40 percent of the cost of the event as long as funds are available.

New AOT artists are selected each year through a panel process. 

The Arts On Tour Artist Roster opens fall 2026.

 

To be eligible for the Arts on Tour Program, a performing or visual artist must: 

  • Maintain a primary residency in Arkansas, or must have an Arkansas based contact.
  • Have presented concerts, exhibitions, programs or lecture-demonstrations in locations away from their home location at least twice in the previous year. Exhibitions must have been presented in a formal gallery space.

The Arkansas Arts Council reserves the right to determine the appropriateness of the scope or nature of the presentation proposed by a selected Arts on Tour artist and retains the right to determine the suitability of an AOT artist to remain on the roster once they have been selected.

Arts on Tour Artist Roster application forms should be submitted online by completing the form linked below. You will receive an email confirmation when we have received your online submission.

 

 

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Pam Setser Band
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Music: Folk/Bluegrass/Acoustic Northeast
Arkansas Arts Council
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AAC
Location
PO Box 64, Mountain View, AR, 72560
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Pam Setser has been singing since she was five years old. She sang for years with her mother and dad as “The Simmons Family,” travelling all over Arkansas promoting Mountain View. At the age of 21, Pam moved to Hot Springs to be the lead female singer of “The Country Music Story.” She did this show for three years.

In 1984, Setser won 2nd runner-up in the National Wrangler Country Showdown talent contest held at the grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Pam has performed with Grandpa and Ramona Jones, The Whites, Joni Bishop, and actress/singer Mare Winningham, and has appeared on The Louisiana Hayride, You Can Be A Star, Nashville Now, Hee Haw, The Tonight Show, and recently on the HGTV feature Top Ten Christmas Towns, showcasing Caroling in the Caverns and Mountain View. In 2016 she was voted Musician of the Year at the Ozark Folk Center.

With such a strong background in music, you can imagine what an distinctive artist Pam is! She performs all kinds of music and plays mountain dulcimer, guitar, autoharp, and spoons. Kent and Beci Coffey, the other members of the trio, have been playing music for years, and joined the Pam Setser band in 2015. Kent is one of the finest guitar players around, and Beci is an outstanding bass player. Both instrumentalists add great vocal depth to the band.

Pam can perform with the best, and chooses to make her home in the beautiful Ozark mountains. The band can expand to five players if the presenter requests that.

Requirements
Presenter supplies sound—3 vocal mics; 4 instrumental mics with 3 monitors if full band
Fee
$500 - $2,500; lodging if overnight required; $200 if supply sound .
Time Availability
Year-round

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