CONWAY, Ark. (Sept. 25, 2025) — Toad Suck Daze has been named a Bronze Grand Pinnacle Award winner by the International Festivals & Events Association, the organization’s highest honor for festivals and events.
The Grand Pinnacle recognizes festivals that demonstrate excellence across all facets of event management — from programming and community impact to sustainability, operations, and long-term legacy. Founded in 1956, IFEA is the premier global association for festival and event professionals, with members spanning the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, and beyond.
In addition to the Grand Pinnacle honor, Toad Suck Daze received a Gold Award for Best Children’s Programming and Silver Awards for Best T-Shirt Design, Best Give-Away Item, Best Event within a Festival, and Best Sponsor Activation.
Toad Suck Daze is the largest free family festival in Arkansas, drawing more than 100,000 attendees each year. Since its inception in 1982, the festival has invested more than $2.4 million in scholarships, endowments, STEM education, preschool programs, arts education, and community development. In 2025, the festival contributed more than $140,000 to those initiatives.
Toad Suck Daze is presented by Baptist Health, Chris Crain Hyundai, and Genesis of Conway. Major festival sponsors and supporters include the City of Conway, Pafford Medical Services, AT&T, Acxiom, Cherokee Casino and Hotel Roland, TriTechne, Crain Automotive Team, Simmons Bank, Visit Conway, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, ARcare Foundation, Cintas, Conway Behavioral Health, Conway Corp, Conway Cowboy Church, Car-Son Construction, Centennial Bank, Paladino-Nash, and Turbare Manufacturing.
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About Toad Suck Daze
For more than 40 years, a central Arkansas festival with a quirky name has contributed more than $2.4 million to scholarships, scholarship endowments, preschool funding, and arts education. As Arkansas’s largest festival, Toad Suck Daze attracts more than 100,000 festivalgoers of all ages to downtown Conway the first weekend of May for national and local musical entertainment, food-on-a-stick, retail and arts-and-crafts vendors, and most notably, the World Championship Toad Races. For more information, visit ToadSuck.org.
