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Third Thursday is Joplin’s premiere community cultural event. Every Third Thursday, March through October, thousands of people gather on Main Street in Downtown Joplin from 5:30pm to 8:30pm to enjoy local artisans, music, entertainment, and food. The 19th season of Third Thursday is brought to you by JoplinRecycles.com – "Recycle! It’s how we roll"!

It's time to eat, drink and Fall in Love with Local all over again! Restaurant Week is coming back to Downtown Joplin this autumn and it's the perfect season to revisit your classic favorites and discover new foodie obsessions. Happening October 3-10, 2026, this event will highlight the amazing food, drinks, and experiences you can only find downtown. We can’t wait to show you what we’re cooking! Expect to see our eateries (and...drinkeries!) pull out all the stops (3-course prix fixe meals, a limited-time drinks, super-duper creative menu items, etc...).The full list of participating locations will be revealed as we get closer to the event, so be sure to follow along here, and our socials, as all the details will be revealed--Downtown is a delight, and you don't want to miss a thing during Restaurant Week!Downtown Restaurant WeekOctober 3-10, 2026Downtown JoplinThanks to Allo Fiber for sponsoring the 2026 Downtown Restaurant Week!

Third Thursday is a downtown Joplin monthly festival with pop-up art galleries, performance stages, local shops, restaurants, and food trucks. The event brings thousands of people to Main Street to socialize and explore arts, music, food, and local businesses.

Third Thursday is Joplin’s premiere community cultural event. Every Third Thursday, March through October, thousands of people gather on Main Street in Downtown Joplin from 5:30pm to 8:30pm to enjoy local artisans, music, entertainment, and food. The 19th season of Third Thursday is brought to you by JoplinRecycles.com – "Recycle! It’s how we roll"!

Thousands of tourists travel historic Route 66 through Joplin each year. Are you one of them? I wasn’t. Sure, over the years I’d utilized Route 66 at some point nearly every single day as I’d take my kids to activities and run errands, occasionally noticing the historic road’s signage when stopped at a red light (which, by the way, seemed to be posted on multiple roads and therefore perplexed me – more about that in a minute). I’d never really explored Joplin’s portion of the Mother Road through the unadulterated eyes of a tourist, who travels the highway in order to experience an important part of America’s history. Me? I’d been using Route 66 as an efficient way to get across town to Target. I finally realized that it was time to rectify that, so I decided to travel Route 66 through Joplin like a tourist. Serving as the heart of Joplin’s art community since 1947, Spiva invites visit...