Amplify
- Dates
- Jun 11 to 12, 2027
- Status
- Confirmed
- Venue
- Holland Chapel Baptist Church
- Price
- Free
- Camping
- None on site
- Last checked
- Aug 23, 2026
Amplify returns to Benton, AR, Jun 11 to 12, 2027. Froligo tracks free-entry details, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Amplify is billed as the largest free Christian music festival in the United States, held each year at Holland Chapel Baptist Church in Benton, Arkansas since 2012. Organized by evangelist Nick Hall's Pulse Evangelism, the two-day, admission-free event pairs sets from contemporary worship, CCM and Christian hip-hop artists with evangelism-training breakouts and a Gospel message, drawing tens of thousands of attendees from across the country to a 20-acre grass field just off I-30
What people love
Attendees consistently describe the shared worship atmosphere as the festival's biggest draw, with the crowd's sense of collective praise cited as reaching even those standing far from the stage. Repeat attendance is common, with reviewers describing returning year after year and bringing along parents or other family members. Community feedback on the festival's own social channels runs overwhelmingly positive, with the large majority of reviewers recommending the event to others
Last time around (2026)
The most recent edition ran June 12-13, 2026 at Holland Chapel Baptist Church, with organizers projecting a turnout in the tens of thousands across the two days. The lineup was headlined by Phil Wickham, Matthew West, Ben Fuller, Micah Tyler, Hulvey, Crutchfield and NLC Worship alongside Nick Hall's Gospel message, supported by hundreds of local volunteers. As in prior years, organizers ran a cooling tent and had first responders on-site for the outdoor, grass-field setting; no significant incidents or complaints surfaced in local coverage of the weekend
Listen
Tap an artist to play them right here.
No official playlist linked yet. Find Amplify on Spotify.
Lineup
2027 lineup not yet announced. Here's who played in 2026:
Getting there
Nearest airport LIT.
How do I get to Amplify?
By car
Most people drive to Amplify. The nearest major airport is LIT, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
Nearest rail stop is Little Rock Union Station (LRK), roughly 25 miles from Benton near the wider host metro, not near the venue itself. Only one train per direction per day (roughly an 11:39pm departure), which makes it impractical for arriving in time for a two-day daytime festival, and there is no connecting transit from Union Station to Benton a taxi/rideshare for the final ~25 miles is required either way
Book / info →By bus & public transit
Benton itself has a Greyhound stop (7801 Alcoa Rd, Benton, AR 72019), which is useful for attendees arriving by intercity coach from other regional cities rather than flying but this is NOT an airport connection. Greyhound has no current terminal presence at LIT or in Little Rock/North Little Rock (their former North Little Rock station site is now vacant), so this mode only applies to travelers already routing through the wider Greyhound network, not as an LIT-to-venue leg
Book / info →Taxi & rideshare
Both operate at LIT (Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, Little Rock) with standard curbside pickup at the covered commercial curb near the Parking Deck entrance LIT sits roughly 26 road miles / ~29 minutes from Benton via I-30. No public transit or official shuttle reaches Benton (see notes below), so rideshare/taxi is effectively the only non-rental-car option for a fly-in attendee without a ride
Book / info →Taxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
On site parking available. Cost Parking is free on and around the festival grounds (Holland Chapel Baptist Church, adjacent to the Saline County Fairgrounds and Bernard Holland Baseball Park), including designated handicap parking no ticketed/prepay platform found for this festival. The City of Benton runs a local shuttle bus (with the mayor personally involved in operating it in past years) to move attendees from overflow parking areas to the festival grounds, and adjusts hours at the nearby Benton River Center/Senior Center (early closures on festival days, e.g. 2pm/12pm in a recent year) to free up additional nearby parking. The city's own guidance to attendees is to allow extra time for parking and walking. This is a recurring annual operational pattern for this festival rather than a one-off; exact closure times/shuttle details should be reconfirmed for the actual 2027 dates once published
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at LIT
No public transit or official shuttle connects LIT to Benton, and the only daily Amtrak departure is impractical for festival timing combined with free on-site parking at the venue itself, a rental car is the most practical option for fly-in attendees, and doubles as the easy way to combine the festival with wider Little Rock/Hot Springs-area travel
Search car hire →Live price search coming soon.
Where
Venue
Holland Chapel Baptist Church
Camping & Accommodation
Where can I stay near Amplify?
No on site camping. Here is where to stay nearby.
Hotels nearby 4
Same address block as the venue (15523 I-30) on the I-30 service road the closest lodging option by a wide margin, effectively adjacent to Holland Chapel. Independent budget motel, not part of a national chain
Link coming soonSame I-30 corridor as the venue, beside the Benton Event Center a short drive (a couple of miles by address-block proximity), not walkable. Marriott-branded, higher-rated than the budget motels closer to the venue
Link coming soonSame I-30 corridor, near Exit 118 short drive from the venue, not walkable. Markets itself as centrally located between Little Rock and Hot Springs
Link coming soonOff the I-30 corridor on the Bryant side, a few miles further than the properties directly on I-30 drive, not walk
Link coming soonAirbnb & private camping
Benton, AR listings average roughly $170/night per current market data, with a median around $133/night, entry-level (bottom 25%) around $107/night, and top-tier (top 10%) at $214+/night. given the festival draws 35,000+ people into a small town (Benton's population is well under 40k) over a single weekend, some tightening of inventory/upward pricing pressure is a plausible pattern, but this is inference from market context and festival size, not a cited statistic, and should be worded cautiously if published
Search Airbnb →The nearest meaningful concentration is Hipcamp's broader 'Little Rock' regional search area (260+ listings, average ~$35/night, from $5/night), which sits roughly 25-30 miles from Benton a drive-in alternative to a hotel for attendees open to camping, not a close-in or walkable option relative to the venue
Search Hipcamp →Pricing
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