Explore Branson's show schedule useless for Spring Break?

In researching an article, this writer wanted to know if “Presley’s Country Jubilee,” “The Haygoods,” and “Legends in Concert” shows would be available during the March 7-13 period of the Spring Break. Having seen one of the many Explore Branson ads on TV, I visited the Explore Branson website at https://www.explorebranson.com/.

The first thing I noticed on the page was that there was no place to enter the dates I was interested in, but there was an option for “Live Shows.” When I clicked on “Live Shows,” one of the options I got was “All Live Shows.” That took me to a page https://www.explorebranson.com/shows#!gridFeatured1 headlined with the verbiage, “Your Vacation Needs a World-Class Live Music Show.”

I still couldn’t find a place to enter the dates or names of the shows I was interested in, so I scrolled down the page and finally found a calendar under the section entitled “It’s Showtime Branson Shows Schedule.” I entered March 7 for Arrival and March 13 for Departure.

The image of that search result indicates, in the upper right-hand corner, that only eight shows are open during that period, only one of which, “The Haygoods,” I was interested in seeing. I entered the names of the other two shows, “Presley’s Country Jubilee” and “Legends in Concert,” in the Search Box. The result for each said, “Try a broader search. No results match your search criteria.”

Believing that was incorrect, I took the date filter off the search to show all the shows in the database as of 8:00 a.m. on January 8, 2025. There were 15, none of which were “Presley’s Country Jubilee” or “Legends in Concert.” I then went to the Show Page of one non-government sponsored site, Branson.com, at https://www.branson.com/shows/ and entered the dates March 7-13. The search returned a list that contained all three of the shows I was interested in “Presley’s Country Jubilee,” “The Haygoods,” and “Legends in Concert.”

Because people typically plan vacations, etc., on the Internet three to six months in advance, I contacted Heather Herman, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce & CVB. We went over the situation step by step.

Hermen said, “For explorebranson.com, we invite all shows, promoters, marketers and managers to keep their show information up to date with their 2025 schedule. We promote the destination across the country and point visitors to our website. We can be the best destination marketers by having the most up-to-date information. We also encourage anyone planning a visit to simply click the date in the calendar on the Live Shows page and begin their search for the best live music shows to experience in Branson while they visit.

“If anyone needs to contact us about their listing, please reach out to me directly, Heather Hermen, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for Explore Branson, hhermen@bransoncvb.com.”