Alabama Festivals: Honoring honey, homegrown mushrooms, and hominy grits
Explore and celebrate the natural world this fall with festivals around Alabama honoring honey, homegrown mushrooms, and hominy grits. Butterbeans and peanuts also get in on the act with their own long-running fall festivities. The National Peanut Festival in Dothan, set for early November, dates to 1938 when the [...]
Fall Festival Roundup Part 3: Alabama Oktoberfest Festivals
Oktoberfest, which originated in Munich in 1810, has become the world’s largest beer party. It even has its own signature beer style. Last year in Munich, attendees quaffed 5.6 million liters of strong locally-made Oktoberfest lager – and those numbers were down due to rainy weather over the 18-day [...]
Fall Festival Roundup Part 2: Alabama Cultural and Religious Festivals
Alabama is a colorful tapestry of cultures, woven in part by people who have moved here from other countries and made the Yellowhammer State a better place. Over the years, Mobile’s ports, Birmingham’s early 20th-century steel mills and mines, farms statewide, today’s University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Huntsville’s military [...]
Southern Sounds and Small Town Spirit: Leighton’s Sledgefest brings something new to the festival season
Clocking in at one square mile in size and a population of 665 in the 2020 census, the tiny town of Leighton, Alabama leaves a BIG footprint. City leadership, led by Mayor Derick Silcox, wanted a way to celebrate all that Leighton has produced. Thus, they created Sledgefest, a [...]
Fall Festival Roundup Part 1: Alabama City and County Festivals
Fall is full of festivals devoted to specific foods or beverages. But some cities and counties plan parties that showcase the breadth of their local restaurants, caterers, food producers, breweries, and distillers. Shelby County and the cities of Hoover and Opelika will dish local specialties in September and October. [...]
Get Fired Up: The 6th Annual Hog Days of Summer BBQ & Music Fest is happening this weekend
The River Region's biggest party is back and meatier than ever. The Druids Charity Club is thrilled to host the highly anticipated 6th Annual BBQ & Music Festival, "The Hog Days of Summer." This charity event will be held on August 26, 2023, at the Union Station Train Shed [...]
