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W.C. Handy Music Festival
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A week long tribute to the “Father of the Blues”, W.C. Handy. Great Jazz and Blues music can be heard throughout the Shoals at restaurants, theatres, malls, parks and other locations. The week will include over 300 events perfect for the jazz and blues enthusiast as well as great family entertainment.
Today’s Music Lineup:
FRIDAY, JULY 20
BROOKDALE SHOALS BREAKFAST AND MUSIC
9:30-11 am Brookdale Shoals, 2904 South Wilson Dam Road, Muscle Shoals
Cost: Free event! Free Breakfast! Free music & door prizes!
Featuring: Payton & McKenzie Lockhart Pruitt
Sponsored by: Brookdale Shoals Senior Living
TENNESSEE VALLEY STRUMMERS – DULCIMER & FOLK MUSIC
10 am Florence-Lauderdale Tourism and Visitors Center Gallery, Florence
Performance by: Tennessee Valley Strummers
Sponsored by: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau * Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area* Crazy Chester Music
JAZZ IT UP WITH TRASH
N HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT
10:30 am Sheffield Library, 316 North Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield
Cost: Free – especially for kids!!!
Special Guest: Microwave Dave
Featuring: Hands-on activities making musical instruments from recycled materials / for ages 3 and older
Sponsored by: Shoals Solid Waste Authority * Keep the Shoals Beautiful * Shoals Earth Month, Inc.
SWAMPFEST SONGWRITER SHOWCASE SERIES #1
2 pm Florence-Lauderdale Tourism and Visitors Center Gallery, Florence
Presentation by: Angela Hacker & James LeBlanc
Sponsored by: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau * Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area* Crazy Chester Music
CHICKEN-N-BEER: FOOD, MUSIC, BREWFEST
3-10 pm The intersection of 105 S. Poplar & 526 E. College St (near Singin’ River Live, Florence
Performers: Wade Brown (NBC’s The Voice) * Lamont Landers Band (Showtime at the Apollo) * West Means Home * Thad &
Company * Mother Mars * Trevor Dodson * DJ Nate Slaughter * DJ CBattle and more
Sponsored by: Soul Wingery & Records * ENTENT Inc. * Something Ele’gant * Theus and Daleisha Rowell with RealtySouth * Singin’ River Brewing Company * Hope Embroidery * Attorney Donald Carroll
IN TUNE WITH THE OUTDOORS
5-7 pm Alabama Outdoors, 119 North Court Street, Florence
Featuring: McKenzie Lockhart
Sponsored by: Alabama Outdoors
HANDY HAPPY HOURS
5-7 pm Swampers, Marriott Shoals, Florence – Max Russell
6-9 pm Stephano’s Southland, Sheffield – Unfamous Band
6:30-9:30 pm Flobama, Florence – Rewind of the Shoals
FIRST METRO BANK – SAX IN THE CITY
N HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER – FREE EVENT
7:30 pm Wilson Park, Florence
Featuring: The Midnighters
Sponsored by: First Metro Bank
HANDY NIGHTS
7-10 pm 306 Barbeque – Christian Turner
7-11 pm Ricatoni’s, Florence – Julia Rich & Jazz Allstars (Gary Lamb, Tyrone Jackson, Robert Dickson, Mark Lanter)
City Hardware, Florence – Nick Black
7 -11 pm Fizz Bar & Grill, Clarion Hotel (former Holiday Inn), Sheffield – Sister Ruth Ann Conley & Swamp Grass Revival
8 pm Champy’s, Muscle Shoals – Big Al & The Heavyweights
8-11 pm Swampers/Marriott Shoals, Florence – Microwave Dave & the Nukes
9:30 pm-1:30 am On The Rocks, Florence – Lamont Landers Band
10:30pm-1:30am Flobama, Florence– Spunk Monkees