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2011 Events in the Muscle Shoals Area
Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia & Florence
(Dates and Times are Subject to Change)
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January – December, 2011 – Jack-O-Lantern Farm Greenhouses – In-door farmer’s market.
Fresh fruits and vegetables (grown hydroponically) as well as homemade breads, jellies, soaps. Culinary-Center-made products available for purchase.
Free
Every Tuesday & Thursday, 3 pm – 7 pm & Saturday, 9 am – 2 pm
334 Garage Road – TVA Reservation, Muscle Shoals, 35661
For more information: (256) 764-0044 or (256) 386-2335
www.jackolanternfarm.com
Jan 1-Dec 31, 2011 - Civil War Lunch Cruises
Step back into time and enjoy a cruise aboard an authentic paddle wheel riverboat, relax as a tasty meal is served to your table and a Civil War tour guide provides a narration about the role the river played in the war complete with rifle demonstrations and firings.
Admission charged
Pickwick Belle, Florence Harbor Marina, 1050 Clayborn Liles Dr.
Call for exact dates. 877-936-2355
www.pickwickbelle.com
March – December, 2011 – Tuscumbia Spring Park Fountain Show
51 jet water feature dances to lights & music. 30 to 40 minute show.
Free
Check schedule on web-site or call
100 Spring Park Road, Tuscumbia 35674
For more information: (256) 389-1357 or (256) 762-2177
www.tuscumbiarailway.com
March – December, 2011 – Tuscumbia Spring Park Attractions – Carousel, Rollercoaster & Train
Imitation steam engine train seats 80 adults or 120 children, 30-horse carousel and Python rollercoaster.
Admission varies
Check schedule on web-site or call
100 Spring Park Road, Tuscumbia, 35674
For more information: (256) 389-1357 or (256) 762-2177
www.tuscumbiarailway.com
May – September, 2011 – Spring Park Splash Pad
Interactive water fountain, great fun for children.
$2 per person
Saturday, 11am – dark, Sun, 1 pm – dark, Mon – Fri, TBA
100 Spring Park Road, Tuscumbia
For more information: (256) 386-5670
www.tuscumbiarailway.com
July – September, 2011 – Riverfront Park Water Play Area & Splash Pad
Interactive water fountain, great fun for children
$2 per person
Mon. – Fri., 10 am – 5 pm, Sun., 2 pm – 5 pm
Riverfront Park, 1416 Alabama Avenue, Sheffield
For more information: (256) 386-5615
www.sheffield-rec.com
June 2 – August 25, 2011 – Spring Park Market – Up-scale farmers market
Fresh fruits and vegetables as well as homemade breads, jellies, soaps. Shoals Culinary Center-made products available for purchase. Live music and cooking demonstrations.
Free
Thursdays Only: 4 pm – 7 pm
100 Spring Park Road, Tuscumbia
For more information: (256) 764-0044, (256) 383-0783 or (800) 344-0783
www.cityoftuscumbia.org or www.shoalsec.com
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August 18 – September 27, 2011 – Works by Todd Reed
This Harrison, TN, artist works in several media including graphite, watercolor and acrylic to create masterful images of wildlife and other nature subjects. Reed has received First Place awards in competitions across the nation.
Free
Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, 217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence 35630
For more information: (256) 760-6379
www.florenceal.org
September 18 - November 4, 2011 – Steve Armstrong’s Automata
Steve Armstrong, of Lexington, Ky., makes wood sculpture that moves. He credits traveling, European clockwork automata, American folks art and artists Joseph Cornell, Jean Tinguely, Hans Belmer and others as influences. A retired Montessori director, he is largely self-taught and helps with an art program for Kentucky prison inmates.
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Exhibition Hours: Sunday, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Contact: Keith McMurtrey, 256.383.0533 www.tvaa.net
Admission: $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students, Sundays free and group rates available.
September 20 – 25, 2011 – 77th Annual North Alabama State Fair
Mid-way, rides, contests, exhibits and entertainment
Admission charged
Tuesday – Friday: 5 pm to mid-night, Saturday - Sunday: Noon-Midnight
65 SportsPlex Drive, Muscle Shoals
For more information: (256) 383-3247
www.northalabamastatefair.org
September 29- October1, & October 6 - 7, 2011 – Center Stage: “The Foreigner”
This comic romp with surprising twists has won several off-Broadway awards.
Performances at 7:35 p.m. Theatre opens at 7 p.m.
Tickets: $13 for adults and $7 for students at the door and $11 for adults and $6 for students in advance from the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 256.383.0533, or from www.ritztheatre.ticketleap.com (online handling fee added).
Ritz Theatre, 111 West 3rd St, Sheffield, Alabama
Contact: Keith McMurtrey, 256.383.0533
www.tvaa.net
October 3 - November 11, 2011 – "Art of Propaganda: World War I and II"
The museum’s Education Gallery hosts vintage American World War I and World War II posters from the collection of Peter Morris, of Leighton.
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Exhibition Hours: Sunday, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm; Monday – Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Contact: Mary Settle Cooney, 256.383.0533 www.tvaa.net
Admission: $5.00 for adults, $3.00 for students, Sundays free and group rates available.
October 4 - 31, 2011 – Shoals Artists Guild Exhibition
Members work in a variety of styles and media including watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel, pencil, and mixed media
Free
Mon – Fri. 9 am – 4 pm
217 E. Tuscaloosa Street, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence
For more information: (256) 760-6379
www.florenceal.org
October 22 – 23, 2011 – Renaissance Faire
Florence recreates authentic medieval Renaissance Faire. Faire includes authentic costumes, magicians, Knights on horseback, sword fighting, and unique arts and crafts
Free
Sat., 10 am – 6 pm Sun., Noon – 6 pm
350 North Wood Avenue, Wilson Park, Florence
For more information: (256) 740-4141
Vendor information: (256) 768-3031
www.alarenfaire.org
November – December, 2011– Shell’s Christmas Tree Farm
Select and tag your Christmas tree early, return to the farm Thanksgiving afternoon until Christmas to cut your fresh tree. Fresh wreaths and garland available. Enjoy hot cider while shopping in their gift shop. Prices varies
630 Bigbee Trail, Southwest Colbert County, off Frankford Road
For more information: (256) 383-4207
November 5, 2011 - Elvis Day
Today, Tomorrow, & Forever Elvis Fan Club of Alabama Presents this annual event. Lots of entertainment including Elvis impersonators
Admission charged
10am to 9pm
Emerald River Hotel, Sheffield
For more information: Jerry Russell (256) 335-0464
November 11, 2011 – Veteran’s Day Parade
Parade pays tribute to all that has served our Country in the Armed Forces. Program in Spring Park. Open House at the Legion Hall 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free
11 am
Parade will begin on North Main Street
For more information: (256) 381-2298 or (256) 436-5874
November 16 – December 16, 2011 – Quilt Challenge ‘11
Members of the Shoals Piecemakers Quilt Guild follow new ‘challenging’ rules each year to create innovative quilts.
Free
Mon – Fri. 9 am – 4 pm
217 E. Tuscaloosa Street, Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts, Florence
For more information: (256) 760-6379
www.florenceal.org
November 16, 2011 – W.C. Handy Birthday Celebration
Celebrate the birthday of W.C. Handy; enjoy a musical performance and refreshments, including a birthday cake.
Free
11:30 am – 1 pm
W.C. Handy Museum, 620 West College Street, Florence
For more information: (256) 760-6434
www.florenceal.org
November 19 – 20, 2011 – Christmas in the Country
Purchase homemade baked goods, small gifts and Christmas ornaments for the holidays. Wagon rides with Santa. See the natural, lie decorations reminiscent of early pioneer Christmases.
Free
Sat., 10 am – 4 pm Sun., 1 – 4 pm
LaGrange College Site, 1461 LaGrange College Road, Leighton
For more information: (256) 446-9324 Email: louiselinville@earthlink.net
www.recall-lagrange.00me.com
November 25 – December 31, 2011 - The Christmas Water Show in Spring Park, Tuscumbia
Special show will begin on Friday evening, November 26, and continue through December. Enjoy this light and water show each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night at 6:30pm through December 31. Free.
Admission for the Christmas Train is $4 adults and $3 children.
Note: The Christmas Water Show and Santa Express Train will run every night beginning December 16 through Christmas Eve. (256) 389-1357 or (256) 762-2177.
November 29, 2011 – Tuscumbia Christmas Parade
The Tuscumbia Parade kicks off the Holiday Season with a bang. Just about everyone joins in to make this a very popular event.
Free
6 pm
Begins at Deshler High School, down Main Street, right on Sixth Street and left on Water Street
For more information: James McCorkle (256) 386-7200
December 1, 2011 – Muscle Shoals Christmas Parade
Parade begins at Gusmus Avenue and proceeds down to Sheffield Avenue and turns right by the Muscle Shoals Post Office
7 pm
Sponsored by the City of Muscle Shoals and Muscle Shoals Businesses
For more information: Linda Evans (256) 386-9250
December 2 – December 24, 2011 - The Trees of Christmas
The holiday season is captured through a unique and meaningful exhibition that provides insight about the people of the Shoals area: who they are, what they do and the things they think are important. Community groups and individuals create an alluring exhibition using nine 12 foot tall live spruce and fir trees to tell their stories. Decorators use a variety of uncharacteristic techniques and materials to carry out both traditional and unexpected trees. A wonderland of visual pleasure is in store for audiences who attend this one of a kind exhibit.
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia, Alabama
Exhibition Hours: Sunday, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
December 24, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Contact: Mary Settle Cooney, 256.383.0533 www.tvaa.net
Admission: $5.00 for Adults, $3.00 for Students
December 2, 2011 – Florence Open House & Festival of Lights
Shop while listening to Christmas music & bells of joy on horses giving carriage rides.
5 p.m.
Downtown
For more information: (256) 740-4141
December 2, 2011 - Sheffield Christmas Parade
Trophies given for best decorated cars, trucks, floats, and walking entries. Entertainment at stage following parade at Fifth St. & North Montgomery Avenue. No admission
6:00 pm
North Montgomery Avenue beginning at 10th St. & proceeding to 2nd Street
For more information: (256) 383-0250
December 4, 2011 – Plantation Christmas
Holiday event reminiscent of the “Old South” with traditional live decorations, period Christmas music, vintage ballroom dancers, and refreshments. Belle Mont, built in 1828, is one of Alabama’s most distinguished homes.
$6 adults, $3 children
1 – 5 pm
Belle Mont Mansion, 1569 Cook Lane, off Highway 43 S, Tuscumbia
For more information: (256) 383-0783 or (800) 344-0783
www.colbertcountytourism.org
December 8 - 9, 2011 - The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Public Performance, directed by Laura-Ashley Foster
December 14, 15, 16 and 17, 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., School Performances
The church is scandalized when the wildest, toughest kids in town take over the main parts in the Christmas pageant. “Mary” smokes cigars. “The Wise Men” steal. And the “Angel of the Lord” is more likely to smack the shepherds in the teeth than to bring good tidings. Fitting the unsuitable Herdman children into their Biblical roles provides one laugh after another as they collide with the Christmas story head-on and help everyone rediscover its true meaning.
Ritz Theater, 111 West 3rd Street, Sheffield, Alabama
Contact: Keith McMurtrey, 256.383.0533 www.tvaa.net
Tickets: $5.00 for Adults, $4.00 for Students, Public Performance
$5.00 for Adults, $3.00 for Students, School Performances
December 17, 2011 - NCAA Division II National Championship Football Game
The Best of the best in division II college football go head to head in Florence each year compete for the championship title.
Tickets $20
Kick-off at 11 am
Braly Municipal Stadium, North Royal Avenue, Florence
For more information: (256) 764-4661 or (877) 764-4661
www.shoals@shoalchamber.com
December 17, 2011 – Christmas at Ivy Green
Beautiful live holiday decorations adorn the historic birthplace and home of America’s First Lady of Courage, Helen Keller. Event is sponsored by the Council of Local Garden Clubs.
Adults $4.00, Children (ages 5-18) $1.00
1 – 4 pm
Helen Keller Birthplace, 300 North Commons West, Tuscumbia
For more information: (256) 383-4066 or (888) 329-2124
www.helenkellerbirthplace.org
Please Note: Dates, Events and Hours are Subject to Change
Information contained within this calendar was furnished by various organizations and event planners in the Shoals area. No guarantee is made that all information is accurate. This CALENDAR OF EVENTS IS PROVIDED AT NO CHARGE UPON REQUEST by the Colbert County Tourism and Convention Bureau, 719 U.S. Hwy 72 West, P. O. Box 740425, Tuscumbia, AL 35674. You may contact us by calling us at (256) 383-0783; toll free at (800) 344-0783; via E-mail at ColbertTourism@comcast.net.
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