Events
Wednesday, July 16
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Lockridge & Co.
Handy On The Plaza – National Hot Dog Day
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Mobile Plaza, Florence, AL
Join us on Mobile Plaza for local bands, wiener dog races, a hot dog eating contest, a dunking booth, prize raffles, and so much more! Don't miss the fun! Contact Downtown Florence Alliance for more info!
Featuring: DJ Pedialyte, Local Brand, Weston Harris Hill
Sponsored By: FirstBank* The Hotels of Florence* Fuller Services* Wildwood Tavern* Lava Room* Chicago Cafe
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Music Trivia and Karaoke
Thursday, July 17
Handy On The Plaza – Thursday Night Downtown Florence Celebration
Starts: 5:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Mobile Plaza, Florence, AL
Come and hang out in downtown Florence! Free!
Rain or Shine
Contact Downtown Florence Alliance for more info!
Featuring: Ghost River Revival, Lucie Tiger, North Mississippi Allstars
Sponsored By: FirstBank* The Hotels of Florence* Fuller Services
Karaoke Idol for Salvation Army
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 10:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Festuring 35 of the best Shoals Area singers! Plus dance offs! Plus a silent auction!
Sign up begins at 5pm. Singing begins at 6pm.
No charge to attend. Only $25 to enter the contest. (And the money goes to a very good cause!)
Sponsored By: Salvation Army of the Shoals-Echelon
Evening At The Roxy With The Great Pretenders
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Historic Roxy Theatre, 200 North Jackson St., Russellville, AL
Doors and box office open at 6pm. Tix available at the door - $10 Adults, $5 ages 6 to 12, Free kids under 6. Available at the Roxy Box Office on day of show. Support the Historic Roxy Theatre!
Featuring: Local Talented Performers
Sponsored By: Franklin County Arts & Humanities Council
Happy Musical Night: On The Rocks
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Ty Moore
Sponsored By: On The Rocks
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ryan Lindley, Tre Srygley
Matilda The Musical
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Sponsored By: Shoals Theatre
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Jax Greenhill
Friday, July 18
Handy Musical Hour: Big Bad Breakfast
Starts: 9:00 AM
Location: Big Bad Breakfast, 315 N. Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Alexis Jackson
Jazz It Up With Your Trash
Starts: 10:00 AM
Location: Sheffield Public Library, 316 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL
Bring the kids of all ages and join the Microwave Dave Band!
Bring your own recyclable plastic bottle or can, shoebox, or coffee can to make musical instruments and play with Microwave Dave's improptu band!
For ages 3 and older.
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Sponsored By: Keep The Shoals Beautiful* City of Sheffield* Sheffield Utilities* Sheffield Redevelopment Authority* Shoals Solid Waste Authority
Luther Jarmon’s Line Dancing Friday Class!
Starts: 11:00 AM
Location: Michael Community Center, 1001 SE 17th St., Sheffield, AL
Put YOUR boots on the ground! Two days of fun at the Michael Community Center with Luther Jarmon, Jr., choreographer and instructor from Birmingham, Alabama. Bring the family for fun exercise, with healthy snacks and water provided by Joyous Line Dancers. And kids who have swimwear and towels can play on the slip and slide in the playground area provided by Double D Entertainment!
Featuring: Luther Jarmon
Sponsored By: Instructor Luther Jarmon * City of Sheffield * Sheffield Utilities * Sheffield Redevelopment Authority * Joyous Line Dancers * Double D Entertainment
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Malcolm Singleton
Handy On The Plaza – Friday Night Downtown Florence Celebration
Starts: 5:30 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Mobile Plaza, Florence, AL
5:30-7:00 pm - Dr. Warren Ertle and the Corpse Revivers (Music so good it can revive the deadest!)
9:00 pm-11:00 pm - Billy Allen & The Pollies (You won't want to miss these guys!)
Rain or Shine. For more info, contact Downtown Florence Alliance
Featuring: Billy Allen and The Pollies, Warren Ertle’s Corpse Revivers
Sponsored By: FirstBank* The Hotels of Florence* Fuller Services
A Dr. Willie Ruff Night with the Tennessee Valley Masters of Jazz
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 8:00 PM
Location: Sheffield Public Library, 316 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL
you won't want to miss this night of celebration at the Sheffield Public Library as the Tennessee Valley Masters of Jazz celebrate the memory of Dr. Willie Ruff, co-founder of the W.C. Handy Music Festival.
Featuring: Tennessee Valley Masters of Jazz
Sponsored By: Friends of the Sheffield Public Library
Leighton’s Kickback – Chicken & Fish, Blues & Line Dancing
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Downtown Leighton, 8655 Main Street, Leighton, AL
It's the first annual Town of Leighton Kickback with food and fun probably some fans!
That's right, bring your fan and be boots on the ground line dancing in L.A. - that's Leighton, Alabama!
It's taking place in front of the Eleven03 Event Center so bring your tents and chairs to set up starting at 6pm, with food and activities from 7pm til 11pm. They'll have a live dj bringing the best in blues and southern soul music and dance instructors teaching all the latest line dances.
Sponsored By: Jalan Jones* Eleven03 Event Center * Town of Leighton * WZZA Radio
Safer Birth In Bama Block Party
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Singing River Brewery, 526 East College Street, Florence, AL
6–10 PM Outside on the Patio (Open to the Public): Bring a lawn chair and enjoy live music from Mama’Nim at the Safer Birth in Bama Block Party—free and open to all!
Vendors, food trucks, and open tap room!
Featuring: Mama ‘Nim
Sponsored By: Safer Birth in Bama
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Kerry Gilbert Band
Handy Night: Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
It's a tribute to the Decoys! Come and hang out with the Beehive Queen Christine Ohlman and have some Champy's Chicken!
Featuring: Christine Ohlman the Beehive Queen
First Metro Bank: Sax In The City
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
Don't miss one of the Handy Festival's most popular and well attended events! Delicious food from vendors on site! In case of rain, event moved to Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum.
Featuring: The Midnighters
Sponsored By: First Metro Bank
Shoals Mom Prom
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Singing River Brewery, 526 East College Street, Florence, AL
SHOALS MOM PROM / SAFER BIRTH IN BAMA BLOCK PARTY
It's Prom Night for grownups!
7–11 PM at Singing River Live (Tickets Only): A fun, ladies-only night of dancing and celebration at Shoals Mom Prom!
Vendors, food trucks, and open tap room also!
This event benefits Safer Birth in Bama so please get your tickets now at ShoalsMomProm.com!
Featuring: DJ Gorgeous
Sponsored By: Safer Birth In Bama * MedSpa of the Shoals * Medical Associates of the Shoals * Harvest Midwifery * Long Lewis Foundation * Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama
Matilda The Musical
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Sponsored By: Shoals Theatre
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ryan Lindley
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 12:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Blynd Lyon
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: The Victoria Band
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Alexis Jackson
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 10:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Dixie Mafia
Saturday, July 19
DaDooRunRun – 5K and 1 Mile For Fun Run
Starts: 6:00 AM
Location: Harvest Mitchell Gym at Burrell Slater School, 610 W. College St., Florence, AL
The DaDooRunRun is back!!!
5K and 1 mile Fun Run with awards, door prizes, and special Handy shirts for participants. Race Day Registration begins at 6:00 a.m. 5K Run is at 7:00 am, and 1 Mile Fun Run (or Walk!) is at 8:00 a.m. Advance Registration for the 5K Run is $20, and for the Walk is $15. Or sign up for both Run and Walk for only $25. (Add $5 to each category on Race Day.)
Featuring: Florence High School Jazz Band
Sponsored By: Holt Mussleman Feltman & Stinnett Attorneys * Sam’s Club * Run Flo * Florence Trophy Company * No Limits Running * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
W.C. Handy Festival Shoals Car & Truck Show
Starts: 8:00 AM | Ends: 2:00 PM
Location: McFarland Park – Florence Harbor, 1050 Clayborn Liles Dr., Florence, AL
NOTICE: This event will again be in McFarland Park!!!
8am-12n Registration (Fee $20)
8am-2pm Show Time!
Pre-registration $18 by July 9th. Mail to Post Office Box 3672, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662
Awards include $2000 in cash plus prizes! Dash plaques givin to the first 200 cars registered!
For more info, call Ronnie James at 256-366-0564 or Terry Mashvurn at 256-366-0564 or visit www.ShoalsCarandTruckClub.com
Featuring: Come join the fun!
Sponsored By: Shoals Car & Truck Club
Luther Jarmon’s Saturday Line Dancing Class!
Starts: 11:00 AM
Location: Michael Community Center, 1001 SE 17th St., Sheffield, AL
If you missed the chance to do it Friday, or even if you did let's do it again, let's put YOUR boots on the ground! Two days of fun at the Michael Community Center with Luther Jarmon, Jr., choreographer and instructor from Birmingham, Alabama. Bring the family for fun exercise, with healthy snacks and water provided by Joyous Line Dancers. And kids who have swimwear and towels can play on the slip and slide in the playground area provided by Double D Entertainment!
Featuring: Luther Jarmon
Sponsored By: Luther Jarmon, Instructor * City of Sheffield * Sheffield Utilities * Sheffield Redevelopment Authority * Joyous Line Dancers * Double D Entertainment
A Dr. Willie Ruff Brunch: Southern Grocery
Starts: 11:00 AM
Location: Southern Grocery, 1419 East Second St., Sheffield, AL
Enjoy brunch and celebrate the Legacy of the co-Founder of the W.C. Handy Music Festival!
Featuring: Libby Counts, Ronnie Eades, Terry Richardson
Sponsored By: Southern Grocery
Village School Songwriter Showcase – Saturday
Starts: 3:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Village School House, 200 Chickamauga St., Sheffield, AL
Songwriter Caleb Elliott with guitaist Austin Motlow * James LeBlank * The Burney Sisters * Steve Conn with Will McFarlane * Pat Huggins with Jimmy Nutt & Will McFarlane!!!
Featuring: Caleb Elliott with Austin Motlow, James LeBlanc, Jimmy Nutt, Pat Huggins, Steve Conn, The Burney Sisters, Will McFarlane
Sponsored By: Village School Foundation
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 4:00 PM | Ends: 6:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Handy On The Plaza – Saturday Downtown Florence Celebration
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Mobile Plaza, Florence, AL
Handy on the Plaza is finally back on Mobile Plaza between Court and Seminary Streets. Enjoy music performed by Drew Dixon and the Real Thing performing from 5-7 pm, then The Funk Brotherhood from 9-11 pm.
Featuring: Drew Dixon & The Real Thing, Funk Brotherhood
Sponsored By: FirstBank * The Hotels of Florence * Fuller Services * Carriage Wine Bar * Lost Pizza
Handy Musical Night: On The Rocks
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Whiskey Ridge
3rd Avenue Sheffield Block Party!
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Ryan’s Barbershop, 201 South Atlanta Avenue, Sheffield, AL
Meet up with your friends and neighbors on Atlanta Avenue in Sheffield and enjoy the Sax Legend! * DJ Dez! * and Line Dancing! This event is free for performances, with food available for purchase. Rain or Shine!
Featuring: Tommy “Sax Legend” Friend, DJ Dez
Sponsored By: City of Sheffield * Sheffield Utilities
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Howell Sledge & Friends
Dinner and Allstar Jazz at Old Grace Church
Starts: 6:30 PM
Location: Old Grace Church, 700 N Montgomery Ave, Sheffield, AL
Doors open at 6:30pm. Dinner and entertainment featuring the Jazz Allstrs begins at 7pm. Tickets are $40 each and include a buffet meal with your choice of meats. Bring your own wine, $5.00 corking fee. For more info or to purchase tickets in advance, call 256-740-1383.
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Vicki and Gary Dean
Happy Musical Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Jesse Lee
Sponsored By: Lil Capone's
Handy Night: Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
Featuring: Billy Lawson, Wishbone
CB&S Bank: Music In The Park With Rewind
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
This is one terrific band you won't want to miss!
Featuring: Rewind of the Shoals
Sponsored By: CB&S Bank
Derrick Gargis at Alabama Health Guidance
Matilda The Musical
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Sponsored By: Shoals Theatre
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Dave Anderson
Sponsored By: Swampers at Renaissance Shoals
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ghost River Revival
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Max McDonald
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 9:00 PM | Ends: 1:00 AM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Carl & The Road Dawgs
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 10:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Carson Carlisle Band
Sunday, July 20
Handy Musical Hour: Big Bad Breakfast
Starts: 9:00 AM
Location: Big Bad Breakfast, 315 N. Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Ellie Clayton Bowling
Old-Time Bluegrass Gospel Music Hour
Starts: 3:00 PM | Ends: 4:00 PM
Location: First United Methodist Church, Tuscumbia, 104 E 3rd St, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Lisa Lambert Band
Sponsored By: Tuscumbia First United Methodist Church
Village School Songwriter Showcase – Sunday
Starts: 3:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Village School House, 200 Chickamauga St., Sheffield, AL
Bryan Joyce (a/k/a King Leg with Will McFarlane * The Dirty Rain Revelers * Kara Hesse * Rob Aldridge with Clint Bailey * Russell Mefford & Mitch Mann
Featuring: Bryan Joyce, Clint Bailey, Dirty Rain Revelers, Kara Hesse, Mitch Mann, Rob Aldridge, Russell Mefford, Will McFarlane
Sponsored By: The Village School Foundation
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Shane Davis
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: CONNR, Taylor Grace
Official Handy Sunday Ceremony at the Handy Gym!!!
Starts: 6:30 PM
Location: Handy School Gymnasium, 1050 Pruitt Street, Flo, AL
Handy Praise at Handy Gym! The official W.C. Handy Sunday Ceremony will be held in the W.C. Handy School Gymnasium! There will be plenty of chairs already set up, or you can bring your own if you want. Handy Fest food trucks will be on site in the parking lot.
Come and get your praise on with music by Trumpeteer Shelly Williams, the Quad Cities Mass Choir directed by Aaron Freeman, and two of WZZA Radio's favorite air personalities: the Reverend Shane Rainer and Fresh Wind AND the one and only Reverend Jerry Reeves and Friends! This was one of the very best performances last year, so please tell all of your friends and loved ones that we'll be in the air conditioning and we won't have to worry about rain!
Featuring: Pastor Jerry Reeves & Friends, Quad Cities Mass Choir directed by Aaron Freeman, Saxman Shelly Williams, Shane D. Rainer & Fresh Wind
Sponsored By: City of Florence* Keep the Shoals Beautiful* Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Woodmont Baptist Church Presents WC Handy Songwriter Showcase
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Woodmont Baptist Church East Campus, 2002 Darby Drive, Florence, AL
Featuring Gary Baker, Becky Hobbs, Jerry Salley, Bobby Tomberlin. This event is free and everyone is welcome!
Featuring: Bobby Tomberlin, Gary Baker, Becky Hobbs, Jerry Salley
Sponsored By: Woodmont Baptist Church
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Cole Nichols
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Tim Cannon
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 8:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Lucie Tiger
Monday, July 21
Jazz It Up With Your Trash – Florence Library
Starts: 10:00 AM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Bring your own recyclable plastic bottle or can, shoebox, or coffee can to make musical instruments and play with Microwave Dave's impromptu band!
For ages 3 and over, but everyone will enjoy this!
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Sponsored By: Friends of the Florence Lauderdale Public Library* Florence Recycling Center* Florence-Lauderdale Public Library* Keep the Shoals Beautiful
Handy Musical Lunch: FloBama
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 2:00 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Max Russell
Scope Live On Helton Drive!
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 1:00 PM
Location: Scope 310, 4129 Helton Dr., Florence, AL
Rain or Shine, come and enjoy the Midnighters for free!
Featuring: The Midnighters
Sponsored By: Scope 310 Authority
Book It With Jazz
Starts: 12:00 PM
Location: Helen Keller Library, 511 North Main St., Tuscumbia, AL
Join us in the cool indoors for cool jazz! Free music for all ages! Want lunch? Reserve a boxed meal for $10 by calling 256-383-7065.
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Friends of the Helen Keller Library
Shoals Songwriter Showcase #1
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
Florence-Lauderdale Tourism is offering an opportunity to hear how your favorite songs came to be!
Featuring: Angela Hacker, James LeBlanc, Phillip White
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues
Starts: 3:00 PM
Location: Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 US Hwy 72 West, Tuscumbia, AL
A screening of the film St. Louis Blues, starring Nat "King" Cole at WC Handy. While you're there, tour the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and visit the gift shop!
Featuring: The late great Nat “King” Cole
Sponsored By: Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Check Out the Blues
Starts: 4:00 PM | Ends: 6:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 350 N. Wood Ave., Florence, AL
Free to enjoy the music. Fun games for small kids! Come early to find books by your favorite authors.
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Friends of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library
Songwriters and Stories At Sheffield Public Library
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Sheffield Public Library, 316 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL
Free to enjoy the music
Featuring: James LeBlanc, Phillip White, Randy O’Dell, Renee Armand
Sponsored By: Friends of the Sheffield Public Library* City of Sheffield* Sheffield Utilities* Sheffield Redevelopment Authority
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Maggie Granlund
Handy Musical Night: Pie Factory
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Pie Factory (Florence), 106 North Court Street, Florence, AL
Music is free to enjoy but satisfy your taste buds with a delicious pizza pie!
Featuring: Gracie Harris
Sips, Sounds, and Stogies at Superhero Chefs
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 8:00 PM
Location: Superhero Chefs, 104 S Main St, Tuscumbia, AL
It's a bourbon sipping, cigar smoking, sampler plate tasting classy event just for the grownups. Pay only $60 and you'll receive three each of cigar and bourbon samples, plus a small plate of three appetizer samples!
Featuring: To Be Announced
Sponsored By: PROJECT XYZ * SuperHero Chefs
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Rock N’ Soul on Mobile Plaza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Mobile Plaza, Florence, AL
This event WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE!!!
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
In case of rain, event will be moved to Gattman Park, Muscle Shoals.
Featuring: CC Jags
Sponsored By: CC Jags and Friends
Joyful Sounds
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: First United Methodist Church, 415 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Featuring: FUMC Choirs and guests
Sponsored By: First United Methodist Church, Florence
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Deja Vu
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Jax Greenhill
Handy Musical Night: Sheffield Public House
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Sheffield Public House, 312 North Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield, AL
We've got a brand new pub in Sheffield with delicious food and tasty drinks! Check them out.
Featuring: Hannah Clarke
Handy Night: Swamper’s
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Nettie & Delta Boy
Sponsored By: Swampers at the Renaissance Shoals
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Nettie & Delta Boy
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 8:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Andy Lyle Hall
Tuesday, July 22
Kidz Jamm
Starts: 10:00 AM
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 103 Darby Avenue, Sheffield, AL
Featuring Shoals Area piano students with bassist Terry Richardson and drummer Quinn Stanphill.
Featuring: Quinn Stanphill, Terry Richardson
Sponsored By: Shoals Area Music Teachers Forum *
Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Jazz It Up With Your Trash – Rogersville Library
Starts: 10:30 AM
Location: Rogersville Public Library, 74 Bank St., Rogersville, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Bring your own recyclable plastic bottle or can, shoebox, or coffee can and make musical instruments to play with Microwave Dave's impromptu band!
For ages 3 and older.
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Sponsored By: Friends of the Rogersville Public Library
Keep The Shoals Beautiful
Handy Musical Lunch: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 11:00 AM | Ends: 1:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Handy Musical Lunch: FloBama
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 2:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Cole Nichols
Shoals Songwriter Showcase #2
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
Join the legends as they share their stories!
Featuring: Gary Nichols, Michael Curtis, Walt Aldridge
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitor's Bureau
ABCs of Blues & Jazz with the Jazz Allstars!
Starts: 1:30 PM
Location: Mt. Moriah P.B. Church, 818 West Irvine St., Florence, AL
For children of all ages - the young, and the young at heart! Come and learn how instruments work together to make beautiful music with the one and only Handy Jazz Allstars! You'll see and hear the trumpet, the vibes, the guitar, the bass and more!
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Dr. Felice J. Green *
Dinah Phillips *
Teresa McDonald *
Dallas Hoskins *
Brenda Mayes *
Dorothy Buchanan *
Jacqueline Poole *
Ryerson & Associates, DMD
WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues
Starts: 3:00 PM
Location: Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 US Hwy 72 West, Tuscumbia, AL
A screening of the film St. Louis Blues, starring Nat "King" Cole as W.C .Handy. While you're there, tour the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and visit the gift shop!
Featuring: The late great Nat “King” Cole
Sponsored By: Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Vann Burchfield
Rocking Blues
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Sheffield Public Library, 316 N. Montgomery Ave., Sheffield, AL
Who says you have to be quiet in the library? Rock out with Russell, Mitch, and Scott!
Featuring: Mitch Mann, Russell Mefford, Scott Todd
Sponsored By: City of Sheffield * Sheffield Utilities * Sheffield Redevelopment Authority
UNA Handy Night at North Court Median!
Starts: 5:30 PM | Ends: 8:30 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
(IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT). Live entertainment with a wide variety food and dessert vendors with delicious choices!
Featuring: Members Only Band, Thad Saajid & Friends
Sponsored By: University of North Alabama
Handy Happy Night: Pie Factory
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Pie Factory (Florence), 106 North Court Street, Florence, AL
Featuring: Logan Clark
Handy Happy Hour: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ariella
Determined: Celebrating the Life of W.C. Handy!
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
DETERMINED: Celebrating The Life of W.C. Handy (a stage play written by Dolores Swoopes Nash)

Join us on Tuesday, July 22nd at 7:00 PM for Determined, the acclaimed play by the late Deloris Nash that chronicles the life of the legendary WC Handy with music-filled dramatization. There's only one show, so don't miss out! Get your tickets at Handy Headquarters or the Shoals Theatre Box Office for an unforgettable evening of history, music, and drama! (The W.C. Handy Music Festival honors the memory of Mrs. Deloris Swoopes Nash, a local educator and original author of Determined, who eloquently told the story of Florence native William Christopher Handy.)



Featuring: Eric Kirkman, Local Talented Performers, Rachel Winston, Rod Sheppard
Sponsored By: City of Florence * Music Preservation Society, Inc. *
Rhoda P's Catering
Midnighters at the Neighborhood Lemonade Party
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1520 Rickwood Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: The Midnighters
Sponsored By: Westminster Presbyterian Church
Handy at St. Florian Park
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: St. Florian Amphitheater, 83 St. Florian Rd, St. Florian, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Featuring: Pine Hill Haints
Sponsored By: The Town of St. Florian * Connolly Animal Clinic
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Gary Nichols, The Slaw Dogs
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Hickory Switch
Handy Musical Night: Sheffield Public House
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Sheffield Public House, 312 North Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield, AL
Check out the new Pub in downtown Sheffield. You won't be disappointed!
Featuring: Noah Carter
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Brad Guin, Norman Garner
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ellie Clayton Bowling
Wednesday, July 23
Jazz It Up With Trash at Helen Keller Library
Starts: 10:00 AM
Location: Helen Keller Library, 511 North Main St., Tuscumbia, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Bring your own recyclable plastic bottle or can, shoebox, or coffee can to make musical instruments and play with Microwave Dave's impromptu band. For ages 3 to 103 and older, but everyone will enjoy this free event!
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Sponsored By: Friends of the Helen Keller Public Library* Keep the Shoals Beautiful * Shoals Solid Waste Authority
Legends Series at Counts Brothers
Starts: 10:30 AM | Ends: 12:00 PM
Location: Counts Brothers Music, 713 Waverly Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL
The legends continue to tell their stories at Counts Brothers!herr
Featuring: Jerry Phillips, Halley Phillips
Sponsored By: Counts Brother Music
Handy Lunch: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 11:00 AM | Ends: 1:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Our very own American Idol!
Featuring: Cadence Baker
The Jazz Allstars: FloBama!
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 2:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
The Redd Brothers Ride Again! If you love jazz, you will not want to miss the Jazz Allstars featuring Chuck Redd, Robert Redd, Mel Deal, Gary Lamb, Jim Ferguson, and West Coast vocalist Sue Matthews!
Featuring: Chuck Redd, Gary Lamb, Jazz Allstars, Jim Ferguson, Robert Redd, Sue Matthews
Sponsored By: FloBama * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Shoals Songwriter Showcase #3
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
Songwriter stories you won't want to miss!
Featuring: Bobby Tomberlin, Mark Narmore, Peanut Montgomery
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues
Starts: 3:00 PM
Location: Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 US Hwy 72 West, Tuscumbia, AL
Escape the heat while you enjoy the film St. Louis Blues, starring Nat "King" Cole as WC Handy. While you're there, take a tour of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame!
Sponsored By: Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Eric Erdman
Handy Happy Night: Pie Factory
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Pie Factory (Florence), 106 North Court Street, Florence, AL
Featuring: Christian Turner
Evening at Handy’s own Church
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 7:30 PM
Location: Greater St. Paul AME Church, 141 S. Cherokee St., Florence, AL
Come to Greater St. Paul African Missionary Episcopal Church, where the father and grandfather of William Christopher preached the word. Come and enjoy musical praise at "Handy's Church" and see where he received inspiration!
Featuring: Shoals Area Community Choir
Sponsored By: Greater St. Paul A.M.E. Church * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Handy Night: Deja Vu
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Deja Vu
Handy Happy Hour: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
We're so happy to have music at Rosie's Cantina during the Handy Festival. Good music, good food!
Featuring: Deja Vu
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Big Al & The Heavyweights
Amity Day At Sundown
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Bring your worship outside in Wilson Park where everyone is welcome to come together in harmony.
Featuring: Ariella, Cadence Baker, Jazz Allstars, Saxman Shelly Williams
Sponsored By: Amity Day Friends * American Association of University Women * Baha'is of the Shoals * First Presbyterian Church, Florence * First Presbyterian Church, Sheffield * First United Methodist Church
Florence * WZZA Radio
WZZA Radio
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Pall Bearers
Handy Night: Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
Featuring: Tom Foolery
Happy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Blue Water Revival
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Austin Bohannon, Gary Nichols, Justin Holder
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Handy Musical Night: On The Rocks
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
It's Bingo at OTR starting at 9pm!
Featuring: Fun times!
Thursday, July 24
Jazz It Up With Your Trash at Muscle Shoals Public Library
Starts: 10:30 AM
Location: Muscle Shoals Public Library, 1918 Avalon Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Bring your own recyclable plastic bottle or can, shoebox, or coffee can to make musical instruments and play with Microwave Dave's impromptu band! Designed for ages 3 and up.
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Sponsored By: Muscle Shoals Library* Keep the Shoals Beautiful* Shoals Solid Waste Authority
Handy Lunch: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 11:00 AM | Ends: 1:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Devin Underwood Swinging River Quartet
Handy Musical Lunch: FloBama
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 2:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Cadence Baker
Shoals Songwriter Showcase #4
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
Come hear the lady songwriters show you how it's really done!
Featuring: Cindy Richardson Walker, Lisa Silver, Kensie Coppin
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
Keestone of Florence
Starts: 2:00 PM
Location: Keestone of Florence, 201 North Cedar St., Florence, AL
No charge for the music and the snacks are free too!
Featuring: Eric Kirkman
WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues
Starts: 3:00 PM
Location: WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues,
A screening of the film St. Louis Blues, starring Nat "King" Cole as WC Handy. While you're there, tour the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and visit the gift shop!
Featuring: The late great Nat “King” Cole
Sponsored By: Alabama Music Hall of Fame * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Drumb & Drumber
Counting On The Music
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 8:00 PM
Location: Patterson, Prince & Associates, 475 South Seminary St., Florence, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
6:00-8:00pm: Come count the beats with The Midnighters!
Bring your lawn chairs! Everyone is welcome!
Featuring: The Midnighters
Sponsored By: Patterson, Prince, & Associates CPA
Party With The Patriots
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 8:00 PM
Location: Northwest Shoals Community College Building 127, 800 George Wallace Blvd, Muscle Shoals, AL
Featuring: Winston Ramble
Sponsored By: Northwest Shoals Community College
Handy Happy Night: Pie Factory
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Pie Factory (Florence), 106 North Court Street, Florence, AL
Music and Pizza Pie. What more could you want?
Featuring: Jax Greenhill
Churchin’ Down The Street Gospel Concert
Starts: 6:00 PM
Location: St. Mark M.B. Church, 220 E. Alabama St., Florence, AL
You won't want to miss this good gospel music.
Featuring: Quad Cities Mass Choir directed by Aaron Freeman
Handy Happy Hour: Rosie’s Cantina
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Rosie’s Cantina, 302 North Court St., Florence, AL
Come jam out with Bama Border - That's Kelvin Holly, Wendell Dean, Kendell Dean, and Wayne Chaney!
Order lunch or dinner (and the cheese dip) from Rosie's delicious Mexican foods menu!
Featuring: Bama Border
Beale Street Blues with Studio Code 502 Band!
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 8:30 PM
Location: Handy School Gymnasium, 1050 Pruitt Street, Flo, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Come at 6:30 to say hello to your friends and set up your chairs or blankets in the air conditioned gym. The music starts at 6:30 with new artists Pimpin and Char-Latte toopen the show, then, back by demand, it's the talented Studio Code 502 Production Band!
Featuring: Studio Code 502 Production Band
Sponsored By: City of Florence * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Handy Musical Night: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Cadence Baker
Handy Musical Night: Flobama
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Three Wheel Drive
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Roadside Mattress
Handy Musical Night: On the Rocks
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Bohannon
Handy Night: Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
Featuring: Big Al & The Heavyweights
A Night for Eddie Hinton: Tribute to a Musical Legend
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Come 'Give It Up For Your Love' and experience some nostalgia with the Beehive Queen, Christine Ohlman, along with 10 Gallon Hat at Shoals Theatre. Get your tickets at Counts Brothers and Shoals Theatre!
Featuring: 10 Gallon Hat, Christine Ohlman the Beehive Queen
Sponsored By: Impound Productions * 4Ur Entertainment Agency * Mar Abi Productions, Inc * Jack Pine Social Club
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Max McDonald
Swampers Fundraiser for Kids Fun
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Russell Mefford, Scott Campbell, Mitch Mann, Jimmy Nutt sharing their musical skills. All tips will go toward the building of a special needs playground. Good people making good music for a good cause!
Featuring: Jimmy Nutt, Mitch Mann, Russell Mefford, Scott Campbel;
Sponsored By: Swampers at Renaissance Shoals
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Jordan Denton
Handy Musical Night: FloBama
Starts: 10:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Whiskey Ridge
Friday, July 25
Mt. Moriah’s Friday Festival Fish Fry
Starts: 11:00 AM | Ends: 6:00 PM
Location: Mt. Moriah P.B. Church, 818 West Irvine St., Florence, AL
Featuring the Official Clutch Band of Birmingham and Lorenda "Pinkie" Warren, come and have fish lunch, or dinner or in-between starting at 11am and lasting until 6pm.
Featuring: To Be Announced
Sponsored By: Mt. Moriah P.B. Church
FloBama Presents Microwave Dave!
Starts: 11:30 AM | Ends: 1:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Microwave Dave has spent the week at local libraries teaching kids of all ages how to make musical instruments out of previously used materials during "Jazz It Up With Trash", then forming bands to play the music...
NOW THE GROWN UPS CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY MICROWAVIE DAVE FOR LUNCH AT FLOBAMA!
Featuring: Microwave Dave
Shoals Songwriter Showcase #5
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
These are the untold stories of song crafting!
Featuring: Billy Lawson, Ed Hill, Pryor Baird
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
WC Handy Movie: St. Louis Blues
Starts: 3:00 PM
Location: Alabama Music Hall of Fame, 617 US Hwy 72 West, Tuscumbia, AL
A screening of the film St. Louis Blues, starring Nat "King" Cole as WC Handy. While you're there, tour the Alabama Music Hall of Fame and visit the gift shop!
Featuring: The late great Nat “King” Cole
Sponsored By: Alabama Music Hall of Fame
Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Jazz At The Cove
Starts: 4:00 PM | Ends: 6:00 PM
Location: Cypress Cove, 200 Alabama Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL
Fun for the entire family * Bring your lawn chairs * Food trucks on site!
Featuring: Ariella, Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Cypress Cove * Genesis HHC
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Alyssa Ashley, Angela Hacker, Brad Guin
In Tune with the Outdoors
Starts: 5:00 PM | Ends: 7:30 PM
Location: Alabama Outdoors, 119 N. Court St., Florence, AL
Alabama Outdoors invite you all to be "in tune with the outdoors" along with Hope Stamps and Dylan Stamps. There is no charge so bring your family and friends!
Featuring: Hope & Dylan Stamps
Sponsored By: Alabama Outdoors
Handy Happy Hour: The Boiler Room
Starts: 5:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Kutter Bradley
17th Annual Massively Cool Indoor Street Festival
Starts: 6:00 PM
Location: Renaissance Shoals Conference Center, 10 Hightower Place, Florence, AL
Go on over to the Renaissance Shoals Conference Center in Florence to hear the The Kerry Gilbert Band and Rewind! Doors open at 5:30 pm. Music starts at 6pm. Free to enjoy the music with cash bars all evening and concessions available for purchase. (No reserved tables.)
Featuring: Kerry Gilbert Band, Rewind of the Shoals
Sponsored By: Bentley Automotive
Handy Musical Night: On the Rocks
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Jax Greenhill
Handy Tour at Elgin Senior Center
Starts: 6:00 PM | Ends: 8:00 PM
Location: Elgin Senior Center, 2519 AL 101, Rogersville, AL
$10 per person (Free for ages 12 and under)
Hamburgurs, hot dogs, snacks, and drinks. Eat in or To-Go. Plenty of food, fun, entertainment, and fellowship.
Featuring: The Sweet Sue Band
Riverside Jamz
Starts: 6:30 PM
Location: McFarland Park – Florence Harbor, 1050 Clayborn Liles Dr., Florence, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Riverside Jamz is the one Handy event offering the widest variety of musicians performing on one stage including: Cadence Baker, Shelly Williams Band, Deja Vu, the Jazz Allstars, and The Shoal Nuff Band! And, thanks to R&B Services, there will again be free hot air balloon rides starting at 7pm until they run out of fuel! Float along with Mike Hanson, commercial balloon pilot with 35 years of experience with his balloon and basket. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. Delicious food from vendors on site!
Featuring: Cadence Baker, Deja Vu, Jazz Allstars, Saxman Shelly Williams, The Shoal Nuff Band
Sponsored By: City of Florence * Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Cabaret!
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 11:30 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Coliseum, 702 E. Veterans Dr., Florence, AL
It's a "Grown Folks Party"! Must be at least 25 years old to hang out here with the grownups. For tickets call: 256-412-0316, 256-648-6412, or 256-412-6961
Featuring: DJ 7-11, Entice Band of Nashville, TN
Sponsored By: Gwen Woods
Renita Jimmar-Hall
Sue Reeder
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Menagerie
Handy Musical Happy Hour: FloBama
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Ten Gallon Hat
Blues On The Bluff
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 9:00 PM
Location: Standpipe Park, 1399 N Montgomery Ave, Sheffield, AL
*IN HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT*
Featuring: Drs., Lawyers & Such
Sponsored By: City of Sheffield * Sheffield Utilities
Handy Night at Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
Featuring: The Time Travelers
Come see what the Buzz is about at Long-Lewis
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Long-Lewis, 1602 Florence BLvd., Florence, AL
Bring your lawn chairs. Food Trucks on site
Featuring: Pine Hill Haints
The Last Waltz
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Live Musical performances followed by the movie screening
Sponsored By: Shoals Theatre* Gold Star Piano Services
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Mark “Muleman” Massey
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 12:00 AM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Roadside Mattress
Top Songwriters Showcase
Starts: 8:00 PM
Location: Lava Room, 116 West Mobile Street, Florence, AL
There are so many talented emerging and established songwriters in the Shoals and this Top Songwriter Showcase features some of the best! The lineup includes songwriters who’ve recently had multiple consecutive singles on the Music Row Country Breakout Chart, won Country Blues Song of the Year and more! 8pm, Friday July 25 at the Lava Room, Florence, presented by 2120 Music and Muscle Shoals Music Now.
Sponsored By: 2120 Music and Muscle Shoals Music Now
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Caleb Stone
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Kutter Bradley
Saturday, July 26
Handy Musical Happy Hour: FloBama
Starts: 6:30 AM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Rewind of the Shoals
Street Strut and Parade
Starts: 10:00 AM | Ends: 2:00 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
Food vendors set up at Wilson Park.
Join local bands and a local dj for the parade along the usual route: Corner of Tuscaloosa and Seminary Streets, left onto Court Street, left onto Tennessee Street, left onto Seminary Street, ending at Wilson Park for music, prizes, and more! Call Grant Gunn at 256-483-9417 for more information about participation and rain plans.
Featuring: To Be Announced
Sponsored By: Music Preservation Society, Inc.
Shoals Songwriter Showcase
Starts: 1:00 PM | Ends: 3:00 PM
Location: Florence-Lauderdale Tourism & Visitors Center, McFarland Park
200 Jim Spain Dr., Florence, AL
You've heard their songs on the radio. Come and hear how they came to be!
Featuring: Donny Lowery, Gary Baker, Lenny LeBlanc
Sponsored By: Florence-Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
Music at the Mansion
Starts: 2:00 PM | Ends: 4:00 PM
Location: Belle Mont Mansion, 1569 Cook Lane, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Jazz Allstars
Sponsored By: Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation * Alabama Historical Commission and Cameron Kay on behalf of the Tuscumbia Civitan Club an din memory of Dr. Willie Ruff, founder of the W.C. Handy Music Festival * Friends of Belle Mont
Handy on the H2O (Boat Access Only)
Starts: 3:00 PM | Ends: 6:00 PM
Location: Handy on the H20 Dock (boat access only), 384 Johnson Drive, Florence, AL
Boat Access Only Event, Shoal Creek east bank, approximately one mile south of Happy Hollow Bridge.
Anchor your boat and enjoy talented musicisns playing blues, jazz, and more!
For more information, call Fred Cabler at 256-710-9880.
Featuring: To Be Announced
Handy Happy Hour: The Boiler Room
Starts: 5:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Max McDonald
Sponsored By: The Boiler Room
Swinging River Jazz Band
Starts: 6:30 PM
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
Featuring: Swinging River Jazz Band
Sponsored By: The Trapp Group at Morgan Stanley
Handy Musical Happy Hour: Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 PM | Ends: 9:30 PM
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Josh Allison
Handy Night: Champy’s World Famous Fried Chicken
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Champy’s World Famous Chicken, 102 Second St., Sheffield, AL
Featuring: The Shags
Handy Musical Night: On The Rocks
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: On the Rocks, 110 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Bad Ethel
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Howell Sledge & Friends
Handy Musical Night: Kingpin’s
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 12:00 AM
Location: Kingpin’s, 203 East 6th St. - Ste. B, Tuscumbia, AL
Featuring: Five O’Clock Charlie
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 8:00 PM | Ends: 11:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Bama Border
Handy Musical Night: Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Kutter Bradley
Handy Musical Night: Flobama
Starts: 10:30 PM
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Second Creek
Sunday, July 27
Blue Navigators
Starts: 11:00 AM
Location: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 1332 North Pine St., Florence, AL
Enjoy the Blue Navigators in the cool!
Featuring: Blue Navigators
Sponsored By: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals
Swinging River Jazz Band
Starts: 5:00 PM
Location: Woodmont Baptist Church East Campus, 2002 Darby Drive, Florence, AL
Everyone is welcome to attend!
Featuring: Swinging River Jazz Band
Sponsored By: Woodmont Baptist Church Music Ministries * Shoals Engineering, Jason Lentz
Unending Praise
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 8:30 PM
Location: Grace Episcopal Church, 103 Darby Avenue, Sheffield, AL
Featuring choirs from the Shoals area churches. Choirs will share their favorite anthems in an evening of Unending Praise.
Sponsored By: Grace Episcopal Church, Sheffield
Handy Musical Night: Rising Crust Pizza
Starts: 7:00 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Rising Crust Pizza, 4136 Florence Boulevard, Florence, AL
Featuring: Matt Prater’s Spring Band
Handy Musical Night: Swampers
Starts: 7:30 PM | Ends: 10:00 PM
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Renaissance Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: Tim Cannon
Sponsored By: Swampers at Renaissance Shoals
Handy Musical Night: The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 PM
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Ellie Clayton Bowling
Tuesday, July 29
Shoals Community Concert Band
Starts: 7:00 PM
Location: Magnolia Church of Christ, 2650 Vulcan Ave., Florence, AL
Featuring: Shoals Community Concert Band
Sponsored By: Magnolia Church of Christ * Shoals Community Concert Band