Le Krewe de Bienville Turns 50 With a Funky Meters Headline Ball
Mobile’s Carnival season reached a golden milestone in 2011, as Le Krewe de Bienville marked its 50th anniversary with a Mardi Gras ball built around one of the most celebrated…
Valentine’s Day 2011 Around Mobile: Special Dinners and a Weekend of Love Songs
With Valentine’s Day falling on a Monday in 2011, Mobile restaurants and venues spread the romance across an entire weekend — from multi-course dinners to free recitals and a pops-style…
Wine, Chocolate & Symphony: Mobile Symphony and Serda’s Pair a Valentine Evening Downtown
MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile Symphony and Serda’s Coffee Company cooked up a two-stop Valentine’s date for 2011: fine chocolates, wines and love themes from stage and screen, all for…
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Leon Russell Brings Five Decades of Music to the Mobile Saenger Theatre
Leon Russell — the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee often called “The Master of Space and Time” — brought his legendary catalog to Mobile’s Saenger Theatre on…
Fishbowl Records: How a Mobile Music Label Is Championing Local Artists
In a city brimming with musical talent, one independent label has carved out a unique niche by turning live performances into polished recordings that help local artists break through. Fishbowl…
Fishbowl Records: How a Mobile Music Label Is Championing Local Artists
Every music city has rooms where careers start, but few have an operation built specifically to capture what happens inside them. Fishbowl Records, the independent label co-founded by Mobile music…
Fairhope Passes Revised Noise Ordinance in Contentious 4-1 Vote
The Fairhope City Council approved a new noise ordinance on Monday in a 4-1 vote, capping months of heated debate between residents and local business owners over acceptable sound levels…
Fairhope Passes Revised Noise Ordinance in Contentious 4-1 Vote
The Fairhope City Council approved a new noise ordinance on Monday in a 4-1 vote, capping months of heated debate between residents and local business owners over acceptable sound levels…
Mobile Rapper Pluto Opens for Rick Ross at the Civic Center
When Rick Ross brought his tour to Mobile in December 2010, the warm-up act belonged to the host city. Pluto, the stage name of Mobile rapper Brent Parker, took the…
Hangout Music Festival Offers Discount Black Friday Passes for 2011 Show
South Alabama residents will get a shot at discounted weekend passes to the second annual Hangout Music Festival on Black Friday, festival organizers announced this week. A limited number of…