Huncho Fest Summer Bash returns to Mardi Gras Park in downtown Mobile on Saturday, August 1, with live music, comedy, art and local vendors from 3 to 7 p.m.
Tag: summer events
Coverage of summer events from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County
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Downtown Foley Is Doing Christmas in July — Complete With a Beach-Ready Santa
Foley Main Street turns its Third Thursday event into a ‘Christmas in July’ celebration on July 16, with a summer Santa photo op, tropical elves and early holiday shopping downtown.
Baldwin County
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Theatre 98 Stages ‘Radium Girls,’ the True Story of the Women Who Were Told to Point the Brush With Their Lips
Theatre 98 in Fairhope presents ‘Radium Girls’ July 17 through August 2, dramatizing the true story of the dial painters poisoned by the U.S. Radium Corporation in the 1920s.
Dauphin Island
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The World’s Largest Fishing Tournament Returns to Dauphin Island for Its 93rd Year
The 93rd Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo runs July 17-19 on Dauphin Island, with the Roy Martin Young Anglers Tournament, a Liars’ Contest and 33 categories competing for more than half a million dollars in prizes.
Baldwin County
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Blue Marlin Grand Championship Brings Elite Sportfishing Fleet Back to Orange Beach
The Blue Marlin Grand Championship runs July 14-19 at The Wharf Marina in Orange Beach, with free public weigh-ins, a multi-million-dollar purse and the Gulf Coast Triple Crown on the line.
Baldwin County
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S’mores on the Shore Returns to Gulf Shores Public Beach With Free Campfires and Music
Gulf Shores brings back S’mores on the Shore on Thursday, August 6 at Gulf Place, offering free s’mores, a live DJ, face painting and beachside campfires beginning at 6 p.m.
Baldwin County
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Lillian’s Spanish Cove Community Hosts Its Annual Christmas in July Craft Fair on July 18
The Spanish Cove community in Lillian will hold its annual Christmas in July Craft Fair on Saturday, July 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community club house, with vendor spots still available and the public invited.
Brewton
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Rubber Ducks and Murder Creek: East Brewton Closes Out a Fourth of July Weekend on the Water
The winning duck in East Brewton’s annual Fourth of July duck race was plucked from Murder Creek on Saturday afternoon, capping two days of Independence Day celebrations across the Escambia County area.
Clarke County
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Jackson Fills the Sky for America’s 250th With Downtown Fireworks Celebration
Residents lined the streets and parks of downtown Jackson on July 2 for the city’s annual Independence Day fireworks display, this year marking the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Clarke County
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Nearly 80 Years On, Thomasville’s American Legion Fourth of July Barbecue Still Packs the Post
Hundreds turned out at American Legion Post 112 in Thomasville for a barbecue tradition dating to 1947, where volunteers cooked 1,800 pounds of Boston butts to raise money for the high school marching band.