W.C. Handy Music Festival... Link
To download brochure... Link & recent changes that have been made... Link
quote:COURTIN’ THE BLUES PARADE AND FIRST FRIDAYS TWO ---> Link
Time: Line up @ 6:00pm, Parade @ 7:00m
Location: Parade on Court Street, Florence
Sponsored by: Big River Broadcasting
Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Featuring: Shoals Area Artists
Sponsored by: Downtown Florence Unlimited * Florence Main Street
SAX IN THE CITY
Time: 7:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Wilson Park, Florence
Music by: The Midnighters
Sponsored by: 1st Metro Bank
HANDY NIGHTS
Time: 5:00-7:00pm
Location: McGraw’s Coffee House, Florence
Music by: Jacob Lovell
Time: 5:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Lock, Stock & Barrel, Florence
Music by: Jim Marlboro
Time: 8:00pm
Location: Big Ed’s, Florence
Music by: Chad Bradford / Flux
Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm
Location: Sidelines, Florence
Music by: Mike Roberts
Time: 8:00pm-9:30pm
Location: Sidepockets, Florence
Music by: Gary Nichols
Time: 8:00pm-mn
Location: LaFonda, Florence
Music by: Groove Station
Time: 8:30pm until
Location: Bayou Blue
Music by: Fiddleworms ($10.00 Cover Charge)
Time: 9:30pm
Location: Sidepockets, Florence
Music by: Black Dog Saints and Byron Green
...and that's not even all of what's going on TODAY...much much more on the website & brochure! ENJOY!!!
Sandra Ford, Curator of the W.C. Handy Home & Museum in Florence, AL, explains how W.C. Handy became known as "The Father of the Blues."
