W.C. Handy Music Festival
Saturday, July 27, 2024 at 09:00am
W.C. Handy Music Festival
Various Venues in Florence, AL
Acoustic Patio Session at Big Bad Breakfast
Starts: 9:00 am, Ends: 12:00 pm
Location: Big Bad Breakfast, 315 N. Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Taylor Grace
Street Strut and Parade
Starts: 10:00 am
Location: Wilson Park, 350 North Wood Ave., Florence, AL
Food vendors set up at Wilson Park. Join high school 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: High School Bands!
Sponsored By: Music Preservation Society, Inc., Northwest Shoals Community College, Project XYZ, Silver Auto, LLC
Acoustic Bluegrass Gospel Jam
Starts: 2:00 pm, Ends: 4:00 pm
Location: Shoals Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2011 County Rd 41, Florence, AL
Free indoor event rain or shine!
Featuring: Lidabell and the Slackers Bluegrass Band
Sponsored By: First United Methodist Church, Tuscumbia
Handy Happy Hour at The Boiler Room
Starts: 6:00 pm, Ends: 9:00 pm
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Corey Phillips
Handy Happy Hour at FloBama
Starts: 6:30 pm, Ends: 9:30 pm
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Rewind of the Shoals
Handy Happy Hour at Lil Capone’s
Starts: 6:30 pm, Ends: 9:30 pm
Location: Lil Capone’s, 3370 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL
Featuring: Lindy Urban
Handy Headliner: The Bar-Kays Featuring Larry Dodson!
Starts: 7:00 pm
Location: Norton Auditorium, Norton Auditorium, Florence, AL
Show opens with performance by Lorinda “Pinky” Warren Pryor! Tickets only $40 General Admission, and $75 for VIP with preferred seating and your chance to meet the Bar-Kays! Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets available at Handy Headquarters and Ye Olde General Store in Florence, Counts Brothers Music in Muscle Shoals, and WZZA Radio in Tuscumbia.
Featuring: The Bar-Kays!, Larry Dodson, Lorinda “Pinky” Warren Pryor, Kimble Funchess Band
Sponsored By: Music Preservation Society, Inc. and WZZA "The Soul of the Shoals" Radio
Jazz and Food Trucks at the amphitheater
Starts: 7:00 pm
Location: Jazz and Food Trucks at the amphitheater,
In case of rain, event will be delayed. If it doesn't clear up, event will be postponed until August 3rd
Featuring: Swinging River Jazz Band
Sponsored By: City of Muscle Shoals
Handy Night at Swampers
Starts: 8:00 pm, Ends: 11:00 pm
Location: Swampers Bar and Grille, Marriott Shoals, 10 Hightower Pl, Florence, AL
Featuring: The Midnighters
Handy Night at the Lava Room
Starts: 8:00 pm
Location: Lava Room, 116 West Mobile Street, Florence, AL
Featuring: Cody Gaisser and Glass Cannon, Dream Suite
Fonda Skipworth Productions Presents the Grand Finale
Starts: 8:30 pm
Location: Shoals Theater, 123 N. Seminary St., Florence, AL
Featuring Co-Fletch and Company Starring Melvia "Chick" Rodgers Hosted by Michael Darrel Contact Fonda Skipworth 256-349-3882
Featuring: Melvia “Chick” Rodgers, Co-Fletch and Company
Handy Night at The Boiler Room
Starts: 9:00 pm
Location: Boiler Room, 313 N Court St, Florence, AL
Featuring: Austin Bohannon
Handy Night at FloBama
Starts: 10:30 pm
Location: FloBama, 311 North Court St., Florence, AL
Featuring: Second Creek
