FESTIVAL EVENTS
SUNDAY, JULY 21
THE BLUE NAVIGATORS
11 am Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Shoals, 1332 N. Pine St., Florence
Featuring: The Blue Navigators
Sponsored by: Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Shoals
HANDY CHAMPAGNE JAM
11 am-2 pm RTJ Golf Course Clubhouse, Muscle Shoals
Cost: $25
Featuring: Ray Reach & Friends
ARTWORKS & ALL THAT JAZZ
1-3 pm Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia
Featuring: Exhibit of current works by artist members of the Tennessee Valley Art Association
Music by: Cheryl Sparks
Sponsored by: Mary Settle Cooney * Tennessee Valley Art Association * SBS Electric * SCA Tissue North America
WELLINGTON PLACE OPEN HOUSE
2-4 pm Wellington Place, Muscle Shoals
Featuring: Thompson Trio
AFTERNOON MUSIC
2 pm First Presbyterian Church, Sheffield
Featuring: Christopher-Joel Carter & Friends
AFTERNOON MUSIC: SHOALS CONCERT BAND
3 pm First Presbyterian Church, Florence
Music by: Shoals Concert Band
AFTERNOON BREAK
4-7 pm Ricatoni’s Italian Grill, Florence
Music by: Edd Jones Dixieland
OPENING CEREMONIES
N HARMONY N NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT
6:-8 pm W.C. Handy Home & Museum, Florence
Featuring: Dr. Eric Kirkman * Sen. Bobby Denton * Pastor Jerry Reeves & Friends * Renewed *Katrina Fitzgerald * Jaelyn Hawkins * Kuumba
* The Soul Seekers
Sponsored by: City of Florence * W.C. Handy Home & Museum * Florence Parks and Recreation Department * Chad's Pharmacy
HANDY CHURCH MUSIC SERVICE
6pm First Baptist Church, Tuscumbia
Featuring: Choirs of First Baptist Church of Tuscumbia, First United Methodist Church of Tuscumbia, First Presbyterian Church of Tuscumbia,
1st United Methodist Church, Sheffield and Grace Episcopal Church.
HANDY NIGHTS
6-10 pm City Hardware, Florence - Microwave Dave
7:30-10 pm Champy’s, Muscle Shoals – A Night of Praise
8-11 pm Swampers/ Marriott Shoals, Florence – McKenzie Lockhart
8 pm-mn On The Rocks, Florence – Big Mike Griffin
9 pm-1:30 am Somewhere Else Sidepocket Lounge, Florence – MARTY LEWIS & DIXIE MAFIA
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In case of rain, alternate locations for outdoor events have been scheduled. Please check with the Festival Office between 10 am to 6 pm for specific information, 256-766-7642, website: http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org or http://twitter.com/WCHandyFestival and on Face book.
W.C. Handy Music Festival has been designated a Top 10 Alabama Year of Music Event * Alabama Event of the Year 2007 * Top 20 Event/July since 1986 * Three-time Cultural Olympiad Regional Designee * Southeast Tourism Top 20 Event for July * Appalachia/National Geographic Geo-Tourism Featured Site * Alabama Mountain Lakes Peak Award Winner * Top 100 Event in North America by the American Bus Association *Top 50 "Must-See" Festivals in Alabama for the Year of Music.
Make plans now to attend the 2014 W.C. Handy Music Festival, July 18-27
GENERAL SPONSORS: Lauderdale County Commission * Colbert County Commission * Gonce & Associates * City of Florence * Shoals Solid Waste Authority * Printers and Stationers * University of North Alabama * TNT Fireworks * Sutherland Sight & Sound * Florence–Lauderdale Tourism * Colbert County Tourism * Wise Alloys LLC * SCA Tissue North America LLC * The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama * Keep the Shoals Beautiful * Florence Recycling * Regions Bank * Bank Independent * Merrill-Lynch * Anderson & Anderson * TVA * Sheffield Utilities * Northrop Grumman * Garnett Electric * Lauderdale County Community Development Commission * Sen. Tammy Irons * Rep. Greg Burdine * BBVA Compass Bank
SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS: The 18th Annual W.C. Handy Festival Music Camp under the direction of Dr. Lloyd Jones and Ken Watters has been made possible by support from the University of North Alabama Department of Music & Theatre* 1st Metro Bank * Florence Kiwanis Club * Friends of the Festival * Progress Bank * Lawrence County Arts Council * Rosie’s * Outback
Special outreach programs have been made possible through grants Anderson & Anderson * Northwest Alabama RC&D Council * Alabama Tourism Department* TVA
NURSING HOMES MINI-CONCERTS have been made possible by support from Gonce & Associates * Selwyn Jones * Regions Bank * Friends of the Festival * ElderCare Services Jean Gay, David & Dee Mussleman * Shoals Walgreens- Florence and Muscle Shoals * Dr. Bill McClanahan
N HARMONY WITH NATURE is made possible by grants and support from the International Paper Foundation* Northwest Alabama R C & D Council* UPS Foundation* Lowe’s * Partnership with Keep the Shoals Beautiful* Florence Recycling* Shoals Solid Waste Authority * Florence-Lauderdale Tourism * Colbert County Tourism * Lauderdale County Commission* Lauderdale County Community Development Commission * TVA * Shoals Earth Month
Posters sponsored and printed by: Printers & Stationers
Design winners: Mackenzie Kimbrough and Maurice Mull under the direction of Ron Davis, University of North Alabama
Website made possible in part by a grant from the Alabama Department of Tourism
HANDY FESTIVAL EXTRAS
Added Attractions
MUSEUMS
Belle Mont Mansion
Cook Lane, Tuscumbia
8 am - 4 pm Thursday – Saturday; 1 - 5 pm Sunday
Admission charged
256-381-5052 www.bellemont.weebly.com
Children’s Museum of the Shoals
2810 Darby Drive, Florence
10 am - 4:30 pm Thursday - Saturday
Admission: $4 adults and children over the age of 2 / Free for under 2
256-765-0500 www.shoalschildrensmuseum.org
Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House
601 Riverview Drive, Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday-Saturday; 1 - 4 pm Sunday
Admission: $8 adults/ $5 students, seniors (62+), groups of 10 or more
For group reservations call 256-740-8899 www.wrightinalabama.com
Indian Mound Museum
1028 S. Court St., Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Admission charged
256-760-6427 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Museums/index.html
Ivy Green, Helen Keller Birthplace
300 North Commons, Tuscumbia
8:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Saturday / closed Sunday
Last tour starts at 3:45 pm daily
Admission charged
256-383-4066 http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/
Pope’s Tavern Museum
203 Hermitage Drive, Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Admission charged
256-760-6439 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Museums/index.html
W.C. Handy Home & Museum
620 W. College St., Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Admission charged
256-760-6434
http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Art_Museums/Art_Galleries_Museums/WC_Handy/
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence
9 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
Admission: Free
256-760-6379
http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Art_Galleries_Museums/Kennedy_Douglass/index.html
Red Bay Museum
110 Fourth St. SE, Red Bay
1:30 pm - 4 pm Tuesday and Thursday (and by appointment)
Special Music Exhibits
Admission: $5 adults/$3 groups & students
256-356-8758 or www.redbaymuseum.org
EXHIBITS
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
217 East Tuscaloosa Street - Florence
Mostly Blues - Art With a Musical Flair
Entries in the official W.C. Handy Music Festival Design Competition
Monday - Friday 9 am – 4 pm / Saturday July 28, 10 am - 12:30 pm
Free admission
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art
Art Works ’13
511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia
Monday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday 1 pm - 3 pm
Admission: $5.00 adults / $3:00 Children / Group rates available
http://www.tvaa.net/home/index.html
Florence Lauderdale Public Library
350 North Wood Avenue, Florence
Muscle Shoals Music: Jerry Wexler http://www.flpl.org/
Marriott Shoals Conference Center
10 Hightower Place, Florence
Official W.C. Handy Music Festival Posters
SHOWS
July 12 & 13 *7:30 pm / July 14 * 2 pm
Norton Auditorium, University of North Alabama, Florence
UNA SUMMER THEATRE PRESENTS
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY By Mark Harelik
Directed by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors (65+) & UNA employees * $5 students with ID
http://www.una.edu/summertheatre/
July 18-20 / 25 & 26* 7:35 pm
Ritz Theatre, Sheffield
SUMMERSTOCK AT THE RITZ
LES MISERABLES
Tickets: PG Rating; no children under the age of 6 $18.50 adults * $13.50 students
On-line http://www.ttvaa.org/home/ritz_summerstock_page.html * 256-383-0533
July 18-21 7:30 pm / July 21, 2 pm
Shoals Theatre, Florence
CAMP ROCK
Tickets on-line http://shoalstheatre.org/ * 256-764-1700
CAMPS
July 22-28 8:30 am-noon
HANDY MUSIC CAMP / VBS
1st Christian Church, Florence
Ages 6-12 for information call 256-764-2192
$10 + purchase of W.C. Handy Music Festival tee shirt
ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE SHOALS
Florence-Lauderdale Tourism 256-740-4141 http://www.visitflorenceal.com/
Colbert County Tourism & Visitors Bureau 256-383-0783 http://www.colbertcountytourism.org/
CITY LODGE
400 South Court Street
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 760-8888
COLDWATER INN, TUSCUMBIA
712 Highway 72 West
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations (256) 383-6844
HAMPTON INN MIDTOWN, FLORENCE
2281 Florence Blvd.
Florence, AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 764-8888
HAMPTON DOWNTOWN, FLORENCE
505 South Court Street
Florence, AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 767-8282
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES
180 Etta Gray
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 246-2200
JAMESON INN HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER, SHEFFIELD
4900 Hatch Blvd.
Sheffield AL 35660
Reservations: 256-246-2300
KEY WEST INN
1800 Hwy 72 West
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations: 256-383-0700
KNIGHTS INN, FLORENCE
1915 Florence Blvd
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 766-2620
MARRIOTT SHOALS HOTEL & SPA, FLORENCE
800 Cox Creek Parkway South
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 246-3600
MICROTEL INN & SUITES
1852 Highway 72 East
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations: (256) 248-0055
QUALITY INN, FLORENCE
150 Etta Gray Drive
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 740-0444
RESIDENCE INN by MARRIOTT
1000 Sweetwater Avenue
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: 256-764-9966