W.C. Handy Music Festival

The W.C. Handy Music Festival is returning to the Shoals. Music fans will join together by the thousands for the biggest tourism event in North Alabama.

One of the first things that visitors to downtown Florence may notice is a statue at the entrance to Wilson Park. WC Handy welcomes visitors to the park holding his trumpet high. November marks the 150th anniversary of Handy’s birth. He was a man whose determination pulled him up from homelessness to being recognized as the "Father of the Blues."

Music fans in Lauderdale and Colbert counties will join together this and next week to celebrate the legacy of W.C. Handy. The 41st annual W.C. Handy Music Festival continues until Sunday, July 30.

This year marks the 40th annual W.C. Handy Festival. The festival is a two-week celebration of the music and culture of the Muscle Shoals area. The event…

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