Events

Join us as we tour the First Quarters & Reservation Road Trails in the TVA Reservation Complex, 10-11:30 a.m. & learn about the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Alabama and the Shoals! Carolyn Barske Crawford, Ph.D. & MSNHA director, will lead our approximately 2-mile hike along both flat paved trails & uneven dirt […]

Join us for the second annual Handy Street Party, 7 p.m., Saturday, July 23, in front of Soul Wingery on Poplar Street in Florence. We've got an awesome line up - JRNL, Thad & Company and Billy Allen & the Pollies. DJ Kylo will be on stage between sets. Food from Soul Wingery and All […]

You're invited to Leighton's first Percy Sledge-W.C.Handy Music Festival performance, Saturday, July 30. Free admission! Bring chair & cooler and enjoy historic downtown Leighton. Schedule: 2:30 p.m. - Taylor Grace, Shoals Singer-Songwriter 3:45 p.m. - BlueWater Whiskey 4:45 p.m. - Pat Jamar, smooth southern R&B! 6 p.m. - Travis Wammack & the Snakeman Band! 7 […]

Join us at the TVA Reservation in Muscle Shoals, 7-10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 6, as we help restore the reservation's Native Plant Garden. The garden was started in 2002 by the Shoals Wildflower Society. Volunteers from SWS & other local groups have maintained it for two decades, but help is needed! We will prune along […]

Operation Pollination, a program focusing on bees and other pollinators through hands-on experiences, begins at the Florence Indian Mound Museum, 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 13. Participants will learn about the leafcutter bee, one of Alabama’s most important summer pollinators, and will build and take home a bee hotel for their home gardens. Pollinators are responsible […]

We need a few more volunteer hours at the new Singing River Disc Golf course, 450 Country Club Drive, Florence, to reach the finish line! Work days are from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 13 and Aug. 27. RSVP at @singingriverdiscgolf Facebook page. Pants & leather gloves are recommended. Hedge clippers, chainsaws & trimmers […]

Join us as we continue restoring Village One School with the Village School Foundation, from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 20. A WWI-era school & community center, this is one of the most historically significant buildings in north Alabama. The Village School Foundation's mission is to repair the building for a community & educational […]

The Florence Indian Mound Museum's Young Learners Series continues with a program on crawfish, 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 20. The free program for elementary-age students focuses on crawfish in Chickasaw & Cherokee stories. Participants will create an exhibit about what they have learned. The Young Learners Series covers Native American history & culture and is […]

We need a few more volunteer hours at the new Singing River Disc Golf course, 450 Country Club Drive, Florence, to reach the finish line! Work days are from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 27. RSVP at @singingriverdiscgolf Facebook page. Pants & leather gloves are recommended. Hedge clippers, chainsaws & trimmers would be helpful.

The Steele Center for Professional Selling invites University of North Alabama students to participate in a free kayak race, 2-5 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9. Paddle for Pedals will be at McFarland Park between Shelters 1 and 2. Check-in at Shelter 1 to receive your heat number. When heat numbers are called, go to drop-in point […]

Thanks to the 2022 DEI Community Impact Grant from the Tennessee RiverLine, the first Pride at the River Event is the Pride Paddle down Cypress Creek for all LGBTQ and allies, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10. Our collaboration team includes UNA, MSNHA, PFLAG Florence-Shoals & UNA Mitchell-West Center for Social Inclusion. […]