W.C. Handy Festival Songwriter Showcase
2025-07-19 15:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Village One School, Sheffield, AL
Featuring a variety of talented songwriters and performers from around the Shoals. Proceeds benefit the Village School Foundation.

WC Handy Festival Songwriter Showcase
2025-07-20 15:00 - 19:00 | Village One School, Sheffield, AL

Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention Concert Series
2025-09-04 19:00 - 21:00 | McCandless Hall, Athens State University, 302 Bryan St., Athens, AL, 35611, United States
The Seldom Scene was established in 1971 in a basement in Bethesda, Maryland. The original line-up–our Founding Scene Fathers–included John Starling on guitar, Mike Auldridge on Dobro, Ben Eldridge on banjo, Tom Gray on double bass & John Duffey on mandolin.
Charlie Waller, a member of the Country Gentlemen, is credited for the band’s name. Expressing doubt that the new band could succeed, Waller reportedly asked Duffey, “What are you going to call yourselves, the seldom seen?”
The band performed weekly at the Red Fox Inn before securing a residency at the Birchmere Music Hall in Alexandria, Virginia. The rest is history.
With their inventive take on bluegrass, The Seldom Scene has showcased both original material and interpretations of songs from limitless genres.

Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention
2025-10-01 - 2025-10-04 | Athens State University, 300 N Beaty St, Athens, AL, Athens, AL, 35611, United States
Bring the family and enjoy a uniquely American experience whose roots are buried deep in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. It’s a musical and cultural experience that will thrust you into a simpler time where families were bound by the music they created and the stories they told.

Archaeology at Pope’s Tavern: Spinning
2025-10-05 12:00 - 17:00 | Pope’s Tavern Museum, 203 Hermitage Drive, Florence, AL, 35630, United States
Textile artisan & fiber arts instructor Emily Wallace will offer a closer look at the craft of yarn spinning in Alabama, exploring the skills, materials & preparation required to turn raw fiber into thread. Participants will gain insight into how this hands-on practice shaped daily life and connected people to their materials.

Wallace is a textile artisan & fiber-arts instructor from north Alabama, where she explores both historic & modern approaches to producing fiber goods by hand. She teaches textile workshops at the Burritt Folk School in Huntsville & tends a small flock of conservation breed sheep at her home.

After the workshop, Archaeology at Pope’s Tavern will continue its excavation of Test
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Village School Workday
2025-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Village One School, Sheffield, AL
Join us for our next volunteer event at Village One School. We’ll provide supplies and direction — no experience necessary. Work will include anything from cleaning, painting, scraping, to yard work, to organizing materials and more. Email or get in touch via social media to sign up and/or alert us to specialized skills you might share. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty in, such as jeans and closed-toe shoes. Feel free to bring work gloves, as well. If you’re not able to stay the whole morning, please stop by anyway to say “hi” and see what we’re up to!
