
Muscle Shoals Music Camp Showcase
Students who participated in the week-long Muscle Shoals Music Camp, hosted by the University of North Alabama, perform their original compositions in a free concert.

Students who participated in the week-long Muscle Shoals Music Camp, hosted by the University of North Alabama, perform their original compositions in a free concert.
A free family-friendly outdoor concert in Wilson Park, featuring local performers. Bring blankets, chairs, picnics and bug spray!

Stars and Guitars is a free family-friendly outdoor concert with local performers held every Friday. Bring chairs, blankets, picnics and bug spray!

By Cathy WoodMSNHA media coordinator The newly launched Shoals Music Archive at the University of North Alabama is dedicated to collecting and preserving northwest Alabama’s rich music heritage – and

Featuring a variety of talented songwriters and performers from around the Shoals. Proceeds benefit the Village School Foundation.

Community event with music, art & food to celebrate Leighton native Percy Sledge. Fee admission. Go to Leighton’s Facebook page for details.

The Muscle Shoals Songwriters Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to bring songwriters & music lovers together from all across the globe. The festival celebrates and gives

By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant The Shoals has several recording studios. Some of them are more famous than others but all have contributed to the area’s international reputation. One

By Jessie Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant When you think about the music scene in the Shoals, you do not think of country. You might think of Aretha Franklin, Percy Sledge

By Jessie Todd Johnson MSNHA graduate assistant What do the Beatles, the Stones & Bob Dylan all have in common? I know, what a random grouping & bizarre riddle for

W. C. Handy Festival week will get deep, real & completely iconic as Charlie Musselwhite & Travis Wammack — high school Memphis friends — share their lifelong personal history in

A 10-day long series of primarily music events occurring in and around the Shoals which honors William Christopher “W.C.” Handy and the musical legacy of the “Hit Recording Capital of