RED BAY — Under the shade trees of Bay Tree Park, the northwest Alabama town of Red Bay will celebrate its heritage this fall with a day of free family fun.
The annual Founder’s Fest is slated for Sept. 28 and features arts and crafts, contests, sidewalk sales and live music.
The King and Queen’s Train Ride of the winners of last year’s pageant gets things started. Then, the music cranks up and festival goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy the sounds.
A contest will decide the best fried pie with the best tasting, most unusual and best of show taking home a cash prize. There will also be quilt, coloring and photography contests.
Additional activities include arts and crafts and an antique car-truck-motorcycle-tractor show.
The Red Bay Museum will be open for tours and Weatherford Library will host a book sale and will have entries for the quilt, photo and coloring contests on display. Merchants will offer sidewalk sales, specials and door prizes throughout the day.
A variety of festival food will be available, and another crowd favorite are the giveaways. Prizes will be awarded to the largest family, longest distance traveled to the event, and youngest and oldest attendees.
Bay Tree Park is along 4th Avenue, between 2nd and 3rd streets, in downtown Red Bay. Festival hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is free.
For more information or to register as a vendor, contact Jennifer Garrett at Red Bay City Hall at 256-356-4473 ext. 3.
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