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There’s plenty to do in Montgomery in 2018. From local theatre, family-fun festivals, concerts and more, we're not afraid to go above and beyond this year. Book your trip today!
Sat., Apr. 21, 2018, 9:00AM – 5:00PM
Alabama Book Festival
Old Alabama Town, 301 Columbus Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
Promoting reading and literacy to Alabamians of all ages and backgrounds!
Thursday, April 19 to Thursday, April 26 2018
Cloverdale-Idlewild Spring Concert Series
Montgomery Biscuits vs. Tennessee Smokies
What's Cool this Weekend
Montgomery Biscuits vs. Tennessee Smokies
April 16 - 20
TOTAL PRAISE by the Montgomery Chorale
April 20 & 22
Twelfth Night
April 20 - May 5
Joy to Life - Walk of Life
April 21
Alabama Book Festival
April 21
Fido Fest
April 21
National Astronomy Day
April 21
This Is Where You’ll Find Me Art Exhibit Opening Night
April 21
3 Faces of the King
April 21
EVE Expo “Bring Your Bestie” Women’s BFF Brunch
April 22
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Sports We’re at the top of our game!
Montgomery is becoming one of the South’s hottest sports tickets. National sporting event planners are taking notice of Montgomery as a fun, energetic destination for a wide variety of sporting events. With our brand new, top-of-the-line sports facilities, team-friendly hotels, fun activities and an active vibe all throughout the city, Montgomery is the perfect city to host your next high-octane sporting event.
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Sports Center
PRESS. Have I got a story for you!
In Montgomery, we know a little something about great stories since we’ve been producing headline news since the 1800s! The Montgomery Convention & Visitor Bureau can help media plan and create compelling stories with information about everything hot and newsworthy, fact sheets, press releases and statistics. Plus a comprehensive media library filled with incredible images to support your article. So call us! And you’ll see that we have a history of great angles for future stories.
The Latest Press
November 6 Montgomery Veterans Day Celebration
October 13 Hampstead Farm to Fork Invasion is Back!
October 2 Russian Grand Ballet presents Swan Lake at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre
Cool Story Ideas
EARLY TEXT MESSAGE THAT CHANGED THE COUNTRY? … on April 11, 1861, President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis issued the telegraph containing the orders to fire on Fort Sumter. That message was sent from the Winter Building on Dexter Avenue, thus beginning the War Between the States.
MEDIA ALERT
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Contact: Georgia Ann Conner, Communications Officer
(334) 328-9088
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY TO RELEASE NEWLY DISCOVERED, UNSEEN FILM FOOTAGE AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SELMA-TO-MONTGOMERY MARCH ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19 AT 10:00 am
Montgomery, AL (3/17/15) – On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 10:00 am the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) will hold a press event to release newly discovered, unseen film footage of the Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March and recently acquired aerial photographs of the marchers’ departure from their final campsite at the City of St. Jude on the morning of March 25, 1965, and their arrival into Montgomery.
The approximately 3,000 feet (run time approximately 90 minutes) of 16mm color and black-and-white film footage was recently discovered during a collections inventory of materials created during the George Wallace administration. It has never been viewed by the public and captures in vivid color powerful scenes from the third and final march in Selma, along Highway 80, and in Montgomery.
The aerial photographs were taken by the Alabama Air National Guard and are part of two separate collections recently donated to the ADAH. They show fascinating aerial scenes of Montgomery on March 25, 1965 as the marchers arrive at the Capitol steps.
The press event will be held in the ADAH’s Milo B. Howard Auditorium, and all members of the media are invited to attend. Opportunities to view the footage and the photographs will be available. Staff will be on hand for interviews. For additional information please contact ADAH Communications Officer Georgia Ann Conner at (334) 328-9088 or georgiaann.conner@archives.alabama.gov.
View a short trailer of the footage here - YouTube
SEE THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED AUTO MANUFACTURING PLANT IN ACTION…at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama you can watch one of the nation’s leading safety sedans, the Hyundai Sonata, being made right before your eyes.
