Moulton, Alabama – The Alabama Department of Tourism has named the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival as one of 50 must-see music festivals in celebration of the 2011 Year of Alabama Music. The list is compiled in conjunction with the year-long promotion designed to attract tourists to Alabama to experience the history, hear the sounds and uncover the untold stories behind dozens of world-wide number-one hits.
The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival joins top events such as the Mullet Toss and Beach Party in Orange Beach, Jubilee Cityfest in Montgomery, and the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention in Athens.
“The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival was selected in part to the quantity and quality of music offered over the two day event,” said Brian Jones, regional director for the Alabama Department of Tourism. “The variety of genre available at the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival is indicative of what is found throughout the state and fits in perfectly with the Year of Alabama Music promotion.”
“Alabama will play host to more than 300 festivals this year and we are honored to be featured as one of the top 50 to attend,” said Vicki Morese, event coordinator for the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival. “The musical aspect has been an important component of the festival since the beginning, attracting thousands of visitors each year to Moulton. The additional exposure through the top 50 must-see list will only further elevate Moulton as the place to be April 9th and 10th.” This year’s lineup at the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival features over 15 bands including Webb Wilder, D.B. Rielly, Leipers Fork Bluegrass Group, The Cadillacs Band, Delta Moon, and headliner Confederate Railroad on the Logan Pharmacy Stage.
The 2011 Year of Alabama Music is the eighth in a series of marketing campaigns produced by the Alabama Tourism Department. For more information, visit www.yearofalabamamusic.com
About the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival
The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival is an interactive agricultural experience offering old-fashioned fun, food vendors featuring chicken entrees prepared in a variety of ways, and live entertainment by popular regional bands and local favorites. The seventh annual Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival is scheduled for April 9-10, 2011 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds in Moulton, Alabama. Admission to the festival is $3 for adults and children 5 and under are free.
Highlights include a chicken clucking contest, where the audience selects the winner; egg toss competition, a favorite among children; eating contests where contestants stuff their faces with chicken wings and hard boiled eggs; and the "Down on the Farm" area featuring agriculture exhibits, antique tractors, and southern folk life artists such as quilters, saddle makers, farriers, potters, blacksmith and basket and broom makers.
Other activities scheduled for the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival include: an egg roulette competition, live chickens in a variety of sizes and colors, Motorcycle Chicken Run, Little Chick Pageant, and the Egg Drop for Future Engineers competition.
Sponsors committed for the 2011 festival consist of Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce, Lawrence County Commission, Lawrence County Board of Education, Carnegie Visual Arts Center, Logan Pharmacy, Wal-Mart, Marshall Durbin, Alabama State Council on the Arts, CB&S Bank, International Paper, Bank Independent, Joe Wheeler EMC, Pepsi-Cola, Southern Printing, City of Moulton, Alabama Farmers Co-op, Lawrence Medical Center, The Burch Agency, Dr. Don Beach, Lewis Innovative Technologies, NHC Healthcare, Lawrence County Antique Tractor and Engine Club, Home Depot, Regions Bank, Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel, West Lawrence Water Co-op, and Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.
Education Partners are University of Alabama in Huntsville Engineering Department, Alabama Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University Poultry Science Department. Media sponsors include WAAY 31 TV, WALW 98.3, Valley Planet, Moulton Advertiser, 100.3 The River, WDRM 102.1, WTAK 106.1, Hot Stuff, WQAH 105.7, and Southern Family.
