Off To The Races In Can’t Miss Alabama For A Spectacular Spring Weekend

By Shirley Jackson

GEICO 500 Weekend
Enjoy a beautiful spring weekend at Talladega Superspeedway with NASCAR’S Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. Family-friendly entertainment includes camping, concerts and more.

Magic City Art Connection
Make your way to downtown Birmingham’s historic Linn Park April 26-28 to the Magic City Art Connection (MCAC) for artistic talent, sights, sounds, tastes and aromas. Magic City Art Connection’s 36th arts festival presents 200 juried fine artists from around the country to thousands of visitors for art, culture, entertainment, food and fun. Be one of the art newbies, art-curious or art-collecting festival goers perusing the thousands of works on display.

Complementing the art-buying experience is the food, wine, craft beer, spirits, cocktails and guided tasting seminars and demos of Birmingham’s longest-running tasting event. The 22nd Corks & Chefs: A Taste of Birmingham gathers foodies, tastemakers and more under a 300-foot tent in front of City Hall during festival weekend. Click for the complete schedule.

Enjoy great music and dance performances live on stage, art-making workshops and parades for kids, large-scale art installations and lingering with friends at the Park Place Café or at one of the festival lounges in the beautiful, tree-lined park across from the Birmingham Museum of Art.

Jazz in the Park
Jazz in the Park will feature North “2unes” Woodall and KB’s Techniques Sunday, April 28. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to Kelly Ingram Park and enjoy the spring weather over an evening of soothing jazz. Throughout the year, Jazz in the Park will be featured in a variety of community parks including Adamsville, Alabaster, Bessemer, Birmingham, Brent, Brighton, Fairfield, Helena, Hoover, Huntsville, Jasper, Lipscomb, Marion, Midfield, Prattville and Tuscaloosa, and will conclude on Sunday, Oct. 13, in Mountain Brook.

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