Alabama NewsCenter – Can’t Miss Alabama: Celebrate music, empowerment and civil rights history

By: Shirley Jackson

Birmingham Freedom Fest

Big K.R.I.T. will headline the annual music and empowerment festival Saturday, July 29, in the heart of Birmingham’s civil rights district. Other artists are Jidenna, DJ Gap, Translee, Deqn Sue, Dre Murro, Aretta Woodruff, Halo Wheeler and Kelvin Wooten. Isis M. Jones and comedian Lucky Jay are co-hosts. A tribute to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Birmingham civil rights campaign will feature Ruben Studdard, Kristen Glover, Sherri Brown, D Smooth, Jeremy Hill & Remnant and Terrence Baldwin. Purchase tickets for the music festival here. Empowerment panelists will include Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham; Janice Kelsey, civil rights activist and retired educator; and Chad Slade, former NFL lineman and Auburn University athlete. For the complete list of panelists, follow this link. Admission to the empowerment venue is free.
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Red Mountain Entertainment

Live concerts through the weekend:

July 28-30 – Widespread Panic, The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville.
July 30 – Jelly Roll with Struggle Jennings, Caitlynne Curtis and Josh Adam Meyers at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.
Aug. 1 – Big Time Rush with Max and Jax, Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham.
Aug. 1 – Jelly Roll with Struggle Jennings, Caitlynne Curtis and Josh Adam Meyers, The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville.

For more shows, visit redmountainentertainment.com.
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