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Family Fun
The Beat Is On
Calendar Event Full!
There’s plenty to do in Montgomery in 2013. From regional triathlons, family-fun festivals, quidditch matches and more, we're not afraid to go above and beyond this year. Book your trip today!
Fri., May. 24, 2013, 8:00PM – 11:00PM
Crosby, Stills & Nash
201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
Come hear the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers right here at the Montgomery Performing Arts Centre.
Friday, May 24 to Friday, May 31 2013
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra’s Memorial Day Weekend Pops Concert
What's Cool this Weekend
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra's Jubilee Pops Concert
May 24
www.montgomerysymphony.org
Crosby Stills & Nash in Concert
May 24
www.mpaconline.org
35th Annual Jubilee Run for Cancer
May 25
www.jubileerun.org
Capital Cool Memorial Day Classic
May 25-27
www.funontheriver.net
Dreamgirls - The Musical
May 25
www.troy.edu/davistheatre
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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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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
May 21 Capri Theatre Announces Summer Children’s Matinees
May 17 Taste of the Rocky Mountains Comes to The Shoppes at EastChase
May 17 Farmers Market Grand Opening Brings Entertainment for Entire Family
Cool Story Ideas
A COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND -- AND LEGENDARY HOT DOGS! … Hank Williams is buried next to his wife Audrey in a cemetery in Montgomery. Hank and his band, The Drifting Cowboys, used to frequent Chris' Hot Dogs, a legendary hot dog restaurant in downtown Montgomery that just celebrated its 95th birthday in 2012!
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.
CULTIVATING A SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE…Hampstead Institute of Montgomery has opened two urban farms within the city limits: the Downtown Farm and the farm at the Town of Hampstead in east Montgomery. Both locations offer residents and visitors the chance to connect with the area’s agricultural heritage, its natural resources and wealth of farm-fresh food.
