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Check out the events and cultural attractions that make the new Montgomery worth telling about.

Riverbend Brewfest and RiverJam
This new event in MGM will bring produce family fun in a whole new way on May 18.
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Hannah Daye Ridling Bark Park
The newest, free MGM attraction is now open to family, friends and even FIDO!
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The Cool Factor

  • AN Act of courage in Montgomery Sparked a National Movement... Montgomery is home to Mrs. Rosa McCauley Parks. Rosa Parks became a Civil Rights pioneer in Montgomery by courageously taking a stand and not giving up her seat which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Troy University’s Rosa Parks Museum and Library is a tribute to that memorable movement.
  • Paddles Up!…the Montgomery Dragon Boat Festival was the first in Alabama and is now the largest Dragon Boat Festival east of the Mississippi and one of the largest attended festivals in the River Region.

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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 14

Vigilante Hangings, Misplaced Soldiers, and a Strange New Orleans Rendezvous

Oakwood Cemetery Tour Tells of Montgomery’s Mysterious Past

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May 21 Capri Theatre Announces Summer Children’s Matinees

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May 17 Taste of the Rocky Mountains Comes to The Shoppes at EastChase

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May 17 Farmers Market Grand Opening Brings Entertainment for Entire Family

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Cool Story Ideas

HOME OF FAMOUS BROTHERS’ FIRST FLYING SCHOOL … in 1910, the Wright Brothers brought their daring aviation deeds to Alabama’s capital city, establishing the nation’s first school for powered flight.

MONTGOMERY’S MOST FAMOUS SOCIETY GIRL … While on military duty in Montgomery in 1918, F. Scott Fitzgerald fell in love and eventually married Zelda Sayre, a Montgomery socialite who helped inspire many of his most famous works.

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.

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