Ballyhoo Festival Coming To Gulf Shores

The Ballyhoo Festival will be held at Gulf State Park on March 7-8, Mullet Wrapper reports. The free event will have more than 100 juried artists from across the U.S.; activities for children; and food including Creole creations from New Orleans, Chinese food, homemade lemonade, gourmet waffles and cinnamon buns, pork, shrimp and chicken tacos, gumbolaya, pulled pork, soft-serve ice cream, kettle corn, hamburgers and hot dogs. The Coastal Alabama Chamber of Commerce will be selling wine and beer, as well as bottled water and soft drinks. The Poarch Band of Creek Indians will perform original tribal dances in ceremonial regalia from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on March 7. On March 8, the cultural focus is on Early Americana Appalachian music in the form of a fiddle and banjo competition presented by the Flora-Bama and the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival. Handicapped parking will be inside the festival grounds. Other parking will be $10 per car at the Gulf State Pavilion and the Gulf State Pier. Free parking will be free at Gulf Shores Middle School.