MR. HANDY’S BLUES: A MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY
10-11 am
Featuring:
W.C. Handy Home and Museum, Florence
Preview and conversation with filmmaker and producer Joanne Fish
LUNCH BREAK
11 am-1 pm Subway/Mall Road, Florence
– Jacob Lovell Trio
11 am-2 pm Rosie’s, Florence – Charlie Rose Duo
. Ricatoni’s, Florence – Acoustrio
Legends, Florence – Thompson Trio
11:30-2:30 pm Flobama, Florence – Microwave Dave
Noon-1 pm Osa’s. Florence – Tosha Hill
MOUNT MORIAH FISH FRY
11 am-6 pm
2:30 pm
Mount Moriah P.B. Church, Community Christian Life Center, Florence
Music by Dorothy Cole * Deborah Nehemiah
Cost: Catfish $10 eat in or take out / for information or tickets call 256-765-0312
Sponsored by: Mount Moriah P.B. Church
MR. HANDY’S BLUES: A MUSICAL DOCUMENTARY
1-3 pm
Featuring:
W.C. Handy Home and Museum, Florence
Preview and conversation with filmmaker and producer Joanne Fish
LISTENING ROOM
4-5 pm
Featuring:
Zodiac Theatre, Florence
Robert Redd & Sue Matthews – Tribute to Sinatra
Sponsored by: SunTrust * Friends of the Festival
HAPPY HOUR AT ON THE ROCKS
4-7 pm On the Rocks, Florence – Matt Roy and Son
HANDY WITH THE HITMEN
4-8 pm Office of Kimberly A. Norris, 401 E Tombigbee St, Florence – The Hitmen
RIVERSIDE JAZZ
5-10 pm
Featuring:
McFarland Park, Florence (Rain Location Florence Coliseum)
N HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER - FREE EVENT
Bay City Brass Band * Festival All-Stars * Dr. Eric Kirkman Trio * Replay * Acoustrio * Mary Mason Band * Tosha Hill * SteelGray *
Nyoka Nicole
Transportation: Free shuttle from Florence Parking Deck to McFarland Park
Sponsored by: City of Florence
LISTENING ROOM
5:15-6:15 pm Zodiac Theatre, Florence
Featuring: Tim Goodwin & Friends
Sponsored by: Friends of the Festival
102.7 KISSFM PRESENTS THE 10 TH ANNUAL REGENCY SQUARE IDOL FINALS
6 pm
Featuring:
Sears Court, Regency Square Mall, Florence
6 Finalists compete ages 6-16
Cost: $1 for each audience vote
Proceeds benefit the Colbert-Lauderdale Attention Homes
Sponsored by: FAME Recording Studio * Unique Car Care & Limousine Service * Doug Richardson Photography * 102.7 KISSFM
SHOALS PRAISE & WORSHIP CHOIR CONCERT
6 pm
Featuring:
Faith Church, Florence
Shoals Praise & Worship Choir
5 th ANNUAL MASSIVELY COOL AIR CONDITIONED STREET FESTIVAL
6-10 pm
Cost:
Music by:
Marriott Shoals Conference Center, Florence
Southern BBQ Buffet & Entertainment $12/ Entertainment only $6/Bar Specials all Evening
Shop with First Friday Street Vendors in the Atrium
Kerry Gilbert Band * Rewind * Josh Brannon Band
Come Right After Work, Hit the Buffet, and Enjoy Live Music All Evening in Air Conditioned Comfort!
Sponsored by: Bentley Automotive Group * Big River Broadcasting * Florence-Lauderdale Tourism * Marriott Shoals Hotel & Spa

RECORDED LIVE: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Mane Room, Florence
Cost:
6-7:30 pm
7:45--9 pm
$5
1 st Set – Ray Reach & Friends: Tribute to Nat King Cole and the Crooners
2 nd Set –Ray Reach & Friends: Tribute to Jazz Legends
Sponsored by: University of North Alabama Entertainment Industry Department * Music Preservation Society * Anderson & Anderson
Local Ford Dealers * TVA
12 th
ANNUAL
ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVER
6:30 pm
Featuring:
Joe Wheeler State Park, Rogersville
Dorothy Cole as “Tina Turner”
Sponsored by: Joe Wheeler State Park
FROSTBITE IN JULY
7 pm
Frostbite/Montagu’s, Florence
Featuring:
Mojo Risin’
Sponsored by: Frostbite * Montagu’s * Shoals WEB * Your Insurance Solution
PARK & SOUL
7-9 pm
N HARMONY WITH NATURE LITTER-FREE EVENT
Wilson Park, Florence
Featuring: CC Jags
Sponsored by: Vic Porter Agency * Dr. James D. Hudson DMD, Orthodontic Specialist * Affordable Inflatables * Shoals Marine
GAS HANDY FEST CONCERT
7-11 pm
Cost:
Featuring:
A COMING HOME PARTY FOR SHONNA TUCKER
GAS Design Center, Tuscumbia
3 canned goods or small donation to Food Bank of North Alabama
Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy with special guests The Lorels * Elias Patriot * Red Mouth * Clara Belle
* The Edward Armstead Project * Dave Haselton * Hempanzee * Muscle Shoals Mashup by Canless & Parallel Thought
Sponsored by: Cherokee Lair Productions * 6 Degrees of the Shoals * Shoals Radiology/Open MRI of North Alabama Bernard Borosky MD
* Colbert County Family Practice/Flora Kayfan MD* Jamie Hood Jewelers * Dixie Signs & Decals * ICS Roofing/ABC Windows * Pam
Minetree Realtor / Renaissance Realty * Medical Center Pharmacy * Allen’s Air Conditioning * Patrick Hood Photography * SSWA
Recycling * Colbert County Tourism * Shoals Radio Group/105.5 The Big Dog WLAY 103.5/Star 94.9 * Rilly Fitness* Listerhill
PEGASUS ROCKS INSIDE THE HOUSE
9 pm
Featuring:
Pegasus Records Garage
The Bear * Dead Fingers * Lauderdale
CABARET
Town Plaza (Former Antiques Mall), 500 S. Montgomery Avenue, Sheffield
9 pm-1 am Doors open at 8 pm
Featuring: Entice from Nashville, Tennessee
Cost: $15 in advance/ $20 at the door
Sponsored by: BUDWEISER * E mmitt Jimmar * Tax Mart * George Johnson * Emmitt Burt’s Floor Cleaning Service * C-N-D Beauty Supply * Myron &
Sherry Hughes * Glenda K. Williams * Brian & Chiquita Suggs * James (Toby) Jackson
HANDY NIGHTS
5-7 pm
6-9 pm
6-9:30 pm
7-10 pm
Swampers/ Marriott Shoals, Florence – Zoe Welch
Rosie’s, Florence – Pine Hill Haints
Legends, Florence – Florence Jazz Collective
Flobama, Florence - Asleep by Ten
Studio 256, Sheffield
–
Mr. Lee & Company starring T.K. Soul
Cajun’s, Sheffield – Travis Wammack
8-11 pm
8 pm
– mn
8:30 pm
Ricatoni’s Italian Grill, Florence – Kent DuChaine
Swampers, Florence – Anne E. Dechant
City Hardware, Florence
– Mitch Mann
PJ’s, Muscle Shoals – Big Joe & the Catfish Junkies
Rivertown Coffee Co, Florence – Dillon Hodges 9-11 pm
9 pm-1 am On the Rocks, Florence – Microwave Dave
10 pm-1:30 am Flobama, Florence – The Springs
Somewhere Else Sidepockets Lounge, Florence - LYNAM
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In case of rain , alternate locations for outdoor events have been scheduled. Please check with the Festival Office between 10 am to 6 pm for specific information, 256-766-7642, website: http://www.wchandymusicfestival.org or http://twitter.com/WCHandyFestival and on Face book.
W.C. Handy Music Festival has been designated a Top 10 Alabama Year of Music Event * Alabama Event of the Year 2007 * Top 20 Event/July since 1986
* Three-time Cultural Olympiad Regional Designee * Southeast Tourism Top 20 Event for July * Appalachia/National Geographic Geo-Tourism Featured Site
* Alabama Mountain Lakes Peak Award Winner * Top 100 Event in North America by the American Bus Association * Top 50 "Must-See" Festivals in
Alabama for the Year of Music.
Make plans now to attend the 2014 W.C. Handy Music Festival, July 18-27

GENERAL SPONSORS : Lauderdale County Commission * Colbert County Commission * Gonce & Associates * City of Florence * Shoals Solid Waste
Authority * Printers and Stationers * University of North Alabama * TNT Fireworks * Sutherland Sight & Sound * Florence –Lauderdale Tourism * Colbert
County Tourism * Wise Alloys LLC * SCA Tissue North America LLC * The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Alabama * Keep the Shoals
Beautiful * Florence Recycling * Regions Bank * Bank Independent * Merrill-Lynch * Anderson & Anderson * TVA * Sheffield Utilities * Northrop Grumman
* Garnett Electric * Lauderdale County Community Development Commission * Sen. Tammy Irons * Rep. Greg Burdine * BBVA Compass Bank
SPECIAL EVENT SPONSORS : The 18 th Annual W.C. Handy Festival Music Camp under the direction of Dr. Lloyd Jones and Ken Watters has been made possible by support from the University of North Alabama Department of Music & Theatre* 1st Metro Bank * Florence Kiwanis Club * Friends of the Festival *
Progress Bank * Lawrence C ounty Arts Council * Rosie’s * Outback
Special outreach programs have been made possible through grants Anderson & Anderson * Northwest Alabama RC&D Council * Alabama Tourism
Department* TVA
NURSING HOMES MINI-CONCERTS have been made possible by support from Gonce & Associates * Selwyn Jones * Regions Bank * Friends of the
Festival * ElderCare Services Jean Gay, David & Dee Mussleman * Shoals Walgreens- Florence and Muscle Shoals * Dr. Bill McClanahan
N HARMONY WITH NATURE is made possible by grants and support from the International Paper Foundation* Northwest Alabama R C & D Council* UPS
Foundation* Lowe’s * Partnership with Keep the Shoals Beautiful* Florence Recycling* Shoals Solid Waste Authority * Florence-Lauderdale Tourism *
Colbert County Tourism * Lauderdale County Commission* Lauderdale County Community Development Commission * TVA * Shoals Earth Month
Posters sponsored and printed by: Printers & Stationers
Design winners : Mackenzie Kimbrough and Maurice Mull under the direction of Ron Davis, University of North Alabama
Website made possible in part by a grant from the Alabama Department of Tourism
HANDY FESTIVAL EXTRAS
Added Attractions
MUSEUMS
Belle Mont Mansion
Cook Lane, Tuscumbia
8 am - 4 pm Thursday – Saturday; 1 - 5 pm Sunday
Admission charged
256-381-5052 www.bellemont.weebly.com
Children’s Museum of the Shoals
2810 Darby Drive, Florence
10 am - 4:30 pm Thursday - Saturday
Admission: $4 adults and children over the age of 2 / Free for under 2
256-765-0500 www.shoalschildrensmuseum.org
Frank Lloyd Wright-Rosenbaum House
601 Riverview Drive, Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday-Saturday; 1 - 4 pm Sunday
Admission: $8 adults/ $5 students, seniors (62+), groups of 10 or more
For group reservations call 256-740-8899 www.wrightinalabama.com
Indian Mound Museum
1028 S. Court St., Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Admission charged
256-760-6427 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Museums/index.html
Ivy Green, Helen Keller Birthplace
300 North Commons, Tuscumbia
8:30 am - 4:00 pm Monday - Saturday / closed Sunday
Last tour starts at 3:45 pm daily
Admission charged
256-383-4066 http://www.helenkellerbirthplace.org/
Pope’s Tavern Museum
203 Hermitage Drive, Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday
Admission charged
256-760-6439 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Museums/index.html
W.C. Handy Home & Museum
620 W. College St., Florence
10 am - 4 pm Tuesday - Saturday

Admission charged
256-760-6434 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Art_Museums/Art_Galleries_Museums/WC_Handy/
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
217 E. Tuscaloosa St., Florence
9 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday
Admission: Free
256-760-6379 http://www.florenceal.org/Community_Arts/Art_Galleries_Museums/Kennedy_Douglass/index.html
Red Bay Museum
110 Fourth St. SE, Red Bay
1:30 pm - 4 pm Tuesday and Thursday (and by appointment)
Special Music Exhibits
Admission: $5 adults/$3 groups & students
256-356-8758 or www.redbaymuseum.org
EXHIBITS
Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts
217 East Tuscaloosa Street - Florence
Mostly Blues - Art With a Musical Flair
Entries in the official W.C. Handy Music Festival Design Competition
Monday - Friday 9 am – 4 pm / Saturday July 28, 10 am - 12:30 pm
Free admission
Tennessee Valley Museum of Art
Art Works ’13
511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia
Monday-Friday 9 am - 5 pm, Sunday 1 pm - 3 pm
Admission: $5.00 adults / $3:00 Children / Group rates available http://www.tvaa.net/home/index.html
Florence Lauderdale Public Library
350 North Wood Avenue, Florence
Muscle Shoals Music: Jerry Wexler http://www.flpl.org/
Marriott Shoals Conference Center
10 Hightower Place, Florence
Official W.C. Handy Music Festival Posters
July 12 & 13 *7:30 pm / July 14 * 2 pm
Norton Auditorium, University of North Alabama, Florence
UNA SUMMER THEATRE PRESENTS
HANK WILLIAMS: LOST HIGHWAY By Mark Harelik
Directed by Randal Myler and Mark Harelik
SHOWS
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors (65+) & UNA employees * $5 students with ID http://www.una.edu/summertheatre/
July 18-20 / 25 & 26* 7:35 pm
Ritz Theatre, Sheffield
SUMMERSTOCK AT THE RITZ
LES MISERABLES
Tickets: PG Rating; no children under the age of 6 $18.50 adults * $13.50 students
On-line http://www.ttvaa.org/home/ritz_summerstock_page.html
* 256-383-0533
July 18-21 7:30 pm / July 21, 2 pm
Shoals Theatre, Florence
CAMP ROCK
Tickets on-line http://shoalstheatre.org/ * 256-764-1700
July 22-28 8:30 am-noon
HANDY MUSIC CAMP / VBS
1 st Christian Church, Florence
Ages 6-12 for information call 256-764-2192
$10 + purchase of W.C. Handy Music Festival tee shirt
CAMPS

ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE SHOALS
Florence-Lauderdale Tourism 256-740-4141 http://www.visitflorenceal.com/
Colbert County Tourism & Visitors Bureau 256-383-0783 http://www.colbertcountytourism.org/
CITY LODGE
400 South Court Street
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 760-8888
COLDWATER INN, TUSCUMBIA
712 Highway 72 West
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations (256) 383-6844
HAMPTON INN MIDTOWN, FLORENCE
2281 Florence Blvd.
Florence, AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 764-8888
HAMPTON DOWNTOWN, FLORENCE
505 South Court Street
Florence, AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 767-8282
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS & SUITES
180 Etta Gray
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 246-2200
JAMESON INN HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER, SHEFFIELD
4900 Hatch Blvd.
Sheffield AL 35660
Reservations: 256-246-2300
KEY WEST INN
1800 Hwy 72 West
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations: 256-383-0700
KNIGHTS INN, FLORENCE
1915 Florence Blvd
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 766-2620
MARRIOTT SHOALS HOTEL & SPA, FLORENCE
800 Cox Creek Parkway South
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 246-3600
MICROTEL INN & SUITES
1852 Highway 72 East
Tuscumbia AL 35674
Reservations: (256) 248-0055
QUALITY INN, FLORENCE
150 Etta Gray Drive
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: (256) 740-0444
RESIDENCE INN by MARRIOTT
1000 Sweetwater Avenue
Florence AL 35630
Reservations: 256-764-9966