Austin Bishop
Teacher by day, musician by night, Austin Bishop is an up-and-coming country music talent. Bishop, 25, teaches special education at C.A. Donnehoo Elementary in Gadsden and plays up to three or four shows a week. The Borden Springs native has been singing since he was six years old and picked up guitar in college. Bishop […]
The Terrortorium Haunted House & Amusements
As young as six years old, Jeremy Cruse remembers being fascinated by Halloween. He now owns and operates the largest haunted house in Calhoun County, The Terrortorium Haunted House & Amusements on West Choccolocco Street in Oxford. Cruse opened his first Terrortorium in 2005 in the old train station in downtown Oxford where he spooked […]
Tyler Ward
Tyler Ward says he’s had a natural love for music his whole life starting before he was born. “My grandmother was playing organ and my mother was playing piano in church the very Sunday that my mother went into labor. So I spent my time in the womb sitting on a piano bench every Sunday.” […]
Battling Extinction
Why are plant, animal, and insect populations declining? And what can we do to stop it? These are questions buzzing around the newest exhibit at the Anniston Museum of Natural History. The Battling Extinction exhibit is included in museum admission. AMNH Education Director Sarah Burke says the exhibit will be up through the holidays. “That […]
Space Love: New Single from The Sunsets
Fans of The Sunsets are “looking to the stars” with the release of the band’s new single, “Space Love”. The out-of-this-world single describes jumping into the unknown aspects of a relationship, explains lead singer and keyboardist Torsten Dryden. “It has a rocking, rock-and-roll vibe to it.” “Space Love” is now available for purchase and streaming […]
Scotty McCreery
Scotty McCreery will headline Welcome Week at Jacksonville State University. The free concert, sponsored by JSU Student Government Association, starts at 8:00 pm. McCreery says he’s looking forward to his visit to JSU. “We’re looking forward to getting down there. We’ve heard good things so it should be a good time.” The “In Between” singer […]
Anniston Downtown Market
Find fresh produce, vegetables, and other goods at The Downtown Market in Anniston now through October. The Downtown Market is open every Saturday morning from 7:00 – 11:00 am at Zinn Park, 101 W 14th Street, Anniston. Follow weekly updates and news on The Downtown Market’s Facebook page. Market vendors include Artisanal Baked Goods, Southern […]
The Marshall Tucker Band
“We’re 45 years together and I see no end to any of it. I really don’t.” Doug Gray, founding member and lead singer of The Marshall Tucker Band says he’ll never retire. The Marshall Tucker Band will perform at the Oxford Performing Arts Center on September 17. The Sunday show starts at 7:00 pm and […]
Drake White Ignites The Charts With a Single Spark
“Being from a small town in Alabama is something that I love and always will.” Drake White says he is proud to come from the Heart of Dixie. The Hokes Bluff native will headline the second annual Knox Outdoors Music Festival on April 21 at Zinn Park in Anniston with his band, The Big Fire. […]
Blues Traveler Coming to Anniston March 27th
Anniston welcomes Blues Traveler to Zinn Park for another Model City Musicfest free concert. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs for a great show as we kick off one of the biggest weekends in East Alabama with the Noble Street Festival, the Sunny King Criterium and the Fort McClellan Road Race. Seventeen years after scoring […]