A look back on 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we at Calhoun County Insight are excited to reflect on some of the year’s most engaging stories that highlighted the vibrant culture, events, and flavors of our community. Here’s a curated selection of our top articles from 2024: The 2nd Annual Downtown Anniston Restaurant Week 2024Coverage of the culinary […]
Anniston Bar Crawl’s A Christmas Crawl
A Festive Night of Fun, Drinks, and Prizes! Get ready to ring in the holiday season with the ultimate Christmas celebration in downtown Anniston. The Anniston Bar Crawl’s A Christmas Crawl is happening on Friday, December 13th, and it promises to be a night full of holiday cheer, festive outfits, and, of course, plenty of […]
Buy A Tree, Change A Life: Cornerstone Church’s Holiday Initiative to Support Children Locally and Globally
Buy A Tree, Change A Life: Cornerstone Church’s Holiday Initiative to Support Children Locally and Globally The holiday season is a time for giving, and Cornerstone Church is offering the perfect way to make a meaningful difference through their involvement in the Buy A Tree. Change A Life initiative. This national program is dedicated to […]
Festival of Lights at Choccolocco Park 2024
As the holiday season approaches, Oxford, Alabama, is set to transform into a winter wonderland with the return of the much-anticipated Festival of Lights at Choccolocco Park. This annual event, running from November 22 to December 24, 2024, promises to captivate visitors with its dazzling displays and festive activities. A Drive-Through Spectacle The Festival […]
The Return of the Zombie Bar Crawl: A Spooktacular Night Awaits!
As the chill of October settles in, it’s time to don your most creative costumes and prepare for a night of thrilling adventure—welcome to the 15th annual Zombie Bar Crawl! This beloved tradition, which began as a simple gathering of friends, has evolved into a full-blown community spectacle that beckons all ghouls, goblins, and imaginative […]
Discover 23 Thrilling Trunk-or-Treats and Fall Festivals in Calhoun County
What’s one little ghostly white lie associated with everyone’s favorite hair-raising holiday–Halloween? Our fib? We titled our last coverage of 2024 Halloween events “The Ultimate Guide to Horrific Halloween Adventure in Calhoun County.” While it was, indeed, a helpful guide covering many Calhoun County events, guess what? There were gobs more trunk-or-treat events nestled in […]
Get Your Jazz Hands Ready for the 2024 Mainstreet Anniston Jazz and Art Festival!
Are you ready to let the New Orleans-style good times roll? Mainstreet Anniston and Cheaha Creative Arts are bringing the Big Easy spirit to downtown Anniston, Alabama with the 2024 Jazz and Art Festival! This toe-tapping, brush-stroking event will paint the town with rhythm and color on Friday, October 11, and Saturday, October 12, 2024. […]
Musical Spotlight: Sticky Foot
For music aficionados, what could be more entertaining than going out on a Saturday night and grooving to grit-laden strains of a funkadelic jam band? Calhoun County has got the golden ticket in the Oxford/Anniston band Sticky Foot. This music collective, featuring Tyler Bohannon on lead vocals and guitar, Todd Pirkle on lead guitar, Trevor […]
The 2nd Annual Downtown Anniston Restaurant Week 2024
The summer of ‘24 in Calhoun County has been quite a scorcher. While it’s true that the concrete around here could literally fry an egg, the restaurants of Anniston, Alabama are promising to sizzle up some savory specials in their kitchens as we enter the 2nd Annual Downtown Anniston Restaurant Week 2024! This food-inspired celebration […]
Eat Like a Local: Boatwright’s BBQ Food Truck
Have you been driving around Oxford lately and suddenly caught a whiff of food so sumptuous that you were tempted to do an action movie-style 180 and follow the scent trail at maximum speed? If so, then you may have been passing by the corner of Snow St. and Hamric, or possibly commuting down Quintard […]