Special Events

Masayoshi Shimizu & Coastal Potters
February 7 - 29, 2020

The exhibit will focus on wood fired pottery of the coastal area in conjunction with this year's Alabama Clay Conference (located in Gulf Shores). In particular, those ceramic artists associated with the Eastern Shore Art Center and the Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society. The exhibit will also feature a 12 to 15 pieces by Mr. Masayoshi Shimizu, the Japanese artist that visited, worked and exhibited earlier this year in Florida.

Masayoshi Shimizu is from Iwade City, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. He studied under Mr. Kaoru Tachibana, a ceramic artist in Wakayama from 1973 to 1999. In 1995 Mr. Shimizu opened Negoro Ichijo Kiln Studio and built a Noborigama kiln in Wakayama.

https://esartcenter.org/visit/exhibits/upcoming/

Celebrate Arbor Day with the City of Fairhope. Fairhope's Arbor Day celebration is set for 10a.m. on the campus of Coastal Alabama Community College.

Free Event! Join us at Orange Beach Event Center for our first John Allen Memorial Scholarship Concert!
Orange Beach Event Center
4671 Wharf Parkway West
Orange Beach, AL 36561

Join the Grand Florist for a fun and informative hands-on floral class. You will learn tips on arranging and caring for a stylish and elegant Valentine's Day arrangement for your home. These helpful tips will teach you how to create your own floral masterpieces. In this hands-on class, you will create a Valentine's floral arrangement to take home with you to enjoy for the holiday.

For tickets: http://bit.ly/FebruaryFloralAcademy

Downtown Fairhope
As Mardi Gras historian Emily Hearin recounted the tale, the Knights of Ecor Rouge began as the brainstorm of several Eastern Shore friends while they were on "a spirited sailing vacation in the Grenadine Islands in December 1983."
"Ecor Rouge" is French for "Red Cliff" and is a specific reference to a triangular shaped bluff between Daphne and Fly Creek in Montrose. Incorporated in April 1984, the organization numbered 150 by the time of its first parade in February 1985, according to Hearin. KOER's motto is "Chevaliers a se Rappeler," which means, "Knights to Remember" in French. That was the theme of the organization's first parade and ball.

Free Event

Downtown Fairhope
The Mystic Mutts of Revelry pet parade was created to help generate awareness and raise funds to help end pet homelessness in Baldwin County. Proceeds from this event provide critical medical care, nutritious food, and shelter until the homeless pets are ready to be adopted into a new loving home.

Free Event

Olde Town Daphne`s Third Thursday open house is from 5-7 p.m. Olde Towne shops will stay open late and offer refreshments for patrons as they shop.

The Maids of Jubilee, in Fairhope, was the first ladies' parading group to form in the Eastern Shore region of South Alabama.
Since the organization's founding in 1985, it has grown immensely, boasting more than 400 members these days. In most ladies' groups - at least in Mobile - there are male marshals on horseback or no marshals at all. The Maids of Jubilee, however, has female marshals on horseback. Or on a camel.
In south Alabama, by the way, "jubilee" does not mean "a special anniversary." No, around here, a jubilee is an infrequent phenomenon that occurs when the waters and the winds are just right, and all the fish in the shallows are rendered almost comatose. Word gets out quickly, and folks come and simply scoop up all the fish they want.

Free Event!

While the Krewe of Mullet Mates is technically a Fairhope group, it does not follow the downtown Fairhope parade route. Instead, it hugs Bon Secour Bay on Baldwin County Highway 1.

Free Event

Downtown Fairhope
In April 1993, a group of women met at Gambino's Restaurant in Fairhope and created the Order of Mystic Magnolias, according to the group's history. With a lot of hard work and help from other organizations, the OOMM was able to hold a parade in 1994. Unlike most ladies' groups, the Mystic Magnolias have female marshals on horseback. The group has grown to more than 300 members, and most of those founding members still ride in the parade. The OOMM owns its floats, which is a feat for such a young organization.

Free Event