Join us in downtown Gadsden on August 3rd, from 6 to 9pm for First Friday! Enjoy great local shopping, classic cars, live entertainment and delicious food! 

Downtown merchants will be open with great specials and sales. Enjoy a live entertainment by 2BLU & The Lucky Stiffs at BB&T Bank, Alliance Quartet in front of the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts and Trading Faces at 301 Broad Street. Also enjoy dancing in the streets with Gadsden’s Line Dancers on the corner of 6th and Broad Streets! Classic cars are welcome to cruise-in to downtown Gadsden and enjoy the festivities!

Immediately following First Friday, we welcome everyone to join us at the Mort Glosser Amphitheatre for the Summer Concert Series featuring Groove Addiction! The concert is free and will take place from 9 to 11pm, cushions and coolers are welcome!

A sneak peek of the dragon boats that will be used in The Inaugural Habitat for Humanity Dragon Boat Festival will occur this weekend at the floating docks behind The Fish Market Restaurant on the Coosa River. Two boats will be on display both Friday, June 8 from 4-6pm and Saturday, June 9, from 11am-1pm, with a demo race at 11:30am.

The official race, which will take place on Saturday, August 18, will help benefit the Gadsden-Etowah chapter of Habitat for Humanity. Each 42 foot long Chinese Dragon Boat will have 20 paddlers, one drummer and one coxswain to race. The race course is .250 meters on the Coosa River at the boardwalk. Each team will race two heats and the top 12 teams will compete for the championship. Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Additional prizes will be awarded for Best Team Spirit and Best Drummer Costume.