FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - W.C. Handy Music Festival officially kicked off Wednesday and will last for the next two weeks. 14 days of music, good food and fun, that’s what locals say W.C. Handy Music ...

FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - The 42nd annual W.C. Handy Music Festival will make its way back again with timeless jazz music for everyone to enjoy July 20-30. The popular attraction will feature a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FLORENCE, Ala.(WHNT) — The 38th annual W.C.

The 2025 W.C. Handy Music Festival continues this week, with events happening around the Shoals through July 29. The following list of Handy Fest events in its final week, July 26 – 29, was compiled ...

When Gwen Woods was asked to volunteer for the very first W.C. Handy Music Festival in Florence in 1982, she had no idea her involvement would lead to a 40-year run as coordinator for the annual ...

HENDERSON, Ky. − It’s time for a summer fixture in downtown Henderson: The W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival. What is this event, you ask? Henderson’s volunteer-run music festival has grown through ...

Little Muscle Shoals, Alabama boasts a giant legacy as the birthplace of blues, "Brown Sugar" and miraculous American icons. Helen Keller, W.C. Handy and Sam Phillips were each born along this sleepy ...

A view of Mr. Handy : one afternoon in Memphis, 1918 -- Slavery, the AME Church, and emancipation : the Handy family of Alabama, 1811-1873 -- W.C. Handy and the music of black and white America, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHOALS, Ala. (WHNT) — It’s the Return of the ...