ENTERTAINMENT/EVENTS

 

When you are out and about in the Birmingham area be sure to take time and enjoy some of the best restaurants and events going on.  We've put together some suggestions here so that you can make the most of your valued down time.

The Alabama Booksmith is a good source for finding first editions and signed copies, located off Hwy 280 in Homewood.  Check often for book signings.

 

WORKPLAY - a favorite Birmingham live music venue
7/23    Bonerama, 9pm
7/29    Keith Williams & Vann Burchfield, 7pm
7/30    White Party for Magic Moments, 8pm
8/1      Rooney w/Young Buffalo, 8pm
8/7      Framing Hanley w/Transmit, 9pm
8/9      Mat Kearney w/The Jane Carrey Band, 8pm
8/13    Rolling Stones "Let it Bleed", 9pm
8/14    Remember When w/The Bassmen and The Ramblers, 7pm
8/15    Indian Summer Tour:The Civil Wars & Madi Diaz, 8pm
8/16    Todd Carey & Bushwalla w/Josiah Leming, 8pm
8/19    Civil Twilight, 8pm
8/20    Moon Taxi, 9pm
8/31    Tegan and Sara, 8pm

The Verizon Wireless Music Center is where to go when you want to enjoy live entertainment in a beautiful outdoor amphitheater, located just south of Birmingham in Pelham.
8/14    KY-Mani Marley, 7pm
9/3      Uproar Festival, 330pm
9/20    Kings of Leon, 730pm

The McWane Center, IMAX Dome Theater is a state of the art facility filled with entertaining and educational exhibits, located at 200 19t N in Birmingham.
Now Showing:
Animalopolis

Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure
The Twighlight Saga:Eclipse

The historic Alabama Theater, "The Showplace of the South", built in 1927, is currently host to a variety of live performances as well as screening films.
7/17    The Lion King, 2pm, The Odd Couple, 7pm
7/18    Some Like it Hot, 2pm
7/25    The Glenn Miller Story, 2pm
7/31    Bedknobs and Broomsticks, 2pm, The African Queen, 7pm
8/1      Oklahoma!, 2pm
8/7      Lady and the Tramp, 2pm, Gone with the Wind, 7pm
8/8      Gone with the Wind, 2pm
8/14    Peter Pan, 2pm, The Birds/Psycho, 7pm
8/15    On the Town, 2pm
8/21    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 2pm, Ghost Busters, 7pm
822     Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 2pm
8/28    Pocahontas, 2pm, A Hard Days Night, 7pm
8/29    South Pacific, 2pm

The Bottle Tree Café is an out of the way place to catch live musical acts.  Located at 3719 3^rd Ave S in Birmingham
7/17    Phosphorescent, 9pm
7/21    Stoned Cobra, Colossus, Giant Magic, 9pm
7/22    Ola Podrida, Red Harp, Kate Taylor, 9pm
7/24    Sworn Enemies, Pine Hill Haints, 9pm
7/28    The Coathangers, Predator, 9pm
7/31    Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffitti, Pearl Harbor, Magic Kids, 9pm
8/3      Jon Black Summer Residency, 9pm
8/5      Torche, Beings, 9pm
8/9      Dax Riggs, 9pm
8/10    Jon Black Summer Residency, 9pm
8/19    The Protomen, How I Became the Bomb, 9pm
8/21    Colour Revolt, Turbo, Fruits, Great Book of John, 9pm
8/25    Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, Hacienda, 9pm
8/27    Necronomikids, Three Happenin Guys, 9pm
8/28    Carnival Season reunion, 9pm

Zydeco, located on Birmingham's famous South Side, near 5-points south is a great music venue
e, 9pm
7/17     The 17th Floor, 10pm
7/22      Jam in the 'Ham, Noise Organization, 9pm
7/30     The Uglistick, 10pm
7/31     Hightide Blues, 10pm
8/5       Jam in the 'Ham, The Hypsys, 9pm
8/6       Unknown Hinson, 930pm
8/12     Jarrod Birmingham, 9pm
8/14     ZOSO, 10pm
8/24     New Found Glory w/The Wonder Years & Lemuria, 6pm
8/26     Billy Joe Shaver w/Adam Hood, 9pm
8/27     Trotline, 10pm
8/28     The Glitch Mob, 9pm

DINING 

There are many excellent restaurants from which to choose, one surely to suit your tastes and schedule in and around the area.  May we recommend the following for starters?

 

Highlands Bar and Grill, 11^th Ave S

The Veranda, Highland Ave

Bottega, Highland Ave

Café DuPont, 20^th St N

The Bright Star, Bessemer

Fleming's Steak House, Summit Shopping Center

Fire, Crestline Village

Chez Fonfon, 11^th Ave S

Hot and Hot Fish Club, 11th Court South

Bellini's, Hwy 119 at Hwy 280

SHOPPING

Birmingham offers a variety of locations to do the necessary and not so necessary shopping for your convenience.

 

The Summit, I459/Hwy 280

Colonial Brookwood Village, Homewood

The Riverchase Galleria, Hoover

 
LODGING

Birmingham has a host of exceptional overnight properties making it easy to accommodate your busy schedule in all areas of town.

 

The Tutwiler (Hampton Inn & Suites), Birmingham

Sheraton, Birmingham

Crowne Plaza/The Redmont, Birmingham

Embassy Suites, Homewood

The Wynfrey (Preferred Hotels & Resorts), Hoover

Renaissance Ross Bridge Golf and Spa Resort, Hoover

 

 

GOLF

Renowned for the beautiful outdoors, Birmingham area golf is the best thing going with many courses to choose from in every direction.  Pack your gear and make plans to enjoy the following?

 

Renaissance Ross Bridge (resort & spa), Hoover

Highland Park, Birmingham

Oxmoor Valley - includes The Ridge Course, The Valley Course, and The Short Course,

Hoover

Timberline, Calera

Ballantrae, Pelham

Farm Links, Sylacauga