New Attractions Coming for Toyota Field this Season

MADISON – Toyota Field, which enters its third year of operation this spring, is a gem of a park sitting just over the divide from neighboring Huntsville. But the venue, which is home to the Double-A South Rocket City Trash Pandas, will add some upgrades for the fan experience before the start of the team’s […]

Huntsville Music Board Announces Quarterly Meeting

Mars Music Hall will host the inaugural Huntsville Quarterly Music Meetup on March 3. The free public event will give residents a look into the future of local entertainment as well as providing opinions to the nine-member Music Board for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  “It’s exciting to have the […]

Main Event Celebrates Grand Opening of First Alabama Location at Bridge Street

Bridge Street Town Centre welcomed an exciting new addition to its entertainment offerings today with the grand opening of Main Event in the former Toys R Us building. Located at 6884 Governors Drive West near Panera Bread, this is the company’s 46th location in 17 states and its first location in the state of Alabama. […]

The Black Crowes Fly Through Huntsville This Summer

Orion Amphitheater announced that Georgia revivalist rock band The Black Crowes have now been booked for June 16. Brothers and founding members Chris and Rich Robinson will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark debut “Shake Your Moneymaker” with a full album performance.  The album was originally certified multi-platinum, backed by singles “She Talks to […]

Orion Amphitheater Announces Chris Stapleton Tour Date

The Orion Amphitheater has announced multi-award winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Stapleton will bring his ‘All American Road Show’ tour to Huntsville on July 28. Stapleton is celebrating ‘Starting Over,’ with Huntsville marking a spot as the performer enters the seventh leg of his Road Show Tour, the first dates since the start of the […]

Mark Your Calendar: Entertainment Mecca Main Event Opens February 25th

This weekend, it’s time to get your fun on! The Main Event Family Entertainment Center will be celebrating its grand opening on Friday, February 25th.  Main Event invites everyone to join them at their ribbon cutting ceremony from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Then, at noon, they will open the doors to the public. The […]

Regional Travel Event Shines a Spotlight on the Rocket City

The Huntsville/Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) frequently hosts both travel media events and conventions, but this weekend it’ll combine the best of both worlds with an added twist when it hosts the Southern Travelers Explore conference.  From February 25-27, 50 travel media representatives will converge in the Rocket City for the third annual […]

Patrick Dougherty’s ‘Stickwork’ to Opens at the Huntsville Botanical Garden

After clearing up the yard, have you ever looked at the gathered pile of branches, allowing your imagination to take flight? Have you envisioned large furry animals, secret hiding huts, or maybe even a long path of decorative walls, punctuated by bridges? If so, you can witness your imagination become reality on March 4th when […]

Construction Contract for Sandra Moon Community Complex Phase 2 Awarded

The transformation of the former Grissom High School into the Sandra Moon Community Complex came one step closer to completion with the approval of a construction contract for the project’s second phase.  On Thursday, February 10, the Huntsville City Council voted unanimously to allow Mayor Tommy Battle to enter a $4.37 million construction services contract […]

Neil deGrasse Tyson prepares astronomy talk for Rocket City

American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on the Orion Amphitheater stage on June 8 in association with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.  Tyson plans to bring his long running series, “This Just In: The Latest Discoveries of the Universe,” to Huntsville, discussing the most significant space findings from the last two years.  Tyson, a […]