January 4 - December 5 - First Friday - Join merchants and vendors downtown Gadsden. FIRST FRIDAY features entertainment, shopping, foods, and much more. Contact Terri Jennings, Little Faces Doll Shop at 256-546-8929.

February 1 - 3 - 41st Annual Altrusa Antique Show and Sale, at Convention Hall. Dealers from throughout the South, with silver, glassware, linens, and more. Meals are served. Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 P.M .. Sunday 11:00 a.m.¬4:00 p.m.. Call 256-442-7384.

February 3 - 2:30 p.m. - Concert Hall, Gadsden City High School. Gadsden Symphony Orchestra presents Bravissimo. For more information contact Mariella McNair, 256-442-3595.

April 4 - 5 - Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society presents the "Ancestor Swap Meet" at the Senior Activity Center, 623 Broad Street. Workshop on Friday at Nichols Library 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.. Saturday at the' Swap Meet" the Genealogical Society has more than 5,000 family files collected to be researched. The Saturday admission includes a catered lunch. Vendors, door prizes. 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m •. 256-538-1122

April 25 - 27 - NASCAR Sprint Cup Race - Talladega. Aaron's 499 Nextel Cup Series. Sunday. For tickets and/or more information call1-877-G02-DEGA (1-
877-462-3342).

May 3 - Boys & Girls Club Annual Fund Raiser "DUCK RACE" beginning at noon, Dumping of Ducks at 3:05 p.m. from Broad Street Bridge. For more information contact Pam at 256-546-5437.

May 15 - 18 - U. S. 11 Antique Alley Yard Sale. Contact Lisa Turner, City of Attalla 256-538-3712. This sale begins in Meridian, MS and continues to Bristol, VA.

May 31- Jazz Festival @ Wills Creek Vineyards. Admission charged. Beverage and Cheese plates available. Bring your own chairs. 7:00 p.m. -11:00 p.m. 256-538-5452

June 6 - 7 Foggy Hollow Bluegrass Gatherin' at 439 Ross Lake Road, between Gadsden and Anniston off U. S. 431 in Webster's Chapel Community. Alabama's largest bluegrass festival featuring local, regional, and national acts. Parking lot picking, camping. 256-492-3700

June 13 - 14 - Riverfest - Contact The Chamber, 256-543-3472.

June 20, 21, 22, 2008 Street Rod Show Noccalula Falls Park Gadsden, Alabama 256~549-4663

July 6 - August 31 - Gadsden Art Association Juried Show - at Gadsden Museum of Arts, 515 Broad Street. Fine Arts; Crafts, & sculpture by artists from across North Alabama. Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Sunday 1:00 p.m. ¬4:00 p.m.. 256-546-7365

July 18, 19, 20, 2008 Antique Auto Show Noccalula Falls Park Gadsden, Alabama 256-549-4663

July 19 - 50th Anniversary Southside Celebration .• 256-442-9775, ext. 130. Antique Car Show, Children's activities, vendor marketplace, concert, fireworks, more. FREE - 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m

August 1- 2 -Boys & Girls Club Rodeo - Western type outdoor rodeo with calf;. roping; steer wrestling, barrel racing, bronc riding, & more. Contact Pam @ 256- 546-5437

August 7 -10 - WORLD'S LONGEST YARD SALE - From Gadsden, AL, the southern point of beginning at Noccalula Falls Park to Fayette, OH (near OHIMICH state line). For more information contact the Gadsden-Etowah Tourism office at 256-549-0351.

September 26 - 27 - Foggy Hollow Bluegrass Gatherin' at 439 Ross Lake Road, between Gadsden and Anniston off U. S. 431 in Webster's Chapel Community. The largest bluegrass festival with local, regional, and national acts. Camping. 256-492-3700.

October 1- 4 - U. S. 411 Yard Sale - Travel from Leeds, AL to Newport, TN. Many bargains along this route. 256-927-8455

October 3 - 5 - TALLADEGA Race Weekend. NASCAR Cup on Sunday. Call 1-877-G02-DEGA (1-877-462-3342) for tickets and/or information.

October 11 - Harvest Festival- Wills Creek Vineyards - FREE
Arts and Crafts, food, tours on Vineyard, Grape Stomping Contest in afternoon. Music in evening. - Noon - Midnight - 256-538-5452

November 16 - December 24 - Festival of Trees at Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts, 501 Broad Street. Trees decorated in a theme by area School Children. 256-543-2787

DECEMBER - Holiday Wonderland - Call Noccalula Falls Park @ 256-549-4663.

2008 Annual Public Events

Gadsden Convention Hall

Jan 12 Etowah Co. Sports Hall of Fame
Jan 19 Inspirations Gospel Concert
Feb 1-3 Altrusa Int. Antique Show
Feb 16 Kiwanis Pancake Day
Feb 23 Jazz & Jambalaya
Feb 26 "Go Red" for Women
Mar 1 National Wild Turkey Federation
Mar 7 Kidney Foundation
Mar 13 "Big Men" Concert I
Apr 5 Day of the Young Child .
Apr 12 Coosa Valley Model Railroad Train Show
Apr 18 Boys and Girls Club Fundraiser
May 1 Etowah Pregnancy Testing Center•
May 3 Boys and Girls Club Duck Race @ Moragne Park
May 10 Humane Society Annual Fundraiser
May 18 Etowah Youth Orchestras
Jun 11 "Big Men" Annual Blues Concert
Jun 12-15 Riverfest
Jun 28 IKF Sanctioned "Extreme Fight Night"
Jul 4 Etowah Youth Orchestras Fireworks Concert
Jul 24-27 .City Sponsored Event
Aug 2 Tyn Tymes Reunion Concert
Sep 19 & 20 Children's Warehouse Clothing Sale
Sep 27 IKF Sanctioned "Extreme Fight Night"
Oct 22 & 23 Keep Etowah Beautiful
Nov 1 Service Guild Rummage Sale
Nov 5 Patriots Luncheon

GADSDEN SPORTS COMPLEX 2008