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KEEPING BUSY in the Wiregrass
November 2-11, 2018 -75th National Peanut
Festival-(Dothan, AL)
The nation's largest peanut festival is held each fall to
honor peanut growers and to celebrate the harvest sea-
son. Festivities include amusement rides, animal
shows, agricultural displays, concerts, beauty pageants,
arts and crafts displays, contests, food, a two-hour
parade and tons of peanuts. Fri., 5-11 p.m.; Sat., noon
until; Mon., 5-10 p.m.; Tues., 3-10 p.m.; Wed., 5-10
p.m.; Thurs., 4-10 p.m. National Peanut Festival Fair-
grounds 5622 U.S. 231, Dothan, AL 36301, USA November 8, 2018- Wiregrass Childrens Home
Festival of Trees- (Dothan, AL)
Wiregrass Children’s Home is already gearing up
for another great Festival of Trees. Doors open at
the Civic Center at 6 o’clock on November 8th.
The Gala auction event will feature profession-
ally decorated Christmas trees and many other
smaller items. Ketchum’s of Hartford will provide
dinner for all of our guests.Tickets to this year’s
event are $65/ea and a table of 8 are $500. Box
Office [phone]
November 3, 2018 -Landmark Dulcimer Jam Club-
(Dothan, AL)
Jam and practice sessions are held on the first Satur-
day of each month. No experience or music reading
ability is necessary. Participants must have a moun-
tain dulcimer. The program is free with paid gate ad-
mission. Landmark Park Dothan 1-4 pm For more in-
formation, call the park at [phone] or visit
www.landmarkparkdothan.com. November 13, 2018- Billy Strings Live at the
Opera- (Dothan, AL)
Billy Strings plays hard and he lives hard, picking
so fast and intensely that he’s known to break mul-
tiple strings per song, and basing the songs he
writes on the hard lives he grew up around in the
abandoned rural communities of America. His new
album, Turmoil & Tinfoil, taps into a deep vein of
psychedelia in Americana, referencing everything
from the Dead to Sturgill Simpson, Billy’s unde-
niable virtuosity and his knowledge of the roots of
American music. He’s one of the most beloved
young bluegrass guitarists today within the blue-
grass community, and his front porch in East Nash-
ville is constantly filled up with Nashville’s best
roots musicians just picking up a storm. This con-
cert will be in the historic Dothan Opera House.
Box Office [phone] -126 N Saint Andrews
Street 36302 Dothan, Alabama 36302
November 8, 2018-Orlando Transit Authority-A
Tribute to Chicago- (Elba, AL) Chicago is a rock-
infused, horn-driven musical powerhouse that has in-
spired generations of professional musicians over the
last 40 years. Some of the very best of those musicians
found their way to central Florida and came together
to form Orlando Transit Authority. OTA is a high-en-
ergy Chicago tribute show made up of A-list players
who are, first and foremost, Chicago FANS. Founder
Stan Allen and Musical Director Carl Dirkes hand-
picked each member of the band based on one simple
criteria: The degree to which he naturally sounds like
the corresponding original member of Chicago. OTA
emulates every stylistic nuance of the Chicago sound,
both vocally and instrumentally. OTA takes the Chi-
cago tribute to another level by offering a “tribute
within a tribute” to the group that was indirectly re-
sponsible for Chicago’s success: Blood, Sweat and
Tears.You will hear great hits: “25 or 6 to 4”, “Satur-
day in the Park”, “Does Anybody Really Know What
Time It Is”, “Will You Still Love Me?”, “If You Leave
Me Now”.7:00 PM Elba High School Elba, Buy tick-
ets at coffeecountyartsalliance.com 334-406-2787
November 10, 2017- Landmark Park
Blacksmithing Demo-(Dothan, AL)
Join Landmark Park the second Saturday each
month for a Blacksmithing Demo held from 10 -
11:30 a.m. and 12:30 - 2 p.m. at the Wiregrass
Farmstead. Demonstration by Danny Tye, the event
is free with paid gate admission. Daily park ad-
mission is $4 for adults, $3 for kids ages 4-15,
and free for children 3 and under and park mem-
bers. For more information, call the park at (334)
794-3452 or visit www.landmarkparkdothan.com.