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march 22-24, 2013 Dauphin Island, Ala. (N30 15'31, 90" W88 06'47.78).
Dauphin Island Gumbo Festival events to go on despite rainy forecast
The Saturday events for the 4th Annual Dauphin Island Gumbo Festival are scheduled to proceed despite a rainy forecast. The pre-sale ticket price of $12 has been extended through Saturday. The event is being rebranded as The Dauphin Island Gumbo and Weather Festival.Event organizers have developed a back-up staging plan utilizing the covered area at the Rodeo headquarters and several very large tents. In the event of incoming severe weather, scheduled performance times may be delayed or accelerated. A final decision for staging and music line-up times will be made early on Saturday Morning.
The Gumbo cook-off and tasting will proceed at the scheduled time of 11am-2pm. All cooking teams have been contacted and are still excited to cook- even if it is in the rain.
All other festival activities will go on at the regularly scheduled times.
- Gumbo Cook-off and sampling 11AM-2PM
- Children's Activities 11AM-4:30PM
- Arts & crafts festival 9AM- 4:30 PM
- Live Music 11:30AM- 4:30PM
with special guest Ryan Balthrop
Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo Headquarters- 531 Lemoyne drive
Tickets $12Children 6-12 $5
Alabama Gulf Seafood Tasting Tour
Visit Island restaurants during the designated times on the tasting tour and receive a free sample of their Alabama Gulf Seafood specialty. Free and open to the public. Look for the signs!*While samples last*
Saturday 12-6 pm -Skinners Seafood (1100 Bienville)
Saturday 1-4 pm -Lighthouse Bakery (919 Chaumant)
Saturday 3-5 pm -JT’s Sunset Grill (1102 Desoto Ave)
Saturday 8-10 pm- Bienville Bar & Grill (1614 Bienville) * Live Music with Justin Fobes
Saturday 4-6 pm- Dauphin Island Chevron & Grill (1000 Bienville)
Sunday 3-5pm- Islanders Restaurant (1504 Bienville) * Live Music with Brett LaGrave
Sunday 1-4 pm -Dauphin Island BBQ (906 Bienville)
Sunday 11-5 pm- West End Beach Party- (West end of Bienville)