Don’t forget this Sunday is the 2nd of 3 weekends featuring live music atop Red Mountain at Vulcan park. It’s a great way to spend a Sunday afternoon in the city.
Click here for details from our previous post.
No school on Monday? Dinosaur Day at McWane!
Monday, October 12… School is out for Columbus Day, so head to McWane for some Dinosaur fun!
We’re having a prehistoric party all day! Join us for dino-mite programs including fossil making, pasta skeletons, coloring contests and even a dino egg hunt throughout the museum! See 80 million year old fossils that have never been seen by the public before including a giant Tylosaur skull! Roam in the Alabama Dinosaur exhibit and dig up prizes in the dig pit! AND even join children’s book character Danny’s Dinosaur from the book “Danny & the Dinosaur” for storytime science in Just Mice Size! Dress up in dinosaur clothes and get a prize!
All activities are FREE for members and included in cost of admission for non-members!
St George Middleastern Food Festival.
Celebrating the culture of the Middleast you will enjoy some music, dancing and of course, great food.
It’s a 3 day festival beginning Thursday October 8th. Rain or Shine you will be able to enjoy this festival, and if you don’t have time to stay, hit the drive thru for a quick in and out.
Serving Thursday, Friday & Saturday
Lunch: 10:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Dinner: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Drive Thru –
Lunch 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Dinner 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Admission is FREE
Saint George Melkite Greek Catholic Church is located at 425 16th Ave. South. For more information, call 915-8051 or go to: www.saintgeorgeonline.org
Boo at the Zoo!
It’s back! The 18th annual, Boo at the Zoo. Wear your costume and catch a ride on the Graveyard Express and the Ghastly Carousel.
October 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30 & 31
5pm to 9pm
So much to do this year you can’t afford to miss out.
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Ride every ride with our new “All-You-Can-Ride” $10 wristband – best deal
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Trick or Treat Ghost Town
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Grave Yard Express* (two trains operating to make sure lines move fast!)
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Ghoul Skool
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The Mad Scientist’s Loco Laboratory
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Children’s Zoo Watering Hole
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Animal Shows
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Shortstuff* (an interactive theatrical production in the Auditorium
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NEW! Alien Reptile Experience in the Reptile House*.
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The Not-So-Scary Hallows Hayride*
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Freaky Fun House*
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Ghost Rollers*
Birmingham Folk Festival
Avondale Park will be hosting this year’s Folk Festival. Head out there for a great day of family fun, arts crafts and great Folk Music.
Sunday October 11th
$10 for adults, children under 12 are free
Visit the site for time and a line up of this years artists.
Kids Club Fall Festival – Sloss Furnace
Come celebrate this spooky time of year at Sloss! No fright, just guaranteed fun!
WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COSTUME!
Celebrate the Fall season with traditional carnival games, hay rides, decorating pumpkins, a Sloss Metal Arts Iron Pour and lots lots more!
Picnic area available – bring your own picnic/ blanket/cooler (no alcohol allowed)
Food available – peanut boil, hot dogs, hamburgers, caramel apples, apple cider, etc.
Everyone Welcome! General Admission is $5. Children under the age of two FREE. All Future Furnace Keeper Sloss Kids Club members FREE
Each admission entitles you to 10 tickets to play games at the festival, if more tickets are needed, they will be available for purchase. Cash or Check strongly encouraged. No ATM available and credit card machine purchases limited.
FREE Parking
Sloss Furnace – Twenty 32nd Street North, Birmingham 35222
Saturday, October 10, 11am – 4pm
**This IS NOT a rain or shine event. In the case of bad weather this event will be re-scheduled.
Holiday Giving BirminghamMommy Style: October Highlight
Every month until December, BirminghamMommy.com will be highlighting one organization that could use your help this holiday season. These will be organizations that either benefit children or those which you can participate with your children. We invite you to give or participate and share some of that holidays spirit with those around you.
This month’s pick is The Pajama Program. The Pajama Program is a wonderful organization which works hard to provide warm sleepwear and books to children in need, many of whom are waiting to be adopted. So far, in 2009, they’ve collected “91,388 new pajamas and 57, 733 books” let’s help them add to that number!
We encourage you to get involved in a local Pajama Program drive or visit their site at Pajama Program! to give or find more information about this caring program.
BirminghamMommy : StyleMommy Pick For October
This month’s pick is all about getting snuggly as we welcome Fall with open arms – but not neck! This month’s pick is…the scarf.
With as many colors and textures as you can imagine, throw one of these babies on over a t-shirt and jeans and you are instantly updated. Try out a funky color or one with ruffles – you can hardly go wrong with this pick. Scarf shown in red is Saint Grace Mini-Stripe. Charcoal gray scarf is an infinity scarf available from Target.
Kick'n Chick'n Wing Fest 2009
Chicken Wings for Charity – eat the best chicken wings in town, hang out with good friends, and watch some football at the first Kick’n Chick’n Wing Fest! Bring your chairs and an empty stomach to enjoy a day of music, family fun, good food and good people!
The Wing fest is hosted by the Magic Moments Junior Board as an effort to raise funds and awareness for Magic Moments, Alabama’s oldest wish granting organization.
Saturday, October 10, Noon to 5:00 – Old Mountain Brook Inn site located off of Hwy 280.
Tickets are on sale now, $2o in advance, $25 at the gate. Children under the age of 10 are admitted for free. The event will be held rain or shine.
www.bhamwingfest.com
Pumpkin time! Catch a hayride too!
The Great Pumpkin Patch in Hayden Click here for pricing and more details.
Activities include: Covered Wagon, Night Rides with food and bonfire (groups of 20+), Bungy Jump, Inflatable Park – Jumping Pumpkin, Giant Slide and Alligator Maze, Pony Rides, Train Rides, and a Petting Zoo. ***Kids 2 and under ride for free***
The Great Pumpkin Patch is open September – October 31, and hours are:
Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to dark
Sunday, 1:00 p.m. till dark
Old Baker Farm in Harpersville Click here for more details.
Open to the Public Beginning September 26, with weekday hours of 3pm-dark, Saturdays 9am-dark, and Sundays 1pm-dark.
Cotton Pickin’ Celebration is 10/24 – 10/25 and includes: Hay Mountain, Civil War Reenactment, “Guns for Hire” Shootouts, Cotton Bounce, Indian Festival Dance, Blue Grass Music, Great Food
(including BBQ cooked on site), Horse Rides, Mule Driven Wagon Rides, Hay Rides, Pumpkin Patch, Cotton Patch, Corn Maze, and Hay Maze.
Pumpkin Patch Express at the Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum in Calera– train ride to the pumpkin patch! More info here.
Every Saturday in October 10AM, 1PM, 3PM
Every Sunday in October – 1PM, 3PM
The entire family will enjoy an autumn ride aboard the Pumpkin Patch Express. Join in the fun as we visit the pumpkin patch for a hayride, jumpstation, coloring, and facepainting with the clowns. Pick our your favorite pumpkin from the patch!
Adult $15 plus convenience fee.
Children ages 2-11 $10 plus convenience fee.
Extra Charge for Pumpkin
Reservations recommended.
Critter Creek Farm & Wildlife Center in Tuscaloosa– Click here for details.
Offering new activities such as: Scarecrow Stuffing, Inflatables, Hayrides, TEMP -tattoos and others. Armband prices will be $10.00 for everything, this will include Admission, animal food, 1 miniature pumpkin, and all activities.
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