Kentuck Festival of the Arts

The Kentuck Festival of the Arts will return to Tuscaloosa in 2025 after a hugely successful first year in the Druid City, organizers announced on Thursday.

The Kentuck Festival of the Arts will bring thousands of visitors to the area this weekend, but as most readers know, things are going to look a little different with a first-year executive director hosting the event in a brand-new space.

The Kentuck Festival of The Arts is coming to Tuscaloosa's newly remodeled Snow Hinton Park October 19-20, 2024.

The Kentuck Festival of the Arts has found its home in Tuscaloosa, leaders announced Thursday morning.

Tuscaloosa will grant the Kentuck Art Center an additional $80,000 this year as the nonprofit prepares to move it's world-famous Festival of the Arts to the Druid City.

The 2024 Kentuck Festival of the Arts will be held in Tuscaloosa, not the event's 50-year home in Northport, leaders officially confirmed Wednesday.

Facing possibility that the Kentuck Festival of the Arts might leave its longtime home in Northport, city council president Jeff Hogg made a last-minute plea Monday to keep negotiating.

Leadership at the Kentuck Art Center and Festival will soon have a new face - sort of - as longtime executive director Amy Echols takes on a new role there.

It wasn't clear if the city wanted to mend fences or burn bridges Monday in a bizarre attempt to keep the Kentuck Festival of the Arts from leaving its longtime home in Northport.

Last month's 52nd Kentuck Festival of the Arts will likely be the iconic event's final year in its longtime home at Kentuck Park in Northport, its organizers announced Wednesday.