The Muscle Shoals Christmas Parade will be on Dec 4th, 2025 at 6:30PM on Avalon Ave in Muscle Shoals. Celebrate the Christmas season with the Muscle Shoals Community!

The annual Downtown Florence Christmas Parade will be on Dec 11th at 7pm.

The Sheffield Christmas Parade will be on Dec 9th, 2025 starting at 6pm. The parade will go along N Montgomery Ave in downtown Sheffield.

St. James Methodist Church is hosting a Live Nativity on Dec. 7, 5pm - 7pm! Experience the magic of the season like never before at our Drive-Thru Live Nativity! Bring your family and friends for a heartwarming evening filled with joy and fellowship

Florence Arts & Museums is excited to announce a Holiday Gift-Making Demo with Mothering Herbs. Hosted by Summer McCreless, this event will provide an opportunity for participants to learn tips, tricks, and recipes for hand-made holiday gifts they can make on their own at home. This event will take place on December 7th, 2025, from 1-2pm at Pope's Tavern Museum

Celebrate the holiday season with a symphonic tribute to the music of our most beloved holiday films. The Shoals Symphony will bring to life iconic scores from favorites like Home Alone, It’s A Wonderful Life, Elf, The Polar Express, and more, each set to memorable moments from the films that have defined our most treasured holiday traditions.

Celebrate the season with your NWSCC family! Join them for Breakfast with Santa — a morning filled with great food, joyful memories, and a touch of Christmas magic. It will be on Dec 6 from 9AM-11AM.

Get ready for festive fun at Shoals Christian Christmas Market on Dec 6fh from 9am-4pm. Shop for gifts from over 60 vendors while socializing and listening to Christmas music. Grab a coffee or hot chocolate from Wander Coffee, and stay for lunch from the food truck!

Florence Arts & Museums is happy to announce another one of our Storytime at the Museum class series. They will have a winter story and craft on Friday, December 5th from 10-11am at the Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts. The story read aloud will be, The Lights that Dance in the Night by Yuval Zommer

Join John Paul White and friends on Dec 3 at Norton Auditorium for his annual Home for the Holidays performance!

The Annual Tuscumbia Christmas Parade will be on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 6pm. Bundle up and join the community for a festive night in Downtown Tuscumbia!

Join Shoals Educational Enrichment Resources for Small Business Saturday on November 29 from 8am -4pm, and kick off your holiday shopping locally!

Join Rudy’s Garden Center for a fun-filled day where you can shop from many local artists and vendors. Santa Claus will be there from 10a-2p for the kiddos. Food trucks will be there serving delicious food and drinks. There will also be Christmas deals going on at Rudy’s Nursery.

Enjoy a free lunch on Thanksgiving Day at The Shared Table! Everyone is welcome to attend. It will be at Gym 3 at Muscle Shoals Rec Center Thursday, Nov 27 from 11am-1pm.

The Annual Trax4MAX Turkey Trot 5K will be on Thanksgiving morning, Nov 27th. The race is in honor of Max Barnett and benefits YMCA of the Shoals.

Join Florence Arts & Museums for an Open Mic Night on Tuesday, November 25th at 6:30pm in the Southall House at KDAC. The theme is Honor, featuring original poetry by Lori Lasseter.

The Annual Tree Lighting on North Court Street in Downtown Florence, AL will be on Nov 23 at 5PM. The Florence Beautification Board invites everyone one to attend to kick off the Christmas season.

The Kennedy-Douglass Center for the Arts is pleased to present the Quad Cities Photography Club Members Exhibition that will open with a reception at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 23rd and will continue through January 8th.

A fall event, "Cramer's Cluckin' For A Cause Throwdown," is taking place on Saturday, November 22nd at The Cotton Gin at Roberson Farms in Rogersville, AL. Featuring a Fall Vendor Market, Live music, and Twiggy the World-Famous Water-Skiing Squirrel!

Florence Arts & Museums is happy to host a beginner basket weaving workshop with Sue Fish at the Florence Mound Museum on Saturday, November 22 from 10am to 1pm. 

There will be a Benefit Concert for the Shoals Dream Center at Groundhog Coffee in Downtown Sheffield on Nov 20th from 7pm-9pm. The concert is featuring Noah Howard, Payton Pruitt, Paul Ivy, and McKenzie Lockhart.

On November 20th, the Shoals Community is coming together to support the Muscle Shoals Music Foundation with an incredible night of music featuring Mac McAnally at the Renaissance Conference Center in Florence, AL.

The Shoppe at Coldwater and other Tuscumbia businesses as they celebrate the holiday season with the annual Downtown Holiday Open House on Nov 20 from 4-7pm. There will be special gifts and surpises and Santa will be there in downtown!

Join us for the Florence Education Foundation’s 8th Annual Salsa Showdown at Singin’ River Brewing! Taste salsa from your favorite local restaurants

The 1st Annual Roster Benefit Classic : A charity Co-Ed Flag Football Tournament will be on Saturday, Nov 15, 2025 at East Limestone High School. Kickoff will be at noon. The proceeds benefit youth and foster programs.

Hope Springs Ranch in Florence is having its 3rd Annual Fall Fun Day with western riding, hay rides, crafts, games, and more on Saturday, Nov 15 from 10am-12:30pm.

Florence Arts and Museums is happy to announce another of its Storytime at the Museum series inviting families of ALL ages to listen to a retelling of the Thanksgiving story that honors the Native peoples who made it possible on Friday, November 14th from 10-11am at the Florence Mound Museum.

Colbert County Domestic Violence Response Coalition presents “Silenced No More!” Celebrating Survivors of Domestic Violence Music Fest. The festival will be on Nov 8 at Spring Park in Tuscumbia, AL from 11am-4pm.