3rd Annual Orange Beach Freedom Fest

orange beach freedom fest
Oct 6 2023 - 9:00am to Oct 7 2023 - 9:15pm

The 3rd Annual Orange Beach Freedom Fest and Bama Coast Cruisin’ Car Show are set for early October at The Wharf. The event returns to The Wharf on Friday, October 6th and Saturday, October 7th from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. 

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7, will feature the Bama Coast Cruisin's Fall Car Show on Main Street along with a Kids’ Zone with drinks, snacks. bouncy houses and activities run by the Orange Beach Police Department as a fundraiser for the OBPD Benevolent Fund. For more information on the Bama Coast Cruisin' Fall Car Show and how to register, visit the Bama Coast Cruisin' website

Each branch of our U.S. Armed Forces will be represented at the festival on Friday and Saturday along with non-profit military and veteran groups. Also on Friday only, Orange Beach police and fire will have apparatus on display and give demonstrations. 

On Saturday only in the west parking lot behind the movie theater, that area will feature arts & crafts booths, food vendors, a music stage co-sponsored by Flora-Bama and CoastAL Orange Beach, and an Outdoor Village, highlighting the freedom of our great outdoors. 

The CoastAL/Flora-Bama Stage will include the following lineup on Saturday, October 7th: 

  • 9 a.m.-11 a.m.:  Jesse Duncan
  • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.:  Johnny Hayes
  • 1 p.m.-3 p.m.:  Al & Cathy
  • 3 p.m.-5 p.m.:  Smokey Otis Band

Also on Saturday, The Marshals Mardi Gras group will hold a motorcycle rally and the Island Time Jeepers will hold a Jeep rally.  

Capping off the Freedom Fest weekend, The Outlaw Music Festival featuring Willie Nelson, The Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule, Elizabeth Cook, + Particle Kid is coming to The Wharf Amphitheater on Sunday, Oct. 8th as part of the 2023 C Spire Concert Series! 

It’s going to be another red, white and blue weekend to remember.