March Events in Birmingham
Spring will be here before we know it and as the weather heats up, Birmingham begins to bustle with events. Read below for all the happenings around town!
Cottontails Arts, Crafts & Gift Show
Want to attend the largest arts, craft and gift show of the Spring?! Cottontails is where you need to be! Enjoy items from hundreds of vendors at different price points.
March 4-6 / $3+ / BJCC / WEBSITE
Chili Cook-Off
Stop by one of Birmingham’s best events of the year! The Chili Cook-Off is The Exceptional Foundation’s largest fundraiser of the year. Proceeds from this event are a significant source of funding for our programs at The Exceptional Foundation where we strive to meet the social and recreational needs of individuals of all ages with special needs. Be sure to come swing by the ARC Realty tent and give our chili a try!
March 5 / $10+ / Brookwood Village / WEBSITE
Schoolhouse Rock
This is a must attend event each year and is returning for it’s 16th annual event! Enjoy an evening with live music, an online auction, event giveaways, cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres. All proceeds will directly benefit the students of the Cornerstone School.
March 11 / $60+ / Region Field / WEBSITE
Tour de Brewers XVII
Tour de Brewers XVII is a roughly 13K’ish informal charity run/ride/brewery crawl supporting The Dannon Project that combines the “fun” of a fun run with the real fun of tasting great Birmingham local brews.
March 12 / $40 / Tin Roof / WEBSITE
Alabama Auto Show
It will be a beautiful show featuring the 2022 and 2023 model year domestic and import cars, light trucks, SUVs, hybrid vehicles of all sizes, and vans. Vehicles from manufacturers all over the world covering two levels of the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex. Manufacturer’s reps, product specialists, and your local Birmingham Automobile Dealers Association will be on hand to assist in product education, feature comparisons, safety standards and other consumer points of interest on hundreds of makes and models . . . all under one roof.
Holi: A Festival of Color
This popular event brings communities together for a fun-filled day celebrating Indian culture and featuring music, dance, food, henna, art-making, and gallery exploration. This year’s program takes inspiration from the exhibition on view in the Pizitz gallery, Expanding Darshan: Manjari Sharma, To See and Be Seen. At the end of the event, guests gather outside for the highlight of the day, the throwing of powdered colors to welcome the spring season. Make sure to wear something you don’t mind having to wash!
March 19 / Birmingham Museum of Art / WEBSITE