Missing the array of fall festivals that usually take place around Birmingham, Alabama every fall? Make plans to check out MOSS MAGIC, a fall fusion festival featuring the 15th Moss Rock Festival with special guest Magic City Art Connection, taking place November 7-8 at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex.
Attendees will have the opportunity to explore Nature, SmartLIVING, Art + Design and more at Alabama’s premier fall weekend. Art, innovation, imagination, and fun await visitors of all ages. Discover over 125+ juried artists and makers inspired by nature alongside a new roster of artists from the MCAC downtown contemporary art festival, which was cancelled this past spring. Also featured is a SmartLIVING Market; Sweetery features; +Design artisans; Nature exhibitors; WonderKid Studios projects; curated ambient music; a Commemorative Photo Booth; $1200 Pursell Farms Resort Giveaway; and a month-long Beer Garden Trail.
IN-PERSON:
November 7 & 8, 2020
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday
Hoover Met Complex
VIRTUAL:
Online Marketplace
November 9-15, 2020
Festival Admission:
$10 Adult Day Ticket (advance)
$15 Weekend Ticket (advance-Sat & Sun)
Kids 15 & under free
Advance ticket purchases will offer visitors faster and contact free entry.
Credit Cards are preferred for processing Gate ticket purchases Nov 7-8.
Tickets: mossrockfestival.com/about_attend/tickets_gates/
Parking
Free parking at the Hoover Met Complex!
2020 features include:
- SmartLIVING ideas and a marketplace that offers offer patrons access to interesting local choices for everyday living including fresh, organic, locally made, sustainable products as well as consumables in the area of health, home, body, and cuisine.
- +Design artisans are intermixed with artists and will be showing off their place in the world of design and how their creations support, guide, complement, and surprise everyday life.
- Nature exhibitors and organizations that can connect enthusiasts with the great outdoors, wildlife, and getting active in nature
- Sweetery's confections by area bakers and chefs will be available in the Smart Living Market.
- Cafe featuring food trucks and other local caterers like Hyderabad DUM ZONE (now Bollywood Curry House), Catering by LaNetta, Pazzo Big Slice and Pazzo's Italian Bistro, Rae Rae's Catering, Rendezvous Kitchen Co., Steel City Pops, and Tamale Queen/Snowies Shaved Ice.
- Curated music by Birmingham Mountain Radio
- WonderKid Studios and art experiences for kids inspired by nature, science, and recycling;
- Great giveaways to enter at the festival to win festival swag like T-Shirts, Beer Garden Trail tickets, plus a getaway to Pursell Farms Resort valued at $1200.
- A Beer Garden Trail (a craft tasting crawl running Oct 15 thru Nov 30 - NEW event model in 2020!) featuring 16 local and nearby brewery stops and a cool commemorative glass visitors can pick up from Whole Foods Market starting Oct 15.
2020 Festival preparations have focused on the impact and seriousness of COVID. The Festival is building in protocols and assurances regarding operations to meet current safety procedures for a safe, fun and engaging MOSS MAGIC experience for visitors, exhibitors, staff, and volunteers.
Information: mossrockfestival.com
Contact: 205-595-6306, mossrockfestival@gmail.com
Social Media:
FACEBOOK: MossRockFestival / MagicCityArtConnection
INSTAGRAM: @mossrockfest / @magiccityartconnection
TWITTER: @mossrockfest / @magiccityart
#MOSSMAGIC2020
@mossrockfest
#mossrockfest #mossrockfestival
@magiccitytartconnection
#magiccityart #magiccityartconnection
Moss Rock Festival is a project of FABirmingham (Find Art Birmingham) / the Foundation for Arts and Cultural Connections, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit.
BEER GARDEN TRAIL
October 15 – November 30, 2020 @ Local Breweries
Each fall, Moss Rock Festival’s Beer Garden spotlights a great selection of breweries on the cutting edge of the craft beer industry. The 9th annual craft tasting event will be presenting beer aficionados a diverse tasting experience as always, but in a new way amid coronavirus. In 2020, join us at all of our great local and nearby breweries from October 15th thru November 30th as you taste your way around the city on our very first Beer Garden Trail (a tasting event crawl). Patrons will get the opportunity to sample 45+ craft brews over the month and half long tasting session. Sixteen (16) area breweries are being featured as tasting stops on the 2020 trail. The Commemorative Glass pick up spot will be Whole Foods Market on Hwy 280. Glasses can be picked up at their Cheese Dept counter starting October 15.
Proceeds from the Beer Garden fundraiser help support Moss Rock Festival, a 501c3 non-profit festival.
*PLEASE NOTE: Beer Garden will NOT be staged at the 2020 MOSS MAGIC, a fall fusion festival featuring the 15th Moss Rock Festival with special guest Magic City Art Connection on November 7-8 at the Hoover Met Complex. Join us on the BEER GARDEN TRAIL instead! And remember, your Beer Garden Trail ticket also provides you entry to MOSS MAGIC this fall! *
Beer Garden Trail Tickets & Info:
(Beer Garden Trail tickets include festival entry)
mossrockfestival.com/taste-music-kids/beer-garden/
205-595-6306
Advance:
$30 (by October 15)
$35 (after October 15)
TICKETS INCLUDE:
Admission to Beer Garden Trail (Oct 15 - Nov 30)
Admission to Moss Magic (Nov 7-8, 2020)
13oz Belgian Commemorative Glass - sponsored by Whole Foods Market
GLASSES CAN BE PICKED UP AT WHOLE FOODS MARKET ON HWY280 STARTING OCTOBER 15th.
All proceeds from Beer Garden support Moss Rock Festival, a 501c3 non-profit festival. We appreciate your support of arts and culture in Hoover and the region.
2020 Beer Garden Trail Participating Breweries:
Avondale Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL - (Mon-Wed visits only)
Back Forty Beer Company Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
Back Forty Beer Company Gadsden – Gadsden, AL
Birmingham District Brewing Co. - Birmingham, AL
Cahaba Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL
Ghost Train Brewing Co. – Birmingham, AL
Goat Island Brewing – Cullman, AL
Good People Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL (Mon-Wed visits only)
Interstellar Ginger Beer and Exploration Co.– Alabaster, AL
Monday Night Social Club – Birmingham, AL
Oversoul Brewing Company – Helena, AL
Siluria Brewing Company, Alabaster, AL
Tallulah Brewing Company, Jasper, AL
TrimTab Brewing Company – Birmingham, AL
True Story Brewing Company
Twisted Barley Brewing Co - Jasper, AL
Photo via @skip_baumhower_photographer.
