Frog Level Festival

The 25th annual Frog Level Festival & Cruise In kicks off this Friday, Oct. 3, bringing live music, classic cars and community festivities to downtown Fayette. The festival will kick off at 4 p.m. with live music featuring Curtis Williams, followed by Alabama Street at 5:30 p.m., Handshake Promise at 7 p.m. and The Velcro Pygmies at 9 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 4, the excitement continues bright and early at 8 a.m. with a Car Show and Cruise In. Enjoy performances by the Bama Dancers at 9 a.m., and don’t miss the Frog Jumping Contest at 10 a.m.

Get ready for a weekend of fun and festivities at the City of Fayette 2024 Alabama Frog Level Festival and Cruise In! Kicking off on Friday, Oct. 4, the festival opens at 4 p.m. with live music featuring the Alabama Street Band at 4 p.m., followed by Secondhand Luck at 5:30 p.m., and Chase Evan at 7:30 p.m. On Saturday, Oct. 5, the excitement continues bright and early at 8 a.m. Enjoy performances by the Bama Dancers at 9 a.m., and don’t miss the thrilling Frog Jumping Contest at 10 a.m. The C+ Band will take the stage at 11:30 a.m..

The Fayette City Council held its regular council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 24. All council members were present for the meeting, with the exception of Councilwoman Aliska Hughes-Monroe. Prior to the start of the meeting, Corey Baker, Children and Youth Pastor at Fayette First Baptist Church led the council in prayer. Fayette Mayor Rod Northam led the council in the Pledge of Allegiance.

The two-day annual Fayette Frog Level Festival and the second annual Fayette Airport Fly-In were both huge success, with hundreds of people attending the events. The Frog Level Festival had to compete with high school football games on Friday night, but numerous people attended the event, shopping the arts and crafts, and the merchandise booths while partaking of a wide variety of food that was available at the festival.

This week will be a week full of entertainment and family activities in the City of Fayette.
The activities for the week actually began on Sunday, Oct. 1, with the 2023 “Fayette Festival of Hope” Crusade in John Morgan Brown Stadium, led by Evangelist Ronnie Hill.

Following a year’s absence, the Fayette County Frog Level Festival will be returning in full force this year. As an added attraction, the festival will also help celebrate the 200th anniversary of Fayette as an incorporated city.

Despite the cancellation of this year’s Fayette “Frog Level Festival,” the Fayette Area Chamber of Commerce encouraged its members and all downtown business to display the traditional wooden frogs that are seen at festival time. The Fayette Garden Club held its annual judging competition, and the results of the contest were recently announced. There were four categories that the frogs were judged in: Most Keeping with Business, Most Creative, Prettiest and Best Overall.

Fayette celebrated its annual Frog Level Festival on Oct. 4-5. A huge crowd attended the two-day event and enjoyed the music, arts and crafts, food, antique cars, and the frog jumping competition.

The annual Frog Level Festival returns this weekend to downtown Fayette. The festival will open at 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 with entertainment provided on the big stage by B.J. Reeves. At 5:45 p.m., The Chris Simmons Band will take the stage, followed by “Nationwide Coverage” at 7:30 p.m. Nationwide Coverage will feature The Tuscaloosa Horns and Fayette native Mart Avant. Avant is always a crowd favorite when he performs in the Fayette area. On Saturday, Oct. 5., there will be a Cruise-In in downtown Fayette beginning at 8 a.m. Also at 8 a.m., the Bama Dancers will entertain the crowd.

The Fayette Frog Level Festival, held in Fayette on Oct. 5-6, was a tremendous success. The weather was good, and the festival offered lots of entertainment for people of all ages.