5th Annual Downtown Gadsden Chili Cook-off

The date is set… Join us on Saturday, February 4th for our 5TH Annual Chili Cook-off in historic downtown Gadsden! Start preparing your best chili recipes and get your teams ready for this “spicy” competition! We will begin taking registrants soon!

Download Application: Chili Cookoff Application 2012

Christmas Open House

Don't miss Christmas Open House Thursday, November 17 - Saturday, November 19. Call DGI at 256.547.8696 for details.

Twisted!

The newest addition to historic downtown Gadsden – Twisted Ultra Lounge, 504 Broad Street

First Friday is here!

Don’t miss a wonderful evening in historic downtown Gadsden! 

Courtyard Concert Series at the Hardin Center

Joshua Nicols entertains the diners in the courtyard.

Literary Pub Crawl

Chris leads the discussion of Whitman’s Leaves of Grass to about 40 “students” beginning at the Pitman Theatre. Then on to Downtown Tavern and Blackstone’s Pub in historic downtown Gadsden.

Gone With the Wind

Don’t miss the grand opening of the GWTW opening Thursday, June 30 at the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts!

The Red Brick Collective at the Temple Beth Israel.

Largo from Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

The Lost Shaker of Salt Scavenger Hunt!

Find as many of the lost shakers of salt on Broad Street and in our downtown merchants stores to win great prizes. It’s from 6-8 on First Friday!  Check it out at gadsdenreads.com.

May Monday Margaritas!

Tonight kicks off Margarita Mondays for the Gadsden Reads project. Meet us at The Downtown Tavern tonight at 5:30 as we discuss the first three chapters of Buffet’s Tales From Margaritaville.