GULF SHORES, Ala.—Thanks to cash from BP, it was a big weekend here on the Alabama Gulf Coast, as Bon Jovi performed Friday night (in front of me and 35,000+ of his biggest fans), the Thunder on the Gulf powerboats roared up and down the gulf, and Brad Paisley performed on Sunday night.
Tickets to the BP-funded concerts were free to those who rented condos for the weekend, bus transportation from parking areas was provided free of charge, and all you had to do was find an advantageous spot on the sugar-white sands to see the powerboats blow by.
And, some of you might recall that last weekend was the Annual National Shrimp Festival, where it was shoulder-to-shoulder pedestrian traffic at the public beach.
Grocery stores were busy, restaurants were catering to patrons, bars were hopping, and it was a rockin' good time for everybody who visited!
Alan Jackson will perform Saturday, October 30th at the Wharf. It's the last of the "Concerts for the Coast" series...a program aimed at bringing people back to the beach and provide a little fun for communities hit hard by the oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
The “Concerts For The Coast” series kicked-off with Jimmy Buffett & Friends: Live from The Gulf Coast on July 11. This nationally televised event hosted 35,000 fans on the Gulf Shores Public Beach. The series continued with a September 25 performance by Hank Williams Jr. and Gretchen Wilson at The Wharf. Bon Jovi (October 15) and Brad Paisley (October 17) performed free concerts on Gulf Shores Public Beach.
—Blog by Kristen McIntosh. Photo by Clayton Wallace
No comments:
Post a Comment