Downtown Florence Alliance Director Chris Stangel says Handy Fest shows everyone what the Shoals are made of. He says most of the W.C. Handy Music Festival is, yes, about celebrating the music culture ...

For the 32nd time in 33 years, it’s time for a summer fixture in downtown Henderson: The W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival.

A view of Mr. Handy : one afternoon in Memphis, 1918 -- Slavery, the AME Church, and emancipation : the Handy family of Alabama, 1811-1873 -- W.C. Handy and the music of black and white America, ...

Henderson's W.C. Handy Blues and Barbecue Festival is back for it's 31st year with some returning favorites and several newcomers.

For the 32nd time in 33 years, it’s time for a summer fixture in downtown Henderson: The W.C. Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival.

W. C. Handy, once so famous as the Father of the Blues that he was memorialized with a bronze monument in Memphis, is not nearly as well known today to people who are not either music scholars or ...

'W.C. Handy' by David RobertsonW.C. Handy The Life and Times of the Man Who Made the Blues David Robertson Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $26.95 -- It’s one of the most familiar creation myths in the ...

W.C. Handy (right) is honored by the National Association of Negro Musicians during a convention in August 1947 at Centennial Christian Church, 4950 Fountain Avenue in St. Louis. Pinning a ...

William Christopher Handy, a composer and music publisher, was born in Florence, Alabama on November 16, 1873. He is known as the "father of the blues" because he was the first person to collect and ...

The 41st annual W.C. Handy Festival will launch in downtown Florence on July 22.

THE SHOALS, Ala. — At the W.C. Handy Music Festival, there’s a little something for everyone to enjoy. The festival is now in its 40th year and it’s bigger than ever, spanning two full weeks ...

W.C Handy festival 2021: Event returns to Henderson for its 30th year this week after having to skip 2020 Handy Fest is one of the nation's largest free music festivals, with up to 40,000 people ...