{"id":238632,"date":"2025-05-12T19:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/the-alabama-news-center-foodculture-festival-reveals-new-name-and-expanded-dates-the-alabama-weather-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:33:50","slug":"the-alabama-news-center-foodculture-festival-reveals-new-name-and-expanded-dates-the-alabama-weather-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=238632","title":{"rendered":"The Alabama News Center \u2014 FOOD+Culture Festival reveals new name and expanded dates : The Alabama Weather Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-main-278488\">\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin-600x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"352\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-278489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alabamawx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Cathy-and-Leigh-with-Woodfin.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Javacia Harris Bowser<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham FOOD+Culture Festival, which was named the No. 3 best new festival by USA Today after its inaugural year of 2023, is rebranding as Southbound Food Festival and expanding its run to 10 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpanding to two weekends and adopting the Southbound Food Festival name allows the event to better reflect its broad mission \u2013 creating more space for discovery, collaboration and shared culinary experiences,\u201d said Cathy Sloss Jones, board president.<\/p>\n<p>Jones announced the rebrand at the Pepper Place Spring Bazaar on May 8.<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Weather Blog is pleased to present an excerpt from a featured article in partnership with the Alabama News Center. 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