Salamander Festival 2020
16th Annual Salamander Festival
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Shades Valley Community Church
160 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, AL 35209 (across Oxmoor from Patriot Park
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See Real Salamanders! Also displays with birds, fish, frogs, turtles and crayfish.
5 tables of arts and crafts for families to make (free), including Clay salamanders, fish prints, origami, and more.
Fossils, microscopes, Whooping crane information, recycling display, art by Homewood Students,
Southern trees’ display, new educational interactive displays, and much more.
2:00 – Family nature hike (outdoors)
3:00 – Festival begins (indoors) with salamanders and activities
Music with Rob Angus and “Over The Hillbillies” band
3:45 – Welcome from Friends of Shades Creek & Homewood Mayor’s Office
Awards and prizes
4:00 – Salamander story with Jay Eubanks, Herpetologist
Dancing with Alessia Lovreglio from Edgewood Dance Center
Awards and prizes
4:00 – Salamander story with Jay Eubanks, Herpetologist
Dancing with Alessia Lovreglio from Edgewood Dance Center
Free admission
Thank you to our festival sponsors:
Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood Architecture
Shades Valley Community Church
Homewood Environmental Commission
Samford University
Eagle Solar & Light
Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood Architecture
Shades Valley Community Church
Homewood Environmental Commission
Samford University
Eagle Solar & Light