About me: NAWFest or the North Alabama Whitewater Festival (www.NAWFest.com) is a festival for people by people that includes a huge festival, great camping, refreshments, games, videos, fun, silent auction, prize raffle and 10,000 in prizes and will be held on March 20-22nd in Cleveland, Al and Albertville, AL. The competition side of things will bring you the Fluid Kayaks Waterfall Huckfest event on 20 ft. Short Creek Falls, Stony Boater Heated Boatercross race off Short Creek Falls, Terrapin Beer Throw Down, Gaia Paddlesports Big Trick Competitions at King's Bend and the Red Bull Overall. We will have games such as cornhole, bucket wars, jousting and more to entertain you. We will have artisans that included: James Hislopes' incredible cartoons and caricaturists, pottery from Earth Bound, Elizabeth Jordan incredible face painting, massage therapists and chiropractors. Non-profit organizations such as Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Shane Hulsey Land Trust, American Whitewater, Friends of the Locust Fork, Alabama River Alliance and Alabama Enviromental Council will be there to spread the word about their mission. During the weekend the music will be awesome with music from: Vera, Sorry Lee Harvey, Branded X, Slave to the Day, Hill County Hemhaw, One Eyed Mary, The Great Big No, Incredible Sandwich and Pour Excuse. They are sure the rock the house. With competition we will have over 1,000 in cash purses for Pro competitors. This festival is the brain child of a group of Alabama Kayakers that decided that the Southeast should have a festival of it's own. The first year there were 250 people, the second year there were 1,100 and we are expecting more than 2,000 for the 5th annual taking place March 20-22, 2009. The home base being King's Bend in Cleveland, Blount County, Alabama located on the Locust Fork of the Warrior River will accommodate all campers and spectators. If you have any questions please visit our official website at www.NAWFest.com. We hope to see you all there with bells on. Get ready for a great time with the Alabama crew. If you are flying in fly in to Birmingham. This will make it a short drive. Can not wait to see everyone in 2009. If you need driving directions please go the www.NAWFest.com and look it up and if you need a ride from the airport email us or post on the a blog roll on the website www.NAWFest.com. If you would like to play music at NAWF please email flyinskeleton@cs.com. If you are interested in sponsoring NAWF, you can help with networking or have comments please send them to NAWF@charter.net. Thanks and we hope you don't fall in with the wrong crowd. NAWF Team
Sunday, April 19, Earthbound will play a free outdoor concert called “Earthbound’s Earthfest” to help raise funds and awareness for Black Warrior Riverkeeper.
Sunday April 19, 2009 - 1pm to sundown in Bessie Estelle Park, BIRMINGHAM (Directions) - All Ages - FREE
7:00p + Monday, April 13, 2009 3719 3rd Ave South (Bottletree Cafe) A Birmingham SHOUT Fundraiser
Set in an all-male school, the story follows Timothy who suffers the wrath of his homophobic classmates. He withdraws into his imagination where macho rugby players morph into dancing fairies decked in go-go boy attire. When asked to star in the school play he first balks at acting. As Timothy eventually embraces the mischievous character of Puck, he finds the secret to a magical pansy that seems to turn people gay! He then puckishly imposes a new reality by turning much of his narrow-minded town gay, beginning with the rugby-jock of his dreams.
One Night Only limited seating available $10 advance, $12 day of event Students and SHOUT members are always $7
We are still coming off of one of the best natural high..s I can remember . This year the "Is what it is" theme turned out to be a stellar weekend . NAWFest is just getting bigger and better but the best part is the type of people it brings , some of the coolest friendliest people I have ever had the pleasure to kick it with . Thanx for everything and see you next year , X
We just wanted to take some time to thank all of our friends and fans that have helped support us this year. Hope you have a great week and thank you again.
NAWF '08 was awesome! Thank you so much for having Black Warrior Riverkeeper as a conservation sponsor!
Today's New York Times features Black Warrior Riverkeeper's investigation of Alabama Biodiesel. Black Warrior Riverkeeper is very supportive of companies promoting renewable and sustainable energy, but these companies must be held accountable to pollution guidelines imposed on all other energy industries.
For more information about Black Warrior Riverkeeper, Alabama Environmental Council's 2007 Conservation Organization of the Year, visit http://www.blackwarriorriver.org
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