Sylaauga Marble Festival

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Sylaauga marble festival. Magic of marble festival. Nicknames for sylacauga include the marble city the cog and alabama s best kept secret. The sylacauga marble festival 2019 celebrates its 11th birthday and the state s 200th birthday. Sylacauga is known for its fine white marble bedrock.
Marble festival chairman dr. Ted spears is excited about this year s festival. The stone is named after the town of sylacauga alabama which is sometimes called the marble city. Everyone is invited to get out and enjoy the marvel of sylacauga s beautiful white marble.
It is prized for its pure white color and its crystalline structure. Each april for the last eleven years sculptors from around the world gather in alabama s marble city sylacauga for the magic of marble festival. Listed below is the schedule of events. Sylacauga marble also commonly known as alabama marble is a marble that is found in a belt running through talladega county alabama.
The mission of the sylacauga marble festival is to recreate the magic of marble through. At the 2010 census the population was 12 749. Sylacauga marble has been called the world s whitest. Website designed by muscadine marketing muscadine marketing.
Ted spears chairman. Sylacauga sylacauga s magic of marble festival originally planned for march 31 through april 11 was canceled several weeks prior to the event s start date due to the ongoing coronavirus. The twelve day festival situated in the heart of downtown sylacauga at blue bell park hosts twenty to thirty sculptors. Sylacauga the marble festival went to plan b to find another way to celebrate marble and sculptors following its cancellation due to the covid 19 virus in the spring.
Classic timeless alabama marble is a domestic treasure favored by designers sculptors and. The sylacauga marble festival is held annually in sylacauga alabama. Prized for its color structure alabama marble has been called the finest marble in the world. Exclusive purveyors of alabama white marble.
Am3 stone is the only purveyor of alabama marble the world s whitest marble.