Sylacauga Marble Festival 2018

The sylacauga marble festival 2019 celebrates its 11th birthday and the state s 200th birthday.

Sylacauga marble festival 2018. Exhibits from omya imerys and sylacauga marble company will also be on display. Hours are 9 00 a m. He was a member of sylacauga marble festival for the past several years serving on the committee. Enter your email address below to receive a reminder message.

Alabama bicentennial sylacauga magic of marble festival 2019. Among the activities visitors can watch marble sculptors at work. Magic of marble festival 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. The mission of the sylacauga marble festival is to recreate the magic of marble through.

Every year people from all over the country come to see sylacauga s white marble being made into sculptures. Select the amount of days before the event. The 10th annual sylacauga magic of marble festival ended last friday a day earlier than scheduled due to inclement weather on saturday. This year there were guests from illinois pennsylvania and florida.

The stone is named after the town of sylacauga alabama which is sometimes called the marble city. The city will celebrate its marble mining heritage with its annual 12 day long magic of marble festival held april 3 14 2018. The sylacauga marble festival is held annually in sylacauga alabama. Listed below is the schedule of events.

The twelve day festival situated in the heart of downtown sylacauga at blue bell park hosts twenty to thirty sculptors. Tuesday apr 3 2018 saturday apr 14 2018. Dale enjoyed spending time with his friends at jacks and the many sculptors that attended the marble festival. Sylacauga marble also commonly known as alabama marble is a marble that is found in a belt running through talladega county alabama.

Marble festival chairman dr. Sylacauga from a cultural exchange between the marble city here and the marble city in pietrasanta italy a nugget of an idea has blossomed into magic for the marble industry. Ted spears is excited about this year s festival. Sylacauga marble has been called the world s whitest.