WHO’S READY??  Can’t believe we’re on the Eve of the 8th Annual Mudbugs & Music!  Here’s a run-down of the schedule and details.  Remember we’ll be at Avondale Brewing Company!

Tickets are available online for $20 through midnights tonight, and are $25 at the door tomorrow.  Tickets include entry for bands and all the crawfish and fixin’s you can eat!

Event T-shirts are $15.

Band Lineup: 2:00pm: T.U.B.; 4:00pm: Yall; 6:00pm: Truth & Salvage Co.

Silent Auction: We’ve got a great silent auction lineup on hand with packages including Alabama football tickets, a Talladega Fall Race package, concert tickets, jewelry from Levy’s Fine Jewelers and more!

Kids’ Area: Bring the kids too!  Children 12 and under get in free and we’ll have a moon bounce, snow cones, tie dye t-shirt station, face painting and more!

We’ll see you there!

Mudbugs & Music has something for all ages!  Our Kids’ Area and Activities is jumpin’ this year!  We’ve got a moon bounce, snow cones, face painting, caricature artist, tie-dye t-shirt station and more!  Remember Children 12 and Under get in FREE!

It seems appropriate that Christian will be a part of the lemonade stand at the 8^th Annual Mudbugs & Music on Saturday, May 12^th.  This event that raises money for the Arthritis Foundation’s programs including juvenile arthritis care has helped thousands of children in Alabama so far.  15-year-old Christian, our 2012 Junior Honoree, is one of them.  His life the past several years is an example of making lemonade from lemons.

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Only 18 days until Mudbugs and Music 2012 and we have had a change in venue! Take a note because Mudbugs is moving to Avondale Brewing Co. on May 12th, 2012! And don’t forget about the crawfish! A Big thanks to Red Mountain Crawfish for working with us on that day as well!

The countdown is on, but the question is, have you gotten your tickets yet? Don’t forget that the prices will increase at the event!

New to Mudbugs and Music this year is our VIP Party that will be taking place in Avondale Brewing Co.!

$50 gets you admission to the event and access to a VIP party inside ABC! Join the fun with cool air and a great atmosphere, but don’t forget to come join the party outside too!

Our Line-Up for the 2012 event is:

2:00pm – T.U.B. (Those who joined us last year know that this group is a lot of fun! We are excited to have them back with us this year!)

4:00pm – Yall

6:00pm – Truth and Salvage Co.

We are so excited about the bands that are playing this year and hope that yall will join us for a good time!

We are excited to announce that HealthSouth will be the presenting sponsor of the 8th Annual Mudbugs and Music! They have supported this event for numerous years and have been the presenting sponsors for three years now! Many thanks to HealthSouth!

We are gearing up for the event in the offices here at the Arthritis Foundation and by doing so we are listing to our Honorary Chair of the event, Scott Register, on Birmingham Mountain Radio! The Host of “Reg’s Coffee House” will be at the event on May 12th and we hope to see yall there too!

We are getting excited over here at the Arthritis Foundation helping out the Associate Board plan this years event! It will take place on May 12th, 2012 at Crestline Park from 2:00-8:00 PM. Keep visiting our website and facebook page to stay up to date with announcements!

A big thanks to those who came to the 2011 event! Together we raised over $113,000 towards Juvenile Arthritis and we hope to make the event a bigger success in 2012!

If you would like to be involved with the planning or volunteering at the event, feel free to contact us at the Arthritis Foundation, Central Alabama.

George (3) & May Newman (2) are siblings who are 16 months apart. They are the best of friends with very creative imaginations and outgoing personalities. George & May also share the same disease, both diagnosed at 18 months with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. [Read more...]

We recently announced the Memphis based Lucero will be headlining Mudbugs & Music 2011 so go ahead and spread the word!  We will have more info about our official lineup soon, so check back often for updates!