Hamilton's Buttahatchee River Fall Fest

Please join the Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce for the 18th Annual Buttahatchee River Fall Fest on October 26, 2024. The festival, held in downtown Hamilton, Alabama, on and around the Court Square, features arts and crafts, food, live music, classic cars, motorcycles, and general vendors. This family friendly event offers free admission and fun for the whole family.

The arts and crafts portion of the festival features a great variety of items such as hand-made traditional folk pottery, gourd art, bird houses, iron works, glass, handmade jewelry, and more.

The Classic Automobile section features antique and classic cars, and donates the profits to a local charity that provides clothes and a few toys to local needy children. The Motorcycle ride this year is sponsored by Hoof or Paw, a local non-profit no kill facility that houses strays and rescues providing them with vaccinations, spays/neuters, needed medical care and a good bill of health from a licensed veterinarian and places them up for adoption by the public.

The Buttahatchee River Fall Fest is named after the Buttahatchee River which zigzags its way through Hamilton on its way to the Tombigbee River over in Mississippi. On the banks of the Buttahatchee, just south of Hamilton, are a set of three Chickasaw Indian mounds. Near the Indian mounds, “Military Road” crosses the Buttahatchee. The road was carved out by the army of General Andrew Jackson as a short cut between New Orleans and Nashville.

Our history and heritage around the Buttahatchee River, along with our downtown area, local merchants as well as vendors and artists from across the Southeast help to make our festival unique in our area.

• If you would like to participate as a general merchandise vendor, please visit the General Vendors page on this web site.
  
  
• If you would like to participate as an artist or craftsman, please visit the Arts & Crafts Vendors page.
  
  
• If you would like to participate as a food vendor, please visit the Food Vendors page.
  
  
• If you're visiting and looking for other things to do in the area, please visit the Visit Hamilton, Alabama web site, provided by the Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce.
  
  
• If you're looking for more information about Hamilton, information about other events happening in and around the Hamilton area, or if you're interested in joining the Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce, please visit our Hamilton Area Chamber of Commerce web site.