Kevin Syler, a Captain with the Arnold Air Force Base Police Department,
first became David Crockett in 2007 during the festival exchange with the
International Dogwood Festival from Winchester, TN.  When the good people of Winchester made plans to visit Foley, they knew that there were 4 things that Tennessee is famous for: Country Music, Tennessee Walking Horses, Jack Daniels Whiskey, and Davy Crockett! Last year, he returned for the 10 year celebration and we are thrilled to welcome him back.  See him on the lowerstage on Saturday as well as the entire weekend. 

Davy Crockett will be walking about the festival grounds sharing educational stories for kids,about how he came to Fort Mims, near Alexandria, Alabama, to fight the Creek Indians before going to Alamo to fight for Texas Independence from Mexico.

Kracker Dan plays  authentic 18th & 19th  century Celtic and Minstrel Music.

The band consists of seven Musicians who play a variety of period instruments  such as the fiddle, bodhrin, double base, banjo, bones, jaw bone, harmonica, mandolin, tambo, tambourine,tin whistle, cow bell, and spoons.

Alma Folklórica de Oklahoma is a Mexican folkloric dance troupe from Guymon High School, under the direction of Teri Mora. It was formed in January 2001 as part of the cultural exchange with sister city, Foley, Alabama. They perform annually at various conferences, cultural events, and school presentations throughout the state of Oklahoma and have been honored to return to Alabama’s Heritage Harbor Days festival each year.

From the Mobile River delta region of the gulf coast. As 5 rivers flow together into Mobile Bay to form the delta, so Delta Reign brings together the musical influences of each member...bluegrass, western swing, blues & jazz... we call it "delta bluegrass".

Organic music at its finest. Acoustic rhythms enveloped with angelic harmony and sweet melodies make up this Alabama duo.

After sharing the stage with Neil Young since the early 80's, (International Harvestors, Shocking Pinks, Electric Band) Steve Winwood, Dwight Yoakam, Blackhawk, Nicolette Larson, Sonny James and others on world tours, Anthony Crawford retires from the road to settle down along the Gulf Coast.

Grayson Capps’ fifth studio album, The Lost Cause Minstrels, finds the Mobile, Alabama-based singer-songwriter coming of age. But that doesn’t mean his often unholy tales of the Southern Gothic have lost any of their sting. Quite the contrary, Capps’ Tao-tinged philosophical musings revealed inside songs shuddering with spit, stomp and snarl are as potent as ever.

Bluegrass gospel is what you will hear when we present our unique brand of music.  Most of us are members of the Gulf Shores United Methodist Church and we formed this group for the purpose of providing music to our fellow church members who were either disabled or homebound for some reason.  We have received great response and have broadened our audiences by visits to nursing facilities and some civic events.

Judging from their voices it is hard to believe only 16 people are in the ensemble from Foley, Alabama.  Singing from the heart, their energy and passion produce a resonance that sounds like a choir twice their size.

An act that has been performing for many years, the trio began singing together by chance during a Coastal Chorale performance where they sang one of Alabama's great songs, "Christmas in Dixie". The performance thrilled the crowd and from that event a new and exciting vocal trio was formed. They have continued to be a hit playing at venues throughout the Alabama Gulf Coast area.

Hailing from Lower Alabama, Fat Man Squeeze has been wowing audiences with super-picking speedgrass since early 2003. The quartet has the distinguished honor of winning the 2003 Atmore Fiddler's Convention "Best Instrumental Band" category, as well as taking first place in Dobro and third in guitar. The popularity of their live shows and crowd reception of the band's original music prompted the boys to record their first album January, 2004.

What can you say about a group of the most talented musicians on stage together on Saturday nights to play some of the greatest country and gospel music you would ever want to hear?