Special Event Schedule

Friday Special Events

The Shoals Model Railroaders

HOURS OF OPERATION
Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Located at 206 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 (adjacent to the Tuscumbia depot)

The HO scale railroad layout follows the Southern Railroad route between Chattanooga and Memphis and features historical models and features from Decatur, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Cherokee and the Tennessee hills country. For more information, call Neal Jeter at 256-800-8147.

FREE ADMISSION

The Miracle Worker, Home of Helen Keller, Ivy Green

TIME
Gates Open: 7:00 pm
Show Time: 8:00 pm

ADMISSION
Reserved Seating: $20.00
General Admission: $15.00

William Gibson’s powerful drama depicting the early life of Helen Keller and the “miracle” that occurred at the pump. The production has celebrated more than 60 years at Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home, Tuscumbia. Each performance is signed for the hearing impaired. For ticket information contact 256-383-4066.

Please note: the main home is not open after 4pm.

FREE ADMISSION

Saturday Special Events

Car and Truck Show, Main Street, Tuscumbia, Hosted by Shoals Car & Truck Club

REGISTRATION
8:00 – 12:00 pm

$1800.00 in cash, plus prizes will be awarded.

REGISTRATION FEE
$18.00 if prepaid and $20.00 on day of event

Mail fee to:  P.O. Box 3672, Muscle Shoals, AL 35662
For information:  Terry Mashburn / 256-366-0564
www.shoalscarandtruckclub.com

BladeSports Competition, Main Street, Tuscumbia

TIME
10:00am

Located by the Shoals Car and Truck Show in downtown Tuscumbia.

BladeSports International Inc.™ is a Texas non-profit corporation formed to promote knife safety, provide workshops and cutting events for its members, and to inform and educate the public with regard to the safe use of a knife as a tool. Throughout the year, they host events for certified cutters and members of BladeSports to attend. These events are spread across the country giving many the chance to participate in this exhilarating competitions.

Open to certified cutters only. Sign up via email to dbsmoore@gmail.com. For more info: http://www.bladesports.org/WP/

The Shoals Model Railroaders

HOURS OF OPERATION
Saturday 9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Located at 206 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674 (adjacent to the Tuscumbia depot)

The HO scale railroad layout follows the Southern Railroad route between Chattanooga and Memphis and features historical models and features from Decatur, Sheffield, Tuscumbia, Muscle Shoals, Cherokee and the Tennessee hills country. For more information, call Neal Jeter at 256-800-8147.

FREE ADMISSION

The Log Cabin, Coldwater Stage Coach Stop, sponsored by Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation

This pioneer log building dates from about 1815 and is one of the town’s earliest structures.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Saturday, 10:00 – 4:00 pm

Located at 302 South Dickson Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674

NO CHARGE – Donations accepted

For more information contact Lori Johnson at 205-352-8977 or the Colbert County Tourism office at 256-383-0783

The Miracle Worker, Home of Helen Keller, Ivy Green

TIME
Gates Open: 7:00 pm
Show Time: 8:00 pm

ADMISSION
Reserved Seating: $20.00
General Admission: $15.00

William Gibson’s powerful drama depicting the early life of Helen Keller and the “miracle” that occurred at the pump. The production has celebrated more than 60 years at Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home, Tuscumbia. Each performance is signed for the hearing impaired. For ticket information contact 256-383-4066.

Please note: the main home is not open after 4pm.

Sunday Special Events

The Log Cabin, Coldwater Stage Coach Stop, sponsored by Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation

This pioneer log building dates from about 1815 and is one of the town’s earliest structures.

HOURS OF OPERATION
Sunday, 10:00-4:00pm

Located at 302 South Dickson Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674

NO CHARGE – Donations accepted

For more information contact Lori Johnson at 205-352-8977 or the Colbert County Tourism office at 256-383-0783

Other Weekday/All Week Events

The Miracle Worker, Home of Helen Keller, Ivy Green

DATE
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Play also runs the following dates: June 12, June 13, June 19, June 20, July 10, July 11, July 16, July 17, July 18.

For more info or to buy tickets, visit Helen Keller Birthplace Website

TIME
Gates Open: 7:00 pm
Show Time: 8:00 pm

ADMISSION
Reserved Seating: $20.00
General Admission: $15.00

William Gibson’s powerful drama depicting the early life of Helen Keller and the “miracle” that occurred at the pump. The production has celebrated more than 60 years at Ivy Green, Helen Keller’s home, Tuscumbia. Each performance is signed for the hearing impaired. For ticket information contact 256-383-4066.

Please note: the main home is not open after 4pm.

Tours of Ivy Green

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday – Saturday, 8:30 – 4:00 pm
Sunday, CLOSED

See the home where Helen Keller lived and the cottage where Anne Sullivan took young Helen to teach her to communicate and the famous well pump where the “miracle” occurred.
For more information, visit Helen Keller Birthplace Website

ADMISSION
$10 (adults), $8 (seniors & AAA cardholders), $5 (children)

Helen Keller Library Book Sale, by Friends of the Library

June 22-27, 2026

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday, Wednesday, Friday – 10:00am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday – 10:00am – 6:00pm
Saturday – 10:00am – 2:00pm

Fill a bag for only $5.00! Includes books, CDs, DVDs, and magazines. Support your local library and pick up something new read.

A Journey Through the Life of Helen Keller, by Helen Keller Public Library

June 26, 2026
2:00pm

The library will host a program presented by Helen Keller’s great-grand niece, Keller Johnson Thompson. All ages welcome, free admission.

Story Walk, Spring Park, by Helen Keller Public Library

Permanent Installation

The Story Walk installation in Spring Park hosts a rotating story for everyone to enjoy. Stop by each panel and follow the story as it unfolds around the park.

The Helen Keller Art Show at Tennessee Valley Art Museum

HOURS OF OPERATION
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 pm
Saturday, 10:00 – 5:00 pm

The exhibit runs from June 12th-27th and is a traveling juried art show that displays artwork created by students throughout Alabama who have visual impairments, blindness, and/or deaf-blindness.

Also running is an exhibit entitled In the Water: Musical Heritage of the Shoals (June 16 – August 1). In the Water: The Musical Heritage of the Shoals offers visitors a glimpse into the rich musical heritage here the Shoals told through objects drawn from private collections of many of the people and families who were in the room when the magic of the ‘Muscle Shoals Sound’ was happening. The exhibit is co-curated by Michael Wright and draws upon his intimate knowledge and connections to help shape the story of not just FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio but saturates down to the people, places and stories that made that unique sound that shaped the music of a generation in the United States and beyond. It’s that musical magic that seems to have uniquely emerged here that makes people answer the question of “Why here?” with “It’s just in the water.“

Located at Tennessee Valley Art Museum, 511 North Water Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674

ADMISSION
$5 for Adults; $3 for Students
Free for TVAA Members and for Healthcare, Education, and First Responders

Tours of Belle Mont Mansion, sponsored by Colbert County Historical Landmarks Foundation

June 24-27, 2026
10:00am – 3:30pm

Admission
Adults: $8.00
Students, Military, 60+: $6.00 with valid ID
Children 6-18: $4.00
5 and under: Free

Group Tours available if booked in advance.

For more info, call: 256-381-5052 or email them at bellemontmansion@gmail.com
https://bellemontmansion.com/

Historic Glencoe Cemetary Tour, sponsored by Vulcan Materials

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday – Friday, 7:00 – 4:00 pm
Keller & McDonald Family Cemetery (the resting place of Keller family members)

Located at: Vulcan Rock Quarry, 23314 Highway 72, Tuscumbia, Al 35674
For more information, please contact 256.383.7884, ext. 2

Tuscumbia Railroad Depot Museum

HOURS OF OPERATION
Tuesday – Friday, 9:00 – 3:00 pm
Located at 204 West 5th Street, Tuscumbia

ADMISSION
$5.00

Downtown Sidewalk Sale

JUNE 26-28

Celebrate the Helen Keller Festival with Tuscumbia’s Downtown Merchants as they host a sidewalk sale. Go check out these fantastic deals and learn more about the great shops we have in downtown Tuscumbia!