If you happen to be visiting Tuscaloosa, and start to wonder about why you’re hearing so much about Druid City, don’t go looking too hard to find it. Tuscaloosa is a gorgeous town, offering all the charm that the South can muster, with a rather sparkly cosmopolitan sheen, along with a top university that brings in new waves of culture all the time. Druid City isn’t far, because it’s actually right here, just another name for the same place.
Often when people hear the name, they might remember that the Druids are the mystic sect from Ireland who wore lots of white and spent a suspicious amount of time outdoors talking to trees. Some might think they’re gone from the world, but they’re still here, although it might not be easy to find them here. You can find the oak trees though, and the name is evidence that there were descendants of Druids living here at one time. Now what’s around is an echo of the culture that comes down through generations in music, and some of the best of the local sounds can be heard at the Druid City Arts Festival .
This is a one-day event in the spring where bands like Kate Taylor, Blaine Duncan and the Lookers, and Kadesh and the Perfect Strangers play on multiple stages from 2pm-9pm, and it’s free to the public. You can purchase an after hours wristband for only five bucks, if you’d like the party to go on into the deeper part of the night. There are plenty of people willing to join you, too, as it’s part of the campus’ favorite things to do. This is just another great reason to visit, because even apart from the great hotels, Tuscaloosa offers lovely entertainments that can make the time here memorable and lots of fun.
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