Save the date: Black Belt Birding Festival 2026, July 31-August 2
Keynote Speaker: Nate Swick from American Birding Association
Tickets and full event schedule TBA
The BLACK BELT BIRDING FESTIVAL takes place on the first weekend in August. Highlighting the birds, history, and heritage of Alabama’s Black Belt region, the festival brings together the joy of birding with the benefits of ecotourism to a region of profoundly important ecology and civil rights history.
Explore the Black Belt your way—events take place across multiple towns and natural areas. Find out more about our Black Belt initiative here.