Birmingham
Population 200,733 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in United States
- January: 10 h 10 of daylight
- February: 11 h of daylight
- March: 11 h 57 of daylight
- April: 13 h 01 of daylight
- May: 13 h 53 of daylight
- June: 14 h 22 of daylight
- July: 14 h 10 of daylight
- August: 13 h 25 of daylight
- September: 12 h 24 of daylight
- October: 11 h 22 of daylight
- November: 10 h 26 of daylight
- December: 9 h 57 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark Attraction · 530 m
- Ground Floor Contemporary Gallery · 960 m
- Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books Museum · 920 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Do Dah Day
May
If you're a pet lover, Birmingham's longest-running annual shindig is for you.
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Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival
August
The Taste of 4th Avenue Jazz Festival is a one-day jazz festival which has been presented annually since 2003 in Birmingham's Historic 4th Avenue District downtown. In past years, it was sponsored by the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame (AJHoF) and Urban Impact.
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Alabama State Fair
September
Like most state fairs, what began as a way for Alabama farmers to show off their livestock and produce has evolved over the years into a much larger spectacle.
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Sidewalk Film Festival
September
The Sidewalk Film Festival is an annual film festival taking place during the last weekend in August in the Theatre District of Birmingham, Alabama, since 1999.
4 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Birmingham); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.