Alabama Butterbean Festival Canceled After 20 Years

Alabama Butterbean Festival canceled after 20 years

After two decades as a staple of the Pinson community, the Alabama Butterbean Festival has been canceled.

Alabama Butterbean Festival Concludes After 20 Years in Pinson

The Alabama Butterbean Festival has come to an end after two decades as a community tradition in Pinson, organizers announced.In a statement, festival organizer

Pinson mayor says city will try to keep Butterbean Festival alive after chamber announcement

By Brady Flanigan, editor Following an unexpected announcement from the Clay-Pinson Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, March 17, that it would restructure and stop hosting the annual Alabama Butterbean Festival—a move members blamed on new city leadership withdrawing funding in Clay and Pinson—Pinson Mayor Hoyt Sanders said Thursday that the city would be trying to keep the festival alive and suggested the chamber had painted a misleading picture o…

Alabama Butterbean Festival to end after 20 years in Pinson

Bucky the butterbean poses with attendees of the festival. (Alabama Butterbean Festival) Organizers of the annual Alabama Butterbean Festival announced Tuesday, March 17, will not return in 2026. The news about the state’s second-largest festival follows a decision by new city leadership to withdraw financial support for the 20-year tradition, according to festival leadership. A ‘disappointed but not discouraged’ farewell In a statement followin…