Pinson City Council Moves to Replace Canceled Alabama Butterbean Festival with New October Event

Pinson City Council moves to replace canceled Alabama Butterbean Festival with new October event

Pinson officials are moving quickly to launch a new fall tradition after the sudden cancellation of the long-running Alabama Butterbean Festival.

Spilled Beans: A Big Pot Boils Over Between Managers of Canceled Butterbean Festival and City of Pinson

(Courtesy of the Alabama Butterbean Festival) Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to Change the South. Donate today to help Birmingham stay informed. The local chamber of commerce that has run the Alabama Butterbean Festival for 20 years in the city of Pinson has canceled the event. But apparently, it didn’t tell the city’s mayor or its council members — or so their side of the story goes. The Clay-Pinson Chamber…