The crowd at Sand In My Boots set a new bench mark in Gulf Shores, and if the Hangout Festival can't replicate it, then it might just go away.

The Gulf Shores Police Department reported 37 arrests during the three-day festival, which is down significantly from the 94 arrests made during Hangout Festival in 2024. 26 of those arrests were for ...

Swap checklists for conversations, tourist menus for roadside grills, and four-star hotels for starlit patios. The ...

It started with the goal of teaching kids traditions their elders feared would disappear. Today, some of those kids are ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. -- The Hangout Festival is returning to Gulf Shores next year. The city council voted unanimously Monday ...

The Gulf Shores City Council has unanimously voted to bring back the Hangout Music Festival in 2026. Event organizers will ...

Still, despite the urbanization of the Gulf Shores, it has remained a popular place for people to just come and hang out. Hence, the festival of the same name, the Hangout Music Festival. That event ...

City wants future editions of the Hangout Festival to bring the older, more affluent crowd that turned out for Sand in My Boots in 2025.

Gulf Shores officials hosted an input meeting to hear feedback on last month's first-ever Sand in My Boots Festival.

Ella Langley, who recently appeared at the Sand in My Boots Festival, is still thrilled by a moment at the Academy of Country Music awards.

Ella Langley opens up about her full-circle moment playing Morgan Wallen's Sand in My Boots Festival Langley says sharing the stage with Miranda Lambert at the 2025 ACMs was like "living her biggest ...