Tuscaloosa will see its 11th annual talent show on Sunday, May 2, 2021.
Auditions for Tuscaloosa s Got Talent have just wrapped on Saturday in preparation for the upcoming show at the Bama Theatre in May. The event is hosted by Drishti 4 Humanity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping provide funds for local organizations in need.
Each year, proceeds from ticket sales will go toward a charity of choice. All of the proceeds from this year s event will go toward Oakdale Elementary School s library.
Tuscaloosa s Got Talent (TGT) has been an annual event in the Druid City since 2009. The talent show has run for 12 years consistently, though the show was canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Until 2020, when the entire concert season and most of the ice-skating was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic, the worst thing our now 10-year-old Tuscaloosa Amphitheater suffered was storms.
But following several years of planning, with construction delayed by record-setting rain, the long-anticipated April 1, 2011 debut show featuring the Avett Brothers and Band of Horses showed fair in the dusk, despite stubborn clouds marring the afternoon.
Of that opening night, The Tuscaloosa News wrote: “…as the sun fell behind the treeline at the left of the stage, the clouds parted and a light breeze wafted the smell of popcorn over the seats, things seemed from all appearances to be running smoothly.”…
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Tuscaloosa’s live music outlook in 2021: ‘As soon as we get the green light to go, we’re ready’
Updated Feb 19, 2021;
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Live music will look and sound a lot different in Tuscaloosa in 2021, if it even comes back.
After what one local manager called a “bleak” time for the industry, things are looking up to some degree. Despite a shaky COVID-19 vaccine rollout in the state with Alabama near or at the very bottom of state rankings in terms of percentage of the population vaccinated and percentage of doses received that have been administered shots in any arms mean we’re a few steps closer to “normal.”