The 2020 art show will be Oct. 3, 2020, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The Bluff Park Art Show is held annually on the first Saturday of October. This FREE show has grown from 65 to more than 150 artists and attracts more than 10,000 people each year. Proceeds from the show go toward improving the arts in the greater Birmingham area.
Artists display their work from 9 a.m to 6 p.m. in the front of the Bluff Park Community Center, located at 517 Cloudland Drive in Hoover, Alabama. In addition to art, food vendors are scattered throughout the park. Hands-on art activities are available for children ages 3-8. Dogs are welcome.
There is NO PARKING at the site. Free parking and shuttle buses are available at the Bluff Park United Methodist Church, Shades Mountain Independent Church, Bluff Park Village Shopping Center, and Shades Crest Baptist Church.
Follow the signs from I-65 at Alford Avenue and Tyler Road.
Parking
Hands-on art activities available for children 3-8 years old. Courtesy Jon Anderson
Show signs are posted at each lot
Bluff Park Village Shopping Center
2146 Tyler Road
Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up and drop off at the far end of the lot.
Bluff Park United Methodist Church
733 Valley Street Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up and drop off in lower lot on Valley Street, closest to Tyler Road.
Shades Crest Baptist Church 452 Park Avenue Hoover, AL 35226
Show shuttles pick up and drop off in the front lot, off Park Avenue.
Shades Mountain Community Church 2281 Old Tyler Road Hoover, AL 35226
Show buses pick up and drop off in the front lot furthest from the church.
Directions
From Birmingham.
Take highway 31 South, right onto Old Columbiana Rd. Turn left at the first traffic light onto Tyler Road. Go approx. 1.5 miles to Shades Mountain Independent Church. Park in the parking lot on the right and catch the shuttle to the Park
From Oxmoor.
South on West Oxmoor, just past Mr. P’s, at the light, bear left onto Valley Street. Park in the lower lot at the Bluff Park United Methodist Church and catch the shuttle to the Park.
From Hoover/Vestavia.
Highway 31 North, left on Old Columbiana Rd, then left at the first light onto Tyler Road. Go approx. 1.5 miles to Shades Mountain Independent Church. Park in the parking lot on the right and catch the shuttle to the Park.
From Highway 150.
Turn North/East on Shades Crest Road. Go to the three-way stop and turn right onto Chapel Road. Go to the light and turn left onto Park Avenue. Park in the lot at Shades Crest Baptist Church on the left and catch the shuttle to the Park.
Leashed Dogs Welcome! Courtesy Jon Anderson