It's a big "if", but now that the 2026 Hangout Music Festival has officially been canceled, the City of Orange Beach is ...

Here's what we know about the Hangout Music Festival 2026 cancellation. During the meeting, Craft said that event organizers ...

The beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama, will be uncharacteristically quiet in the spring of 2026 after Mayor Robert Craft on ...

Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft says the popular music festival will not happen in 20-26. Plans in the works for 2027.

There will be no Hangout Music Fest or Sand in My Boots festival in Gulf Shores in 2026, the city’s mayor announced Monday ...

The mayor of Gulf Shores, Ala. made the announcement during a city council meeting on Dec. 8 ...

Organizers told Gulf Shores city leaders Monday, December 8, 2025 they need more time to book top tier acts similar to those ...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 8, 2025 GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — There will be no Hangout Music Festival ...

In the wake of news that the Hangout Music Fest won’t return in 2026, organizers of Sand in My Boots want you to know that the festival will be back … sometime. Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — Since 2010, the Hangout Music Festival has marked the unofficial kickoff to summer in Gulf Shores.

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 8, 2025 GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — There will be no Hangout Music Festival ...

According to the mayor, the festival organizer was unable to secure the type of acts the city wants in time for 2026.