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There are few better places for year-round live music than Gulf Shores, Alabama. All year long, this beachfront town is the perfect setting to see your favorite band perform. Locals and tourists alike love to experience the area’s lively entertainment scene, so we’ve compiled the essential guide to Gulf Shores concerts. What are you waiting for? Gather your friends and family, belt out the lyrics to your favorite songs, and dance like no one is watching! Then, continue the fun at a private vacation rental with Harris Properties! Have a

Need a break away from it all for just the two of you? We can help with that. After all, there’s nothing quite like time at the beach to help you reconnect. A couple’s getaway in Gulf Shores is easy to plan, but we’re making it even easier. Browse our itinerary for two days on the Alabama beaches.   Day 1 of a Couple’s Getaway in Gulf Shores Breakfast. Kick off your vacation with breakfast at the Sunliner Diner, one of the newest additions to the Gulf Shores culinary scene. Located

Sometimes it feels good to get away for the holidays, Christmas included. No matter if it’s staying through Christmas Day, attending a holiday event or enjoying New Year’s Eve, Christmas in Gulf Shores  and Orange Beach has much to offer the early winter traveler.   Everyday lives need a break from hurried and harried. The holidays are the perfect example. Shopping, parties, events, planning, catering, cooking, more shopping. . .the list is never ending. This year, why not leave gridlock behind and head to the beach for some rest and relaxation,

Fall is culinary festival season along the Alabama Gulf Coast. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach have become a culinary mecca. Foodies from far and near converge on Alabama beaches for fun, sun and endless eats. Whether you’re a wine lover, seafood aficionado or just love a fun festival with great food and live entertainment, you’ll find  Orange Beach attractions that’ll tickle your taste buds.   Read on for some of our favorite festivals and book your beach vacation rental before the other foodies decide to cook up a good time on

Ignore that school bell. On Alabama beaches, summer is still in session! Spend the last days of August soaking up the sun and creating vacation memories with family before the kids hit the books. There are plenty of Orange Beach and Gulf Shores events to keep you as busy as you want to be.   When you’re not building sandcastles, kayaking or treating the family to their favorite beach breakfast spots, check out these hot, late-summer Orange Beach and Gulf Shores events and get back to the beach before back

Families for generations have always enjoyed Gulf Shores vacation. When many people refer to the Alabama Gulf Coast, Gulf Shores is often the beach that comes to mind. The oldest of the Alabama beach communities of Gulf Shores, Fort Morgan and Orange Beach, the city has a special place in many visitor’s hearts.   Each of these three beachside communities offers visitors something different, but how do you decide which one meets your travel style? Read on to see how a Gulf Shores vacation checks off the boxes for your

Summer fun unofficially kicks off with Memorial Day weekend, and for many that means sun, sand and surf in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama. While the calendar gives us three days to soak up the sun, build sandcastles and enjoy the company of friends and family, it’s really only the beginning to a summer season filled with long weekends at the beach or even week-long adventures on Alabama’s white-sand beaches. But, for this one weekend each year, a whole different level of excitement is in the air as families

There are plenty of reasons to visit Gulf Shores all year long, but planning your vacation during the Halloween season adds a special touch of spooky fun to your stay. Read on to learn more about celebrating Halloween in Gulf Shores! Fantastic Weather During Halloween in Gulf Shores With average temperatures in the mid- to upper-70s during the month of October, you and your guests will be reveling in the nice temperatures while the rest of the country starts to get chilly. Even the water stays warm, meaning you can plan

March is not only one of the most beautiful months that you can spend in Gulf Shores, but also one of the most entertaining! Between concerts, festivals, and more, visitors who decide to come to Gulf Shores during March will have no shortage of fun and fantastic things to do while they’re here. Below, we’ve put together a brief list of just a handful of the many events that will be taking place in Gulf Shores during March that you won’t want to miss. We hope that you enjoy these

For the last 43 years in Orange Beach, Alabama, you always knew that spring had arrived when the incredible festivities of the Orange Beach Festival of Art ensued. Well, it is about that time of year again, and the festival goers around here can barely contain their excitement because they know that 43rd annual celebration will be just as memorable as each one before it! Here is what you can look forward to at this year’s two-day celebration on March 11th and 12th, 2017 at Alabama’s premiere art festival. Amazing