Leeds is located just 15 minutes from downtown Birmingham. Admission and parking are free. Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
05/11/2025
🚗💨Countdown to Creek Bank!
Get ready to rev your engines for the 9th Annual Cruising the Creek Bank Car Show, happening Saturday, May 17, at Leeds Memorial Park! 🚙✨
Held in conjunction with the Creek Bank Festival, this show is open to all vehicles and motorcycles — and it’s always a crowd favorite!
🏆 Top 30 Awards
🎁 Door Prizes
🎟️ 50/50 Tickets
📍 801 Helen Street, Leeds, AL 35094
🕗 Registration: 8a - 3p | $10 Day-of
Proceeds benefit Backpack Buddies & Leeds Outreach 💚
Rain Date: May 24
More info: www.creekbankfestival.com
📞 Contact Chris & Christy McCombs at 205.365.7412 or 205.283.0952
Let’s cruise, Leeds! 🛻🎉
04/09/2024
Check out the fabulous Talk of Alabama interview from this morning with Randy Ray, Leeds Trails and Tours Committee Chairman, with more information about this Saturday's historic walking tour and festivities happening all day long!!!
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02/17/2024
Celebrate an Extra Day This Year and Do Something Kind
The Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce invites you to participate in National Leap of Kindness Day in the City of Leeds this year on Leap Day, February 29, 2024. This kindness campaign was invented by the Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce in 2016. The idea was to inspire their members and community to use their extra day that Leap Year to do something kind for someone else, and hundreds of local organizations helped thousands of local people on February 29, 2016. The Leap of Kindness Day was even bigger and better in 2020 as more than 200 chambers in the US, Canada, and Ireland joined the Saratoga County efforts and organized their own celebrations in addition to the efforts of Saratoga County.
Leeds Mayor David Miller and Leeds City Council declared Leap Day, February 29, 2024 as Leap of Kindness Day in the City of Leeds, Alabama with Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber launched a kindness campaign and Mayor Miller encourages everyone in the City of Leeds to participate in some act of kindness or a kindness project in honor of or on Leap Day this year.
"Tonight was a special occasion at the city council meeting in that we provided a proclamation to our Chamber of Commerce for a really very important initiative that the director and the officers have put forward, and that is to establish a special day, Leap Year Day, as Leap of Kindness Day in the City.
This is a national program and the city voted unanimously to participate. We issued a proclamation tonight supporting that, and this is an opportunity for you just to do something good for somebody who needs help. The Chamber of Commerce will be coordinating this. They'll provide a list of businesses, individuals and situations where you can do something to help your fellow man, and we as a city are very proud to participate in this. We think this speaks to Who We Are,” said Mayor David Miller.
Get Involved
The Chamber invites local businesses, municipalities, organizations and individuals to join this kindness movement and get involved, donate your time, talent and treasure to help others including local charities, churches, non-profit organizations and to thank first responders, teachers, school bus drivers, Veterans and others in honor of this day.
Choose Your Kindness Act or Project
Our goal is for you to choose a kindness act or project that is dear to your heart or from a growing list of needs that will be compiled for this six-week campaign. To get your creative spirit going in thinking of the possibilities, some of our Leeds area non-profit organizations are listed on our website for you to consider.
If You Are a Charity or Non-Profit
If you are a local non-profit organization, please share with us what your organization needs so we can add your request to our list.
If You Are a Business, Municipality or Individual
If you are a local business, municipality, organization or individual that would like to participate in this kindness campaign, please let us know what specific act(s) of kindness you decide to do. These efforts will be posted to our website so the world can see the kindness projects that are happening right here in Leeds, Alabama.
We will also be sharing this information on our social media regularly.
How to Respond
You can visit the Chamber website at https://leedsareachamber.com for more information and to utilize the kindness form provided to send your needs list or your chosen kindness project. You may also send this information by email to Diane Poole at [email protected].
02/15/2024
Tree Giveaway - Saturday, February 17!
Jefferson County & City of Leeds Arbor Day Celebration
February 17, 2024 from 12p-2p or when all trees are given out at The Shops of Grand River. Bare root seedlings will be available. Limit 5 trees per household. Find us on the Plaza by LOFT & COACH.
Hosted by Leeds Tree Commission, Alabama Forestry Commission, Jefferson County Conservation District and The Shops of Grand River.
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Make Plans Now to Attend John Henry Celebration & Leeds Fall Festival
Make plans now to bring the whole family to the John Henry Celebration & Leeds Fall Festival in historic downtown Leeds, Alabama on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Admission, activities and parking are completely free to the public.
The Alabama Tourism Department previously named this festival one of the top 10 tourism events in Alabama during the month of September and this year’s festival is an Alabama Bicentennial event.
Previously known as the Leeds Downtown Folk Festival, the name was changed to better reflect the event's purpose of promoting Leeds and bringing people to historic downtown Leeds on the third weekend of September.
According to Fall Festival planning committee, the outdoor event will feature great food, a variety of live music on multiple stages, entertainment, art, a car show and lots of activities for children, young people and those young at heart.
And, after a several year hiatus, this year's festival will feature two free performances of the original play by Marie Cromer about John Henry, "Listen to that Cold Steel Ring" on Sept. 21 at Leeds Theatre and Arts Center. Henry, an African-American railroad man, is believed to have entered a winning contest against a steam drill and saved hundreds of jobs as the company he worked for blasted tunnels through mountains south of Leeds in the 1880s.
Activities at Leeds historic railroad depot will include a John Henry short film, African-American Gospel Choirs featuring Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir. Tours of the Depot will be provided by the Mid-South Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society. The Historical Society Stagecoach will be on display. John Garst, Author of John Henry and His People, is scheduled for a discussion time. The John Henry statue project with Branko Medenica, famous Sculptor, will be featured with his John Henry statue rendering. A Children’s Art display will also depict the era.
Folk and country singers are scheduled on the gazebo stage throughout the day including Erica Ryleigh, Miss Leeds Area Charity Bowden, Brooks & Stegall and Gabriel Atkins. Other activities include Professional Storyteller Elizabeth Vander Kamp, Alabama 200 Bicentennial speaker Guy Hubbs, roaming street musicians and the High Striker competition for children and adults. There will be plenty of kid’s activities like the kids moonwalk and games. The Disney American Legends animated movie, John Henry, will show at the library every 15 minutes for a couple of hours. Craft, food and entertainment vendors will line the street on Parkway Drive. A dining and resting tent will be available on Parkway. Rails and Ales will have transport available for those who want to watch football games. Dixie Vintage Antique Automobile Club will lead the way with the car show.
It’s definitely a jammed packed day of fun, inspiration and historical education that you will not want to miss and a wonderful opportunity to learn more about John Henry, the folk hero.
Sponsorships and street vendors are still being accepted. This free event is sponsored by the City of Leeds, Leeds Redevelopment Authority, Leeds Area Chamber of Commerce, Lehigh Cement Company and Brunson, Barnett & Sherrer, PC.
Leeds is conveniently located about 15 miles east of Birmingham, 45 miles west of Anniston and 60 miles southwest of Gadsden. The festival site in historic downtown Leeds is only two miles south of I-20 Exit 140. Locals and visitors alike are invited. Bring a folding chair and stay all day!
For more information about this spectacular event and entertainment/event schedules, please visit www.LeedsJohnHenryCelebration.org. If you would like to speak to a festival organizer, please contact Stephanie Corwin with Leeds Redevelopment Authority at 205.601.0772 or [email protected].
