‘Hangout Music Festival will not occur in 2026,’ Gulf Shores mayor announces
Gracie King
Tue, December 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM UTC
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GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — There will be no Hangout Music Festival in 2026.
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According to the Mayor of Gulf Shores, Robert Craft, the staple music event of the Gulf Coast will not take place.
During a city council meeting on Dec. 8, Mayor Craft explained the reasoning for the cancellation.
Craft explained that Hangout’s organisers failed to submit their application with enough time to book the acts the city requires them to have.
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“We will refuse to let them go back to the acts that we’ve had before, so they couldn’t do it. So they cancelled 2026. They’ve got time to pursue the type of talent we want on our beaches, to invite the right audience that we want on our beaches,” Mayor Craft said.
This past year, the primarily country music “Sand in My Boots Festival” took the place of its multi-genre predecessor, selling out tickets in mere hours.
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“We are already approving the event in 2027,” Mayor Craft said.
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