Dauphin Island Sunset Capital of Alabama

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Dauphin Island is a great place to live and raise a family.
More than a dozen parks provide places for relaxation and recreation.
Check our Calendar of Events for the next fun something to do.
Dauphin Island has been voted the “Birdiest City” 3 years in a row.

  • October 2

  • Town Council

    7:00 PM
    1011 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528

    The Town Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. All meetings are open to the public and citizens, residents and visitors are encouraged to attend. If you have a question or an item to be considered by the Mayor and Council, contact the Town Clerk, Wanda Sandagger who can be reached at 251-861-5525 Ext 225.

  • October 6

  • Plant Sale & Give Away

    9:00 AM
    Green Park

    Plant Sale & Give Away at Green Park

  • 2nd Annual Gulf Seafood Gala

    6:00 PM
    DI Heritage & Arts Council

    Dauphin Island Heritage & Arts Council DIHAC brings a night of mid-century modern glam and coastal chic to the island with its 2nd Annual Gulf Seafood Gala on October 6 from 6-9 p.m. at the Isle Dauphine Club.  Come celebrate the Club’s 60th Anniversary, and enjoy outstanding Alabama Gulf seafood cuisine, local art, music and dancing in this historic gulf-front venue.  The Gulf Seafood Gala has been endorsed by the Alabama Bicentennial Commission as an official 200Alabama Bicentennial event.  Admission is by advanced ticket purchase only.  Tickets are $75 each and are available online at www.dauphinislandarts.org, or at the Dauphin Island Gallery at 918A Bienville Boulevard on the island. The Dauphin Island Gallery will be a featured location on the upcoming Art Trail on Saturday, October 13.  DIHAC’s participating artists will be set up outside, and more art will be available inside.  Be sure to stop by! DIHAC has partnered with Dauphin Island Elementary School to provide an exciting art education and enrichment program for all grades for the current school year.  Students will do a comprehensive study of selected Masters, will learn the basics of the subject artist’s technique and will create individual art inspired by the study.  This program is volunteer-powered and funded by donor support.  We welcome anyone who has an interest in working with DIHAC’s youth education program.  Contact Melinda Hollingsworth at 205/527-2425. There will be no Last Friday Art Night open house at the gallery in September due to the date’s proximity to the Gulf Seafood Gala.  October LFAN is scheduled for October 26 and will be the opening reception for Guest Artist, Mary “Ching” Walters.  Ching has designed postage stamps for over 30 foreign countries, has illustrated greeting cards and children’s books and her designs have been cast in bronze by the Mississippi DOT and installed on Biloxi Bay Bridge.  Ching most recently lived and painted for five years in the Piemonte region of Italy, and currently resides in Loxley,  Alabama.  Ching is represented in galleries in three states, and counts among her prominent past clients and outlets the National Wildlife Federation, The National Audubon Society, the World Wildlife Fund, the Gibson-Riley Gallery of Houston, Sunshine Greetings and the Children’s Press of Chicago.  DIHAC is pleased to present the art of Ching to the Dauphin Island Community!

  • October 9

  • Planning Commission Meeting

    6:00 PM

  • October 10

  • Municipal Court

    4:00 PM until 5:00 PM
    1011 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528

    The arraignment docket begins at 4:00 PM and trials at 5:00 PM.

  • October 13

  • Art Trail

    10:00 AM

  • October 14

  • Art Does It - Open House

    3:00 PM
    ADI

    Art Does It holds it Open House every second Sunday of each month.

  • Sunset Concert - Romain Street - Ft Gaines-Roman Street

    4:30 PM
    Fort Gaines

    Sunset Concert at Fort Gaines All concerts approx time, weather permitting and subject to change. Admission $5.00 per person (age 13 and over). As always attendees are encouraged to bring beach chairs, blankets and bug spray (just in case) but please no pets, glasss or grills. All proceeds go to the Little Red Schoolhouse Fund!.

  • October 16

  • Town Council

    7:00 PM
    1011 Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528

    The Town Council meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays of every month. All meetings are open to the public and citizens, residents and visitors are encouraged to attend. If you have a question or an item to be considered by the Mayor and Council, contact the Town Clerk, Wanda Sandagger who can be reached at 251-861-5525 Ext 225.

  • October 20

  • TRI THE GULF

    6:00 AM
    ISLE DAUPHINE

    Sponsored by the Mobile Bar Foundation, the Tri the Gulf sprint triathlon is set for Saturday, October 20 and will include a 600 yard swim, 16.7 mile bike and 3.25 mile run. The popular event will accept the first 350 registered participants, including a new category for Triathlon “First Timers”! This is a USAT sanctioned event. For more information and to register as a participant, volunteer or sponsor, check out the website at www.trithegulf.racesonline.com. The event kicks off at 730am at the Isle Dauphine Club and the run and bike portions of the race will utilize numerous island roads and the DI Bridge. Expect traffic delays from 630am-1030am (+/-).

  • October 26

  • ARTSealab Festival

    10:00 AM
    Sea Lab Estuarium

  • 2nd Annual Haunted Bike Ride

    5:00 PM

  • October 27

  • ARTSealab Festival

    10:00 AM
    Sea Lab Estuarium

  • October 28

  • ARTSealab Festival

    10:00 AM
    Sea Lab Estuarium

  • October 31

  • Trick or Treat in Green Park

    5:30 PM