Decatur Celebration is more expensive than it's ever been. The event began in 1986 with a $75,000 budget. This year's budget will approach $800,000. That increase has been offset by increased ...

DECATUR — Decatur’s downtown is now up and running again, only hours after the last of the Decatur Celebration visitors returned home. “This is not as bad as I anticipated. I’m happily surprised,” ...

DECATUR — Decatur Celebration organizers say a continued financial shortfall drove them to double the price of admission to the three-day downtown festival planned Aug. 3-5. This is the second year ...

Bust out your dancing shoes! The Night to Shine prom night is returning to Decatur this February. This special celebration, ...

DECATUR — Ask anyone about highlights of Decatur Celebration, and the variety of new and interesting foods always rates a mention. Deep-fried cheesecake, Dole Whip soft-serve and a pumpkin funnel cake ...

Decatur will host "WatchFest '26," a month-long festival featuring live World Cup match screenings in the newly renovated Decatur Square. The event will run from June 11 to July 19, 2026, coinciding ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - On Friday, Point Mallard Park in Decatur celebrated more than just summer around the corner. The community showed out for the day, hosted by Decatur Fire & Rescue, to encourage ...

Organizers have canceled the annual Día De Los Muertos Festival in Decatur. Organizers said canceling what would have been the fourth annual event was disappointing but concluded it was safer for the ...

Jan. 21—Pastor Darius Crayton Sr., who founded a ministry years ago dedicated to spreading the gospel far and wide, received the 2025 Humanitarian Award at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Unity ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - The organizers of the Día De Los Muertos Festival announced this week that they canceled this year’s 4th annual celebration in downtown Decatur. Organizers said the decision ...