Birmingham, Alabama Theatre — The gorgeous, irreplaceable interior of Birmingham’s very own Alabama Theatre. Photo courtesy of Birmingham Landmarks

Calling all music lovers. Two legendary Birmingham music venues —Alabama Theatre and Saturn need our help.

In lieu of an 2022 NCAA Tournament Bracket, Garden & Gun released their 11th Annual Favorite Southern Music Venues Bracket, in partnership with Dos Primos Tequila. And, of course, our two venues made the round of 32.

If you are tired seeing your college basketball bracket destroyed all weekend (who picked St. Peter’s Peacocks?), you can personally help out the Alabama Theatre and Saturn advance to Garden & Gun’s Sweet 16 by voting (multiple times please!) and encouraging folks to support our hometown music venues.

The First Round deadline to cast your vote is Sunday evening March 20th at 10:59pm. Vote — HERE.

Early Returns

Saturn on 41st Street in the new Avondale Entertainment District. (Pat Byington/Bham Now)

Wondering how the vote is going? Here are the early returns as of 8:00am. Sunday morning.

Alabama Theatre – 54%
George’s Majestic Lounge, Fayetteville, Ark. – 46%

Saturn – 39%
Continental Club, Austin, Texas – 60%

As you can tell, Saturn needs to mount a comeback, while the Alabama Theatre lead is too close for comfort.

A Quick Reminder Why We Love These Venues

As Bham Now readers, you know we are proud of both venues. Just to give you a little “nudge” below are a couple of recent stories about the two places.