Cotton Corner: Cotton Festival preps for its 30th year
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The Alabama Cotton Festival is back in Eclectic on October 14. This year is the cotton festival’s 30th anniversary.

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As the big event of the year in Eclectic, most might not have even realized the Alabama Cotton Festival is hitting its 30-year milestone.

Town event coordinator Carmen Winslett said the first year she organized the festival it had 52 vendors and last year the festival had more than 300. Attendance has seen a similar growth going from 3,500 to 5,000 people to having over 17,000 people last year. 

Abigail Murphy is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc. To contact Abigail Murphy, email abigail.murphy@alexcityoutlook.com.