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Seven restaurants at The Wharf are joining the statewide culinary event, Alabama Restaurant Week, taking place Friday, Aug. 12 through Sunday, Aug. 21.

Tickets for the 3rd annual Wharf Uncorked Food & Wine Festival presented by Wind Creek Atmore go on sale Friday, May 6. The culinary event will take place Thursday, Sept. 15 through Saturday, Sept. 17 featuring more than 100 labels of wine, chef demonstrations, the luxury yacht walk and both live and silent auctions benefitting Make-A-Wish® Alabama, which raised $14,421.63 last year.

'Billfish Week' to feature boats, billfish, bikinis and even a Bentley! The Blue Marlin Grand Championship returns to The Wharf in Orange Beach July 13-17.

The Rotaract Club of the Mobile Bay Area presents the Kyser Miree Memorial Fishing Tournament, to be hosted at The Wharf this year on Saturday, June 4, 2016. This is one of few major events allowing Red Snapper categories in Federal waters (due to the shortened season).  

The official 100 Days of Summer presented by Pepsi® begins Friday, May 27 with the Pepsi Beach Ball Drop followed by summer-long entertainment for the whole family happening at The Wharf.  

The Wharf hosts the 18th annual Orange Beach Billfish Classic this year on May 18th-22nd. The OBBC is the first major offshore tournament of the 2016 Gulf Coast tournament fishing season and is the first of the five tournaments qualifying for the Gulf Coast Triple Crown Championship Series.