Dogs must be on leashes at all times, and owners must clean up after their pets, but they are welcome hiking buddies. Ruffner Mountain is a favorite place to go with your dog, where you can enjoy over 11 miles of scenic hiking trails in a pet-friendly environment. If you’re inspired by Do Dah Day to have your pups out and about with you for the sunny springtime and summer Saturdays to come, take a look at this list and make some plans for quality time with your canine companion around town.īirmingham is home to plenty of outdoor spaces where you and your pup can enjoy nature together. This year, the event held what it called a “reverse parade” on Third Avenue South beside Cahaba Brewing Company, where this time around the floats were stationary and the attendees walked through, rather than the other way around. And the Do Dah Day parade, which kickstarts the Do Dah Day celebrations annually, looked a little different as well: The parade route normally follows Highland Avenue westbound, ending at Caldwell Park.

(Three cheers for Cahaba Brewing Company!) The money typically spent on city permits and fees is instead going to be donated to the animal charities Do Dah Day supports this year.īecause of crowd control concerns, for the first time there was an entry fee charged and attendees were ticketed. Normally held at Highland Park, this year the event shifted locations to Cahaba Brewing Company because the City of Birmingham is not yet issuing event permits, and Cahaba Brewing Company offered its space at no cost to the event’s organizers. This year’s Do Dah Day was held last Saturday, May 15 at Cahaba Brewing Company after the event took a year off in 2020 because of the pandemic.

To that end, Do Dah Day is also a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides funding to animal charities. But it did take place – a hint of Birmingham springtime normalcy after a period of anything but – and the city’s beloved pets once again got their moment in the spotlight.ĭo Dah Day is an annual event and has been since 1979 – in fact, it is Birmingham’s oldest event, starting as a music festival and morphing into a celebration of the city’s pets. Like most events around town over the past 14 months, this year’s Do Dah Day looked a little different than it normally does.

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