The 2024 American Legion World Series Festival in Downtown Shelby
Hundreds attended the American Legion World Series Festival held in downtown Shelby on Saturday
All day Saturday, crowds of people crowded into downtown Shelby to enjoy the American World Series Festival, which kicks off the 97th annual games that begin this week.
Food vendors set up their booths around the courthouse square and families enjoyed bouncy castles, mini golf, rides, temporary tattoos, cornhole, live music from various musicians and bands, a vintage car show, the Little Miss ALWS beauty pageant and much more.
Craig Morgan and Cooper Allen attracted fans during the free evening concert.
Fans have a lot to look forward to at this year’s American Legion World Series. Here’s what to expect:
- The games begin on Thursday and end on Tuesday, August 20th.
- General admission tickets are available in advance. Day tickets are only available at Keeter Stadium once the game begins.
- The games will be broadcast Thursday through Sunday on ESPN3 and Monday and Tuesday on ESPNU.
- The popular U.S. Army parachutist team, the Golden Knights, will be making their third ALWS appearance, and fans will get to see them twice. The Golden Knights will perform a 35-minute program at 6 p.m. on Saturday, USAA Military Appreciation Day, between the second and third games of the day. They will perform at 5:30 p.m. on Championship Tuesday before the final two teams play for the national championship.
- The Museum of Flight’s three T-28 Warbirds and their pilots will be visiting each day of the six-day tournament. The planes and pilots will be on public display from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport. The warbirds are single-engine, historic aircraft that were built as training aircraft for the U.S. military and are no longer in service. The pilots will conduct flyovers each day of the tournament.
- Blaze Battalion JROTC units from Blackman High School in Murfreesboro, TN will participate. The award-winning cadets will display their colors each day of the tournament.
For more information, visit www.alws.us or call 704-466-3103.
