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FAIRHOPE — Food, music and fun all for a good cause? Sounds like a great reason to celebrate. Tickets are on sale now for the 13th-annual Bald Eagle Bash April 29.

Hosted by the South Alabama Land Trust (SALT), the funds raised from the event support SALT's mission to protect land and promote environmental education in coastal Alabama so current and future residents can enjoy clean water and the marine life, wildlife, and outdoor recreation that define our area.

The fun kicks off at the Tonsmeire Weeks Bay Resource Center, 11525 U.S. 98, Fairhope, Saturday, April 29, from 4-7 p.m. For more information about SALT and the Bald Eagle Bash or to purchase tickets, visit www.southalabamalandtrust.org.

Gulf Coast Media contacted Katherine Kuhn, South Alabama Land Trust outreach and communications manager to get all the event details. Here are the 5 things you should know.

5 Things you should know about the 13th-annual Bald Eagle Bash:

1. What can attendees expect? "Expect to enjoy over a dozen local restaurants serving fresh Gulf shrimp, a couple of non-shrimp and dessert options, wine and local beer and music all at a beautiful location on Weeks Bay. Attendees can expect to feel a sense of community, surrounded by folks that care deeply for their local environment," Kuhn said.
2. Is there anything new? "New last year and back this year, as an add-on during ticket checkout, attendees coming from the Mobile side of the Bay can shuttle over to the event on an air-conditioned bus with a restroom and return to Mobile on the shuttle after the event," she said. "The bus departs from Braided River Brewing in Downtown Mobile, one of our partners."
3. What food will people enjoy? "A celebration of land conservation, involving shrimp from Bon Secour Fisheries, a low country boil, over a dozen local restaurants and a couple of dessert and non-shrimp options. With your entry, you'll receive a wristband with four drink tickets to choose either a refreshing craft beer from local breweries Fairhope and Braided River and delicious red, white or rosé wine," Kuhn said.
4. What is the South Alabama Land Trust and what do you do? "South Alabama Land Trust (SALT) works with public and private partners to preserve land in perpetuity and protect the natural resources in coastal Alabama," Kuhn said. "Since its founding in 1990 to support the Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, SALT has protected more than 10,800 acres of unique plant and animal habitat, including hundreds of preserved acres owned and conservation easements held by our organization."
5. What music will people enjoy? "Nashville-based LadyCouch is headliner with Mobile-based Dial Street Band opening," Kuhn said.

The opener, The Dial Street Band, covers songs from the Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead, Phish, Bob Dylan and more.

The headliner is a southern-rock jam band fronted by Thompson and co-founder Keshia Bailey, LadyCouch brings together a lineup of songwriters, horn players, harmony singers and first-rate instrumentalists. The result is a larger-than-life sound inspired by the revue bands of the 1970s, bringing a contemporary approach to the timeless influence of Delaney & Bonnie, Little Feat, and Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs & Englishmen.