Flora-Bama, Beach bar on Alabama-Florida state line, United States.
Flora-Bama is a large beach bar situated directly on the Alabama-Florida state line with multiple levels and stages throughout the venue. The space features simultaneous live performances across several genres including country, rock, dance, and beach music.
The bar opened in 1964 as a simple roadhouse on the state border and gradually developed into a major entertainment complex. Over the decades it has weathered multiple hurricanes while continuing to grow and expand its operations.
The venue is known for its annual Mullet Toss Festival, where visitors throw fish across the state line as part of a Gulf Coast tradition. This quirky event draws thousands of people who come to participate in this distinctive local competition.
The bar sits on Perdido Key, Florida, right at the Alabama-Florida line, reached by road via Perdido Key Drive; the state line runs through the property itself. The main bar was rebuilt in 2010 on an elevated level to withstand storms, so expect stairs between levels. The entrance area holds vending machines and an ice box, and membership cards are sold at the door.
The bar's name compresses its two-state setting: the lounge sits where Perdido Key, Florida, meets Orange Beach, Alabama, so a visitor can stand with one foot in each state. The 2010 rebuild reused timber from the original structure that Hurricane Ivan destroyed in September 2004, and the main bar was raised on pilings to ride out later storms.
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