Mobile, Ala. (February 4, 2026) – Organizers are excited to announce the 11th Annual MudBottom Revival Music Festival, hosted by Dog River Clearwater Revival. This fun afternoon of live music and community spirit will raise awareness and funds to improve public access and water quality for Dog River and its tributaries.
The event is set for Sunday, April 19 from 2-6 p.m. at Bender Point, 3619 Riviere Du Chien Road, Mobile, Ala. Gates open at 1:30 p.m.
This year’s musical lineup features headliner Willie Watson, an internationally renowned folk and Americana artist known for roots-driven songwriting and live storytelling, The New Cahoots, an acoustic/electric trio out of Pensacola blending folk, bluegrass, and Americana with high-energy originals and covers, and Camm Lewis, a soulful local performer bringing a warm vocal style and an easy mix of laid-back groove and sing-along moments.
Attendees are encouraged to bring friends and family, coolers, picnic blankets, and chairs to enjoy live music under the shade of beautiful oak trees on the banks of Dog River. Bathrooms and food vendors will be on-site, and MudBottom Revival swag is available for purchase. Attendees will arrive by car, bike, kayak, canoe, stand-up paddleboard, or boat. Boat taxi transportation will also be available.
Tickets are available now and historically sell out quickly. Ticket prices are $35 for general admission and $45 the week of the show. Children 12 and under are free.
Sponsorship opportunities for the MudBottom Revival Music Festival are now available.
For more information on benefits of each sponsorship level (ranging from $250 to $2500), visit www.dogriver.org.
ABOUT THE MUSIC
Willie Watson is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, banjo player, and actor. Best known as a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, Watson spent years interpreting the American folk canon before finally turning inward, writing songs shaped by loss, sobriety, faith, and reckoning with his past. His self-titled album marks the first time he fully steps forward as a songwriter, pairing his unmistakable rural tenor with deeply personal stories rooted in growth and redemption. Grounded in tradition but unafraid of vulnerability, Watson’s music finds hope in heartbreak and meaning in the long road back to oneself. Click here for full bio.
The New Cahoots is an acoustic/electric group based out of Pensacola, Florida. The band, formed in 2020, has written a wide variety of original music from a blend of bluegrass, folk and Americana. They have had the pleasure of supporting acts such as Old Crow Medicine Show, Railroad Earth, Town Mountain, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country & Dumpstaphunk.
Camm Lewis was born and raised in Grand Bay, Alabama, Camm Lewis spent his childhood watching and listening to his family play music for anyone that was willing to listen. From music venues to the family barn, music was played on a weekly basis. It was a way to get through the hard-working weeks. Paul Overstreet, Merle Haggard and George Jones are just a few of the records that were constantly playing around the house, except on Sunday mornings before church, that was Gospel hour. "I write about my family and the way of life I love. I just want to be honest and genuine. Hopefully when you hear my music you can relate."
About Dog River Clearwater Revival (DRCR)
DRCR is a 501c(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving public access to and the water quality of Dog River and its tributaries. All DRCR programs, projects and volunteers work toward this ambitious goal. For more information about DRCR, visit www.dogriver.org where the 2025 Annual Report is also published demonstrating recent work and accomplishments.
DOG RIVER CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Fact Sheet
2026 Priority Projects Include:
- Shoreline restoration
- A native plant and living shoreline project
- Member duck house build
2025 Accomplishments:
- 25+ sites being tested monthly by volunteer water quality monitors
- 12 citizen complaints responded to (runoff, sewage, derelict vessel leaking fuel)
- Relaunched the Great Drift float event with 40+ participants on Dog River for 1.5,3- and 5-mile trips.
- 10th Annual MudBottom Revival Music Festival (500 attendees and volunteers)
- 14th Annual Dog River Fishing Tournament (41 anglers, adult and youth)
- 39th Annual Coastal Cleanup at Dog River Park (50+ volunteers collected trash and marine debris)
- Engaged 2 local Scout troops with cleanup projects
- Attended neighborhood and service organization meetings giving DRCR presentations.
- Visited 3rd grade classrooms presenting Discover Dog River youth program
- Alabama Water Watch (AWW) Water Monitor Group of the Year 2025
- Launched new DRCR Environmental Scholarship Program which was awarded in the amount of $2,000 to a deserving USA student (who volunteered with us for 1 year.) DEC 2025
- Active Board of Directors met six times to further DRCR goals and projects
- General membership met twice (January and July) for business items and outreach
