The Flora~Bama is a legendary road house bar located on Perdido Key right at the Alabama / Florida state line.

The local usually refer to the FloraBama as the 'Bama. And there is just about always something happening at the 'Bama. Live music every day of the year. Sometimes great music, sometimes, so-so, and sometimes quite outrageous. The Florabama has many, many weekends that are special events. During these special weekends there is often music in two or three different  locations in the rambling honky-tonk.

One of the biggest events of the year is in the Spring-

--The Interstate Mullet Toss. This is where folks pay good money to throw a dead fish across the state line to see who can throw one the furthest. It is held in April and is always a weekend of fabulous beach weather, live music, great food and lots of 'carrying-on

On the day of the Interstate Mullet Toss, the traffic is backed up way into both Florida and Alabama in front of the Florabama as people come from allover to both participate int eh Mullet Toss Contest and watch those who compete..

The Florabama is really a compound of assembled indoor and outdoor decks, tents, walkways, and the older package store and multi-level interior bar, stages, pool room and bathrooms. This photo from Mullet Toss 2004 shows just how many people came thru the FloraBama to both the bar areas and the beach surrounding the official toss area.

Meanwhile, out on the beach, an area is set aside for the actual tossing of dead fish across the State Line.

                    
           Measurements of distance thrown are carefully made and recorded.

                       
All day the traffic heading to the Florabama from both the Alabama side (above) and the Florida side (below) was bumper to bumper.                              

It is also where they caught and killed that HUGE shark last week!

So, who wants to go to the Mullet Toss? ( all $$ to go to Buggs Campaign)

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