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Thousands of people came out for the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Emery Ledbetter and Zoey Horn eat ice cream after getting their faces painted at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Satpal Chandel and his son, Agastya check out a Ferrari at the MOB INC (Motorists of Birmingham in Nice Cars) car show at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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People take a turn on a spinning carnival ride at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The Black Sedan Band entertains the crowd at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Pablo Lillo of Hoover, Alabama, takes a turn on the zipline at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The Hoover Police Department had its seized Porsche on display at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Maddie Berner of Hoover, Alabama, takes a turn on a Euro Bungee trampoline at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Oliver Castillo checks out a Hoover fire truck at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Thousands of people came out for the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Hoover police officer Luke Smith talks about the Hoover Police Department's bomb suit at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Kids take a spin on the swings at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Mevansh Gundlapally, left, plays chess with Tristen Campbell at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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People browse the vendor and business tents at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The MOB INC (Motorists of Birmingham in Nice Cars) car club had several vehicles on display at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Boys play soccer at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The Black Sedan Band entertains the crowd at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Rhonda McCracken and Michael Varnum dance to the music of the Black Sedan Band at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Baker Bryant takes a ride on a pony at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Nova Thomas of the Inverness community takes a ride on a pony at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Roddy Brooker, an electrician with the Hoover Builiding Services Department scoops up some appie pie for his supervisor, Colin Conner, at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Carolyn Hudson, left, and Liz Elliott of the Hoover Beautification Board serve free apple pie and ice cream at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The Black Sedan Band entertains the crowd at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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The Black Sedan Band entertains the crowd at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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DeAngelo Goulsby and his daughter, Izzy, check out a Jeep at the MOB INC (Motorists of Birmingham in Nice Cars) car show at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Ivy England of Hoover, Alabama, takes a turn at The Golffice golf station at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Rocio Ayala of the Rocky Ridge community plays in some bubbles at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Colton Agee of Pinky Fancy Faces makes a balloon sword for William Schmidt of Alabaster, Alabama, at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Luis Fiero of Hoover, Alabama, gets ready to jump off the zipline platform at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Sara and Bushra Allabani play with Legos at the Hoover Public Library tent at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Elijah Beck of the Chapel Hills community in Hoover, Alabama, gets a Batman airbrush tattoo at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Berry Middle School student Isabella Pronath poses for a photo with Spiderman at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
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Sophia Maldonado of Hoover, Alabama, rides a pony at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park in Hoover, Alabama, on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
Cloudy skies and a light ran threatened to dampen spirits at the 2026 Celebrate Hoover Day at Veterans Park on Saturday, but the rain was brief and eventually gave way to sunny skies, providing a much more enjoyable experience for festival goers.
This year's annual citywide festival featured a 40-foot-tall ferris wheel and zipline as new additions and the Black Sedan Band as the headline entertaiment.
The event also included food trucks, other carnival rides, pony rides, face painting, martial arts demonstrations, inflatable bounce houses, a car show, airbrush tattoos, balloon twisters, equipment displays by the Hoover police and fire departments and a 10-fooot-wide apple pie cooked by city employees and shared for free with ice cream.
