Name: Mayhaw Music Festival 5K
Start: 2026-10-03
End: 2026-10-03
Location: Cottonwood

About the Event

5K race

Come run in the 5k Open event at 10 a.m. the day of the music festival. The Open 5k will follow the Varsity Boys and Girls Cross Country meet that will begin at 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., respectively.

The race will be 5K in distance hosted at Honey Bee Farms in Cottonwood, AL (20 minutes South of Dothan). The course will be a true cross country course traversing open fields, woods, farmland, and a lake crossing. Honey Bee Farms is surrounded by beautiful countryside and natural springs and will be host the the Mayhaw Bluegrass music festival.

Mayhaw Music Festival

ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAYHAW 5K GET FREE ENTRY INTO THE MUSIC FESTIVAL WITH PROOF OF PARTICIPATION!

We’ve got quite a lineup of bands this year. North Carolina's own Chatham Rabbits are returning to Mayhaw to headline the show. Michael Prewitt & Crunchgrass Supreme, Brenna MacMillan, First Far West (Josh Rinkel / Laura Orshaw), Dcovan Matthews, and Pontiac Stove Company! Music starts at 1 pm and goes until 7 pm. You can click on the image below to listen to the specially curated Mayhaw Music Festival playlist. For additional details please visit

https://www.mayhawmusicfestival.com/

To register a team for the High School event please visit

https://al.milesplit.com/meets/688771-mayhaw-music-festival-5k-2025

Races Offered

5K Open

Oct 03, 2026

straighten

Distance — 5K

terrain

Type — Running

timer

10:00

sell

$30.00

Weather History

These values represent the 3-year monthly averages for October in Cottonwood.

thermostat Temperature

15.3° / 26.1°

wb_sunny Feels like

13.9° / 25.1°

light_mode Avg sunshine hours

9h 32m

water_drop Avg rainfall

1.6 mm

ac_unit Avg snowfall

—

air Avg wind speed

11.2 km/h (Light breeze)

opacity Sweat loss rate

High

terrain Course conditions

Hard and dry surface

sunny Max UV Index

Moderate (4.0)

humidity_mid Humidity

66.7%

wb_twilight Sunrise

06:44

nightlight Sunset

18:08

About Cottonwood

Learn more about the host city, Cottonwood.

Cottonwood is a town in Houston County, Alabama, United States. One source said the town incorporated in 1901, although the 1910 U.S. census stated 1903. It is part of the Dothan, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Cottonwood had a population of 1,048.