

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Gulf Shores Area Alumni & Friends Social
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join your Western Illinois University Alumni Association in Orange Beach for an Alumni &amp; Friends Social hosted by Garry and Margie Johnson.

Feel free to bring a friend, spouse, or significant other!

Social, Pasta Bar &amp; Cash Bar: Complimentary

We realize this is on Fat Tuesday. The last parade is at 2 p.m. that day. It ends on the beach road at Highway 161. The parade and traffic will be cleared out by 4:30 p.m. There should be no issues getting to Cobalt.

To register: Email A-Association@wiu.edu or call (309) 298-1914.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/orange-beach/gulf-shores-area-alumni-and-friends-social/200029480191845
- **Event Categories**: parades, sports, mardi-gras
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029480191845?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=orange+beach-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Orange Beach
- **state**: AL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Cobalt the Restaurant
- **lat**: 30.278041267416
- **long**: -87.549695971767
- **full address**: Cobalt the Restaurant, 28099 AL-182, Orange Beach, AL 36561-3243, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Western Illinois University Alumni Association (https://allevents.in/org/western-illinois-university-alumni-association/1439144)

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  - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/9608c4bb64951c917659ed4d0bf7d913b56575a9d4ea2d4577867db7898c8fe8-rimg-w300-h300-dc797164-gmir?v=1771102418

## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Cobalt the Restaurant, 28099 AL-182, Orange Beach, AL 36561-3243, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Western Illinois University Alumni Association
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** parades, sports, mardi-gras
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Gulf Shores Area Alumni & Friends Social ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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