This Saturday, Feb. 29th is the last Saturday of February and also since this is a leap year it is the 29th which only happens in February every 4 years! It is starting to get busy in the panhandle and below are some things that should be fun for everyone. Pets, drinking, shopping, beach clean ups, vegan, and art! As always below each photo is the details for each event. Have a great Saturday!
The Market at St. Andrews will host its 4th annual Salty Dog Day event, celebrating all things dog in Salty St. Andrews, Saturday, Feb. 29, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. This dog-friendly event is an extension of The Market at St. Andrews with proceeds benefiting Bonnie’s Purpose and Operation Spay Bay. The market will include dog merchandise vendors, veterinarians, groomers, a shot clinic, a microchip booth, treat stations, dog play area, food, music, shopping and entertainment, as well as blessing of the dogs, adoptions, a Pup Crawl throughout St. Andrews, a silent auction, raffles, and so much fun for dogs and their humans. Salty Dog Mayor Riley will be in attendance to meet and greet her constituents.Tallahassee Vegan/Vegetarian Community is proud to present the 6th Annual North Florida VegFest! It will be held on Saturday, February 29 2020, at the beautiful Tom Brown Park in Tallahassee. From 10am-4pm. With a focus on healthy, sustainable, and compassionate living, this FREE & FUN festival highlights the many benefits and flavors of eating plant-based food! It’s open to everyone, so be sure to bring along friends & family. Tom Brown is dog-friendly, so leashed dogs are welcome. North Florida VegFest will include speakers, cooking demos, food vendors, healthy living and eco-friendly vendors, animal sanctuaries, non-profits, kids activities, free yoga, and free vegan food samples!From 11am to 3pm at The Little Mustard Seed on 437 Harrison Avenue in Panama City they will have a soft opening. They may not be 100% ready, but they are 100% ready to open the doors and see all of their friends & customers again. Open 4 hours starting at 11:00 a.m. to make sure everything is working before our Pop Up Panama City Makers Market in March.SpringHill Suites, Hampton Inn and Bikini Beach resort are teaming up for a beach cleanup and a learning experience with FWC, Audubon Florida, PCB Turtle Watch and Keep PCB Beautiful. Volunteers will be able to check in at Bikini Beach Resort, SpringHill Suites or Hampton Inn. After the beach cleanup SpringHill Suites by Marriott will host a BBQ for all volunteers with live music. This is from 10am to 12pm.From 9am to 5pm at the Zen Garden Art Market located in Panama City Beach at 707 Richard Jackson Blvd. Once a month, the Zen Garden Art Market will showcase new and upcoming local artists and help promote talent by exposing their work. The goal of the Zen Garden Art Market is to help publicize new and diverse talent that wouldn’t normally be seen in the area. It gives artists a chance to get exposure and experience on what it would be like to distribute and share their work with likeminded people within the community. Every market will also benefit a charity organization of choice. They will have an information booth on the organization and collect donations. Artists will also have the option to donate a percentage of their sales to the organization. The organization of choice for February is the LGBTQ Center of Bay County. Since Hurricane Michael, artists have struggled with finding a new place to connect and integrate within an art collective, and Zen Garden has offered its space to be a new place of coming together, as it always has been. Parking: there are two parking lots, one on each side of the property. There is extra parking next door in front of JUST JUMP on the corner of Richard Jackson Blvd and Hutchinson Blvd.
