Category: Events

Chipley Scottish Festival & Highland Games

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The Chipley Scottish Festival & Highland Games are coming to the Chipley First Presbyterian Church! Come by the 19th annual event starting at 9am to enjoy a family-fun celebration of Scottish heritage. Descendants are encouraged to come dressed in their clan’s kilt. Festival admission is $5 a person. There will be various physical challenges such as log throwing and sheaf tossing. Includes live music by Panama City Pipes and Drums as well as hit-duo Jig to a Milestone. There will also be a performance by Tallahassee’s Timberland Arts & Dance Academy, plus clans from Florida and Alabama.

Visit the official website HERE to learn more about the event. 

Yankeetown Arts, Crafts, & Seafood Festival

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The annual Yankeetown Arts, Crafts, & Seafood Festival is happening on November 19-20th. The festival is designed to celebrate the fishing heritage of the coastal Yankeetown community. The festival has been organized and run by the Inglis Yankeetown Lions Club for 41 years! There will be music provided by Blackwater Restaurant and the Lions Club featuring local talent at the Main Stage and Acoustic Stage. 

Known as a festival “where art meets nature,” it will feature seafood eats, music, and arts & crafts vendors. The festival would like to congratulate Emily Soper for her winning submission in the first Yankeetown Seafood Festival Poster competition! Learn more about the musical lineup, vendors, and event at the official website here. 

Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival

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The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is coming to Pensacola. From today until November 6th, there will be a free art show featuring over 200 artisans and craftsmen taking place in Seville Square. The event will also feature live music as well as a Children’s Art Festival. The Children’s Festival includes hands-on art activities and a Student Art Show. It will run on Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 4pm. The Arts Festival will be open from 9am – 5pm today and tomorrow; on Sunday it will run from 9am – 4pm. Learn more by visiting the official event website. 

Foo Foo Festival’s Bubble Alley

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Today was the first day of the Foo Foo Festival’s Bubble Alley. Bubble Alley is a free public art exhibit that will be on display from November 3-14. The display features thousands of reusable vinyl bubbles suspended above Intendencia Street. Bubble Alley is brought to the public by the Friends of Downtown Pensacola. The exhibit will be walkable from the downtown shops, bars, galleries, and restaurants. Learn more by visiting the official event website.

Freeport Bayfest

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The 8th annual Freeport Bayfest is coming soon! On November 6th from 10am-6pm, the family-friendly festival will be taking place at Hammock Trl E in Freeport. Admission to the event is FREE but as there will be a number of vendors, festival-goers should come prepared with cash and card. Bayfest will also feature live entertainment, a cooking contest, jeep show, children’s art contest, pony rides, mullet toss, corn hole, and more! The event will begin at 10am with a Ribbon Cutting by Miss Freeport Queens. The cook-off will begin at 11am. The mullet toss will take place at 3pm. 

Visit the official Freeport Bayfest website HERE to learn more. 

Woman’s Club of Blountstown Yard Sale

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The Woman’s Club of Blountstown is hosting its annual yard sale this coming weekend. On Friday, November 4th, the yard sale will run from 3pm to dark (approx. 6pm). Saturday’s sale will run from 7am to 3pm. There will be baked goodies and various items for sale. All money raised will be used by the Club to help the community. They will also be posting items to FB marketplace. Come out to 106 Main Street North to support the Club!

Visit the Facebook event page HERE to stay up-to-date with Yard Sale announcements. 

Family Movie Night

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McKenzie Park is hosting a Family Movie Night this Friday, October 28th. The Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus, will start playing at 7pm. Viewers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, snacks, and drinks (alcohol not allowed). There will be snacks available for purchase and the proceeds will go to support the local Girl Scout troop. Donations will also be accepted. Please note that the event itself is FREE. 

Visit the Facebook event page here to keep up-to-date. 

Hocus Pocus Trivia Night

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Milk and Honey Soft Serve & Coffee Shop will be hosting a Hocus Pocus Trivia Night. The questions will cover both the classic 90s Hocus Pocus as well as Hocus Pocus 2 (now streaming on Disney+). The trivia night will take place on Tuesday, October 25 at 7 pm!

Visit the Facebook event page here for more information. 

Fall Fest Downtown

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Historic Downtown Panama City is hosting a Fall Fest on October 29th. The festival will run from 8am to 9pm and include a day packed with family fun. There will be games, candy, and spooky surprises for all ages! The schedule is as follows:

• (8 am – 1 pm) Fall Farmer’s Market at McKenzie Park
• (1 pm – 4 pm) Fall Bash at McKenzie Park
• (4 pm – 7 pm) Trunk or Treat at McKenzie Park
• (6 pm – 9 pm) Fright Nights Haunted House at the Center For The Arts
Learn more by visiting the Fall Fest Facebook event page here. 

C.M. Kidd Harris Events

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This Sunday will be a packed day for C.M. Kidd Harris Park in Panama City. The day starts with a Raised Bed Event at 10am. Put on by Living Healthy. Simplified and the Quality of Life Department of Panama City, this is a volunteer event to get raised beds built and filled for the benefit of the surrounding community. Learn more by visiting the Raised Bed Event Facebook page here.

During the event, there will be a number of other activities taking place so the whole family can come out. There will be plant starters for kids so they can help get seasonal plants going for your home, a tour of the food forest park, and a tour to learn about backyard beekeeping at 1pm. This will also be the location of the Fall Seed and Plant Swap; learn more here! Bring seeds and plants to swap with other community members. There will be snacks and refreshments available but they are of a limited quantity, so please prepare for a day in the Florida sun by bringing your own water, sun protection, and comfy clothes.