Events

Taste of the Beach is a daylong festival at Casino Beach featuring local restaurants' signature dishes, a cooking challenge, live concert, beer tasting, and hospitality tents, one of the Southeast's top tourism events.

Pensacola Beach Songwriters Festival brings 135+ award-winning and Grammy-winning songwriters to intimate venues across Pensacola Beach and historic downtown Pensacola each October. Attendees hear original songs performed by their writers alongside the stories behind them, plus songwriting worksh...

Beach-O-Ween is a free, family-friendly Halloween celebration on Pensacola Beach featuring a costume contest, games, face painting, trick-or-treat candy, hotdogs, and special guests. Kids and families are invited to dress up and enjoy an evening of spooky, kid-friendly fun right on the boardwalk....

The Pensacola Interstate Fair is the Gulf Coast's largest annual fair, featuring over 60 rides, live entertainment, agricultural and livestock exhibits, arts and crafts, and diverse food vendors. Celebrating decades of tradition, it draws visitors from across the region for family-friendly fall f...

Pensacola Winterfest transforms downtown into a magical holiday wonderland from late November through Christmas Eve, featuring falling snow, trolley tours, live performances with beloved characters like the Grinch, Snoopy, and the Polar Express conductor, plus Santa visits and festive holiday che...

Watch dozens of festively decorated boats light up Santa Rosa Sound during Pensacola Beach's annual Holiday Lighted Boat Parade. Vessels launch from Sabine Marina, loop past the Boardwalk, and compete for "Most Merry" and "Best of Show," followed by fireworks and a Santa meet-and-greet.

The 59th Annual Snowball Derby is a 300-lap Super Late Model stock car race, the "Super Bowl of Short Track Racing." Held annually at Five Flags Speedway, it's the premier pavement late model event, drawing top short-track talent nationwide for a week of racing culminating in Sunday's main event....

Join thousands of spectators as the annual Surfing Santa Beach Parade winds down Via De Luna Drive on Pensacola Beach, starting near Avenida 10/11. Santa closes out the festive procession, ending at the Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach.

The Cox Pensacola Christmas Parade is downtown Pensacola's largest annual holiday event, drawing over 50,000 spectators. Featuring nearly 100 floats, marching bands, and the Blue Angels flight team, it rolls down Palafox Street each December, kicking off the community's festive holiday season....