FRI 8/14–SUN 8/23
Stage Crafters: Ken Ludwig's “Moriarty”
Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium
A Sherlock Holmes comedy takes the stage.
/Sat 7:30 PM · Sun 2 PM · two weekends (8/14-16, 8/21-23)
This weekend on the Gulf Coast
Friday through Sunday, checked against each venue's own page.
This weekend on the Gulf Coast
33 events · every event read off the venue's own page
Friday, August 21
FRI 8/21
Gallery Night: Rusty Knuckle Torque Club Car Show
Palafox St, Downtown Pensacola
Classic cars fill closed-off Palafox, an easy hit for both boys, with the usual art and street food around it.
5-9 PM
FRI 8/21
Movie in the Parks: Tiger Point (August)
Tiger Point Park, Gulf Breeze
The hometown county movie night returns; the title posts closer in.
6:30 PM activities, movie at sunset
TUE 8/18–SUN 8/23
Blue Wahoos vs Knoxville
Blue Wahoos Stadium · Pensacola
The last big August homestand runs the same playbook: Saturday fireworks, and a free-vet Sunday with run-the-bases.
Fireworks Sat 8/22 · Military Family Sunday 8/23
FRI 8/21–SUN 8/30
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Pensacola Little Theatre
A laugh-out-loud stage spoof of Dracula takes the stage.
/Sat 7:30 PM · Sun 2:30 PM · two weekends
21+Thu thru FRI 10/16
Live Music: Manci's Antique Club
Manci's Antique Club · Daphne
This Daphne institution has walls of Jim Beam decanters and live local bands Thursday through Sunday.
6:30 · Fri-Sat 7:30 · Sun 6:00 PM
21+Nightly thru FRI 10/16
Karaoke & DJ Nights: FUBAR Pizza Bar
FUBAR Pizza Bar · Fort Walton Beach
Late-night karaoke runs five nights a week (Sun, Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat) plus a DJ on Monday and Thursday, 9 PM to 1 AM every night, with pizza till close.
9 PM-1 AM
21+Wed-Sat thru FRI 10/16
Karaoke Block: The Block
The Block · Fort Walton Beach
The Sports & Karaoke room at The Block runs Wednesday through Saturday, opening at 6 (8 on Thursday) and going late.
From 6 PM (Thu 8 PM)
21+Every weekend thru FRI 10/16
Weekend Live Music: Sandshaker Lounge
Sandshaker Lounge · Pensacola Beach
The Shaker, birthplace of the Bushwacker, has live music every weekend and never a cover.
Evenings
21+Tue thru FRI 10/16
Live Music: Paradise Bar & Grill
Paradise Bar & Grill · Pensacola Beach
Beachside live music plays most nights on Pensacola Beach, with rotating local acts starting at 5:30 (Sundays 2:30).
/Fri/Sat 5:30 PM · Sun 2:30 PM
Fridays thru FRI 10/30
Flip My Quarter: Friday happy hour
Seville Quarter, Apple Annie's · Pensacola
Call the coin flip and the drink is free; miss it and you pay.
6:00-8:00 PM
Fridays thru FRI 10/30
Rosie O'Grady's Dueling Piano Show
Seville Quarter, Rosie O'Grady's · Pensacola
Two pianos take requests shouted from the floor, and the room sings back.
8:00-11:00 PM
Every night thru SAT 10/31
Karaoke at Lili Marlene's: every night
Seville Quarter, Lili Marlene's · Pensacola
Karaoke runs seven nights a week in the aviators' room, not just on the weekend, which makes it the answer to a Tuesday you did not plan.
8:00-11:00 PM
Every evening thru WED 9/30
Live music on the green: 30Avenue
30Avenue · Inlet Beach
Local players take the lawn at the 30A end of the county, every evening, no ticket.
6:00-9:00 PM · free
Fridays thru FRI 8/28
Friday Dance Party with DJ Dan: The Big Chill
The Big Chill · Watersound Beach
The venue bills it as a family dance party, not a club night, with kids on the floor, parents around the edge, and it is done by 9:30.
6:00-9:30 PM
FRI 8/21
Comedy on the Boulevard: the last summer show
Emerald Coast Theatre Company · Suite 200
This is the final night of ECTC's summer stand-up run, upstairs at Grand Boulevard.
7:00 PM
FRI 8/21
DIY Accessories Craft Night: Destin Library
Destin Library
Materials out, instructions on the table, make something you can wear.
6:00 PM
FRI 8/21
Goo Goo Dolls: The Wharf Amphitheater
The Wharf Amphitheater · Orange Beach
This open-air amphitheatre on the Intracoastal has ten thousand seats and a band whose whole catalogue is a singalong.
8:00 PM
Saturday, August 22
Saturdays thru SAT 12/26
Palafox Market
MLK Jr. Plaza + Plaza Ferdinand, Downtown Pensacola
A big Saturday market fills downtown with produce, local makers, art, and food.
9 AM-2 PM
Saturdays thru SAT 10/10
Grand Boulevard Farmers' Market
Grand Park, Grand Boulevard at Sandestin · Miramar Beach
A Saturday farmers and makers market fills the Sandestin green, with local honey, produce, and kettle corn.
9 AM-1 PM
Saturdays thru SAT 10/10
Coastal Alabama Farmers & Fishermens Market
Coastal Alabama Market · Foley
The county's largest market sells fresh Gulf seafood straight from the boats plus produce and makers.
9 AM-2 PM
Saturdays thru SAT 10/10
parkrun: Free Timed 5K (Rec Plex North)
UWF Rec Plex North Field · Pensacola
A free, timed, all-comers 5K runs every Saturday.
7:30 AM
Saturdays thru SAT 10/10
Ocean Hour Beach Cleanup
Rotating, Pensacola Beach / area waterfronts · FL 32561
Give an hour and leave the beach better.
~8:45 AM · location rotates
Sat + Sun thru SUN 10/11
Ranger-Narrated Pensacola Bay Ferry to Fort Pickens
Downtown ferry landing → Fort Pickens → Pensacola Beach
Boat + fort + beach without the car: ranger narration across the bay, tunnels and batteries at Fort Pickens for engineering-minded kids, then the beach stop.
Runs 9 AM-6 PM
SAT 8/22
OWA Community Safety Day
Downtown OWA, Foley
First responders, K-9 demos, and trucks to climb fill OWA's free district, big for both big kids, and the fountain show follows at 6.
2:00-6:00 PM
SAT 8/22
Vince Gill: 50 Years From Home Tour
Saenger Theatre · Pensacola
Country royalty plays in the historic Saenger, gospel-friendly, completely clean, and about as elegant as a date night gets in this town.
Evening (time TBA)
SAT 8/22
Kellen Erskine: CLEAN Stand-Up (Mattie Kelly)
Mattie Kelly Arts Center, Sprint Theater · Niceville
A Dry Bar-style comic takes the stage, billed by the venue as all-ages clean, the rare comedy night that needs zero content asterisks.
7:00-8:30 PM
SAT 8/22
Goo Goo Dolls: Wharf Amphitheater
The Wharf Amphitheater, Orange Beach
"Iris" plays under the open sky, 90s/2000s nostalgia built for a 32-year-old couple.
Evening (time TBA)
Tuesdays and Saturdays thru SAT 10/31
The Brandon Styles Variety Show
Brandon Styles Theater at OWA · Foley
Celebrity impressions, comedy, and magic play a purpose-built theatre at OWA, twice a week.
7:00 PM
SAT 8/22
August Living History Drill: USS ALABAMA
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park · Mobile
WWII re-enactors run drills aboard the battleship and the submarine USS Drum while the park is open, so the ship you are walking through is crewed instead of empty.
8:00 AM-3:00 PM
18+SAT 8/22
Island Fights 57: The Forgotten Show
Pensacola Bay Center
Pensacola's long-running professional MMA card takes place in the arena.
7:00 PM
Sunday, August 23
Sundays thru SUN 10/11
Sunday Market on Palafox
MLK Jr. Plaza, Downtown Pensacola
The Sunday sibling of Palafox Market brings crafts, art, and prepared food.
~10 AM-3 PM
Sundays thru SUN 10/25
Sunday Brunch with John Wheeler: Seville Quarter
Seville Quarter, Apple Annie's · Pensacola
Brunch runs in the courtyard room while John Wheeler plays through it.
11:00 AM-2:00 PM