Friday through Sunday, checked against each venue's own page.
50 events · every event read off the venue's own page
Sat + Sun thru SUN 10/11
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
Sundays thru SUN 10/11
MLK Jr. Plaza, Downtown Pensacola
The Sunday sibling of Palafox Market brings crafts, art, and prepared food.
~10 AM-3 PM
FRI 10/2–SUN 10/4
Ballet Pensacola, The Center
A gothic, atmospheric Frankenstein ballet plays one October weekend, October 2-4, a moody, elegant date.
7 PM · Sat 10/3 1:30 PM and 7 PM · Sun 10/4 1:30 PM
THU 10/1–SUN 10/11
22+ venues, Pensacola Beach + downtown
Ten days of acoustic storyteller rounds run, mostly free, a build-your-own date.
Venue-by-venue schedule
21+Thu thru FRI 10/16
Manci's Antique Club · Daphne, AL
This Daphne institution has walls of Jim Beam decanters and live local bands Thursday through Sunday.
6:30 PM · Fri-Sat 7:30 PM · Sun 6:00 PM
21+Nightly thru FRI 10/16
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+Every weekend thru FRI 10/16
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
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
SUN 10/4
Saenger Theatre · Pensacola
This local instrumental duo plays Latin and smooth-jazz guitar, easy and romantic.
7:30 PM
Sunday and Tuesday to Saturday thru SAT 10/31
Seville Quarter, Lili Marlene's · Pensacola
Karaoke runs every night but Monday in the aviators' room, not just on the weekend.
8:00-11:00 PM
Sundays thru SUN 10/25
Seville Quarter, Apple Annie's · Pensacola
Brunch runs in the courtyard room while John Wheeler plays through it.
11:00 AM-2:00 PM
SUN 10/4
Okaloosa Island Pier · Fort Walton Beach
Kids twelve and under fish free for the whole day, the first hundred get a rod to keep, and the pier lends tackle to anyone who needs it.
7:00 AM-4:00 PM
SUN 10/4
UWF Soccer Complex · Pensacola
University of West Florida women's soccer hosts Jacksonville University at the UWF Soccer Complex, part of the program's debut NCAA Division I season.
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Sundays
Pickleball at OWA · Foley, AL
Pickleball at OWA runs indoor open play every Sunday afternoon, paired with a discount for anyone who shows a same-day receipt from Waffles R Wild.
1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
SAT 10/3–SUN 10/4
Juana's Pagodas & Sailors' Grill weigh-in and awards site · Navarre
Anglers spread out across the shore, boats, kayaks and the pier for the two day Navarre Fishing Rodeo, with a published Junior Division that keeps the weekend open to younger competitors.
2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Sunday 10/4
Brandon Styles Theater · Foley, AL
Tribute performer Brandon Styles channels nearly 40 classic artists from the 1950s through the 1970s at OWA's Brandon Styles Theater.
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
THU 8/27–THU 10/15
Mobile Museum of Art
The museum runs a free Thursday afternoon art session most weeks, working through materials and techniques borrowed from artists on view.
Thursdays 8/27 through 10/15 (except Sept 8) · 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
SAT 10/3–MON 10/5
Mobile Tennis Center
A USTA Level 4 open draws roughly 200 players from around the country to the Mobile Tennis Center over three days.
Times not yet published
SUN 10/4
Clement E. Taylor Park · Destin
The Rodeo Run is a flat 3.1-mile course starting and ending at Clement E. Taylor Park on the Destin Harbor.
8:00 AM (finish/awards time not published)
THU 10/1–SAT 10/31
Docks behind AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar · Destin
Anglers competing in the month-long Destin Fishing Rodeo bring their catches to the scale on the harbor docks behind AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar every day in October.
10:00 AM-7:00 PM
WED 9/2–WED 10/14
Crosspoint Niceville Campus, Room 703
Crosspoint's Niceville campus runs Dave Ramsey's nine-week Financial Peace University course on Wednesday evenings starting September 2.
Wednesdays 9/2 – 10/14 (of a 9-week course) · 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
WED 9/9–WED 10/14
Crosspoint Niceville Campus Friendship Hall
A nine-session marriage enrichment group meets Wednesday evenings at Crosspoint's Niceville Campus Friendship Hall starting September 9, aimed at building practical relationship skills for…
Wednesdays 9/9 – 10/14 (of a 9-session group) · 6:00 PM-7:00 PM
SUN 9/13–SUN 10/18
Crosspoint Niceville Campus, Room 912
An eight-week Sunday morning class at Crosspoint's Niceville campus walks participants through identifying their own story, passions, abilities and role in the church's mission.
Sundays 9/13 – 10/18 (of an 8-week class) · 11:00 AM (end time not published)
TUE 9/8–TUE 10/13
Crosspoint Niceville Campus Community Life Center, Room 956
Crosspoint's Niceville campus runs a weekly Tuesday evening support program for adults who are separated or divorced, meeting in the Community Life Center starting September 8.
Tuesdays, weekly (no published end date) · 6:00 PM-7:30 PM
WED 9/9–WED 10/14
Crosspoint Niceville Campus Marler Chapel
A Wednesday evening discussion group at Crosspoint's Niceville campus works through Arthur C. Brooks' From Strength to Strength, on finding purpose and happiness in the second half of life.
Wednesdays 9/9 – 10/14 (of a run through 11/4) · 6:00 PM-7:00 PM
WED 9/9–WED 10/14
Crosspoint Niceville Campus, Room 701
A Wednesday evening discussion group at Crosspoint's Niceville campus focuses on intentional dating, character and evaluating a shared life vision, starting September 9.
Wednesdays, weekly (no published end date) · 6:00 PM (end time not published)
Friday 10/2
Building 82, Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Mainstage Theatre, UWF · Pensacola
UWF Theatre stages Alice in Wonderland on the Mainstage in Building 82's Center for Fine and Performing Arts, open to the general public.
7:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Sunday 10/4
Henry George Park on the Bluff · Fairhope, AL
The volunteer Baldwin Pops stage a free Founder's Day concert at Henry George Park on the Bluff, Sunday at 6 PM.
6:00 PM
TUE 9/15–SUN 11/1
West Regional Library · Mobile, AL
West Regional Library hosts this youth exhibition tied to the Jazz Art Writers South Festival, a partnership between Mobile Arts Council and Amp Up Arts.
Thursday 10/1
Marina Bar & Grill, Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort · Miramar Beach
Marina Bar & Grill at Baytowne Marina runs its own Game Days program, showing NCAA football on Saturdays and NFL games on Sundays plus select Monday and Thursday nights.
Friday 10/2
Perdido Beach Resort · Orange Beach, AL
Perdido Beach Resort hosts the AIA Alabama Annual Conference 2026 starting Friday, October 2.
At 12:00 PM · runs through Sunday 10/4
Sunday 10/4
Perdido Beach Resort · Orange Beach, AL
Perdido Beach Resort hosts the 2026 ALA-CASE Fall Conference on Sunday, October 4, from 8 AM to 5 PM.
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Thursday 9/17
Ben May Main Library, Youth Programming Room · Mobile, AL
This caregiver meetup in the Youth Programming Room at Ben May Main Library pairs children's play with a warm drink.
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
18+Thursday 9/10
Bellingrath Gardens & Home, Magnolia Café · Theodore, AL
Bellingrath Gardens & Home hosts its monthly Lucky Leaves Bingo Night at the Magnolia Café on Thursday, October 15, from 6 PM to 8:30 PM, as a Halloween-themed plant bingo with prizes and a…
6:00 PM to 8:30 PM
FRI 10/2–SUN 10/4
Coastal County Brewing Company · Pensacola
Coastal County's pork and peanut festival runs three days in the beer garden.
All day
SUN 10/4
First Presbyterian Church Fort Walton Beach
First Presbyterian Church holds a short outdoor blessing service for pets under the oak trees beside the church, with treats for animals and their people afterward.
4:00 PM to 4:30 PM
FRI 9/25–SAT 10/31
OWA Parks & Resort · Foley, AL
OWA's immersive haunted attraction runs on select nights through the end of October, with dates including September 25 to 26 and October 2 to 3, 9 to 10, 16 to 17 and 19 to 31.
Select nights through October 31 · evenings
THU 9/24–FRI 12/11
Anna Lamar Switzer Center for Visual Arts · Pensacola
A gallery exhibition by artist Wanda Sullivan runs at Pensacola State College's visual arts center through mid-December.
Now through December 11
FRI 8/28–MON 10/5
Quayside Art Gallery · Pensacola
Quayside Art Gallery in downtown Pensacola is showing Summer's End, an exhibition about the turn from late summer into autumn, through October 5.
11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
TUE 9/29–SAT 10/31
Steve's Fishing and Adventure Farm · Walnut Hill
Steve's Farm has rebranded as Steve's Fishing and Adventure Farm and opened a fall attraction in Walnut Hill with a corn maze, a giant slide, a kids' zipline, a jump pad, hayrides, a wagon…
9 AM to 6 PM
SAT 10/3–SUN 10/4
Mobile Convention Center
South Alabama Comic Con fills the Mobile Convention Center for two days with guests from film, television, anime and comics, plus cosplay, artist and vendor booths, and gaming.
10:00 AM to 6:00 PM · Sunday 10/4 · 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Daily through 11/8
Bellingrath Gardens and Home · Theodore, AL
Bellingrath Gardens and Home runs a fall festival from September 19 through November 8 with seasonal displays across the gardens, including the scarecrow exhibit and pumpkin displays.
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
THU 10/1–FRI 11/20
UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, The Art Gallery · Pensacola
Make It Last is an exhibition in The Art Gallery at the UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts, curated by a UWF graduate.
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM · opening reception Thursday 10/8 · 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Sundays
GameMasters Guild · Crestview
The Yu-Gi-Oh weekly tournament is an Advanced Constructed Yu-Gi-Oh TCG event at GameMasters Guild in Crestview, every Sunday at 1 PM.
1 PM
SAT 10/3–SAT 10/24
Blue Morning Gallery · Pensacola
Monochrome is a group show by three artists at Blue Morning Gallery, 21 S. Palafox Place in downtown Pensacola, running through Saturday, October 24.
Times not posted
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Painting with a Twist Pensacola
Painting with a Twist Pensacola is an artist-led paint-and-sip studio at 4771 Bayou Blvd Suite C11 with several classes every week.
Classes most days: family days Saturday 10:30 AM, brunch Sunday 11 AM, evenings Wednesday to Saturday
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Painting with a Twist Fort Walton Beach · Suite B-8
Painting with a Twist Fort Walton Beach is an artist-led canvas painting studio at 255 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Suite B-8, in the Publix shopping center in downtown Fort Walton Beach.
Classes most weeks: Sunday 3 PM, Monday evenings, Saturday all-ages open studio
First Sunday of the month
Bayview Park (dock next to the dog beach, east of Bayview Senior Resource Center) · Pensacola
Free Yoga in the Park is a one-hour outdoor class at Bayview Park in Pensacola, led by Breathe Yoga and Wellness Center with City of Pensacola Parks and Recreation.
9:30 AM
Sundays
Trinity Games · Pensacola
Pokémon League at Trinity Games is a free weekly play session every Sunday from 1-4 PM at the shop in Pensacola.
1 PM-4 PM
First Sunday of the month
Trinity Games · Pensacola
The Monthly Gym Leader Challenge is a free Pokémon event at Trinity Games in Pensacola on the first Sunday of each month, 1-4 PM.
1 PM-4 PM