Festivals

The 30A Songwriters Festival returns to South Walton January 16-20, 2025 - celebrating 16 years with a wide variety of talented artists on the schedule.

The SwampWriter Music Festival is Stinky's heartfelt gift to the area’s music lovers - a free, five-day celebration of local and regional talent that returns each January to Stinky’s Bait Shack on Scenic 30A in Dune Allen Beach from Jan 15-19, 2025 over Martin Luther King Weekend. Full schedule to be announced soon. Keep your eye on the SoWal Events Calendar & Stinky's Bait Shack Website & Facebook.

The annual Camellia Festival at Eden Gardens State Park is set for Saturday February 8th, 2025 from 10am-2pm.

The event, hosted by The Friends of Eden Gardens State Park, is free with paid park admission ($4 per car). Additional parking for the event will be at Bay School with tram service to the park.

Presented by The Village of Baytowne Wharf and the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, it’s easy to see why the Sandestin Gumbo Festival is consistently designated the Gulf Coast’s favorite winter food event.

Now in its 36th year, this action-packed two-day event includes a kick-off party on Friday, Feb 21st and the Main Event on Saturday, Feb 22ndth.

The 30A Wine Festival, underwritten by the Alys Foundation, returns to the beautiful community of Alys Beach for its 13th year: Wednesday, February 19 through Sunday, February 23, 2025.

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Alys Beach Crafted is a jam-packed festival of the senses during November 13 - 17, 2024 in Alys Beach, Florida.

Crafted invites you to gather with masters of food and drink and renowned craftspeople from around the country sharing the products of their crafts during weekend events: Makers Market, Firkin Fête, Spirited Seminar, Spirited Soirée, and Pickleball & Picklebacks.

The beloved Flutterby Festival, produced by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County, celebrates its 32nd year of the migration of the Monarch Butterfly through our area with kid's art activities, live performances, lawn games, a student art exhibit, curated professional artist market, a butterfly parade, science station, book nook and so much more! The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Get down and get smoky at Grand Boulevard at Sandestin during the annual 30A BBQ Festival on November 8, 2024 from 5-8 p.m.

The Festival of the Arts, produced by Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF), is one of the Southeast’s premier juried art festivals.