Events

Beginning Friday, March 8 through Sunday, March 10, from 8am to 4pm, District 4 Commissioner Sara Comander will be hosting a community clean-up weekend in Miramar Beach at Legion Park on Ponce de Leon Street.

The Walton County Public Works Department will be providing dumpsters for Walton County residents to dump trash, yard debris, tires, appliances and other miscellaneous items. There will also be a crew and equipment to offload heavy items.

There are so many talented and creative students in the Walton County area, and through the various schools and educational foundations, there are extensive opportunities to encourage those talents. One of those creative opportunities was recently offered through the Rosemary Beach Foundation.

Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort announces record breaking crowds at the 24th Annual Gumbo Festival held over the extended Presidents’ Day Weekend, where nearly 2,000 attendees tasted and voted naming “People’s Choice”, while a panel of celebrity judges declared the coveted “Area’s Best” gumbo.

This longstanding winter food event has hosted numerous restaurants, businesses and guests over the last 24 years, but this weekend's Festival was a record with nearly 2,000 tickets sold. Guests enjoyed the great fall beach weather and tasted gumbo from 18 area restaurants and businesses.

Purses with a Purpose is a two-day purse sale and auction where new and gently used designer handbags are donated to be sold and auctioned off with all proceeds benefiting Shelter House, the domestic violence center serving Okaloosa and Walton Counties. The much-anticipated purse extravaganza returns to Silver Sands Premium Outlets on March 22 and 23.

The Sandestin Wine Festival, one of the top wine festivals in the country, is reporting record ticket sales for its 2013 Spring event.

Slated for this April 18-21, the Sandestin Wine Festival is known as the “Kentucky Derby of Wine Festivals.” It will be a picture perfect event complete with white tents, the tasting of hundreds of wines, Gulf seafood and other culinary treats, and live music.

The Friends of Eden pay tribute to the camellia Saturday, Feb. 23 from 10am to 2pm at Eden Gardens State Park in Point Washington, located north of US Hwy 98 via CR 395.
 

Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, named “Best of Weddings in 2013” by The Knot today announced the Bride’s Just Wanna Have Fun Bridal Expo to be held at Sandestin’s Baytowne Conference Center this Saturday, Feb. 16 from 12:30-4 p.m. The Emerald Coast's top wedding vendors and destination wedding experts will all be gathered in one location to offer bride’s-to-be a one-on-one opportunity to experience a day full of designer wedding trend ideas. 

The Gulf Place Merchants Association hosts the rapidly growing, semi-annual community yard sale at the Gulf Place Amphitheater at the corner of Scenic 30A and Highway 393. The event features vendors from the surrounding community selling a variety of merchandise including women and men’s apparel, original art, furniture, home accessories and more.
 
After the yard sale, take some time to visit the wonderful shops and restaurants that make Gulf Place so fun and unique!
 
Check it out Saturday, February 16th, from 8AM-1PM!
 

The ArtsQuest Fine Arts & Music Festival is held each Mother's Day weekend in South Walton, Florida. The Cultural Arts Alliance (CAA) is thrilled to announce the 25th anniversary festival will take place, May 10 - 12 in the WaterColor Resort, along Scenic Highway 30A, which runs along the gorgeous Gulf of Mexico.