Seaside’s Escape To Create (E2C) artist residency launches its 25th season with the arrival of a dozen artists selected from an international pool of applicants for the renowned creative retreat. During their residency artists, authors, filmmakers, playwrights, and musicians will bring a little magic to the South Walton community.
The Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County invites artists to apply to exhibit in the 28th annual ArtsQuest Fine Arts Festival happening
The Friends of Eden Gardens are hosting the annual Camellia Festival on Saturday, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Eden Gardens State Park in Point Washington. Floral demonstrations and presentations will be held throughout the day, and live music will be provided by local bluegrass band Dismal Creek (live music from noon til 2pm)!
Come join all SoWal gumbo lovers for the 2016 Annual Sandestin Gumbo Festival! It's one of the very best events of the entire year in South Walton, FL! What a great time tasting gumbo all around the Village of Baytowne Wharf, listening to live Zydeco music and having a cocktail. Visitors and gumbo-lovers from across the Southeast are expected to join in the festivities during the extended Presidents Day weekend.
Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) will host the annual Tasting of Champions on Friday, February 19 at Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa in the Coral Ballroom from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The 2016 Love All Tennis tournament is taking place at Tops’l Beach and Racquet Resort on Saturday, Feb. 19 from 8:30 a.m. til 1:00 p.m. Expanding from a small round robin tournament to a growing signature event, Love All this year will feature tennis clinics for kids and adults of all levels and ages, an exciting pro exhibition match and an after party with food, cocktails, raffle and silent auction.
Sinfonia Gulf Coast's milestone 10th season continues with Made in America performance featuring Jamie Bernstein and Julia Bullock at Destiny Worship Center in Miramar Beach on Friday, Jan. 29 at 7:30pm. Jamie Bernstein, daughter of famous American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein, will return to the Sinfonia stage to narrate Aaron Copland’s "Lincoln Portrait." Soprano Julia Bullock will make her Sinfonia debut.
Satisfy the urge to connect with nature, and meet some seriously cute-yet-fierce bobcats, at E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center, January 23 from 10 am- 3 pm. Members will get exclusive access at the free event, and a full day of activities is slated to keep them busy all day long.
Activities Include:
Meet & Greet the new bobcats
World of Wonder Exhibit
Guided Hikes
Birds of Prey Program with Hawk Flight
Songwriters and music lovers from across the globe are focused on South Walton every January. The 7th edition of the 30A Songwriters Festival will be bigger and better, with more great music for SoWal beach lovers from January 15-17, 2016.
Bud & Alley’s Restaurant's amazing 30 year run in Seaside is being celebrated all year. So get up to the rooftop deck and toast all the fun and great memories of the last three decades, and decades to come.
Recently, after brief remarks by Bud & Alley’s founder/owner Dave Rauschkolb, friends, fans and family rang the bell while toasting yet another perfect SoWal sunset in Seaside, and the beginning of the restaurant’s 30th year.
