Music

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.

Sinfonia Gulf Coast continues its seventh season of innovative musical programming on February 15 & 16, presenting the Amernet String Quartet at the Rosemary Beach Town Hall.

Click here to enter to win 2 tickets! We will choose a random winner February 12.

Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler as The Merchants of Seaside host a fun-filled day of Mardi Gras activities for everyone on Sunday, Feb 10.

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park and Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park present Americana Under the Stars, an evening of music featuring some of the best musicians and singer/songwriters touring America today. Each program will offer an open mic showcase of local musicians from 5pm to 6:30pm with the scheduled music concert following at 7pm. 

The schedule for February is as follows:

February 7  Lucky Mud
February 14  The Bridget Kelly Band
February 21  Lucky Mud
February 28  Emmett Carlisle

For music lovers, January in SoWal is the best month of the year. It's when the 30A Songwriters Festival fills intimate venues and beautiful outdoor settings with writers who perform their own music, and performers who write their own songs. Join us January 18-20, 2013 for a weekend of soulful melodies, powerful vocals and compelling lyrics throughout South Walton during the festival, sponsored by SoWal.com.

Grammy Award-nominee Caroline Goulding returns to the Sinfonia stage to perform Sibelius’ epic violin concerto at 7:30pm on January 25, 2013. The concert concludes with Beethoven’s rhythmically whimsical and inspiring seventh symphony.

Beethoven: Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92

Ensemble: Sinfonia Gulf Coast
Conductor: Demetrius Fuller
Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Artist: Caroline Goulding (Violin)
Ensemble: Sinfonia Gulf Coast

Andy Saczynski, South Walton Artist of the Year, will be making a special contribution to the 30A Songwriters Festival this year. Not only will he be working on a unique backdrop painting for the festival, but you can watch him complete the project live.

The 30A Songwriters Festival is right around the corner, which means Sowal will be packed to the brim with more than a hundred amazing and talented musicians. But is that really all that different from a normal weekend here? Locals know excellent musicians jam at the joint down the street every weekend in SoWal.