The Seaside Merchants invite everyone out for Countdown Seaside! A New Year's Eve Celebration, a family-friendly party featuring live entertainment, kid's art projects, street performers and an amazing fireworks display over the Gulf of Mexico. Festivities for this fabulous family event begin at 7 p.m. and last until midnight New Year's Day. Make it your resolution to start 2012 off with a bang.
December 12, 2011 by Kurt Lischka
Santa arrives in a one-horse, open sleigh and lights up children's eyes and turns on the massive Christmas tree in the middle of town, as carolers stroll in and around the merchants' open houses.
The next morning is breakfast and photos with Santa, an open-air Holiday market, Christmas trees for sale, and a Bocce Ball tournament on Western Green by the gulf.
Three actors, in what starts out as a pared-down version of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, stage a mutiny and, in an effort to breathe new life into an old tradition, attempt to tell “Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!).”
Along the way, we are provided with factoids about Christmas traditions from around the world, watch a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade go horribly wrong, and hear every Christmas Carol ever written in 90 seconds.
Help wanted, no experience necessary, but fun required! The 30A Songwriters Festival and SoWal.com are seeking a few music lovers to help us make a video documentary of the 30A Songwriters Festival January 13-15, 2012.
November 13, 2011 by Kurt Lischka
The SoWal-sponsored, annual Flutterby Festival is returned to Rosemary Beach, Nov. 12-13, 2011, celebrating the arts and the migration of the Monarch Butterfly in SoWal. Hosted by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA), the event also featured interactive adventures by the Seaside Repertory Theatre.
November 13, 2011 by Kurt Lischka
Cottages for Kids is a SoWal-sponsored, unique fundraising event that benefits Children's Volunteer Health Network, Inc., a faith based, 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that seeks to enhance the lives of uninsured and under-insured children by facilitating free immediate access to medical, dental and mental health care.
With tremendous imagination and craftsmanship, builder's and architects come together to create, construct and decorate whimsical cottages that look like they have popped out from the pages of a fairytale to modern creations brimming with creativity.
Get your early bird tickets to the 30A Songwriters Festival now. It's not really that early anymore and if you don't get 'em now you might not get 'em at all.
The SoWal-sponsored event is January 13-15, 2012 and includes headliners Indigo Girls, Rodney Crowell, The Bangles, Shawn Mullins, Sam Bush Band and Matthew Sweet.
The SoWal-sponsored, annual Flutterby Festival is returning to Rosemary Beach, Nov. 12-13, celebrating the arts and the migration of the Monarch Butterfly in SoWal. Hosted by the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County (CAA), this year's event will feature interactive adventures by the Seaside Repertory Theatre.
The unique and fun SoWal-sponsored event begins with a launch party at Crabby Steve's at the Highpointe Resort in Seacrest on Friday, November 11 at 5PM.
The gates open in Rosemary Beach on Saturday, Novemeber 12 at 10AM. The creative and whimsical cottages ara always a big hit with kids of all ages and is one of SoWal's best events.
Cottages will be on display through November 26. This year, everyone will have a fair chance to win one of the cottages in a raffle. Tickets are $5, available on site and at the Hidden Lantern in Rosemary Beach, as well as online.
Mountain Film 2011 was spectacular! Cool but not too cold, great films, yummy food, warm fires, and happy people. SoWal-sponsored Mountain Film is celebrating its 11th year and the Telluride Mountain Film On Tour returned to WaterColor November 4 and 5 at the Marina Park Amphitheater by the BoatHouse.
