Events

The Friends of Eden Gardens invite the community to the annual Camellia Festival at Eden Gardens State Park on Saturday, Feb. 15 from 10am until 2pm.

Visitors are invited to stroll through amazing Camellias, enjoy a Camellia floral arrangement demonstration, learn air layering, (a Camellia propagating technique), and Camellia waxing for bloom preservation.  Attend a program on Camellia care and other plant related topics by Marie Harrison, a Master Gardener and author of numerous Gardening Books.

It's always time for live music in South Walton!

SoWal.com promotes community events and live music throughout the year on our Events Calendar & Forum.

If you want to know where you can go any night of the week to see and hear live music, we have plenty of choices at local bars, restaurants, stages, and coffee shops. See the SoWal Guide to Live Music Venues in South Walton, Destin and Panama City Beach >

The 30A Songwriters Festival returns toSouth Walton January 17-20, 2020, with a stellar group of artists on the schedule.

Headliners represent a range of music genres, including John Prine, Brian Wilson, Indigo Girls, and Tanya Tucker. Wilson will bring his nine-piece band to perform some of his Beach Boys classics, and Prine will have his own band backing him on his much-loved catalog of songs. Meanwhile, Indigo Girls will give a preview of an upcoming studio album and Tucker will fearure the one she recently released, While I’m Livin’.

Music is a very special part of our SoWal beach community and you can hear it and see it during the upcoming MLK weekend.

The RUN/SUP New Year's Eve Race on 12/31/19 from 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM is comprised of a one-mile trail run and a one-mile stand up paddle board (SUP) competition, open to ages 7 and up, with awards to the top female & male!

The race starts from the Boathouse Paddle Club, RUN/SUP's flagship location in Watercolor, Florida. Competitors will transition from a trail run to a stand up paddle board on Western Lake.

The Alys Foundation has opened the call for entries for the 13th annual Digital Graffiti Festival at Alys Beach, to be held May 15-16, 2020. Artists across the globe are invited to submit original works of digital art to be showcased in the juried festival.

The 2020 awards will include Best of Show ($5,000 prize), Curator's Choice ($2,000 prize) and three Special Recognition honors (at $1,000 prize each), selected by the festival's longtime curator Brett Phares and esteemed panel of judges. The deadline to submit is February 1st, 2020 at 12AM.

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas at The Village of Baytowne Wharf with a packed calendar of fun events throughout the month of December.

Baytowne is a wonderful place to enjoy holiday shopping, dining and entertainment with friends and family, and this season they're featuring live music performances, twinkling light shows, Ice Skating Extravaganza, Winter Wonderland and a New Year's Countdown to ring in 2020. To help you keep it all straight, we're giving you this guide to events taking place at The Village of Baytowne Wharf this December.         

Time to get out your fanciest threads for the Café Thirty-A  annual Christmas Charity Ball benefiting Caring and Sharing of South Walton.

Combine the small-town atmosphere of a beach community parade, throw in a dash of Santa Claus and mix with the official lighting of a remarkable town on Florida's Emerald Coast, and you have the perfect makings to kick off the holiday season in beautiful Seaside. Kick off the holidays with the South Walton Holiday Parade on Saturday after Thanksgiving and enjoy old and new traditions this season in Seaside, Florida.

Every Christmas Story Ever Told brings together the magic and wonder of all your beloved holiday stories in one place bringing families together and giving a reason to celebrate the season like nothing you have ever experienced before. Catch mainstage performances at The REP Theatre in Seaside throughout December. Then come out to see several outdoor performances in towns and places in South Walton. See dates and places for Every Christmas Story Ever Told - On Tour starting Nov 26.