The Great American Picnic returns to Watersound Origins on Sunday, Oct. 18 at 3 P.M. with great fun throughout Wind Garden Park until 7 P.M. It's a free outdoor event featuring live entertainment, family-friendly activities, food trucks, and lawn games, all for a couple of good local causes.
LIVE MUSIC
Continuum 3-5pm
The Shadowboxers 5-7pm
Time to tee up and golf at the 3rd Annual Fore Her Golf Outing, Oct. 10, 2015 at Emerald Bay Golf Club. The course includes multiple water features and views of the bay as it winds through the community of Emerald Bay. The recently completed extensive redesign of the course positions Emerald Bay at the very pinnacle of the Destin area golfing options.
Back for the second year at Pier Park in Panama City Beach is the Chili Vibrations World Music Festival, sponsored by SoWal.com. From the very first note played last year, it became one of our favorite area events, featuring live reggae (and world music), art, apparel, and a wide variety of food. The chili cookoff features an outstanding competition among teams from local restaurants and assorted citizen teams.
Break a leg! Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) is back with their season opener, Eleemosynary by renowned playwright Lee Blessing to be held at Grand Boulevard with several performances in October. The play examines the delicate relationship of three generations of women and features an all female cast of local and regional actresses.
South Walton Fashion Week celebrates high fashion with an impressive schedule for its 2015 festivities including the launch party, runway shows, special designer shows, trunk show events and pop-up shops all beginning Wednesday, October 7 through Saturday, October 10.
The popular Bloody Mary cocktail poured by the team at Bud & Alley’s Waterfront Restaurant won two awards at the first annual Bloody Mary Festival held at The Market Shops in Miramar Beach on Sep. 19.
You could call Mark and Paige Schnell the SoWal dynamic design duo. They just might have tights and capes underneath their casual beachwear. Each has a thriving and creative business that requires wearing several hats. When you first meet either of them you would probably be fooled.
The Endless Summer Songwriters Series brings a group of Nashville's top songwriters to The Village of Baytowne Wharf in Sandestin Oct. 2-3. Singer songwriters will perform at restaurants and venues throughout the Village for two great nights of music.
The fall season brings incredible events to the outdoors in South Walton, Florida. This October you'll be treated to an operatic night to remember in Seaside, Fla. featuring world renowned operatic vocalist Denyce Graves. The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra (PSO) joins Graves on stage in the Seaside Amphitheater for a fall night to remember. The one night only performance will be held Saturday, October 10 at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Bay Breeze Patio, an official retailer of the Big Green Egg, is hosting the second annual “Eggs on the Beach” EggFest BBQ Competition on Saturday, September 26, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Seascape Resort in Miramar Beach.
