Arts

Seaside Dance Festival weekend May 5-7, 2017 draws professional dancers and guest artists from around the globe to the Seaside Amphitheater for a weekend celebration of exceptional dance artistry.

Once again our favorite brilliant-white beach town Alys Beach opens its doors, courtyards, and pedestrian paths to innovative artists who transform the entire SoWal resort town into a living work of art during Digital Graffiti, May 19-21, 2017.

The juried festival explores ways in which art, design and technology interact with the distinctive architecture of Alys Beach to create new forms of expression. 

Step into the showroom at Lola’s on Scenic 30A in Santa Rosa Beach and be transported from one inspiring vignette to another.

Lola’s showcases fine art, design accents for your home, clothing, jewelry and statement furniture.

The Henderson in all its beauty embodies a very specific sense of place. The new resort borders Henderson Beach State Park, a 208-acre nature preserve with ancient white dunes and evergreen scrub along a deep blue horizon. A scene many artists have tried to replicate, with only a few succeeding.

The annual Flutterby Festival returns to Rosemary Beach Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12 & 13, from 10am-4pm. Flutterby Festival celebrates the arts and the migration of the Monarch Butterfly along Scenic Highway 30A. Flutterby is a childrens arts festival... it's a place for kids to flitter! This is a beautiful fall tradition in South Walton.  

MountainFilm on Tour returns to WaterColor Resort Nov. 4-5, 2016. Celebrate the 16th Annual Film Festival at the beautiful WaterColor Resort in South Walton, Florida with two days of extraordinary films created to inspire courage, thought and empathy. WaterColor Resort hosts the 16th year of this eclectic mix of captivating films in an outdoor setting that enhances the bold imagery of these remarkable stories.

Debbie Taylor and Christi Sheffield are the dynamic mother-daughter duo behind the scenes at The Blue Giraffe, and they want to give you the warm and fuzzies. For the past 6 years they have carefully selected the art, gifts and books that cover their gallery’s colorful walls, making The Blue Giraffe one of the more unique places to support the local arts scene.

Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) celebrates the cultural arts at the 21st annual Festival of the Arts set for Oct.

Lights…. Camera… Action!

SoWal theatre lovers will soon be able to enjoy Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC) performances at their new home at Grand Boulevard amid all the shops and restaurants. The space is upstairs at 560 Grand Boulevard on the Hwy. 98 side of the building.

ECTC Producing Artistic Director Nathaniel Fisher can’t wait for the first production to unfold and talks excitedly about the company’s first “Upstairs” production, Constellations, to be held Oct. 20 & 21.