Join Grayt Coffee House in the Listening Living Room for a 50/50 Special Evening with Kevin Gordon and Amy McCarley on Dec. 13 from 6-9 p.m. 50 people will gather together and donate $50 each for an intimate evening of story and song, including dinner by Chef Blake and staff. Call (850) 231-1090 for reservations.
Get ready to celebrate The Florida Public Relations Association’s Northwest Florida Coast Chapter's annual holiday fundraising event, Holiday Toast on the Coast: A Taste of 30A, Friday, Dec. 12 from 6-8:30 p.m. at Celebration Hall in Santa Rosa Beach. Proceeds will benefit the local NWFL Coast chapter of FPRA and Food For Thought Outreach, Inc.
“Where words fail, music speaks.” – Hans Christian Andersen
In attempt to prove Mr. Andersen wrong, let me tell you about what I consider to be the greatest musical event to ever grace the coast of Northwest Florida and the lasting effects it’s had on our company and myself.
Tickets are on sale for “A Dickens Christmas,” staged for the first time by Emerald Coast Theatre Company (ECTC), a not-for-profit professional theater company based in Miramar Beach, Florida.
“A Dickens Christmas” will be staged in both Okaloosa and Walton County. The performance schedule includes five performances in Destin at the Emerald Grande at HarborWalk Village in the Veranda Room on Dec. 11, 13 and 21 at 7:30 p.m.; and on Dec. 13 and 20 at 2 p.m.
Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas at The Village of Baytowne Wharf with a calendar of fun-filled 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 by local bands, twinkling light shows, a holiday lantern parade and a New Year's Countdown to ring in 2015. 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.
Sinfonia Gulf Coast will present its popular annual holiday concert “Orchestral Holiday” on Friday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Destiny Worship Center. This year’s performance features the world-beloved The von Trapps performing alongside Sinfonia Gulf Coast.
Discover plenty of things to do in South Walton and along the coast during the week of Thanksgiving! Locals are traveling to see family or staying home and likely having family and friends visiting for the holiday. Visitors are flocking to the beach from all over the Southeast and beyond.. and taking over the grocery stores! Either way, this is a busy week along Scenic 30A and all along the Emerald Coast.
Shelter House, the domestic and sexual violence center serving Okaloosa and Walton counties, will present a unique twilight run designed to shine the light on abuse in our community. The 4th Annual Luminaria Run to End Domestic & Sexual Violence will take place on Saturday, December 6 at 4:30pm. Runners will start at Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. in Destin and follow a course lined with more than 2,000 luminarias lighting their path.
The Merchants of Seaside invite you to “Turn on the Town” on Nov. 28 and 29. 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.
Jim Shirley is one of the busiest restaurateurs in SoWal with the recent opening of 331 South, a full-service event venue located on the Choctawhatchee Bay across the street from his newest restaurant - The Bay. Chef Jim also owns and operates Great Southern Café and The Meltdown on 30A, both in Seaside.
