Events

Wine lovers love wine come rain or come shine! The first-ever 30A Wine Festival was held March 3 and 4, 2012 in Alys Beach, Florida.

Saturday:
Meet the Winemakers Seminar at the beautiful ALYS house - 1-3pm
Grand Tasting with food and wine pairings along with live music from the Sean Dietrich Jazz Trio - 3-6pm
After Party with live music from Cloud 9 Orchestra - 6-9pm
Food prepared by Café Thirty-A, Caliza Restaurant at Alys Beach, Borago, and Bud and Alley's

Another beautiful day on Scenic 30A and another successful weekend fundraiser for the Seaside Neighborhood School!
 
See race results at http://snsrun.com/race-results.  

The first Seaside School Half Marathon & 5K was in 2003. It has grown from a race with a few hundred runners to a race with more than 3000 participants.

Dead Clampitt live at Caliza Pool in Alys Beach was a great a new addition and a hot ticket this year for the SoWal-sponsored, Seaide School Half Marathon and 5K Run. It was a Friday night pre-race party not to be missed, featuring Dread Clampitt, food, drink, and silent and live auctions to raise money for the Seaside Neighborhood School.

Dikki Du and the Zydeco Crew kept gumbo lovers hoppin' during the 23rd Annual Sandestin Gumbo Festival. The Mardi Gras atmosphere was filled with the aroma from a variety of gumbo pots.

Another beautiful day in Seaside and another successful and bustling community yard sale full of happy folks finding the bargains of a lifetime.

The semi-annual event is on of the most popular on Scenic 30A in South Walton. You never know what you're going to find but it is surely to be something you can't live without!

Suzi Ragsdale and Mike Whitty kickoff the last day of the festival on Sunday morning under the moss-draped oaks of Hibiscus Coffee and guesthouse - the Backyard of Love.

Sam Bush and his band played on a gorgeous winter day of 75 degrees during the 30A Songwriters Festival at Gulf Place. Randall Bramblett brought his saxophone and joined the band on stage for a few tunes.

Sam wore a Stinky's Fish Camp T-shirt and thanked owner jim Richard for keeping him and the boys well fed. The band got started a little late so local favorite Dread Clampitt was unable to join him on stage as planned.

South Walton is almost always filled with shiny, happy people visiting our beautiful beaches. Every early morning each year on January first, the beach behind WaterColor Inn & Resort is crowded with folks who are shinier and happier than the norm, eager to start the New Year with a splash by taking a chilly dip in the Gulf of Mexico.

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.

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.