Year round fun on the beach!
The beach is the setting for a calendar of events full of diverse and inviting things to do: from the Pensacola Beach Air Show, to Bands On The Beach live concerts every Tuesday night at the Gulfside Pavilion, to signature sporting events and festivals like the Crawfish Festival, Taste of the Beach and Art & Wine Festival. There’s always something going on, so check out our full calendar of events below.
JANUARY
POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
New Year’s Day, January 1, 2025, 2 p.m. Brave the cold and start the New Year with a dip in the Sound.
SNOWBIRDS BEACH BASH
January 23, 2025. Join us at Our Lady of Assumption Church on Pensacola Beach for a fun winter event.
FEBRUARY
DOUBLE BRIDGE RUN
February 1, 2025. Pensacola Sports Association presents the Double Bridge run.
KIDS AND KRITTERS PARADE
February 8, 2025, 2 p.m. The twelfth annual Kids and Kritters Parade will take place in the Casino Beach parking lot across from Sidelines on Pensacola Beach.
MARCH
KREWE OF WRECKS MARDI GRAS PARADE
March 2, 2025. The parade rolls at 2 p.m. from Via de Luna and Avenida 10 to the Gulfside Pavilion. The Krewe of Wrecks parade features approximately 50 units, oversized floats with generous riders, marching units and Wrecks royalty.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
March 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
GO IRISH ON THE ISLAND!
March 17, 2024. St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl. Make your way through dozens of beach bars, restaurants and hotels serving up Irish drink specials, music and mischief.
APRIL
BANDS ON THE BEACH
April 2025 Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
April 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
MAY
BANDS ON THE BEACH
May 2025 Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
ART & WINE FEST
April 2025 Date & Time TBD. Stay tuned. Enjoy a Sunday afternoon sipping wine and browsing artwork on the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
May 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
JUNE
SEA TURTLE BABY SHOWER & HOMECOMING
June 2025. Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach. A family friendly event of games, crafts and hands-on exhibits to educate and celebrate Sea Turtles. Take the Sea Turtle Friendly Oath, meet a mermaid, and touch a real turtle shell. Event is free to public.
BANDS ON THE BEACH
June 2025 Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
June 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
JULY
BANDS ON THE BEACH
July Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS
July 4, 2025. Soundside 9:00 p.m. Celebrate your independence with fireworks on the sound side of the Island.
SOUNDS OF SUMMER
July 2025 Dates and Times TBD. Stay tuned. Relax while listening to saxophonist Jacoby Curry as he serenades the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk from the Quietwater Beach Shell.
PENSACOLA BEACH AIR SHOW
July 9-12, 2025. It’s all eyes to the skies as the U.S. Navy’s flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, civilian and other military aircraft perform acrobatics over the Gulf of Mexico. The Pensacola Beach Air Show presented by the Santa Rosa Island Authority. Complete Air Show details
AUGUST
BANDS ON THE BEACH
August 2025 Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
August 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
SEPTEMBER
BANDS ON THE BEACH
September 2025 Band Lineup TBD. Stay tuned. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
September 2025 Date & Movie TBD. Stay tuned. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach.
OCTOBER
BANDS ON THE BEACH
October 1 – October 29, 2024. Tuesdays at 7 p.m. Pensacola Beach’s popular outdoor summer concert series, Bands on the Beach, features a lineup of performers sure to please every musical taste. Located in the beautiful Gulfside Pavilion overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, the series features regional artists performing a wide variety of music. Bring your lawn chair and join us every summer for hot music, smooth grooves and a whole lot of good times. Bands on the Beach takes place every Tuesday night from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Complete Bands & Dates listing
- October 1 – Blind Mullets Band
- October 8 – Knee Deep Band
- October 15 – String Farm
- October 22 – Pearl and Rafe
- October 29 – Class X
TASTE OF THE BEACH
October 11-12, 2024. Pensacola Beach’s biggest culinary event starts with a VIP dinner on Friday night followed by Saturday’s daylong event filled with cooking demonstrations, challenges and food tastings from more than a dozen beach restaurants.
BEACH-O-WEEN
October 18, 2024. Bring the family out to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk to enjoy a free night of fun! 4 pm – 8 pm. Costume contest, games, face painting, candy, hot dogs, and more.
CINEMAS IN THE SAND
October 25, 2024, starting at sunset. Pack up your beach chairs and a blanket, and dig your toes in the sugar-white sand while watching classic family movies on Pensacola Beach. The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) invites families and kids, young and old, to its newest event – Cinemas in the Sand – movie nights on Pensacola. Movie begins at 6:15pm.Click here for more details.
- October 25: Monsters, Inc. – Movie begins at 6:15pm.
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
LIGHTED BOAT PARADE
December 6, 2024, 6:30 p.m. View the Lighted Boat Parade procession, starting from Sabine Marina in Little Sabine Bay to the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk on the Santa Rosa Sound. Look for Santa on the lead boat and then join him for meet and greet to follow on the boardwalk by 8 p.m.
SURFING SANTA BEACH PARADE
December 8, 2024. Thousands of children, parents and other spectators make their way to Pensacola Beach on Sunday to see Santa Claus making his way down Via De Luna Drive at the annual Surfing Santa Beach Parade. Starting at 2 p.m. from Avenida 10, the parade will make its way down Via De Luna toward Casino Beach and end at the Gulfside Pavilion.
NEW YEAR’S EVE FIREWORKS
December 31, 2024, Midnight. Keep your eyes focused on the Pensacola Beach skies this New Year’s Eve for a free firework displays along the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk. At midnight a dazzling light display, provided by the beach chamber, will take place overlooking the Santa Rosa Sound from the Pensacola Beach Boardwalk.