This weekend is filled with events ranging
from a festival to a motorcycle Poker run! For current weather updates, be sure
to reference weather.com or tune in via television to The Weather Channel.
The Life’s A Beach crew wishes everyone a
safe and BEACHY weekend! Enjoy!
Now through September
20
Southern Star and
Buccaneer Anniversary Event
Dolphin Cruises/Southern Star Glass Bottom Boat
HarborWalk Village/Marina Level
100 Harbor Blvd., Unit A
Destin
Destin
Southern Star is offering $20 adult fares to celebrate its
20th Anniversary and to thank its guests for twenty wonderful years!
Guests are encouraged to call for cruise times and reservations. Southern Star
Dolphin Cruise: 850.837.7741, Buccaneer Pirate Ship: 850.269.0896.
Friday/Saturday,
September 19 & 20, 2014
3rd
Annual FWB BBQ Festival
Fort Walton Beach Landing
139 Brooks Street
Fort Walton Beach
Times: Friday, 4-10 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Friday, September 19, 2014
Downtown FWB Artwalk
Time: 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Located along the sidewalk in front of every business along
Hwy. 98 on Miracle Strip Parkway, beginning at NWF Ballet and ending at Synergy
Organic Juice Bar and Café. This event features local artists and
entertainment, and is dog friendly.
International Talk
Like a Pirate Day
Hosted by: Buccaneer Pirate Cruise and HarborWalk Village
66 Harbor Blvd.
Destin
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Kids can enjoy free activities such as face painting,
stories, magic shows, a treasure hunt and a wagon parade at 6:30 p.m. Best
decorated wagon wins a birthday party aboard the Buccaneer! Adults can enjoy
live music by Tom Mason and the Blue Buccaneers from 7-9 p.m. and a Pub Crawl
beginning at 9 p.m. You can even dress your dog up to be entered in the Pirate
Pooch Parade at 6:30 p.m. For more information, visit fwbchamber.org.
Saturday,
September 20, 2014
Alaqua Animal Refuge
Presents: Puppy Palooza
Pier Park’s Aaron Bessant Park in Panama City Beach
Time: 1-9 p.m.
At this first annual event there will be live music by
Cadillac Willy, bouncy houses and slides, games for children, beer, wine,
retail booths, adoptable pets and SO much more. The party for the puppies
benefits The Unconditional Love Program of Alaqua Animal Refuge. For more
information, please visit AlaquaAnimalRefuge.org.
Biker’s Blast for the
Past, Motorcycle Poker Run
Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida
115 Westview Avenue
Valparaiso
Time: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Visit great places, collect your Poker cards and return to
the Heritage Museum of Northwest Florida for the Festival Party from 1-5 p.m.! Enjoy
vendors, a DJ and dancing, adult beverages, historic exhibits, tours and
demonstrations and all of your traditional Poker Run fun like raffles, games
and grand prizes. To register, please visit Heritage-Museum.org.
Uptown Station Family
Movie Night Series, Featuring Pirates of the Caribbean
Uptown Station
99 Eglin Parkway
Fort Walton Beach
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Join Uptown Station every other Saturday night at Central
Park for its family movie series in the park. All movies begin at dusk (about
7:30 p.m.) and are free and open to the public! Feel free to bring along
blankets and chairs. This week’s movie feature is Pirates of the Caribbean. Movie
showings are always dependent upon the weather conditions. Please check the
Uptown Station Facebook page for the latest updates.
Boshamps Seafood
& Oyster House to Host Benefit Concert
Boshamp’s Oyster House
414 Harbor Blvd.
Destin
Boshamp’s will host the inaugural Choctawhatchee Watershed
Music Festival, a benefit concert to promote the health and sustainability of
local waterways via the mission and objectives of the Choctawhatchee Basin
Alliance (CBA) of Northwest Florida State College. The festival entails
non-stop musical performances by five different artists, all for the wristband
price of $20 per person. There will also be a silent auction to raise
additional funds for CBA programs, consisting of a BOTE paddleboard, an
electric guitar signed by the performing artists and more. For further
information, visit BasinAlliance.org.
Sunday,
September 21, 2014
Some Sunday Brunch
spots in and around Destin:
Crab Island Cantina, Destin Harbor crabislandcantina.com
Harry T’s, Destin Harbor harryts.com
Angler’s Beachside Grill, Okaloosa Island Boardwalk anglersgrill.com
McGuire’s Irish Pub, Destin mcguiresirishpub.com
