The Village of Baytowne Wharf is gearing up for Memorial Day Weekend festivities with two nights of family friendly events! Necessary precautions will be taken to ensure social distancing and everyone is staying safe. Admission is free and open to the public.

Saturday, May 29: Concert 7-9pm
Forrest Williams Band will take the stage from 7 p.m. until 9pm. Guests are invited to dance the night away as they listen to South Walton’s own Forrest Williams Band, an award-winning favorite on stage among locals and visitors to the area.  Forrest and Pherrel Williams perform a variety of music from southern rock to country and blues.

Sunday, May 30: Live music, kids activities, fireworks 6-9pm
Baytowne Wharf will host free children activities, including face painting, balloon animals, and lawn games from 6-9 p.m. Live Music with Jarred and The High Aces. After the show, Baytowne Wharf will light up the sky above the lagoon with a patriotic fireworks show at 9:15 p.m.

The Village of Baytowne Wharf is the heart and soul of Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort and the gathering place for many locals and visitors along the Emerald Coast of Florida. The village is sitting on the shores of the Choctawhatchee Bay and features restaurants, bars, shops, adventures, and family-friendly events throughout the year. Walk over to the nearby marina with docks, boats, water adventures and views across the bay. Follow The Village of Baytowne Wharf on Facebook for updates on upcoming festivals and events. And check Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort on Facebook for lodging specials and beautiful scenes from the beach.

HarborWalk Village invites you and your crew to spend a fun-filled weekend on the beautiful Destin Harbor. Kick-off the Summer season with Live Music, Fireworks & a Silent Disco Party at HarborWalk Village. $10 On-site parking fee

Saturday, May 29th || Flash Flood @ 7:00pm
Sunday, May 30th || Cadillac Willie @ 7:00pm, Fireworks @ 9:00pm
Monday, May 31st || Silent Disco Party – DJ Chubby & DJ D Funk @ 7:00pm

HarborWalk Village is home to the Destin Fishing Fleet, the largest charter fishing fleet in the country.  Here you can experience the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village aboard one of Destin’s finest charter boats or stroll along the docks and witness the catch of the day.  And where there is great fishing, there are great seafood restaurants, HarborWalk is no exception. Here you’ll find an array of cuisine that is fresh, local and delicious.

Posted by PPG Website Administrator on May 7th, 2021

“Leave sunscreen fingerprints on your manuscript pages. Analyze the telling detail with sand in your ears. The story ‘actually starts’ on page three? Nope. The story actually starts on 30A.” – Snowden Wright, author of American Pop and Play Pretty Blues

The time has come to spill the beans on one of 30A’s best-kept secrets. And to all you creative writers out there – aspiring or otherwise – this one’s for you.

Since 2013, the Longleaf Writers Conference (formerly Seaside Writers Conference) has been the ultimate creative gateway to the Gulf Coast, bringing together nationally recognized and award-winning authors, emerging talent, and book lovers of all kinds.

Established “by writers for writers,” the conference takes place every year in the second week of May and offers the opportunity for beginners, intermediate, and advanced writers to celebrate writing, network with fellow writers, and hone their craft.

And with a full week of intensive writing workshops and seminars, school outreach programs, readings, bonfires, shrimp boils, 30A sunsets and more, what better way to do so?

Ask any past attendee and there’s a good chance they’ll tell you that Longleaf is the perfect balance of laidback fun, ravenous learning, and boundless inspiration. As for the folks behind it, including directors Seth Tucker and Matt Bondurant, it’s their favorite labor of love.

“We started the Longleaf Writers Conference in May 2013 with four core principles,” said Tucker and Bondurant. “To bring to the Gulf Coast a unique opportunity for writers of all backgrounds to meet and learn and grow alongside contemporary literary masters of genre and form. To not only provide financial aid for emerging writers, veterans and under-represented writers but to be a springboard for their careers. To create an outreach program that sends those fellows and scholars to local underserved schools in order to expose students to the value of literature and writing. And to make this conference an exemplum of what a small conference should look like by creating a community of writers and poets without any sense of hierarchy or professional competition.”

 

At the heart of the conference is their “Writers in the Classrooms” outreach program. Each year they bring young published authors into underserved local schools for a series of workshops and discussions about writing and creativity to help foster early exposure to the arts. As the conference grows, they hope to expand their efforts to spread literacy and creative practices to more underserved schools throughout the Florida Panhandle area.

In the meantime, they couldn’t do it without the help of local support, including that of this year’s sponsors Sundog Books, Cultural Arts Alliance, Grayton Seafood, Black Bear, Chiringo, Big Wheel Pizza, Distillery 98, Grayton Beer, Bud & Alley’s, Macho Taco and more.

Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach, the area’s premier immersive art event, will be held as “A Drive-Thru Experience” for 2021, in accordance with the CDC’s guidelines for social safety.

Presented by The Alys Foundation, the event is scheduled to take place May 12-15, 2021, with the May 15 event date is reserved for Alys Beach homeowners and festival sponsors.

Tickets for standard vehicles will be $80.
Vehicles with 8 or more passengers will be $150.
Tickets will not be sold at the door.

Each ticket will be issued with a designated time slot. Time slots will start at 8PM, will be limited to 20 cars per time slot, and will be blocked in 20-minute intervals. Tickets must be pre-purchased and will not be sold onsite. Ticket time slots and limited availability will be enforced in order to safely control the flow of traffic. Vehicles must not exceed a height of 9-feet. For optimal viewing, vehicles without dark window tinting and with windows that can be opened are recommended. In the interest of safety, pedestrians, golf carts and other modes of open-air and/or non-vehicular traffic will not be permitted.

ART MONTH SOUTH WALTON

Art Month South Walton is an initiative of the Cultural Arts Alliance of Walton County with the purpose to bring communities, organizations and businesses together to present quality arts and entertainment to the community. Spanning the month of May, Art Month will feature visual, performing, and literary arts programming in diverse formats and in various venues throughout South Walton.

2021 Art Month South Walton features events and programs presented in locations throughout Walton County, including the South Walton Street Art Festival, an online Art & More Auction benefiting the CAA, Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach, Arts Night in DeFuniak Springs, Music on Main, performances by the Emerald Coast Theatre Company, and more.

We’re accepting applications through April 19 for those interested in participating in the Street Art Festival in three categories including: Artists, Friends and Family teams and School teams. Apply online today!

Scroll to view the official event calendar for Art Month South Walton and get ready to activate your imagination!

To learn more about the event, visit:

https://www.culturalartsalliance.com/art-month