Events

By Lori Leath Smith Ahoy, maties! Avast, ye! It’s time to open your treasure chest, get your eyepatch on, take out your sword and get your pirate gear ready for 2023’s 67th Annual Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival—May 18-22. This is the second year the festival has been established on its new...

Join Military Family Appreciation Day to honor local service members and their families Saturday, April 15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at The Landing in downtown Fort Walton Beach, 139 SE Brooks Street. Military Family Appreciation Day is a community event that aims to honor the brave service and sacrifices made...

SOF Missions, a leading non-profit that helps past and present military members suffering from the visible and invisible scars of war, will hold its 7th Annual SOF Missions Destin Gala April 8 at the Henderson Beach Resort. With a mission of empowering warriors to find purpose and resiliency, the SOF...

Destiny Worship Center Fort Walton Beach Campus FRIDAY, APRIL 7 | Good Friday Service 6pm SATURDAY, APRIL 8 Eggstravaganza | 3 p.m. Easter Service | 5 p.m. SUNDAY Easter Services | 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. DestinyWorshipCenter.com First United Methodist Church Fort Walton Beach Holy Week Schedule Easter Contata | Sunday, APRIL 2 | 10 a.m. Lunch, Kraftz and Easter...

Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation announces the lineup for its 2023 Concerts in the Village The 28th annual 10-concert Live Music Series Thursdays from April 20 to June 22 will feature premier musicians and bands performing everything from classic rock reggae and disco to modern pop and a live orchestra performance...

By Lori Leath Smith A lot of families with a young child with Autism are thinking, “What if something happens to me? I just want to know that my child is safe, and someone will love them just as much as I do.” More than five years ago, Lindy Wood had...

Stage Crafters Community Theatre Opens Its 51st Season With the Hilarious Whodunnit, Clue: On Stage! By Bobby Parker Award-winning actor, Laurence Olivier, once stated that he believed that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theatre is the outward and visible sign of...

Maestro Demetrius Fuller to Conduct Sinfonia Gulf Coast Orchestra Sinfonia Gulf Coast (SGC) presents award-winning violinist Geneva Lewis as part of its Classical Connections program on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Destin High School. Lewis will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 with the full...

NFB returns to the Mattie Kelly Arts Center stage in the spring on Sat., March 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sun., March 12 at 2:30 p.m. for a trip to Neverland with Peter Pan. Complete with magical sets and mesmerizing costumes, NFB’s production includes a cast of international guest artists...

By Anna Fisher, Associate Artistic Director, ECTC Raise your hand if you’ve ever come upon an open grassy field and spread your arms out while twirling and singing, “The hills are alive, with the sound of music?” No one? Just me? Okay even if you ignored that impulse, I know...