Upcoming Events

Wednesday is the first #palafoxmarket Holiday Market of 2024! Come shop an AMAZING group of local vendors under the beautiful holiday lights in MLK, Jr. Plaza. ✨🌳✨ H O L I D A Y M A R K E T 🕓 4-8pm 📍 MLK, Jr. Plaza 🎁 Shop Local! ✨ Wednesday Evenings through Dec. 18 #downtownpensacola #palafoxmarket #palafox #visitpensacola #pensacolalocal #pensacoladib @palafoxmarket @visitpensacola @cameraandflask @localpulsepensacola #pensacolaartist #pensacolamarket #holidaymarket #christmaslights #pensacolalife Views from Saturday: historic Palafox Street in downtown Pensacola. ❤️☕️🚶🏽‍♀️🍽️🛍️💈☀️ #downtownpensacola #palafox #pensacolalocal #pensacolalife #pensacolavibes #palafoxmarket #pensacola #saturday TONIGHT Get ready for an unforgettable evening in Downtown Pensacola! 🎨✨ Tonight from 5-9pm, join us for Gallery Night’s ‘Festival of Living Art’—a one-of-a-kind event where stunning works of art come to life before your eyes. Enjoy live performances, interactive displays, and showcases from talented local artists. Don’t miss this vibrant celebration of art, culture, and creativity! For more details, visit @gallerynightpensacola or gallerynightpensacola.org. See you there! #pensacolalocal #downtownpensacola #gallerynightpensacola #gallerynight #pensacolavibes #PensacolaLife #Palafox Thank you, veterans. 🇺🇸 📷: @veteransmemorialparkpcola #pensacola #pensacolalocal #veteransday #downtownpensacola #pensacolalife Downtown Lighting Ceremony—Take 2 😊🎅🏽🎄 The weather held things back last week but Santa is coming back Wednesday, 11/13, for pictures and to light up the giant tree and downtown! Schedule starting at Pensacola Museum of History: 3:30-5:45: Pictures with Santa (bring your own camera) 6:00: Lighting Ceremony featuring Santa and @pensacolamayor D.C. Reeves 6:15: Santa will start riding down Palafox and visiting the local shops. We hope to see you Wednesday for a fun evening of Santa, lights, shopping and dining!🎄🎅🏽✨🎁🛍️🍽️ #pensacolalocal #downtownpensacola #visitpensacola #ShopSmall #pensacolavibes #PensacolaLife #pensacoladib #shopsofpalafox @visitpensacola @shops_of_palafox @cityofpensacolacra @localpulsepensacola @weartv @routzen @pnjnews So many great reasons to get out this weekend and enjoy Downtown Pensacola! 🛍️🎹🎸🌳💙🌻🍅🇯🇵🫖Here are a few things going on (be sure to check official sites for more info): @historicpensacola Blue Trees Project—Fri-Sun (historicpensacola.org/plan-your-visit/calendar-of-events/blue-trees) 7th Annual Anniversary Party—Saturday at @perfectplain (perfectplain.com/upcoming-events) @palafoxmarket —Saturday 9am-2pm at MLK, Jr. Plaza and Plaza Ferdinand (palafoxmarket.com) Japan American Society’s HizachiCon—Sat-Sun at First United Methodist Church (animepensacola.com) @nightmovespensacola —Friday at @thehandlebar850 , Saturday at Community Maritime Park, Sunday at The Handlebar (nightmovesfest.com) Joyful Noise Sunday Gospel Brunch—Sunday at @lilyhallpensacola (wsre.org/events/joyfulnoise) Bridgerton Regency Afternoon Tea—Sunday at @theoldeenglish (theoldeenglishcreamery.com) #downtownpensacola #historicpensacola #pensacola #pensacolalocal #pensacolaevents #visitpensacola #foofoo @foofoofest @visitpensacola @localpulsepensacola 🎄Important update on today’s holiday events!🎅🏽 🛍 HOLIDAY HAUL 5:00 The event is still happening from @shops_of_palafox so head downtown for deals and promos! Santa will be visiting different shops on Palafox starting at 5pm. 🎅 PHOTOS WITH SANTA—NEW LOCATION! 3-4:45 Head to @corals_closet_pensacola at 114 Palafox Place beginning at 3pm for photos with Santa (bring your own camera). He will be there for picture until 4:45pm today. 🌻 @palafoxmarket HOLIDAY MARKET The EVENING Holiday Market will be every Wednesday beginning Nov. 20 through Dec. 18. Come support our local vendors under the beautiful holiday lights at MLK, Jr. Plaza! 💵 “ALL I WANT” GIVEAWAY Starting today, upload your receipts to downtownpensacola.com/AllIWant for the chance to win $1,000 and daily prizes including jewelry, decor, clothes, dinners, drinks, tickets and more! You’ll get one entry for every $10 you spend at downtown shops, restaurants, bars and galleries. Any downtown receipt dated 11/6/24-12/22/24 qualifies. Read the full rules online. 🎄 TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY—TO BE RESCHEDULED The lighting ceremony is being rescheduled and we’ll post the new information as soon as it’s available. #downtownpensacola #pensacolalocal #Pensacola #palafoxmarket #Palafox #pensacolaevents #visitpensacola @visitpensacola @weartv @shops_of_palafox @localpulsepensacola @palafoxmarket THE BLUE TREES: ENVIRONMENTAL ART INSTALLATION with @kondimopoulos is underway, courtesy of @historicpensacola and @foofoofest ! 💙💙💙 The community is coming together starting today to install this beautiful call to environmental action, which you can enjoy along @uwf Museum Plaza in downtown Pensacola. “This change highlights ecological issues, such as the ecocide of our forests and climate change, and effects a transformation in the psyche of people by raising our social consciousness referencing how individually and collectively we shape the world we inhabit.” Konstantin Dimopoulos To learn more about trees in Pensacola history, visit the Pensacola Museum of History. #bluetrees #historicpensacola #foofoo #keepingpensacolahistoryalive #trees #downtownpensacola #pensacolaevents #visitpensacola #pensacolavibes
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Dating back 450 years as the first European settlement in the United States, Pensacola has a rich and colorful history. The heart of the City of Pensacola is its downtown. A refreshing blend of historic resolve and cosmopolitan progress defines Downtown Pensacola.