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Three Days of Majestic TALL SHIPS at Plaza DeLunaPosted: Mar 21, 2018 04:15 pm Updated: Oct 17, 2023 10:24 am
Considering Pensacola’s celebrated maritime history, the announcement by Tall Ships America® that it is bringing the first official TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Gulf Coast to downtown Pensacola in April isn’t surprising. Pensacola is one of only three host ports—and the only Florida port—included in the Gulf Coast series of Tall Ships® races and port festivals happening over a three-day period from April 12-15 at Plaza DeLuna, in partnership with Visit Pensacola. The grand event includes onboard tours, sail away adventures, VIP viewing parties and receptions, entertainment, food and vending booths.
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Historic REX Theatre Enjoys Its Next Curtain CallPosted: Feb 19, 2018 06:01 pm Updated: Oct 17, 2023 10:25 am
In 2014 crews began a $2 million renovation of the historic REX Theatre at 18 N. Palafox Street in downtown Pensacola. Said to be Florida's earliest Art Deco-style theatre, the building had lain gutted and vacant for nearly 30 years. Today it's a vibrant 400-seat theatre that serves as a home to Generation Church and a venue for community theatre, seminars and other events.
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Laissez les bons temps rouler, Downtown!Posted: Jan 18, 2018 10:37 pm Updated: Oct 17, 2023 10:25 am
Downtown Pensacola's annual Mardi Gras celebration is among the oldest in the United States, and Pensacola may very well be the first Florida city to observe Mardi Gras, holding its first celebration in 1874. That year a group of leading local socialites formed a Mardi Gras “krewe” called the Knights of Priscus Association to organize the festivities.
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Best Free Thing to Do: Palafox MarketPosted: Jan 16, 2018 11:51 pm Updated: Oct 17, 2023 10:26 am
Each Saturday rain or shine, Palafox Market brings a new bounty of fresh produce, delicious treats, flowers, plants, antiques and hand-crafted goods from local small businesses to downtown Pensacola. The fresh-air market, which began as a small, seasonal farmers' market, now fills block after block along Palafox Street.
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The Storied Past of Basilica of St. Michael the ArchangelPosted: Jan 16, 2018 11:14 pm Updated: Oct 17, 2023 10:26 am
Did you know that the Basilica of St. Michael has been in Pensacola since 1781 and that its origins can be traced back to Spanish General Bernardo de Galvez? More than 230 years ago, Galvez led his Spanish troops in a 61-day siege to recapture Pensacola from the British. Also among his ranks was a Capuchin missionary and chaplain to the troops named Father Cyril de Barcelona. On May 8, when the Spanish declared victory over the British in the Battle of Pensacola, Father Cyril blessed an old, two-story warehouse on the waterfront for a church, permanently establishing the parish of St. Michael the Archangel in Downtown Pensacola.