The Krewe of Lafitte is a society of gentlemen, formed in 1954, whose purpose is to foster fellowship and equality within its membership and share goodwill and community service throughout the region. Their goal is to build lifelong friendships among our members and give back to the communities and the charities they support in NW Florida. They will entertain the people of Pensacola during the Mardi Gras season with their own Lafitte’s Night Illuminated Parade featuring our 13 hand-built, pirate-themed floats, joined by other organizations in the area, throwing beads, stuffed animals, moon pies and other surprises to the awaiting crowds.

The Pensacola Runner Association is partnering with the Gulf Coast Brewery Run!

Come run with us every Thursday evening at 6pm at the Gulf Coast Brewery for a 5K fun run and get your first beer on the house! Yes, that’s right! Printed maps will be available at the brewery so come on in and let the bartender know and he will help you. After the run, each runner gets a free beer of choice and can play a variety of complimentary games such as Cornhole, Ping Pong, Checkers, and other ancillary games right there where the beer brewing and production takes place! To satisfy your tummy, there is also a food truck serving some delicious food for purchase! All runners, walkers, families, and pets are welcome.

Dwight Yoakam: Few entertainers have attained the iconic status of Dwight Yoakam. Perhaps that is because so few have consistently and repeatedly met the high standard of excellence delivered by the Kentucky native no matter what his endeavor. His name immediately conjures up compelling, provocative images: A pale cowboy hat with the brim pulled low; poured-on blue jeans; intricate, catchy melodies paired with poignant, brilliant lyrics that mesmerize with their indelible imprint. Then there’s Yoakam the actor, who seemingly melts into his roles, impressively standing toe-to-toe with some of the world’s top thespians: Jodie Foster, Tommy Lee Jones, Forest Whitaker, Nicholas Cage. Add to that Yoakam the entrepreneur and you have a singular talent without peer.

Is it any wonder that Time Magazine dubbed Yoakam “A Renaissance Man?” But that’s getting ahead of the story.

Much has been made that the Kentucky-born, Ohio-raised Yoakam was too country for Nashville when he first sought out his musical fortune in the mid-80s, but the truth is his music has always been too unique, too ruggedly individualistic to fit neatly into any one box. Like the icons he so admires –Elvis, Merle, Buck– Yoakam is one of a kind. He has taken his influences and filtered them into his own potent blend of country and rock that honors his forbearers and yet creates something beautifully new. As Vanity Fair declared, “Yoakam strides the divide between rock’s lust and country’s lament.”

The long-time Los Angeleno has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, placing him in an elite cadre of global superstars. Yet the sales have never come at the expense of his musical integrity. Whether singing about the twisted wreckage of romance or broken dreams of this hard life, Yoakam brings a knowing, glorious edge to his delivery and stands, in a world of artifice and flash, as a beacon of authenticity. He has 12 gold albums and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums, including the triple platinum “This Time”. Five of those albums have topped Billboard’s Country Albums chart with another fourteen landing in the Top 10. More than 30 singles have charted, with twenty-two going top 20, including the incomparable hits “Honky Tonk Man,” “Please Please Baby,” “Little Ways,” “I Sang Dixie,” “It Only Hurts When I Cry,” “Fast as You” and “Thousand Miles from Nowhere.” He’s won two Grammys and earned a staggering 21 nominations.

His debut album, “Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.,” had critics and fans alike taking notice, heralding a new voice that arrived fully formed with no contemporary rival. With those 10 songs, full of twang and truth, Yoakam led the New Traditionalist movement. From the start, it was clear this jaded, often inscrutable troubadour could put a voice to our thoughts, expressing them better than we ever could.

Over the next several albums, Yoakam morphed from talented newcomer to musical legend. With “Hillbilly Deluxe,” People’s Ralph Novak aptly praised Yoakam for his “uncluttered natural style, with a little rockabilly sob in his voice that harks back to Hank Williams.”

Indeed, as his artistry continued to develop—through such albums as “Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room” and “This Time”— Yoakam progressed on a singular path. No less than the Washington Post’s Jon Podhoretz declared Yoakam “as serious a country performer as there is today.” Furthermore declaring him, “the best songwriter going.” The New York Times’ Peter Watrous confirmed Yoakam’s much broader role as the eyes of this country: “He fits into a general cultural reinvestigation of things American, including jazz and grassroots rock-and-roll.” Fellow New York Times scribe Jon Pareles compared Yoakam to one of his heroes: “Like Presley, he doesn’t always stay within musical genres; even more important, he makes sure a song’s conflicting emotions all come through. His breakup songs are blue and lovelorn, but angry, too; his rambling-guy songs are footloose but regretful; his come-ons are both seductive and menacing.”

As stellar as his recordings are, his live performances are transcendent (check out 1995’s “Dwight Live”). Upon his appearance at the Kentucky State Fair in 2006, the Louisville Courier Journal’s Marty Rosen declared that “in his best moments, Dwight Yoakam ranks with the scant handful of country singers (or, more accurately, singers in any genre, from opera to blues) who can legitimately be called geniuses.”

So broad is his appeal that he was the only artist to appear this year at both indie rock extravaganza Coachella and at country music festival Stagecoach. His performances, as always, drew rapturous acclaim from critics: “I haven’t yet encountered another devoted love fest like the one Yoakam got this weekend,” wrote August Brown in the Los Angeles Times this spring. “Every alt-kid, rockabilly survivor, Latina hot-rodder and the rest of Stagecoach’s misfits all came under this tent to pay rowdy respect to a singer-songwriter who’s done as much as any to keep the fangs in modern pop-inclined country.”

Yoakam also recently headlined the last night of the CMA Festival in Nashville, marking his first appearance at the event in two decades. The potency of his performances makes him a much in-demand guest on the television circuit. So much so that he holds the record for the most performances by any musical artist on the top-ranked “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”.

But the music only tells part of the story. Over the last 15 years, Yoakam has carved out a niche as one of the top character actors on film.

Starting with a role as a truck driver in John Dahl’s spicy film noir “Red Rock West” in 1992, Yoakam was an instantly mesmerizing presence on the big screen. However, nothing prepared viewers for his riveting appearance as the malevolent Doyle Hargraves in the Academy Award winning film “Sling Blade,” for which he and his co-stars were also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild’s award for outstanding performance by a cast. In David Fincher’s box office hit “Panic Room,” as the brilliantly underplayed antagonist Raoul, Yoakam once again seamlessly shapeshifted in front of our eyes. As David Smith for the BBC wrote, “…the film is stolen by Yoakam.” His performance in Tommy Lee Jones’ Cannes Film Festival award-winning “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada” was effusively praised for its penetrating honesty. Entertainment Weekly’s Sean Smith told USA Today, “As a character actor, he disappears into his roles. There’s something amazingly natural about what he does. All his characters have this tense undertone to them.”

Yet just when Yoakam appears to get pigeonholed, he deftly transcends categorization. This holiday season he’ll once again display his vast range when he plays the hilarious Pastor Phil alongside Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn in the broad comedy romp, “Four Christmases.” He then returns to action when he reprises his role as the infectiously eccentric Doc Miles with Jason Stratham in “Crank 2: High Voltage,” the sequel to the 2006 smash “Crank.”

There is Yoakam the artist, and then there’s Yoakam the entrepreneur. In typical Yoakam fashion, even his endeavors that start out as a genial gesture at a friend’s behest somehow turn into a brilliant move. In the mid-90s, Buck Owens repeatedly joked with Yoakam about creating something special for the opening of Owens’ Crystal Palace club and museum. In typical tongue-and- cheek fashion, Yoakam created a fictitious brand of biscuits to be served to mark the occasion, dubbed Dwight Yoakam’s Bakersfield Biscuits. Once again, Yoakam’s creative instincts led to something lasting. The initially imaginary Bakersfield Biscuit and Dry Goods Company has evolved into a successful national brand with dozens of products in stores across the country.

At the core of Yoakam’s creative expression, whether it is musical, theatrical or entrepreneurial, is an unwavering desire to articulate human connection. The thread that ties it all together continues to be Yoakam himself, and his devotion to discovery. But we’ll let Yoakam have the final word. As he told Newsweek, “I’m committed to an earnest exploration of life, no matter what medium I’m using.”

Join them in the taproom & biergarten from 6-9pm on Friday March 8th for their next pairing of Girl Scout Cookies® and Craft Beer! For just $12 you get 4 six ounce pours of craft beer paired deliciously with four different cookies! (2 of each cookie will be paired with each beer). A portion of each sale benefits the Girl Scout of the Florida Panhandle!

Cookies and some beer quantity is limited, so please be sure to purchase a ticket in advance!

Cost : Adv $12, Day of $15 Tickets may be purchased online (fee added through eventbrite) or in the brewery

Caramel deLites®/Samoas® paired with Highland Gaelic Ale

Peanut Butter Patties®/Tagalongs® Paired with Duclaw Brewing Co. Sweet BabyJava Peanut Butter Porter

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the Southern Professional Hockey League. With many home games starting in October, the hockey experience is an EVENT, not just a game!

The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL’s Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.

The “Ice Flyers” name has a double meaning – it is both a tribute to Pensacola’s heritage in naval aviation (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation) and a homage to original owner Tim Kerr, who previously played eleven seasons with the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers.

Please join the McGuire’s team for the 42nd Annual McGuire’s St. Patrick’s Day Prediction 5K Run on Saturday, March 9, 2018 at 9am.

5K CERTIFIED COURSE (3.1 miles) Starts and finishes at McGuire’s Irish Pub in Downtown Pensacola. You must be able to run or walk 3.1 miles in under one hour. The course will open to traffic at 10 a.m. Stragglers will be picked up by McGuire’s bus.

RULES FOR A PREDICTION RUN
Each runner/walker predicts how long it will take them to complete the 3.1 mile course. the finishers who come closest to the time predicted on their registration form wins. The use of watches or timing devices will be considered an unfair advantage and the participant will be disqualified. the computer time will be the official time. To be eligible you must enter a predicted time on your application.

APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION- The Ultimate Tribute To Guns N’ Roses!Vinyl and to give those who still haven’t seen them a chance to see what a KILLER GnR show they put on!!!

Dateline- Anytown,USA. Time-4:30 am. We find our heroes back at any random hotel in any random city -they all run together for a group of entertainers that average 200 shows and 60,000 miles a year on the road.

Notquiteaxl has disappeared -in true GNR fashion. Notquiteduff and Notquiteslash are nursing a bottle of Jager in preparation for the next day’s hangover. Notquiteizzy riffs out on the hotel room couch to Notquiteadler’s drum patterns played on phonebooks and cityguides.

Appetite For Destruction, the ultimate tribute to Guns N’ Roses, has lived this lifestyle since its inception in 2000. The current incarnation of the band (together since 2006) is still based around Chad Atkins’ amazing voice. AFD travels the country delivering the most authentic tribute to Guns N’ Roses, circa 1987-1993, most will ever see.

Material is drawn from Appetite for Destruction through Use Your Illusion 1 and 2, including Lies, and The Spaghetti Incident? with stage banter derived from a variety of live shows and videos. Appetite For Destruction plays all the favorites – Sweet Child o’ Mine, Paradise City, Patience and many, many more.

In venues large and small, Appetite For Destruction has played to rave reviews for aural and visual authenticity. And they will continue until they have brought their rock and roll circus to every corner of the United States.

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the Southern Professional Hockey League. With many home games starting in October, the hockey experience is an EVENT, not just a game!

The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL’s Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.

The “Ice Flyers” name has a double meaning – it is both a tribute to Pensacola’s heritage in naval aviation (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation) and a homage to original owner Tim Kerr, who previously played eleven seasons with the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers.

With gritty, grizzled vocals, brazen songwriting talent and a dynamic live show, River House Artists/Columbia Nashville singer-songwriter Luke Combs stormed onto the country music landscape as “one of the format’s burliest and brightest stars (Vulture).” The Asheville, North Carolina, native released his GOLD-certified critically- acclaimed debut album This One’s for You in 2017, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Combs’ debut 2X PLATINUM-certified smash radio single “Hurricane” set country radio history topping both the Billboard Country Airplay chart and Mediabase chart for two consecutive weeks – rendering Combs the first debut country artist to hold a multi-week No. 1 since Florida Georgia Line’s “Cruise” and the first new solo Country male artist to accomplish the feat since Blake Shelton with “Austin” in 2001. Combs made history once more when “When It Rains It Pours,” the PLATINUM-certified second single off his debut project, landed at No. 1 for two-weeks at Country radio; the last debut male to achieve back-to-back chart toppers off a debut album was Sam Hunt. “One Number Away,” the third single from Combs’ debut project, is at country radio now. A CMA, CMT, iHeartRadio and ACM Award-nominated artist, Combs has performed on NBC’s Today and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and received critical praise from NPR, American Songwriter, Washington Post, Billboard, Variety and more. After college at Appalachian State, Combs, a true road warrior, built his avid fan base by developing his trademark through delivering rowdy, hold-nothing-back shows. By 2014, when Combs followed his calling to Nashville, Tennessee, he had an army of fans behind him, three self-released EPs and a set list full of songs that are true, authentic and demonstrate his signature modern throwback sound. Combs is currently on his sold-out first headlining Don’t Tempt Me with a Good Time Tour, has performed on all-star lineups for CMA Music Fest, Bonnaroo & Austin City Limits and joins Jason Aldean on his nationwide tour beginning May 2018.

MAHLER – Symphony No. 6 in A Minor, “Tragic”

In the largest orchestral undertaking of the season, this concert continues our exploration of the works of Gustav Mahler with Symphony No. 6, “Tragic.” At times grim and moody, yet relentlessly compelling, this masterwork was born from the composer’s own grappling with fate. Mahler said that “a symphony must be like the world. It must embrace everything.” His Sixth Symphony does just that, making it a true highlight of the season.

Tickets start at $23 and are available through the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, Saenger Theatre Box Office or Ticketmaster. Subscribe for priority seating and a discount of up to 50% single ticket prices!

Zac Brown Band: After self-releasing two albums in the early 2000s, Zac Brown Band hit it big with their smash single “Chicken Fried” in 2008. Ever since, they have been at the top of the charts and critics list. Zac Brown Band tour dates have been scheduled nationally and the band is eager to hit the road in support of their sophomore album.

Zac Brown was the second of twelve children from rural Dahlonega, Georgia. He developed an interest in country music at an early age and learned to play the guitar at seven years old. Zac moved to West Georgia to go to college and he started playing in local bars to make extra cash. Zac Brown formed the band in 2002 and immediately hit the road; Zac Brown Band’s concert schedule included nearly 200 dates a year after being formed in 2002. The following year, Zac founded his own label “Southern Ground”, and started releasing his music, his way.

In 2004, the band self-released, “Far From Einstyne”, and in 2005 they issued the album “Home Grown”. The band continued to tour extensively and released a live album, “Live From the Rock Bus Tour”, in 2007. Zac even opened up a music club and restaurant during this time. It served as a venue for the bad to showcase their music and get some southern home cooking.

In 2008, the band signed with Atlantic Records who released their major label debut, “The Foundation”. The album’s first single, “Chicken Fried”, was a smash success reaching #1 on the country singles charts, a rare feat for a debut single. The album went on to release four more singles, three of which also hit #1 on the singles charts. Of the album’s massive success, Brown asserts that it “solidifies an achievement that has been more than a decade in the making.” In 2009 Zac Brown Band concert dates were booked at Stagecoach Music Festival, California’s largest country music festival, and Bonnaroo Music Festival.

2009 proved to be the year of Zac Brown’s critical success. In one year, they went from relative obscurity to being named the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Vocal Group and they won the highly coveted Grammy Award for Best New Artist. Off the heels of their success, Zac Brown Band tour dates were booked as the headliners on the “Breaking Ground Tour”. Of their first headlining tour, Brown states that “For us to come into our own, we had to make it happen as a headliner.”

After the successful tour, the band headed back to the studio to record the follow-up. Despite fears of the dreaded sophomore album curse, the band released “You Get What You Give”, in September 2010 and the album immediately hit #1 on the Billboard 200. The lead-off single,” As She’s Walking Away”, gave them their fifth #1 single and garnered them another Grammy for “Best Country Collaboration with Vocals” at the 2011 ceremony. Zac Brown Band concert dates were booked as the headlining act at the 2010 Detroit Hoedown festival and they performed “As She’s Walking Away”, at the Country Music Association Awards in November, 2010.

Zac Brown’s meteoric rise has been nothing short of remarkable. Their latest single, “Colder Weather”, recently gave them their sixth #1 single, a position they hope to occupy with the follow-up, “Knee Deep”. Make sure you don’t miss out on the ACM’s Top Vocal Event of the Year when Zac Brown Band concert dates are scheduled in your area. Use Eventful as your source for Zac Brown Band tour dates and venue information.

Join them for a fun, 80’s themed fundraising event featuring glass artists Jamie Estes and Andrew Thompson of Rainbow Glass Productions!
Full admission ($20 members/$30 non-members) includes a handmade glass or ceramic cup. These collectible glasses and cups are limited and go fast, so come early!
Members and prepaid ticket holders will have early access. Become a member today!

General admission tickets will be on sale at the gate at 6 p.m.

Wear your head-to-toe 80’s attire, just a hint of nostalgia, or come as you are and enjoy the ambiance of this fun event celebrating creativity!

In addition to glass demonstrations, there will also be pottery demos, performing artists, music, and a gallery opening, showcasing works from FCAC’s Gallery 1060 artists, and an Art Market.

Patrons will enjoy complimentary light fare provided by chef Joe Abston, along with two complimentary beers from Pensacola Bay Brewery. Additional drink tickets are available for purchase at the FCAC merchandise tent.

Bring the whole family! Reduced Admission (without signature cup) for children over 12 is $10. Children under 12 are free. Weather permitting, there will be a children’s activity area set up in our Youth Art Program building.

The event is rain or shine!

FCAC Members $20 – Enter at 5:15 pm

Early Bird Prepaid Tickets $30 – Enter at 5:30 pm *Tickets will become General Admission Prepaid Enter at 6:00 when Early Bird Tickets sell out.

General Admission Gate and Prepaid Tickets $30 – Enter at 6:00 pm

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the Southern Professional Hockey League. With many home games starting in October, the hockey experience is an EVENT, not just a game!

The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL’s Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.

The “Ice Flyers” name has a double meaning – it is both a tribute to Pensacola’s heritage in naval aviation (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation) and a homage to original owner Tim Kerr, who previously played eleven seasons with the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers.

Eat, Drink, and Flounder Country Music Series is excited to announce Parmalee as the first band in the 2019 Country Series.

Door and Box Office opens at 6:00 pm

Opening Band at 8:00 pm

Parmalee at 9:00 pm

Comprised of brothers Matt and Scott Thomas (lead vocals and drums), cousin Barry Knox (bass) and their best friend Josh McSwain (lead guitar), Parmalee are the quintessential American Country band. Named after the small town where the band started, Parmele, N.C. (population 278), the chart-topping quartet pays tribute their humble Carolina upbringings with their name and their sound. Raised on a diet of Southern rock, Country, and blues, they formed in 2001 as a bunch of small-town boys chasing wild weekend nights, but their talents eventually took them beyond the little cement block barn they rehearsed in and onto Country music’s biggest stages, not to mention the top of Billboard’s Country chart.

The band’s blue-collar persistence made their 2013 breakout single, “Carolina,” into a Platinum-certified #1 hit, while their debut album landed in the Top 10. Two more singles (“Close Your Eyes” and “Already Callin’ You Mine”) rose to #3 and #10 on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, all while they kept their noses to the grindstone, touring hundreds of dates a year. Awards nominations from the Academy of Country Music and Teen Choice Awards came rolling in, and headlining tours were launched but the hard-working virtues of their upbringing stand tall.

Registration starts at O’Riley’s at 4 PM and the pub crawl starts at 6 PM. Please bring 2 or more non-perishable food or cash donations. Your $10 registration fee includes commemorative t-shirt, 22oz pub crawl mug for refill specials at each stop, schwag and a passport for the raffle at O’Riley’s later that night. $5 Bud Light refills and $6 signature cocktail refills with your pub crawl mug.

Show us your best St. Patrick’s day outfit and let’s paint the town green!

Pub Crawl Stops:
O’Riley’s Irish Pub Downtown (registration 4-6 PM)
6:00PM Seville Quarter
6:45PM NYN’s BADLANDS “a roadside bar”
7:15PM Beef O’Brady’s Downtown
7:45PM Hopjacks Pizza Kitchen & Taproom
8:30PM Blend Lounge – Pensacola
9:15PM Intermission
O’Riley’s Irish Pub Downtown (raffle at 10 PM)

The Pensacola Ice Flyers are a professional ice hockey team of the Southern Professional Hockey League. With many home games starting in October, the hockey experience is an EVENT, not just a game!

The team played their first season in 2009–10. Home games are played at the Pensacola Bay Center, previously home to the ECHL’s Pensacola Ice Pilots from 1996 until their folding in 2008.

The “Ice Flyers” name has a double meaning – it is both a tribute to Pensacola’s heritage in naval aviation (Naval Air Station Pensacola is home to the legendary Blue Angels and the National Museum of Naval Aviation) and a homage to original owner Tim Kerr, who previously played eleven seasons with the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers.

O’Riley’s Irish Pub Downtown is hosting the official Downtown Pensacola St. Patrick’s Day celebration. They will open at 9 AM on Sunday, March 17th, to get the party started bright and early! Breakfast and brunch will be served through the morning until 2:00PM and their full menu will be available after that for the rest of the day! Corned beef and cabbage special all day.

Live entertainment inside and outside!

Two outside bars. Free schwag that night. $3 Green Bud Light, $5.75 Guinness, $5.25 Breckenridge Nitro Irish Stout, $4.50 Magners Cider, $5.25 Tullamore Dew, $5.50 Irish Car Bombs

21+ up. No cover charge

Go Irish on the Island for the Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce’s annual St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl on Sunday, March 17. The annual pub crawl along Pensacola Beach features 12 participating beach bars, restaurants and hotels serving up Irish drink specials, music and mischief.

The fun begins at 9:15 a.m. at Crabs We Got ‘Em where a free breakfast will be served from 9:15 to 10:25 a.m. with the purchase of a drink. Each stop afterward will last 45 minutes. Revelers can jump in and join the fun mid-day at any of the locations and times listed below:

2019 “Go Irish on the Island” St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl Schedule:

9:15 a.m. – Crabs We Got ‘Em (Breakfast served)

10:30 a.m. – Casino Beach Bar & Grille

11:15 a.m. – Hilton Latitudes Bar + Grill

12:00 p.m. – Holiday Inn Resort

12:45 p.m. – Paddy O’Leary’s (Free Admission for Crawlers)

1:30 p.m. – Paradise Bar & Grill

2:15 p.m. – Island Culture Tiki Bar

3:00 p.m. – Flounder’s Chowder House

3:45 p.m. – Bamboo Willie’s

4:30 p.m. – Shaggy’s

5:15 p.m. – The Sandbar

6:00 p.m. – The Sandshaker

While it’s a celebration of Irish culture and traditions, the St. Paddy’s Day Pub Crawl is also a benefit for Covenant Care. The Pensacola Beach Chamber of Commerce donates proceeds from the sale of pub crawl t-shirts to the organization. The t-shirts are $14 each and available at each of the stops and the Visitor Information Center on Pensacola Beach.