Kick off your day with brunch bites, Bloody Marys, and bubbles galore at the 2^nd Annual Brunch Fest at the Destin Harbor! Taste yummy foods from the area’s best brunch spots with mimosa in hand as you soak in the sights of the lively Destin Harbor at Harborwalk Village. Brunch is always a good idea!

Enjoy the sights and sounds of Eden Gardens State Park during the height of camelia season with this fun annual festival featuring live music, food and beverage vendors, heritage presenters demonstrating skills such as blacksmithing and weaving, and master gardeners sharing tips about cultivating camelias. Over 500 varieties will be in bloom on the grounds!

Dog-Harmony presents Love & Football: A Dog Promenade on Saturday, February 11^th at Grand Boulevard. Dress up your pups in a uniform of your favorite football team or in a Valentine’s Day Theme to win prizes in the following categories: Best Dressed, Most Creative, and Most Enthusiastic. Food with from JC’s Gourmet along with hot dogs, beer and wine will be available at this fundraising event!

Find all the Mardi Gras spirit at the Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade with floats entering Gulf Blvd from Indiana Street and moving east to end at Broussard’s Bayou Grill where the after party is! A beer tent along with hotdogs, corn dogs, hamburgers, and jambalaya will be available along with homemade ice cream or shaved ice from Turtle Role Ice Cream and live music until 10PM. The Parade is hosted by the Navarre Krewe of Jesters.

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Celebrate Mardi Gras at Harborwalk Village with LIVE music by Fais Do-Do at 2PM followed by beads, dazzling floats, and street performers as the parade rolls through the Village at 4PM. Find good times for all at this high energy celebration on the harbor!

Bigger and better than ever, the Baytowne Mardi Gras Parade offers fun for all with unique, colorful floats, golf carts, and trucks as well as costumed dogs and owners filling the streets with Mardi Gras cheer. “Laissez les bon temps rouler” with marchers dressed up in their Mardi Gras best and showering parade-goers with beads, moon pies, and other trinkets.

Everyone’s favorite race returns to Seaside on February 19^th! The Seaside School Half Marathon + 5K features a whole weekend of amazing, must-see events! Weekend events include the Taste of the Race kick-off party on Friday, a race expo and packet pick-up on Saturday, followed by the big race on Sunday. This year’s race is themed “rockstar run” so come ready to rock and roll!

Celebrate Fat Tuesday, one of the most festive days of the year, at the Baytowne Mardi Street Pardi! Beginning at 6pm, the Village Street party kicks off with live music, street performers, and more with celebrations continuing into the night with parties at various Baytowne establishments. Let the good times roll with beads and more!

Known as one of the largest and most popular winter food events on the Emerald Coast, the Sandestin Gumbo Festival returns to Baytowne Wharf on February 24^th with a delicious Seafood Boil at Hammerhead’s Bar & Grill. On Saturday February 25^th, enjoy live music, family activities, and the best gumbo cook-off on the Gulf Coast!

Head to the Destin docks for the 4^th Annual Shrimp & Grits Festival to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Emerald Coast, a nonprofit devoted to “enhancing the development of boys and girls.” This event features creative variations of this favorite southern dish by local restaurants, food trucks, and personal chefs competing to be crowned the best on the Emerald Coast.