JANUARY
Polar Bear Dip – Join hundreds
of other brave souls and splash
around in the Gulf of Mexico
behind the Flora-Bama Lounge
to ring in the New Year.
(850) 492-0611 • florabama.com
Polar Bear Plunge – Bring your
friends and wade, swim and
scurry in the Santa Rosa
Sound to celebrate the New Year.
(850) 932-1500 •
pensacolabeachchamber.com
FEBRUARY
Mardi Gras – One of the
country’s original celebration
sites, Downtown Pensacola and
Pensacola Beach host familyoriented
fun with parades, beads
and moonpies. Signature Mardi
Gras events include the Krewe
of Lafitte Illuminated Parade, the
Grand Mardi Gras Parade and
the Krewe of Wrecks Pensacola
Beach Parade. (850) 434-1234 •
visitpensacola.com
Pensacola Double Bridge
Run – This one-of-a-kind 15K
traditionally begins in Downtown
Pensacola and ends on Pensacola
Beach with runners traversing
both the Pensacola Bay Bridge
and the Bob Sikes Bridge on their
route to the Pensacola Beach
finish line. A 5K leg welcomes
runners and walkers to travel from
Gulf Breeze to Pensacola Beach.
The race will follow a modified
course in 2021 due to Pensacola
Bay Bridge construction. (850)
434-2800 • pensacolasports.com
Pensacon – This three-day
convention at the Pensacola Bay
Center and Pensacola Grand Hotel
features celebrities and panel
discussions on sci-fi, fantasy,
horror, comics, anime, gaming and
more. pensacon.com
MARCH
Ciclovia Open Streets Pensacola
Pensacola closes a portion of
our streets to motorized vehicles
and opens them up to everyone!
Participants can walk, run, bike,
roller skate/blade, stroll,
skateboard or just play in the
streets. pensacolaopenstreets.com
Go Irish on the Island – Don your
best green garb and celebrate St.
Patrick’s Day with a pub crawl on
Pensacola Beach. (850) 932-1500 •
pensacolabeachchamber.com
McGuire’s 5K Prediction Run
With more than 16,000
participants, it’s the nation’s
largest prediction run. The fastest
runner, most accurate prediction
time and best costume receive
awards. At the post-run party,
enjoy authentic Irish music,
tastings of McGuire’s signature
bean soup, Irish Wake and
McGuire’s self-brewed beer. (850)
433-6789 • mcguiresirishpub.com
Smokin’ in the Square –
Professional and backyard teams
come together for this annual
BBQ cookoff in Seville Square in
Downtown Pensacola. (850) 516-
2622 • smokininthesquare.org
Sun Belt Championship Basketball
March Madness comes to Pensacola
as NCAA Division 1 men’s and
women’s college basketball
teams compete for the Sun Belt
championship. (850) 434-2800 •
sunbeltsports.org
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
The Pensacola Bay Area features an event calendar brimming with
annual celebrations and festivals, seasonal sporting events and the
arts. All add to the appeal of a Pensacola Bay Area vacation and
showcase the diversity of the Pensacola experience. The events listed
below represent a few of Pensacola’s signature events. For a complete
calendar of events, go to visitpensacola.com/events. Events are subject
to change or cancellation.
McGuire’s Run
Blue Angels Air Show
58 Learn more at visitpensacola.com/calendarofevents