Join us every Thursday for live music. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Many local shops will be open after hours.

Join us every Thursday for live music. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Many local shops will be open after hours.

Join us every Thursday for live music. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets. Many local shops will be open after hours.

Take a stroll in historical downtown Pensacola, filled with shops, museums, restaurants and theaters. Historic churches, pre 20th century homes, quaint shops and restaurants, old government buildings and parks complete with oak trees and gazebos are all of what make up this beautiful downtown area. What makes this area different, however, from other towns who share the same qualities, is the waterfront. Downtown Pensacola hugs the shoreline of Pensacola Bay, and with this union comes waterfront parkways and sidewalks, waterfront restaurants, marinas and seafood markets.

Find a spot at one of our parks and watch pelicans drift with wind currents, sailboats cruising the bay and seagulls following shrimp boats waiting for a morsel of easy prey. If you are lucky, you may even catch a glimpse of the Blue Angels, the Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, arriving home from an air show or practicing over the open water for an upcoming event.

The best way to experience all downtown Pensacola has to offer is parking your car and walking to the many destinations, which at the most may be only fifteen minutes away. From the Veterans’ memorial park to Joe Patti’s  Seafood market, up historical Palafox Street to our Confederate Memorial and Fort Pensacola and over to historic Seville Square, you are sure to find the town friendly, accommodating and worth the visit.

Historic Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood. This street festival features the Caribbean sounds of reggae and steel-drum bands sometimes referred to as pan bands, while Junkanoo bands parade and dance through the streets. There will be art, food and music activities for children. For information, call 850-207-0206 or visit www.goombaygulfcoast.com.

Seville Square on Alcaniz St.  in downtown Pensacola. Local and national talents will perform great jazz music. Free admission. For information, call 850-433-8382 or visit www.jazzpensacola.com.

Downtown Pensacola. Enjoy this event in a setting offering history and culture while you enjoy wine, music and art. For information and to purchase tickets, call 850-434-5371 or visit www.pensacolawinefestival.com.

Seville Quarter at 130 E. Government St. in downtown Pensacola. $20; Advance tickets $15. Call 850-434-6211 or visit www.rosies.com.

Saenger Theatre. 118 S. Palafox St. Beethoven & Blue Jeans. 8 p.m. Call 850-435-2300 or visit online at www.pensacolasymphony.com.

Gallery Night in Downtown Pensacola. Gallery Night is an opportunity for the public to experience the essence of downtown Pensacola. People stroll casually down the street, stop to hear a street performer, walk in and out of galleries to view and purchase beautiful art, sit on benches under trees and chat with friends. Trolleys pick up passengers preferring not to walk. Ph: 850-432-9906. Web site: www.artsnwfl.org.