DISCOVER ☔️ P'COLA

Good morning, Pensacola,

O.K. who took the sun? and when will it be returned? Pensacola Beach averages 325 ☀️shiney days per year. It’s Jan 10th, too many 2025 days without our NWFL sun. First the freezing cold and now the rain☔️, not to worry, I found three bright ideas indoor activities for a rainy day in P’COLA.

The sun'll come out tomorrow 🎵 according to Annie and accueather.com   

In this issue:

1. Pensacola’s PAW-DI GRAS PAW-RADE

2. Three Bright INDOOR TO-DO’s for a Rainy Day in P’COLA

3. 10 Jan 🎭 KREWE OF PRISCUS ~MARDI GRAS KICK OFF MASQUERADE BALL

Cheers,

  DISCOVER 🏡 P’COLA Editorial Staff 

THE DIGEST

PENSACOLA’s 🐾 PAW-DI GRAS 🎭 PAW-RADE

Calling all pups 🐾  Time for Mutts to Strut 🐾 

• THEME: 🏴‍☠️ Pirates of PENSACOLA BAY 🏴‍☠️ Costume Contest

• REGISTRATION: ✨Registration Required✨ + $5 Donation*

• PARADE: FREE and OPEN to the public 🆓

• WHEN: February 16, 2025

• WHERE: Downtown Pensacola

*_{donation goes straight to our official Paw-di Gras Benefactor!}

Registration for the 4th Annual PAW-DI GRAS PAW-RADE Event continues through February 13, 2025. The first 300 to register receive a swag bag filled with goodies. This years PAW-DI GRAS benefactor is the Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare!

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THREE INDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR RAINY DAY P’COLA

I. TALKING SMACK: PENSACOLA REDFISH INDUSTRY

Rain, rain, go away or wait who care’s? Today, you might consider visiting Destination Archaeology Resource Center, downtown P’COLA. On display are findings from local shipwrecks and two redfish smacks. You‘ll see artifacts collected by UWF archaeologists and learn! The red snapper market played a huge role in the development and growth of P’COLA. 🆓

II. PENSACOLA ESACPE ROOM 🚪

Up for a challenging indoor adventure? Pensacola Escape Room locks you within a room full of clues and it’s your goal to escape with in less than 60 minutes. Choose from different themes; museum, wired (gamers), haunted. Crazy fun for a couple or small group or family.

III. FRANKLIN ANTIQUES FLEA MARKET 🪑💎🖼️

My favorite diversion on a rainy day is to explore an antique store packed with tons of retro cool stuff. I never know just exactly what I’m looking for… but I know it when I find it! Franklin’s Antiques is definitely a worthy excursion on a rainy day; 10,000 sq. ft of vendors and their findings.

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CIVIL & BUSINESS NEWS

#11 Julee Cottage (1805) on the Historic Pensacola Walking tour

11 Jan Bruce Beach Shoreline Clean Up 9am

18 Jan Juniper Back Packing Trip City of Pensacola

20 Jan Martin Luther King Day Sanitation Services Changes:  This change applies to City of Pensacola Sanitation Services. Customers who normally receive service on Mon. should expect service on Tues., Jan. 21. Customers who normally receive service on Tues. should expect service on Wed, Jan. 22.

20 Jan All LIBRARY LOCATIONS Closed for Martin Luther king Day

24 Jan 🥾 Restoration Ramble Perdido River Nature Preserve  Guided Walking Tour 11-12pm Waterproof Hiking boots recommended

LOCAL FESTIVALS, PARADES & EVENTS  

10 Jan  🎭 KREWE OF PRISCUS MARDI GRAS KICK OFF MASQUERADE BALL

10-11 🔫 GUN SHOW Pensacola Fair Grounds

11 Jan 🌆 2025 New Year Small Business Expo - 10– 3pm The Island Resort, FWB

11 Jan 🛻 Monster Truck Wars Escambia County Equestrian Center

20 Jan 🎉 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY PARADE! City of Pensacola

25-26 Jan 🦎 Show Me the REPTIlLE SHOW Pensacola Fairgrounds

24-26 Jan 🍔 Foodees Food and Culture Festival Pensacola Fairgrounds

31 Jan 🎪 The Great Pages CIRCUS Pensacola Fairgrounds

19 Feb 🍫🧀 Pensacola Chocolate and Cheese Fest Community Maritime Park

16 Feb 🐾 Paw-Di Gras Paw-rade family + Fur parade

23-24 Feb 🎭 Gulf Coast Renaissance Festival Faire Pensacola Fairgrounds

LOCAL HAPPENIN’S / THINGS TO DO

FRIDAY

10 Jan 🎼  Symphony Orchestra: Laura Jackson - Beethoven and Blue Jeans Saenger Theatre

SATURDAY

11 Jan 🎼 Symphony Orchestra

11 Jan 🐝 Beginning Beekeeping Tryon Library 11 am

SUNDAY

12 Jan 💃🏻 Second Sunday Salsa Emerald Republic Brewing

UPCOMING P’COLA EVENTS

15 Jan 🎶 Shrek The Musical Saenger Theater

15 Jan 🍺 Cigar & Beer Social Warrior Beer Co.

17 Jan 🌃 Gallery Night 5-9pm Downtown P’Cola

17-19 Jan 💃🏻 Pensacola Latin Dance

11 Jan 🐝 Beginning Beekeeping Tryon Library 11 am

18 Jan 🎤 Dusty Slay Saenger Theatre

18 Jan 🍺 Winter Beer Olympics Coastal County Brewing

23 Jan 🐦 10th Annual Snowbird Beach Bash Pensacola Beach

24 Jan 🎨 Pensacola Love Painting With A Twist

25 Jan 🥊 Island Fights 86 at Pensacola Bay Center 7-9pm

25-26 Jan 📙 Grown-Up Book Fair Odd Colony Brewing

8 Feb 🎉 KIDS AND KRITTERS PARADE 12th Annual / Casino Beach parking lot

2025 🏄🏾‍♂️ Innerlight Surf Camp & Lessons Coming Soon! Surf Camp 2025 Info will be Released JANUARY 2025. Fort Pickens Rd. 

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LIVE MUSIC LOWDOWN

Friday

10 Jan 🎵 Sugarcane Jane Flora-Bama Lounge

10 Jan 🎵 Coffinwolf Ultra, Joybomb, Tokyo Coyote, and Pauper’s Grave The HANDLEBAR

10 Jan 🎵 Ragdoll D&R Lounge

Saturday

11 Jan 🎵 Pensacola Mardi Gras Mambo Lil Jon & Yung Joc

11 Jan 🎵 Glenn Parker Band Five Sisters Blues Cafe

11 Jan 🎵 Pensacola Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Blue Jeans Saenger Theatre

UPCOMING LIVE MUSIC EVENTS

16 Jan 🎵 The Drifters, The Coasters The Platters Saenger Theatre

23 Jan 🎵 TOBYMAC Hits Deep Tour Pensacola Bay Center

24&26 Jan 🎵 Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro Pensacola Opera

30 Jan 🎵 Creed FIsher Wild Gregs Saloon

14&16 Mar 🎵 Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci  Pensacola Opera

SPORTS

2025 🏒 ICE FLYERS Schedule  Pensacola Bay Center  

11 Jan 🏀 UWF Men's Basketball UWF vs UNION / UWF Field House

11 Jan 🏀 UWF Women’s Basketball UWF vs UNION / UWF Field House

15 Jan 🏀 The Harlam Globetrotters Pensacola Bay Center

23 Jan 🏀 UWF Men's Basketball UWF vs West AL / UWF Field House

4 Feb 🏃🏻‍♂️🏃🏿‍♀️Double Bridge Run 2025 1k and 15k races / Pensacola Sports

4 Feb 🏄🏾‍♂️ Surfrider Social 6pm@Cafe Single Fin