Best Bets for the Weekend, July 25- July 27

PARKER McCOLLUM with special guests RANDY ROGERS BAND and LACI KAYE BOOTH– Sat 7:30pm, The Wharf Amphitheater, Orange Beach, CLICK HERE   

COUNTING CROWS with special guest THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM- Sun 7pm, The Sound Amphitheater, Gautier MS, CLICK HERE   

JAY WEBB- Fri 8pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE  

CRYRS: EMO TRIBUTE- Sat 8:30pm, Soul Kitchen, Downtown Mobile, CLICK HERE   

EASTERN SHORE ART CENTER PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT- Sat 8am-6pm, Lott Park, Daphne

Get Ready to Play for a Cause! Come enjoy a day of pickleball, food, music, and fun. Every serve helps support the arts! All proceeds to benefit Eastern Shore Art Center programming.  CLICK HERE   

GULF COAST ETHNIC & HERITAGE JAZZ FESTIVAL- Fri 7pm; Sat 6:30; Sun 6pm, The Temple, Downtown Mobile

The Gulf Coast Ethnic & Heritage Jazz Festival presents 3 nights of jazz– Hosea London Jazz Music and Education Gala on Friday; Tonya Boyd-Cannon of The Voice, Roman Street, and a Tribute to Quincy Jones by Mobile Big Band on Saturday; and Jazz in the City on Sunday.  CLICK HERE   

AFRICATOWN HERITAGE HOUSE CULTURE FEST- Sat 1pm-5pm, Africatown Heritage House, 2465 Winbush Street, Mobile

Clotilda: The Exhibition at the Africatown Heritage House invites you to join us at Culture Fest 2025 for a day of jubilant celebration, meaningful reflection, and community! As we open a lens to the African American experience and celebrate the legacy Africatown, we present an array of engaging activities, enriching experiences, and soul-stirring entertainment that provides a taste of black culture for all to enjoy. Free admission.  CLICK HERE   

MAGIC CHRISTMAS IN JULY- Sat 4pm-7pm, Bellingrath Gardens, Theodore

Get into the holiday spirit early with an afternoon of festive fun! There will be live music, photos with Santa, crafts (oyster shell ornaments and pipe cleaner Christmas trees), and inflatables for the kids. Plus you can watch one of the Bellingrath team members hand-tie a Magic Christmas in Lights set piece. Toys for Tots Discount: donate a new, unwrapped toy starting at 3 PM and receive $5 off general admission. One toy per discounted ticket.

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CITY OF MOBILE SUMMER DRIVE-IN MOVIE: MUFASA THE LION KING- Fri 6pm-9pm (movie starts at 6:30), USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile

Round up your family and friends for a free, fun, and relaxing outdoor movie night! Watch from your car or bring a seat and enjoy under the stars. There will be food trucks too. CLICK HERE   

MOVIES IN THE PARK: A MINECRAFT MOVIE- Sat 6pm-9:30pm, Community Maritime Park, Downtown Pensacola

Bring your blankets and chairs then spread out on the lawn to watch a family-friendly movie underneath the stars. Pre-show activities begin at 6 p.m. Movies begin at sunset. (Movies are shown at the Hunter Amphitheater with grass seating only.)

Bring towels and a change of clothes - 2 waterslides will be open for all guests at no charge! Brought to you by Play Pensacola Parks & Recreation.  CLICK HERE  

SOUTHWEST MOBILE COUNTY CHAMBER’S ANNUAL KIDS DAY- Sat 9am-1pm, Tillman’s Corner Community Center

Ahoy Mateys! Set Sail for the SouthWest Mobile County Chamber of Commerce’s 12th Annual Kids Day (with a pirate theme this year!)

The Chamber hosts this event in order to prepare local children for the upcoming school year by providing free backpacks with school supplies and uniforms. It will also feature snow cone and ice cream trucks, vendors, bouncy houses, games, a Beach Ball Drop at 12 noon, and more! Registration starts at 9am.  CLICK HERE   

CASINO NIGHT FUNDRAISER- Fri 6pm-10pm, Foley Civic Center, Foley

The South Baldwin Chamber Foundation is hosting their 4th Annual Casino Night Fundraiser—an evening filled with fun, games, and giving back to local education! Featuring 10 exciting casino-style games (no real money—just fun!), food and music. BYOB. All proceeds support student and teacher grants across 14 South Baldwin County schools.  CLICK HERE   

BANDS ON THE BAYOU: BAY KINGS BAND- Fri 4:30pm, Bayview Park, Pensacola

Free waterfront concert– music kicks off at 6:30pm, so come early to claim your spot near the Community Center. Enjoy food and fun from local vendors starting as early as 4:30pm. This concert benefits two local non-profits, 309 Punk Project and Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida.  CLICK HERE  

THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN- Fri 7:30pm, Pensacola Saenger Theatre

The Motowners show is a fantastic tribute to the artists and songs from the classic Motown years. Expect to hear smash hits by the Temptations, The Four Tops, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder and many more.  CLICK HERE 

THE GREATEST SHOWCASE- Sat 7pm, Pensacola Saenger Theatre

The Greatest Showcase is an evening of dancing and performances hosted by Sasha Farber from Dancing with the Stars. The show will benefit Children's Home Society's Healthy Families Program in Escambia County. The evening will feature local celebrities and students from First Dance Ballroom Studio and a special performance from Sasha Farber himself.  CLICK HERE   

THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES- Thurs/Fri/Sat 7:30pm, Sun 2:30pm (through Aug 3), Theatre 98, Fairhope

Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy are the headlining last minute replacement musical group for their 1958 Springfield High School prom and are invited back to entertain again at their 10-year high school reunion in 1968. The Marvelous Wonderettes perform classic 1950s and 60s pop songs in between personal drama, petty infighting, and reconciliation in this feel-good musical comedy that will make it hard not to sing along!  CLICK HERE  

PALAFOX MARKET- Sat 9am-2pm, TWO LOCATIONS: Martin Luther King Jr Plaza and Plaza Ferdinand, Pensacola

Join us every Saturday, rain or shine for farm-fresh produce, plants, flowers, baked goods, hand-crafted works of art, sculpture, fresh tea and coffee, delicious food and spices, hand-blown glass, ceramics and much more at the event that was named Florida's Best Farmers Market by Southern Living magazine.  CLICK HERE