This year, things will change!

The establishments will blindly pick an emoji out of several that best represent Gulf County. Then, they will make a drink based off of that emoji and name the drink. The judges will pick their top 4 out of all the participating establishments.

During December, you can go and try the atop four drinks and then vote for your favorite via our Facebook Poll.

The winner will be announced on New Year's Eve.

All event updates will be on our Facebook Event.

*MUST BE 21 TO PARTICIPATE*

Taxi Services

https://www.facebook.com/KrabbyKabTaxi/

Location:

TBD

Topics include the history of sports in Port St. Joe with Kesley Colbert. Also, professional baseball player, Roman Quinn, will answer some questions about the importance of taking a break and enjoying time with family. If you have a question you would like to ask RomGan, email us at Concierge@visitgulf.com This event is a collaboration with the TDC’s Holidays on the Half Shell.

Location:

110 Library Dr

Space is limited so call to register!

Location:

110 Library Dr

The market will run from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM ET. There will be all types of vendors as well as some Christmas Carols!

Admission is free and refreshments will be available all day.  Handcrafted gifts for everyone on your list, festive home decor items, and delicious baked goods will be on sale to make your holiday preparations fun and easy. In the festooned gazebo, local photographer Reggie Smith will take photos of families and pets for a nominal fee ... no appointments will be necessary.   As a bonus, three presentations are slated:  Jessica Swindall, director of the Florida Coastal Conservancy will focus on Gulf County's sea turtles, Linda White, 2008 National Audubon Educator of the Year, will share her knowledge about Florida's eagles, and members Jeanne Schlicting and Linda Hamilton will demonstrate how herbs can enhance your holiday cooking.   For further details and updates, visit the Port St. Joe Garden Club Facebook page.

Location:

216 Eight Street, Port St. Joe

Join us at the Salinas Park Bayside for an evening of watching the sun go down over St. Joseph Bay.
Salinas Park will have a brand new nature observatory that will be open during the event for the best vantages of the sun going down.

Baytowne Vacation Rentals will be hosting this event with refreshments and a bonfire!

Location:

280 CAPE SAN BLAS RD

There will be unique gifts, local craft vendors, $10 Chicken dinners, kids activities and more. Animals will be available for adoption at the event.

Location:

Corner of Reid Ave and Hwy 71 (City Commons Park)

Join us and the Forgotten Coast Ukulele Orchestra for Classic Christmas Carols at the Cape San Blas Lighthouse. The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe will have hot cocoa to keep you warm.

Location:

200 Miss Zola's DR

Frank Pate Park at 10 pm est. on December 31st.

Location:

Frank Pate Park

Please join your friends and neighbors for the 4th Annual Cape San Blas Polar Plunge at Cape Palms Park on Cape San Blas! We will run into the chilly waters of the Gulf at 10am ET to kick off 2020! Donuts and coffee provided by Scallop Cove. Open to all. Free admission. Donations will be accepted for South Gulf Fire & Rescue.

Location:

110 Library Dr

We’ll have lots of giggles and fun with this one! Space is limited, so call to register:

Location:

110 Library Dr

The Oyster Cook-Off is held every year on the Friday and Saturday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in downtown Historic Apalachicola at Riverfront Park. The event features a silent auction, oysters galore, shrimp, smoked mullet, hot dogs, hamburgers, local beer, live music, kids’ activities, dancing performances and a 5K run! Enter your best recipe and be a contestant in the oyster cook-off or just come out and enjoy a day of wonderful food, refreshments and music. Well-mannered pets are welcomed on a leash. All proceeds goes directly towards paying for the brand new fire truck they were able to purchase a few years ago, due to this sole fundraising event!

Location:

Downtown Apalachicola 32320

Location:

110 Library Dr

The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce proudly presents Butts & Clucks Cook-Off on the Bay a Florida BBQ Association sanctioned event. Also the 2020 Florida BBQ Association State Championship.

On January 24th & 25th at Battery Park in Apalachicola teams from all over the Southeast will be competing for over $15,000 in cash and prizes. They will be competing in 4 meat categories: Chicken, Ribs, Pork Butt & Brisket.

Location:

Battery Park

2020 Classes, Workshops & Demos will include acrylic painting, watercolor, basket weaving, encaustics, metalsmithing, woodcarving, storytelling & yoga

Location:

201 Reid Avenue, Port St. Joe, Florida

We hope you will join us in a great day of golf, food and fun. The tournament is open to locals and snowbirds alike. Bring your favorite foursome or sign up individually and we will find you a team.

Date: 1/24/2020
Time: 12:00 Shotgun Start
Format: 18 hole 4-Person Scramble
Prizes: 1 st Place Gross & 1 st Place Net
Entry Fee: $48.15. Includes golf, prizes, tax and dinner provided by Grill 19 following golf.
For additional information, or to register for the tournament call the Pro-Shop at 850.227.1751 or
email Jordon Arnold at Jarnoldpga@gmail.com.

Location:

700 Country Club Rd

The Junior Service League of Port St. Joe will be hosting the 10th annual Chili Cookoff and Family Bazaar Saturday January 25th. The event will include chili cookoff competition, local vendors, music, kid's activities, bake sale, cake walk, and 50/50 raffle.

🌶 Interested in sponsoring the event or registering a chili cook off team? Email jslpsj@gmail.com 🌶

Location:

117 Sailor's Cove

Location:

110 Library Dr

Stay up to date with NEW course and program listings.

Classes are every Wednesday. Please check out their website for full class listings and to register.

Location:

3800 Garrison Ave, Port St Joe, FL 32456

Information will be on the refuge and introduce our title for a Community Reads Book Club: Coming to Pass. Books will be available for purchase.

Location:

110 Library Dr

We are so excited to have our loyal Winter Visitors coming back to stay with many of our vacation rental companies for the season. Save the date for a fantastic event that will be held at the St. Joseph Bay Golf Club!

Location:

700 Country Club Rd

2020 Classes, Workshops & Demos will include acrylic painting, watercolor, basket weaving, encaustics, metalsmithing, woodcarving, storytelling & yoga

Location:

201 Reid Avenue, Port St. Joe, Florida

Stay up to date with NEW course and program listings.

Classes are every Wednesday. Please check out their website for full class listings and to register.

Location:

3800 Garrison Ave, Port St Joe, FL 32456

Kim Wheeler, Executive Director of the Red Wolf Coalition .

Founded in 1997, the Red Wolf Coalition (RWC) serves as the hub of private support for long-term red wolf restoration. Through a variety of programs, this website and print information, the RWC provides the public with science-based information about the biology and ecology of this endangered predator. The Coalition also teaches people about the value of red wolves to the ecosystem and to the people living in the restoration area. The RWC works with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Red Wolf Recovery Program to stay up-to-date on red wolf restoration and management issues and to partner in the effort to maintain healthy populations of wild red wolves.

Location:

216 Eight Street, Port St. Joe

Enjoy spaghetti, salad, tea, and dessert to help raise funds to give to our overseas missionaries.

Admission:

$10 a plate

Location:

248 Dolphin Street

Join us for this wonderful Bi-annual Shrimp Boil and Open House! Enjoy live music, take a free tour of the preserve, dine on a local Shrimp Boil, learn more about the Buffer Preserve and more.

Enjoy a trip through the backwoods trails of the Buffer Preserve to our Rare and Endangered Plants, Prescribed Burn Sites, and various Native Plants.

Low Country Boil $10 Donation 11:00AM-2:00PM

Location:

3915 State Road 30-A Port St. Joe 32456

With a variety of types of gumbo and Brunswick stew to taste, this will be one hot competition. This year, the event will take place at the Boat Ramp Park. A new, larger, venue that is centrally located just off Highway 98, with plenty of parking and enjoyment along the canal waterway.

Don’t worry, if you are more of a taster than a chef, you will have plenty to choose from! This event is free to enter and the only costs is for food and beverages. Tickets will be available for purchase to sample one, two or as many as you like gumbos or stews. There will be beverages available as well as hot dogs and sausage dogs. With live music and free beads, this is one cook-off that will get you in the Mardi Gras mood! All proceeds raised will go toward the Special Events for Mexico Beach’s Best Blast on the Beach July 4th firework show.

Location:

109 44th St, Mexico Beach, FL 32410

The Forgotten Coast Chef Sampler will be held on Sunday Feb. 9th at the Historic Fort Coombs Armory. Tickets will go on sale Jan. 1st, 2020.

Admission:

$60

Location:

4th Street and Avenue D Apalachicola 32320

Have you ever wondered what other vacation rental homes looked like? Well, now is your chance! Hop on a trolly and see several different homes.
We will meet at the back parking lot of the First Baptist Church, diagonal from the Welcome Center. This tour will go to locations all over Gulf County.

Please sign-up by emailing concierge@visitgulf.com

Location:

We will meet at the back parking lot of the First Baptist Church, diagonal from the Welcome Center.

Location:

110 Library Dr

The 10th Annual Apalachicola Mardi Gras Barkus Parade

Saturday, February 22rd, 2020 11am-4pm

Riverfront Park, Apalachicola, Florida

The theme is: Surf Dogs USA…

and we expect to our guests will be excited by the choice that reflects our local coastal character. It offers lots of possibilities for costumes and decorating.

Come join us in celebrating all the fun of Mardi Gras with dogs!

The festivities will start at 11:00 am at Riverfront Park with live entertainment, local food vendors and a variety of arts and craft vendors to enjoy while strolling through the park. The parade begins at 1:00.

Location:

Downtown Apalachicola Apalachicola 32320

If so, or you just want a fun evening out with friends come join the Port St. Joe Garden Club March 7th from 5:00PM to 6:30PM for the Kokedama workshop. Kokedama is the Japanese art of wrapping roots in a natural blanket of soil and moss instead of a pot. Kokedama balls are beautiful, whimsical and fun. The workshop will be held at the Garden Center located at 216 8th Street. Please sign up for the workshop via facebook or email at psjgardenclub@gmail.com. The price for the workshop is $10. Sign up today and leave March 7th with your very own living

Admission:

$10

Location:

216 8th Street

Fish Tales? Tall Tales? Bear Tales? Tell them all at the Haughty Heron on March 8th. Monetary prizes to the top 3 stories! Emcee by Pat Neese and Special Guest Appearance by Robyn Rennick

Location:

117 Sailor's Cove

We are planning on going over to St. Vincent Island for the annual shelling trip. Arrive at Indian Pass Boat Ramp to board the shuttle. The trip will go from 9:00-12:00 PM. We will provide waters but there are no restrooms on the Island. Plan on a nice picnic lunch at Indian Pass Boat Ramp. Bring your lunch and we will provide the sides.

The event is limited to only 15 people. Please call Crystal to sign-up for the event.

Admission:

$0

Location:

Indian Pass Road-At the dead end.

Stay up to date with NEW course and program listings.

Classes are every Wednesday. Please check out their website for full class listings and to register.

Location:

3800 Garrison Ave, Port St Joe, FL 32456

She knows all about the shells in our area and cool facts about each one. This is a not to miss event! Please pack your lunch!

Sign Up by emailing concierge@visitgulf.com

Few, if any, books have captured the spirit and colorful history of Florida’s past as has Patrick Smith’s beloved novel, A Land Remembered. It has been said many times that people should be issued a copy of A Land Remembered when they cross the Florida state line and that it should be required reading for students to graduate from high school. Smith’s son, Patrick Jr., produced a video about the author to share the experiences that led Patrick Smith to write his beloved novels, with special emphasis on his popular saga of Florida pioneers, A Land Remembered. The show combines quirky humor and storytelling with videos, photos, music, and visual effects to bring Patrick Smith’s colorful life into focus in a unique multimedia show. In addition, the video allows the audience to revisit old Florida and take a trip back in time to discover how primitive Florida was not too long ago.

Location:

110 Library Dr

Crystal from the Welcome Center will be your teacher for the day!

Location:

150 Captain Fred's Place

Winter sunsets are always a sight to see, and what better way to see a sunset than to be on the water? 30 spots are available for this excursion, and although no coolers are allowed, there are refreshments and snacks available for sale onboard.

So grab your camera for this amazing experience and fun time with friends.

Sign-Ups will begin on February 8th at 9:00 AM. Please email concierge@visitgulf.com to secure your spot.

Location:

340 Marina Dr. Port St. Joe 32456

CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES!

Location:

TBD

Don Morrow retired from a 33-year career in land conservation with the Trust for Public Land. Since retiring four years ago, he birds once or twice every week throughout the year and conducts shorebird surveys year ‘round as well as seasonal duck surveys

Location:

St. Joseph Bay State Buffer Preserve Center 3915 State Road 30-A, Port St Joe, FL

Join FPAN staff for our Archaeology on Tap program in Port St. Joe to celebrate Florida Archaeology Month in March! FPAN's Rachel Hines will give the evening talk titled "Tombstone Tales: Cemeteries, Symbols, and Stories." Historic cemeteries are amazing outdoor museums containing vast amounts of information on markers and tombstones that can be "read" like historic documents. This presentation describes the development of the modern cemetery, the kinds of information that can be learned from inscriptions and symbols on markers, the laws protecting historic cemeteries in Florida, and ways to protect them for the future.

The talk starts at 6:00 p.m. and guests are recommended to show up by 5:30 p.m. to place drink orders before the talk begins.

Location:

Scallop RePUBlic, 411 Cape San Blas Road

Gulf County Chamber of Commerce is proud to present Blues in the Lot 2020. The stage will be on Reid Ave and 3rd St downtown PSJ.
Our line-up:to be announced

There will also be local and regional folk artists and craft vendors, beverages and food-- awesome Bar-b-que!. facbook.com/bluesinthelot/ for more information and updates.

Location:

Port St. Joe

More information to come, but save the date for March 28, 2020.

Location:

TBD