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Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival
Pensacola, FL · Arts & Culture
- When
- November 6–8, 2026
- Where
- Historic Seville Square, 301 S Alcaniz St · Pensacola · FL
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule
A juried fine arts show founded in 1973 that fills Pensacola's historic Seville Square with over 200 painters, potters, sculptors and jewelers from around the country. It runs alongside a dedicated children's festival and live music, one of the city's longest-running signature arts events.
The history within reach
- Pensacola Seafood Festivalsame spot
A free downtown festival built around Gulf seafood, with vendors, cooking demonstrations, live entertainment and a children's area spread across three adjoining downtown parks.
- Great Gulfcoast Arts Festivalsame spot
A juried fine arts show founded in 1973 that fills Pensacola's historic Seville Square with over 200 painters, potters, sculptors and jewelers from around the country.
Downtown Pensacola's Grand Mardi Gras Parade rolls down Palafox Street on the Saturday before Fat Tuesday, the capstone of a season-long celebration with roots back to 1874.
An Irish pub in a 1927 firehouse with over two million signed dollar bills stapled to every surface, a tradition that started with the founder's wife pinning her first tip to the wall in 1977.
- Graffiti Bridge1.2 mi
A low railroad trestle from 1888 that Pensacola treats as its public sketchbook: painted and repainted so often, sometimes several times a day, that the paint itself is inches thick.