January 2019 - "Sea-esta" on 30A in Seagrove Beach

30th Annual Sandestin Gumbo Festival

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Known as one of the largest and most popular winter food events along Florida’s Emerald Coast, the Sandestin Gumbo Festival is just three weeks away! This popular event takes place at the Village of Baytowne Wharf on February 15-16 and is celebrating it’s 30th year!

Start off the weekend with the official kickoff on Friday at Hammerhead’s Bar & Grille with a delicious Shrimp Boil from 5-7 p.m. Pay at the door for Friday night’s festivities. On Saturday, from 12-4 p.m. is the main event where you can sample a variety of gumbo and vote for your favorite as the “People’s Choice” winner while the celebrity judges will name the “Area’s Best.” Guests can enjoy live Zydeco music from Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe, family activities and the best gumbo cook-off on the Gulf Coast.

Please visit www.sandestingumbofestival.com for tickets and more information

2019 Seaside School Half Marathon & 5k Run

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What began as a small fundraiser for the Seaside Neighborhood School is now a cherished annual tradition, with tickets for the races selling out months in advance. The Seaside School Half Marathon & 5k Run is scheduled for March 3, 2019, and will welcome runners on a fast, mostly flat course that runs through quaint beach towns along scenic 30-A. Starting at 7 a.m. from Seaside, the racers will run west past the beach towns of Watercolor, Grayton Beach, Blue Mountain Beach, and Santa Rosa Beach with the halfway point and turnaround at Gulf Place.

After the race is over, exhausted medal-toting runners are treated to a free live concert in Seaside’s amphitheater, slow-cooked barbecue, hand-blown glass trophies for category winners and Vera Bradley handbags. Half marathon finishers also receive a custom medal.

For registration information: https://runsignup.com/Race/Register/?raceId=19157#register

2019 Songwriters Festival

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The perfect mix of cool beach weather and red-hot music is what you will find during the 30A Songwriters Festival. More than 175 artists perform in this truly collaborative event, allowing some of the craft’s most talented songwriters to offer an in-depth look into the creative process. Artists will perform many live performances in intimate venues and large amphitheaters throughout the 16 beach neighborhoods of South Walton. Visit 30ASongwritersFestival.com for tickets as well as artist and schedule details, as they are available.

Features 175 songwriters and over 225 performances at more than 25 venues in South Walton.

https://30asongwritersfestival.com/

Travel Tip created by William McCracken in association with Vacation Soup

About Our Property

This quality built, furnished home south of Scenic Highway 30A in Seagrove Beach is approximately a 3 minute walk from one of two neighborhood pools at Summer's Edge, and approximately a four and a half minute walk from the beach access. Features include 10-foot ceilings on the first floor, 9-foot ceilings on the second floor and vaulted ceilings on the third floor, all of which are accentuated by 8-foot doors with upgraded oil-rubbed bronze hardware. Each of its three floors feature covered Trex porches with additional sun decks on the third floor that capture Gulf views. Beautiful Brazilian teak hardwood floors exemplify the many fine features found throughout this home. They are joined by travertine stone floors in the master bath, porcelain tile floors in the guest baths, heavy crown molding as well as very tasteful plumbing and lighting fixtures.