This week in Pensacola: Great Gulfcoast Arts Fest, Foo Foo, Frank Brown Songwriters' Fest

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Seven days out is your guide to entertainment events, concerts, festivals and activities in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties.

MONDAY

‘Unrequited’

Various times Oct. 31, Nov. 4-6 and 8 and 9. Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. Based on "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare's romantic tragedy, "Unrequited" is an immersive theatrical event: dance with the Capulets in their grand ballroom, dodge the Montagues on the streets of Verona and be a part of a thrilling affair. Tickets include sips and snacks throughout the tour, and each tour lasts for one hour. $50. For ages 21 and older. More info: pensacolalittletheatre.com.

Holland Farms Pumpkin Patch & Maze

Visitors take a spin around Holland Town Speedwy at Holland Farms Pumpkin Patch and Maze Sunday, September 25, 2022. Holland Farms also includes a hill slide, a train ride around the farm, corn boxes, horse rides and more. The activities run through November 5, 2022.
Visitors take a spin around Holland Town Speedwy at Holland Farms Pumpkin Patch and Maze Sunday, September 25, 2022. Holland Farms also includes a hill slide, a train ride around the farm, corn boxes, horse rides and more. The activities run through November 5, 2022.

8 a.m. Sunday to Saturday through Nov. 5. Holland Farms, 2055 Homer Holland Road, Milton. Enjoy a farm hayride around the farm and to the pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin of your choice. New activities for this year include a 3/4-mile train ride around the farm and a new innertube hill slide. Other activities include corn box, horse and regular swings, spider web, pirate ship, zip lines, sandbox and an 8-acre corn maze with kiddie maze. More info: hollandfarmsonline.com.

Monday Night Blues

7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Seville Quarter and the Blues Society of Northwest Florida are bringing the “blues” back to the Seville Quarter Entertainment District. The event features live blues music and "BBQ and Bud" food and drink specials. More info: 850-434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

TUESDAY

Tuesday Night Jazz

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1. Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. Enjoy jazz with Melodious Allen and The Funk Heads in Lili Marlene's. More info: 850-434-6211 or sevillequarter.com.

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WEDNESDAY

Jazz Pensacola’s Jazz Jam

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2. Odd Colony Brewing Co., 260 N. Palafox St. Join Jazz Pensacola as it presents its November Jazz Jam. Led by professional musicians, Jazz Jams are strictly fun opportunities to perform jazz with other musicians. Drummers, please bring your own sticks/brushes. Vocalists, please bring your own mic. Cost: Donations. More info: 850-433-8382.

THURSDAY

38th annual Frank Brown Songwriters' Festival

Thursday, Nov. 3 through Sunday, Nov. 13. Multiple locations. The Songwriters’ Fest will feature nationally acclaimed songwriters in venues along the Florida and Alabama Gulf Coast. This is an opportunity for seasoned and aspiring songwriters and musicians from all over the world to have their songs heard, and for the public to learn the stories behind the lyrics that only the song’s author can express. More info: frankbrownsongwriters.com/.

The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival

The Umbrella Sky Project was a popular event at a previous Foo Foo Festival.
The Umbrella Sky Project was a popular event at a previous Foo Foo Festival.

Thursday, Nov. 3 through Monday, Nov. 14. Multiple locations. Foo Foo Fest is a 12-day celebration each fall that attracts visitors to Pensacola with culturally creative happenings, events and moments under one banner. Foo Foo Fest is big fun with events of high artistic and cultural caliber, delivered with a hefty dose of Southern sophistication. More info: FooFooFest.com.

Friends of Downtown Presents Bubble Alley

Thursday, Nov. 3 through Monday, Nov. 14. Pensacola Bubble Alley will suspend several thousand reusable vinyl “bubbles” high above Intendencia Street between Jefferson and South Tarragona Street in the heart of downtown Pensacola throughout the Foo Foo Festival. Located conveniently amidst and between other Foo Foo events, and walkable from downtown shops, galleries, bars and restaurants, the open-air festival is accessible to enjoy both day and night, a fun, free destination for all ages. More info: foofoofest.com.

Vandals to Vanguards: Seven Days of Street Art

Thursday, Nov. 3 through Thursday, Nov. 10. Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. The Pensacola Museum of Art will engage the Pensacola community during the Foo Foo Festival with Vandals to Vanguards. The exhibition will feature contemporary masterpieces by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring alongside current notorious street artists like Banksy and Mr. Brainwash. In addition to the exhibition, an opening reception and block party will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. More info: foofoofest.com.

MODA

6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Pensacola Opera presents an additional offering to Foo Foo this year as a Friend of Foo with its first-ever, high-end fashion fete, MODA. Professional models will strut the catwalk to the beat of a stylishly syncopated DJ. All proceeds directly support professional opera performances and educational programs that enrich the culture of the Pensacola community. More info: foofoofest.com.

American Mariachi

7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 3-6. Gordon Community Art Center, 306 N. DeVilliers St. Set in the 1970s, American Mariachi is the story of a young woman who wants to play mariachi music for her mother, who is slipping into early onset dementia. It is the music that “brings her mother back” though. At the time, mariachi was considered a “male artform” and her father forbids his daughter from playing mariachi music. Presented by Friend of Foo PenArts. Tickets begin at $15. More info: foofoofest.com.

Sir Richard’s Public House Foo Foo Fest Art Show

5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. Sir Richard’s Public House, 2719 E. Cervantes St. Sir Richard’s will host an art show as a companion event to this year’s Foo Foo Fest events. The show will feature a gallery of creations from a number of local artists and will remain until the end of the event on the evening of Nov 10. More info: sirrichardslounge.com.

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FRIDAY

Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival

Dancers perform for the crowd during last year's Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival at Seville Square.
Dancers perform for the crowd during last year's Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival at Seville Square.

9 a.m. Friday through Sunday, Nov. 4-6. Seville Square, downtown Pensacola. The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is one of the best-regarded, most popular art festivals in the United States. The three-day, juried art show draws more than 200 of the nation's best painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen and other artists. The festival will feature live music, heritage arts, a Children’s Arts Festival, Student Art Show as well as dining and drink. Organizers will celebrate 50 years with a My Bluegrass Heart concert featuring Béla Fleck at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Free. More info: ggaf.org.

Bumpin Uglies

6:30 p.m., doors; 7:30 p.m., show; Friday, Nov. 4. Vinyl Music Hall, 2 S. Palafox St. Maryland reggae-rock band Bumpin Uglies has spent more than a decade on the road, starting with local open mics and backyard parties and growing into road warriors, building an ever-expanding audience with sold-out shows in clubs and prime spots at festivals from coast to coast, on one national tour after another. Special guests Tunnel Vision and Joey Harkum will open the show. $17. For all ages. More info and ticket purchase: vinylmusichall.com.

SATURDAY

Five Flags Sertoma Club Corn Hole Tournament

Noon, registration; 1 p.m., tournament; Saturday, Nov. 5. Escambia County Equestrian Center, 7750 Mobile Highway. Five Flags Sertoma Club of Pensacola is holding its second annual Corn Hole Tournament. Sertoma is a civic service organization whose main focus is in helping speech and hearing-impaired individuals within the community. Test your corn hole skills for a chance to win $1,000. Bring a cooler with your favorite beverage. Food will be provided for purchase at the tournament. More info: 850-380-2291.

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra presents Schumann Symphony No. 3

Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
Pensacola Symphony Orchestra

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. Saenger Theatre, 118 S. Palafox St. Enjoy a spectacular celebration of place as the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra presents Schumann’s Third Symphony with its folk-like melodies and a genuine sense of joy, inspired by the monuments and natural splendors of the Rhineland. The Celtic melodies of Scotland will fill the stage with Felix Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides and Max Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy, a violin showcase featuring the talented Rachel Lee Priday. Organizers will also welcome composer Michael Senturia as the orchestra performs his work Petra, inspired by the ancient sandstone city. Tickets start at $20. More info: 850-595-3880 or pensacolasaenger.com.

SUNDAY

Fall Festival

Noon Sunday, Nov. 6. St. Anthony's of Padua Catholic Church, 1804 N. Davis St. St. Anthony's of Padua Catholic Church is holding its 2022 Fall Festival featuring great food, yard games and bingo, along with a raffle with $225 in available prize money. More info: lahr.lauren@gmail.com.

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