Events

2nd and 4th Saturdays | February - July | 10 AM - 2 PM The Emerald Coast Science Center will be offering 4 hour robotics workshops covering a range of robotics skills and concepts to help introduce students to robotics and give them the skills needed to compete in Lego League. Workshops are limited to the first 10 students, therefore advanced registration is strongly recommended. We will be competing in

Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, is a celebration we at The Breakers can really get behind. Basically proving that too much of a good thing is an excellent party waiting to happen, we can’t get enough of the beads, the drinks, and the rich and delicious food. The Baytowne Fat Tuesday Parade is one of the most popular of all Baytowne Wharf events. It's held on March 5th this year,

We can talk all day about the exciting activities, festivals, and events that take place in Fort Walton Beach and the surrounding areas, we can detail the delicious meals you will find at the fantastic restaurants we offer, and we can even give you tips and pointers on how to relax and recharge during your fabulous Florida getaway, but deep in our hearts we know why you are here. It’s

Some events take a piece of your heart and never let go, occurring every year and instantly bringing you back to your youth with just a sound, a scent, or a feeling. The Billy Bowlegs Pirate Festival is one such event. Originating as a water skiing festival in the 1950s, it has evolved over the decades into the longest running pirate festival in the nation as it heralds the beginning

It’s not just the beautiful white sands and emerald green waters that first brought attention to our favorite next-door neighbor. Destin is considered the World’s Luckiest Fishing Village, a claim you can test when you participate in the Destin Fishing Rodeo, where the only horses involved are the seahorses who live in the crystal-clear waters! This annual event is a simple contest (largest fish caught is the winner) and takes

It’s becoming a common thing for communities to pick a night, generally the first Friday of the month, and create an art festival for the residents to enjoy, and Fort Walton Beach is no exception, except for one tiny detail: We’re not satisfied with an ordinary art show! We wanted to create a festival that EVERYONE could enjoy, and that’s just what we have done with the Downtown Fort Walton

What do you do when you’re feeling lucky and you have a little extra green to use as expendable funds? You could go to Vegas and blow it all, or, if it’s August, you could come to Fort Walton Beach for the Emerald Coast Poker Run, where even if your luck fails you, you’ll still feel good knowing your funds went to a good cause! Proceeds from this exciting event

Sometimes you get really lucky and get to celebrate an event that is what we like to call a two-fer—two festivals or events rolled into one big party—and Fish the Days and Rock the Nights is one of those fortunate Destin events! As you fish all day in the Destin Fishing Rodeo, hoping to win the daily, weekly, or grand prize, keep an eye on the clock; after the daily

Music and the sea go hand in hand, and whether we are sitting at water’s edge with headphones in and the best of the top 40 playing in our ears, singing to the classics as we watch a singing contest show on a large screen television in our living room, or finding a few minutes to listen to breathe in the sounds of classical music written centuries ago in the

Although the giant rush of tourist season has ended by Labor Day and the new rush doesn’t start until the winter holidays, October is, in our humble opinions, one of the nicest times to visit Fort Walton Beach. The heat and humidity have passed but the days stay just the right amount of warm, allowing our fall visitors to indulge in all the same activities they do in the summer.

Our real life often consists of working out, eating right, and doing everything we are supposed to do to ensure we live a long and healthy life. And then we take vacations where we sleep late, eat rich foods, and only move to walk to the next tourist attraction, pretty much guaranteeing that we ruin all the good we do the remaining part of the year! But some of our