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Downtown Pensacola Downtown Pensacola—discovered in 1559 and recently voted “Florida’s Greatest Place”!
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Dating back 450 years as the first European settlement in the United States, Pensacola has a rich and colorful history, and the heart of the city of Pensacola is its downtown. A refreshing blend of historic resolve and cosmopolitan progress defines Downtown Pensacola, a 44-block district encompassing historic and archaeological sites, chic shops, eclectic art galleries and award-winning restaurants. It's a walkable district lined with colorful bicycle racks, and bustling with alternative transportation options—from pedicabs to Segways to trolleys to holiday-time horse-drawn carriages. Thousands come to the nationally-recognized Blue Wahoos waterfront stadium, just around the corner, during spring and summer, and thousands more head downtown each Saturday for Palafox Market, a farmers' market enjoying its tenth anniversary in 2017. During the holidays, downtown Pensacola glows with the lights of half a million white lights and the month-long Winterfest, recognized as one of Florida's Top Events. PENSACOLA DIB SOCIAL MEDIA TERMS OF USE

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Literally, the most beautiful time of the year. When the holiday lights come on, downtown glows with thousands of twinkl...
12/23/2025

Literally, the most beautiful time of the year. When the holiday lights come on, downtown glows with thousands of twinkling lights. It’s your sign to take an evening stroll, shop local and soak up the season. ✨

12/20/2025

Thank you to everyone who’s shopped small with our amazing downtown businesses this year. We appreciate each and every one of you! Your business means the world to us.

There’s still time to grab a great deal on holiday gifts (and gift cards too!) downtown. Here’s a partial list of downtown promotions to help you get started. 🛍️🎁🎄

12/19/2025

Thanks to the amazing downtown businesses, the 2025 "All I Want" giveaway was Downtown Pensacola's biggest ever! We had 12,837 entries, $121,153.34 in total receipts uploaded, and 46 winners!

The daily winners uploaded their receipts from SaBai Thai Pensacola to The Wine Bar on Palafox to Half-Moon Outfitters to Peterbrooke Chocolatier Pensacola Palafox, First City Bee Company, GRAY Boutique, Carmen's Lunch Bar & Tapas, Bodacious Shops, Bluetique, Union Public House Pensacola, Seville Quarter Maker's Cafe & Espresso Bar, Four Seasons Catering and Eatery, Dog House Downtown, V. Paul's Italian Ristorante, Jewelers Trade Shop, Schmidt's Music, Graffiti Pizza, The Shops on Palafox, Odd Colony Brewing Co., Terrezza Optical, Don Alans, Blue Morning Gallery and many more downtown businesses!

Congratulations to our $1,000 shopping spree winner, Channon, and all the daily and weekly winners who are receiving thousands of dollars in downtown gifts!

Holiday magic in Downtown Pensacola has a long and beautiful history. If you visited downtown in prior decades you'd hav...
12/17/2025

Holiday magic in Downtown Pensacola has a long and beautiful history. If you visited downtown in prior decades you'd have seen Palafox decked out with stars, lights, garland, bells and more. For generations, local businesses have been bringing our neighbors together to shop, eat, drink and enjoy our beautiful downtown.

It’s always fun to look back on these historic moments that remind us how special our downtown is! Do you have a Downtown Pensacola holiday memory?

📷: Courtesy of Historic Pensacola — Thank you, Jess!

University of West Florida

12/16/2025

The All I Want Giveaway is almost over! Get those downtown receipts uploaded NOW because you can still win a final daily prize and a $1,000 shopping spree! 💵🛍️

Upload at downtownpensacola.com/AllIWant before it’s too late!

12/15/2025

THE "ALL I WANT" GIVEAWAY IS ENDING SOON! 💵🎁🛍️

Raise your glass because you can win amazing prizes just by shopping, dining and playing downtown through this Wednesday, Dec. 17th.

To participate in the 2025 All I Want Holiday Giveaway, just upload a photo of valid receipts from our Downtown Pensacola merchants to downtownpensacola.com/AllIWant and let luck do the rest!

There are daily and weekly drawings with a chance to win a $1,000 grand prize! We’ll cheer to that! Parlor Doughnuts The Wine Bar on Palafox Vinyl Music Hall Odd Colony Brewing Co.

*Read the full rules and enter at: downtownpensacola.com/AllIWant

The Shops on Palafox Indigeaux Denim Bar & Boutique GRAY Boutique Scout Don Alans Bodacious Shops Bodacious Bookstore and Cafe Intermission Seville Quarter Elebash Jewelry Company Dog House Downtown First City Bee Company Corals Closet Papa’s Pizza Downtown O'Riley's Irish Pub Downtown 86 Forks Bar + Table The Global Grill Jewelers Trade Shop Tipsy Scoop Pensacola Half-Moon Outfitters

🎅🏽 The Cox Pensacola Christmas Parade is all set for this Saturday, 12/13 at 5:30pm! Now in its 43rd year (!) the annual...
12/11/2025

🎅🏽 The Cox Pensacola Christmas Parade is all set for this Saturday, 12/13 at 5:30pm! Now in its 43rd year (!) the annual parade draws more than 50,000 people to downtown Pensacola, with more than 5000 participants including 50+ floats, 42 Krewes, and marching bands from across Escambia and Santa Rosa County. The parade also features the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.

🌻 Palafox Market will close down at noon on Saturday so get there early to shop! Palafox Market starts at 9am in MLK, Jr. Plaza and Plaza Ferdinand.

📺 The parade will be livestreamed on WKRG from 5:30-7pm on local channel 5 (after the Army-Navy football game).

➡️Find all the details at coxpensacolachristmasparade.org

Archive Christmas Parade photos by Laura Bogan Photo 🫶🏼

Krewe of SWAT Krewe of Daisy Dukes Pensacola Mardi Gras Krewe of Gatsby Girls Krewe of Cheers Krewe of Karibbean

The season is in full swing downtown! From Winterfest magic to markets, merriment, and more, here’s your guide to what's...
12/05/2025

The season is in full swing downtown! From Winterfest magic to markets, merriment, and more, here’s your guide to what's happening downtown December 5–7 (Check socials and websites for full details). *Did we miss anyone? Let us know in the comments!

➡️FRIDAY, 12/5
Winterfest Pensacola
Fri, Sat and Sun evenings
Ending Soon! Trolley performance tours
Tickets: Pensaolawinterfest.org

Holiday Market
Fri - Sun • Quayside Art Gallery

First Fridays At Blue Morning Gallery
Fri - 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Nurse Blake But Did You Die Comedy Tour
Fri 8pm Saenger Theatre

Rally Foundation Night
Pensacola Ice Flyers vs Roanoke Rail Yard Dogs
Fri 6pm - 10pm • Pensacola Bay Center

Rosie O’Grady’s Dueling Piano Show
Fri 8pm - 12am • Seville Quarter

Hot Glass Cold Brew: Holiday Pajama Party
Fri 5pm - 9pm • First City Art Center

➡️SATURDAY, 12/6
Palafox Market
Sat – 9am - 2pm • Downtown Pensacola
Dr. Martin Luther King Plaza & Plaza Ferdinand
UPDATE: DUE TO WEATHER PALAFOX MARKET WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE LOCATION AT MLK, JR. PLAZA TOMORROW. COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL VENDORS!

onbikes Pensacola, Inc. 10th Annual Winter Wonder Ride
Sat 11am - 2pm • Museum Plaza

Deck The Halls Holiday Lunch Event
Featuring the Pensacola Opera
Sat 10:30am - 3pm • Jacksons Steakhouse

O'Riley's Santa Pub Crawl
Sat 4pm - 10pm • O'Riley's Irish Pub Downtown

Gimme Gimme Disko
Sat 8pm • The Handlebar

➡️SUNDAY, 12/7
Pensacola Blue Wahoos Winter Nights
Sun 6pm - 9pm • Blue Wahoos Stadium

Ornament Making Event
Sun 5pm - 6pm • Coastal Cat Cafe

"Afterburn" is still flying high in downtown Pensacola! The colorful aerial art was created by Berlin-based artist Tomis...
12/02/2025

"Afterburn" is still flying high in downtown Pensacola! The colorful aerial art was created by Berlin-based artist Tomislav Topic, and is composed of plastic mesh sheets coated with vibrant colors. The installation is expected to remain up for at least a few more months (weather and wear permitting!). Topic's work has been featured in the Netherlands, China, India, France, Germany, Belgium, Singapore, Qatar, Spain and many other locations across the globe.

Friends of Downtown Pensacola was the recipient of a generous Foo Foo Festival grant which funded the aerial project for the benefit of the community and our visitors. It launched at the start of the 2025 Foo Foo Festival.

You can find "Afterburn" on Intendencia St. at Palafox.

Visit Pensacola

Getting into the holiday spirit is easy in Downtown Pensacola! Our merchants have decked out their storefronts and are c...
11/25/2025

Getting into the holiday spirit is easy in Downtown Pensacola! Our merchants have decked out their storefronts and are creating even more holiday magic with the "All I Want holiday" giveaway!

Every $10 you spend at one of our Downtown Pensacola merchants equals one entry for a chance to win the $1,000 grand prize or other daily/weekly prizes! There have already been lots of winners so what are you waiting for? Upload your receipts to downtownpensacola.com/AllIWant now through December 17th.

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