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Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival beckons Nov. 3-5 in downtown Pensacola
It's time once again for the Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival, one of the best-regarded, most popular arts festivals in America. The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is a threeday, juried art show in Pensacola's Seville Square. Each year, it draws more than 200 of the nation's best painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen, mixedmedia artists and others who have been gifted with the ability to turn inspiration into beauty and meaning. They'll be competing for your attention and $25,000 in cash awards.
The Festival features a special area set aside for Heritage Arts: demonstrations of crafts of the past, including blacksmithing, engraving, spinning, weaving and other skills.
The Children's Arts Festival returns to Bartram Park, featuring numerous hands-on artistic opportunities provided free of charge. Projects include face painting, clay play, a flower shop,
button creations, sand art, sidewalk art, and a balloon man. There will be glitter, glue, sequins and more for children to create their own minimasterpieces like masks, crowns, magic wands, and jewelry. The Children's Festival is open Friday for children with special needs from selected schools and is open to everyone or Saturday & Sunday.
 | | Be delighted by demonstrations of traditional skills in the Heritage Arts area. A favorite of festival-goers, The Heritage Arts area provides an authentic setting for craftspeople from around the country to demonstrate such arts as blacksmithing, engraving, spinning, weaving and other skills. |
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Also in Bartram Park is the Student Art Show which showcases the talents of private and public school students of Escambia and Santa Rosa Counties. Over 2,000 pieces of art from elementary, middle and high school students will be displayed
Live musicians will hit the right notes from two stages, and the Pensacola Symphony will make another spectacular performance by very popular demand. The Symphony performance has rapidly become a perennial favorite. The Pensacola Opera will present an opera pops performance with some favorite opera selections, as well as music from Broadway. Other sounds range from of bluegrass, Cajun and blues to instrumental guitar. The performing arts stage also showcases theater, folk and ballet dance.
Food and beverages will be available from a variety of vendors, including some of Pensacola's bestknown restaurants.
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