When hangin’ at the beach on a hot August day, there is nothing more refreshing than a delicious frozen treat to cool you down – enter BeachPops!

BeachPops, a fresh new approach to healthy yet deliciously refreshing frozen treats opened on Pensacola Beach last month.

BeachPops offers a quality, wholesome, nutritious, tasty and fun ice treat on a stick that is sure to be just what you’re looking for while the mercury is high.

The ingredients are 100 percent natural – with no artificial additives, colorings or preservatives. Most flavors have no sugar added.

They offer 24 flavors of juice and creamy based pops. Whether you are looking for a Blue Banana (made from organic blueberries and organic bananas); a Melon Garden (made from organic watermelon and organic basil); or something hot, like a Hot Chocolate (made from organic chocolate, organic milk and organic jalapeno),

Parnell BeachPops has a flavor to please everyone.

“With BeachPops you are consuming real fruit and dairy servings, so your tongue with love you and your body will thank you,” said owner Lynne Foster.

The ice pops are handcrafted locally at the BeachPops shoppe, located in Pensacola Beach at 49A

Via de Luna.

BeachPops is open 7 days a

week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

They offer delivery to Casino Beach and Quietwater Beach if you just can't pry yourself from your towel.

For more information, visit www.beachpops.com or call 888- 935-8827. The Sandestin Music Festival

The Sandestin Golf & Beach Resort presents the first ever Sandestin Music Festival!

The two-day (August 13-14) event features some of Nashville’s leading musicians and songwriters. Steve Cropper, writer of “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and Lee Roy Parnell are just some of the talent that will be participating.

This event is free and open to the public. The music lineup is as follows:

Friday, August 13

 Marty Dodson & Kree Harrison (6-8 p.m. at Hammerhead’s Bar & Grille).

 James Slater & Lauri White (8-10 p.m. at Rum Runners Dueling Piano Bar).

 Midnight Delbert McClinton & Jeffrey Steele (10 p.m. at Funky Blues Shack).

Saturday, August 14

 Steve Cropper, Delbert McClinton, Lee Roy Parnell and Band plus special guests (7-10 p.m. at Village of Baytowne Wharf Events Plaza Stage).

For more information, visit sandestinmusicfestival.com.

A hammerhead shark is spotted in Destin

A Shark Tank Exhibit has opened at the Destin History and Fishing Museum, housing three sharks in a“shark tank” visible from the road.

The three shark mounts featured in the shark tank are a small hammerhead shark, an 8 1/2 foot hammerhead, and a Florida Smooth Hound. The smooth hound was the International Game Fishing Association winner, caught April 1992 on the charter boat ‘Shooting Star’ with Capt. David Rojas.

The museum also houses an exhibit featuring award-winning examples of fish caught in Destin.

The Destin History and Fishing Museum is located at 108 Stahlman Avenue in Destin. Call the museum at 850-837-6611 for more information.