Fall is finally in the air as we move towards the holidays. Tourists are heading home, and we are welcoming snowbirds back to spend the season with us. There are lots of festivals and activities offered this month beginning with the Umbrella Sky Project. This project is part of the 4th Annual Pensacola Foo Foo Festival which begins on November 2nd. Hundreds of colorful umbrellas are being installed on Intendencia St from Palafox to Jefferson St. The art project is intended to remain for three months.
The Pensacola Foo Foo Festival is a grouping of new and established events throughout the greater Pensacola area that showcases a celebration of our gulf coast food, music, arts and creative events. Offerings include the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, the Big Green Egg« Cook-off, Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, the annual Pensacola Marathon, and the always popular Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show. You can check out the Foo Festival at FooFooFest.com.
The Great Gulf Coast Art Festival is on November 3, 2017 - November 5, 2017, in Seville Square Park. The festival offers food, music, demonstrations, children's activities as well as the art featured in the show. This year's festival is following the launch of Cubed Gulf Coast art display in the Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza on Palafox St. On Nov. 3-5 pm, sixteen artists will transform one side of four cubes with their vision in this live art experience. This display will remain in place for the twelve days of Foo Foo.
If you have not been preparing for the Pensacola Marathon, then it is probably too late for you to participate. You can still cheer the runners on November 12, 2017, beginning at Veterans Memorial Park beginning at 6:30 am. The time limit for the full and half marathon course is six hours.
If festivals are not your thing the UF/IFAS Escambia County Extension is hosting "The Science Hour," offered on the 3rd Thursday of every week this month. Check out topics such as climate change, stormwater pollution, bats, and more. Sessions are free. For more information contact Carrie Stevenson at call (850) 475-5230.
