Community Calendar

Spring Break fun for the whole family! Check out hands-on activities, Creature Features, sciPad, and more March 17-21. Join us for a planetarium show, Creature Features, and fun on the sciPad March 17 and 18. We’ll have different hands-on workshops on March 19, 20, and 21 as well as Animal Tales shows March 20, time on sciPad, and additional planetarium events. We're open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. each day. For a full schedule of events, please visit ecscience.org/events, or head to our blog to read a description of the activities and offerings available each day at ecscience.org/blog.

Spring Break fun for the whole family! Check out hands-on activities, Creature Features, sciPad, and more March 17-21. Join us for a planetarium show, Creature Features, and fun on the sciPad March 17 and 18. We’ll have different hands-on workshops on March 19, 20, and 21 as well as Animal Tales shows March 20, time on sciPad, and additional planetarium events. We're open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. each day. For a full schedule of events, please visit ecscience.org/events, or head to our blog to read a description of the activities and offerings available each day at ecscience.org/blog.

Spring Break fun for the whole family! Check out hands-on activities, Creature Features, sciPad, and more March 17-21. Join us for a planetarium show, Creature Features, and fun on the sciPad March 17 and 18. We’ll have different hands-on workshops on March 19, 20, and 21 as well as Animal Tales shows March 20, time on sciPad, and additional planetarium events. We're open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. each day. For a full schedule of events, please visit ecscience.org/events, or head to our blog to read a description of the activities and offerings available each day at ecscience.org/blog.

Be prepared to get up close and personal with unique animals like you’ve never seen! We'll have a Flemish Giant rabbit, giant African bullfrog, Kinkajou, prairie dog, and boa constrictor, and wallaby in attendance at interactive shows with Animal Tales. You'll even get to touch some of the animals after each show. Talk about a Spring Break photo op to remember for years to come! Registration is required; please visit ecscience.org/events to sign up for either show!

Spring Break fun for the whole family! Check out hands-on activities, Creature Features, sciPad, and more March 17-21. Join us for a planetarium show, Creature Features, and fun on the sciPad March 17 and 18. We’ll have different hands-on workshops on March 19, 20, and 21 as well as Animal Tales shows March 20, time on sciPad, and additional planetarium events. We're open from 10 am. to 3 p.m. each day. For a full schedule of events, please visit ecscience.org/events, or head to our blog to read a description of the activities and offerings available each day at ecscience.org/blog.

Join us for a Restoration Ramble led by Escambia County Natural Resources Department to learn about their efforts to restore the Bayou Chico watershed through habitat restoration and stormwater management. Enjoy a short two-mile walk through freshwater swamps and floodplain forests in the heart of West Pensacola. Trails include on grade footpaths and elevated boardwalks suitable for all ages.

In celebration of U.S. Navy’s 250th anniversary and the Navy Band’s 100 years of service to America, the United States Navy Concert Band, Sea Chanters chorus and Cruisers popular music group join forces for a series of performances across Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.

You'll find the unique, the one-of-a-kind, the precious, the delicious and the off-beat at Palafox Market in Downtown Pensacola. Items originate directly from talented onsite vendors who grow, make, or create each item for sale.

Join us every Saturday for the award-winning Palafox Market from 9:00am-2:00pm, rain or shine for farm-fresh produce, plants, flowers, baked goods, hand-crafted works of art, sculpture, fresh tea and coffee, delicious food and spices, hand-blown glass, ceramics and much more at the event that was named Florida's Best Farmers Market by Southern Living magazine.

NOW AT TWO LOCATIONS!

PALAFOX MARKET NORTH at Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza and PALAFOX MARKET SOUTH at Plaza Ferdinand

Join us for a day of flavors, traditions, and cultural experiences at our Annual Japanese Food and Culture Day, a celebration of Japan’s rich heritage! This is a free community event welcoming all to connect, learn, and celebrate! Let’s make memories together while embracing the beauty of Japanese culture. See you there!

Spring is the time for babies and baby showers. The Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest
Florida is hosting a Spring Baby Shower Open House on March 22, 2025, from 12 pm
to 3:30 pm. The annual event is a fundraising event open to the public and is free of
charge. The family-friendly event will feature birds of prey, special guests, and children's
activities. It is also a supply drive. You can find a list of supplies on their website at
www.PensacolaWildlife.com and Facebook page.

Each year, Spring is the busiest time at the Wildlife Sanctuary, with nature becoming
more active after winter. Many new babies are brought in for care, whether orphaned,
abandoned, or injured. Emily Holden, Sanctuary Director, mentioned that between 300
to 600 animals and birds arrive each month during Spring and Summer. In Spring, the
majority are mammals, while in Summer, it’s songbirds. Overall, about 90% of the
arrivals are babies.

The Spring Baby Shower Open House helps replenish supplies used during these
months. Commonly needed supplies include paper towels, tissue, bleach, Simple
Green, copy paper, bird seed, mealworms, pine straw, Dawn dish soap, 13-gallon
drawstring trash bags, liquid laundry soap, first-class or Forever postage stamps, fresh
produce (excluding citrus or spinach), and fresh or frozen bait fish. Gift cards to stores
like Walmart, Aldi, Publix, Lowes, Home Depot, or Amazon are appreciated, as are
monetary donations.

The Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida is located at 105 North S Street, Pensacola,
FL 32505. It is a registered 501c3 non-profit in the state of Florida, serving Escambia,
Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties.