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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!

The Running of the Bulls – Pensacola is an adrenaline-pumping, fun-filled, family friendly event where daring participants race through the streets while being “chased” by roller derby bulls! Enjoy the excitement, the after-party, cold drinks, and an unforgettable experience filled with community, laughter, and high-energy thrills!

A gathering of former and present caregivers of family loved ones thru the various stages of the different dementias. Our purpose is to share possible solutions, techniques, and exterior sources of assistance with each other from our personal experiences. You are not alone in traveling this path.

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.

Join us for a Restoration Ramble led by PPBEP staff and Moffat & Nichol to learn about our upcoming restoration project for Carpenter Creek while wading through the creek to pick up trash. Waders and cleanup supplies will be provided, no training necessary! Please register all participants and include your shoe size if you would like to borrow waders from us. Volunteers under 16 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Volunteers 16-17 must have waiver with parent/guardian permission.

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.

Whether you run or walk, the public is invited to participate in the 2025 Navy Federal 5K. Join us on Saturday, April 5, as we celebrate the 15th annual Navy Federal Credit Union 5K Run/Walk/Roll in downtown Pensacola. Early registration is now open at a discounted rate of $18 for adults and $15 for youth, ages 5-13. Children 6 and under can also participate in the Sammie Sprint, a free quarter-mile race around Plaza Ferdinand.

Participation in this event benefits the Escambia County Public Schools Foundation, which funds projects and programs, including Grants for Excellence and employee appreciation programs. This event will also benefit the Santa Rosa Education Foundation. Their mission is to enhance and raise awareness of public education.

The early registration discount is available through March 23; however, registration will remain open until the start of the race. Registration is required for all participants and includes a race shirt.

This is our tenth annual Navy Point Arts and Crafts Fair that was started with a handful of arts and craft folks and has increased in participation every year. This year we have vendors signed up and bringing a variety of work including paintings, pottery, wood working, sewing crafts, local honey, 40 ft. of beautiful plants to begin the spring season and much more. The Joy Committee and the NW Florida Great Dane rescues will be there with dog adoption and foster information.

Lucky families will find felines with hearts of gold at the upcoming St. Catty’s Day O’Doption event!

The event is from noon to 5 p.m. March 15 at Save Our Cats and Kittens (SOCKS), 498 Carmel Drive.

Adoption fees will only be $17, and it will be like going to three rescues at once!

Cats and kittens looking for homes will be from SOCKS, the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and Pet Welfare.

Topping off the fun will be Irish food, beer, and raffle prizes.

The struggle of American women for the right to vote will be dramatized in the Choral Society of Pensacola’s inspiring program "Still Rising," featuring a multimedia performance of Andrea Ramsey’s "Suffrage Cantata."

We'll further explore the concert theme through seven short pieces:
• "Homeland" by Gustav Holst and Randall Stroope
• "Old Grandma," a Canadian folk song arranged by Alice Parker
• "Half the World" by Dale Trumbore (text by Frederick Douglass)
• "Resilience" by Abbie Betinis
• "When the Time Comes" by Melissa Dunphy (text by Ruth Bader Ginsburg)
• "I Am Possibility" by David Von Kampen (text by Becky Boesen
• "Still I Rise" by Rosephanye Powell (with inserted text by Maya Angelou).

Artistic director Peter Steenblik will lead the Society’s ninety-voice chorus along with the University of West Florida (UWF) Concert Choir, narrating actors from UWF's theatre faculty, and an instrumental ensemble including the Capstone String Quartet from the University of Alabama.

The concert will be presented on Friday, March 28 at 7:30 pm and on Saturday, March 29 at 2:00 pm, in the UWF Center for Fine and Performing Arts.