Southern Breeze 2007 Summer Issue - (Page 16) coastal CALENDAR JUNE 9 Acadiana Barrel Racing New Iberia, LA Enjoy a day of barrel racing competition and concessions at SugArena, located at the Acadiana Fairgrounds. 337-365-7539 www.sugarena.com JUNE 9 Blueberry Jubilee Poplarville, MS This event helps promote the blueberry industry. It features arts and crafts, storytelling, live entertainment, food, pageant, and a 5K run. 601-403-2280 www.blueberryjubilee.org JUNE 11 B Seaside Repertory Theatre—Beauty and the Beast Seaside, FL Outdoor theater performance of Beauty and the Beast. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. at the Seaside Amphitheater. Check Web site for additional show times. 850-231-3033 www.seasiderep.org Tales of the Cocktail Tickets are on sale now for the most spirited event of the summer. Tales of the Cocktail, a culinary and cocktail festival, takes place in the New Orleans French Quarter and features five days of delicious events such as cocktail mixing demonstrations and tastings, food and drink seminars, dinner pairings, author meet and greets and more. Purchase individual tickets, day passes, or packages for the largest gathering of cocktail experts in the country. Stay at the legendary Hotel Monteleone, event headquarters for a full-bodied Tales of the Cocktail experience. MAY 31–JUNE 3 31st Annual St. Paul’s Seafood Festival Pass Christian, MS This event is fun for the whole family and includes a 5K and one mile run, arts and crafts, games, children’s rides, silent auction, and fabulous food. 228-452-4686 JUNE 15–17 The Day the War Stopped St. Francisville, LA This event commemorates the brief moment of brotherhood given for the burial of a Union officer, Lt. Commander John E. Hart, by his brother Masons that stopped a bloody war. 225-635-4224 www.stfancisville.us MAY 31–JUNE 8 58th Annual Fiesta Days of Celebration Pensacola, FL The annual event starts with a light-hearted re-enactment of the surrender of the city to Spanish explorer Don Tristan de Luna, who first landed in Pensacola in 1559. Immediately following is an evening of outdoor musical entertainment. 850-433-6512 www.fiestaoffiveflags.org JUNE 15–17 4th Annual Southern Breeze Wine + Culinary Festival Baton Rouge, LA If you love great wine and food, you won’t want to miss this exciting event. This one-of-a-kind wine and food experience combines several events for an unforgettable weekend. 251-968-4600 www.southernbreeze.com/winefest JUNE 1–5 52nd Annual Billy Bowlegs Festival Fort Walton Beach, FL Get ready for the pirate uprising at this year’s festival. The events will include local and regional bands, food, arts and crafts, pirates, a treasure hunt, a torchlight parade, children’s activities, fireworks, and more. 850-244-8191 www.FWBchamber.org JUNE 16–18 3rd Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival Foley, AL The festival will feature more than 45 balloonists, balloon competitions, live entertainment, headline country music star Doug Stone, motorcycle poker run, great Southern cuisine, and arts and crafts vendors. 251-943-3291 www.gulfcoastballoonfestival.com JULY 18–22 New Orleans, Louisiana www.TalesoftheCocktail.com If you have an event during the months of September–December that you’d like to be considered for the calendar in the next issue of Southern Breeze, send it to editorial@compassbiz.com. JUNE 6–JUNE 10 11th Annual Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic Biloxi, MS Sport fishing tournament for deep-sea anglers from across the United States. Trophies and cash prizes. 800-843-4753 www.marlininternational.com/msc.htm JUNE 28–JULY 1 37th Annual Pensacola International Billfish Tournament Pensacola, FL The Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club hosts one of the country’s largest Billfish tournaments at NAS 16 s o u t h e r n b re e z e . c o m http://www.sugarena.com http://www.blueberryjubilee.org http://www.seasiderep.org http://www.stfrancisville.net http://www.fiestaoffiveflags.org http://www.southernbreeze.com/winefest http://www.FWBchamber.org http://www.TalesoftheCocktail.com http://www.gulfcoastballoonfestival.com http://www.marlininternational.com/msc.htm http://southernbreeze.com
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