July 2011

Panhandle Butterfly House
Navarre, FL
(850) 623-3868
www.panhandlebutterflyhouse.org
This seasonal exhibit offers the opportunity to observe native butterfly species in all stages of their life cycles in addition to viewing their host and nectar plants. This year, other types of insects will be on display. Open seasonally from 10am to 3pm, Thursday through Saturday, through Labor Day.

Sounds of Summer Concert Series
Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk
Pensacola Beach, FL
(850) 932-2257
www.visitpensacola.com
The Santa Rosa Island Authority presents "Sounds of Summer," a summer concert series to keep your hips swaying and your fingers snapping all summer long. The free concerts will be held three nights a week at the Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk, overlooking the pristine Santa Rosa Sound. Local musicians will entertain families from 6-8 p.m. most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

July 4 2011

Pensacola Beach Fireworks
Pensacola Beach, FL
www.visitpensacolabeach.com
Come celebrate the 4th of July on Pensacola Beach!  Fireworks start at 9:00 over the Santa Rosa Sound.

July 8-9 2011

Pensacola Beach Air Show
Pensacola Beach, FL
www.visitpensacolabeach.com
Get ready to witness exhilarating stunts and heart-stopping maneuvers at the Pensacola Beach Air Show, July 8-9. The Navy's flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, along with civilian and other military aircraft will perform aerial acrobatics over the Gulf of Mexico during a weekend of high-flying fun. Air show fans will have four opportunities to see the world-famous Blues in action on Pensacola Beach.

July 9-10 & 16-17 2011

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pensacola Little Theatre
Pensacola, FL
(850) 432-2042
www.pensacolalittletheatre.com
Rats are taking over Hamelin, eating everything in sight and frightening the citizens!  Nobody, including the greedy mayor, knows what to do.  Even Duchess Dingaling is at her wit's end.  Rattytatty, the pest control officer, admits defeat.  Who should turn up but an odd young gentleman who calls himself the Pied Piper?  In return for getting rid of the pests, he sets a fee of one thousand guilders.  The town agrees.  True to his claim, the Piper disposes of the cheese nibblers.  However, the townsfolk claim they are too poor to pay.  In retaliation, the Pied Piper leads the children from the town and hides them within a magic mountain.  The townsfolk realize their error and search for the mysterious musician. 

July 20-24 2011

Dixie Swim Club
Pensacola Little Theatre
Pensacola, FL
(850) 432-2042
www.pensacolalittletheatre.com
Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other's lives. The Dixie Swim Club focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges that life flings at them. When fate throws a wrench into one of their lives, these friends prove the enduring power of teamwork and rally 'round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.  

July 27 2011

Bob Dylan in Concert
Pensacola Civic Center
Pensacola, FL
(800) 745-3000
www.pensacolaciviccenter.com
For one night only, the Pensacola Civic Center welcomes Bob Dylan with special guest Leon Russell on July 27th. Tickets on sale Friday, June 17th at 10am. Tickets available at the Pensacola Civic Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, Charge By Phone, or Ticketmaster.com.

July 29-31 2011

Willy Wonka
Pensacola Little Theatre
Pensacola, FL
(850) 432-2042
www.pensacolalittletheatre.com
Eccentric, mercurial, whimsical and occasionally sinister candy wizard Willy Wonka is planning to retire, and the time has come to choose his successor. He distributes five golden tickets in his candy bars and invites the finders to visit his mysterious factory, in hopes of finding a worthy young person to continue his legacy. This enchanting musical features all the popular songs from the classic film of Roald Dahl’s magical book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.