If you don’t want to go to the beach every day, there are many events going on in town at the bars for you to enjoy. Pensacola Beach is well removed from the gay nightlife of Pensacola, which is a 15-minute drive away and is centered around the downtown area. To buy tickets for this event, go to /tickets.html.
DJ Roland Belmares, who has played Miami’s Winter and White Parties, will be producing this event in conjunction with Johnny Chisholm, and will also be spinning all night. Wave Beach Party – Pensacola Beach’s signature nighttime party, the Wave Beach Party will happen this year on Saturday, May 24 from 10 p.m.Music from local and nationally-known DJs will be playing around the clock on all days of the party. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend. This year the Splash Beach Fest hours are 10 a.m. People from all over the country bring their tents, their coolers, and their state flags and claim their territory right on the beach it’s fun to see all the people and where they’re from! The Splash Beach Fest happens each and every year on big stages directly on Pensacola Beach’s Park East. Splash Beach Fest – This is a Memorial Day Weekend’s bread and butter.Here’s a rundown of the main circuit parties going on during Memorial Day Weekend, as well as a guide of the gay bars and clubs in Pensacola. In the 1990s, local nightclub owner Johnny Chisholm, partnering with New Orleans-based Ambush Magazine, started organizing large circuit parties both on Pensacola Beach and at the Civic Center in downtown, across from his nightclub Emerald City. They were so impressed with Pensacola that word spread, and by the 1980s gay businesses were actively courting gay tourists and their dollars. The weekend started in the 1970s when locals invited their friends from Atlanta and South Florida to come to town for the weekend. Honestly, you’ll get more hate in this town from driving around with a “I love Joe Biden” flag waving in the wind than a rainbow flag, if that gives you any indication.Pensacola’s Memorial Day Weekend is considered the unofficial “start” of the summer circuit party season, and with over 50,000 people converging on the northern Gulf coast each year for the fun beach parties and revelry, the weekend definitely starts the season off right!
You get the occasional street preacher interference during Pride events, but it doesn’t escalate much beyond that. That all being said, we don’t have a gayborhood like Chicago or New York, and you won’t find the same level of tolerance that you would in larger cities, but “the gays” are pretty much left alone here. Our last “all are welcome here,” woman-owned, queer space closed during the pandemic. What you won’t find is a lesbian bar or femme space in town, unfortunately. We also have a pretty vocal trans advocacy organization in town. There is also a charitable organization called Sunday’s Child that awards grants to local organizations with inclusion in their mission statements (it isn’t exclusively gay, but it was started by gay people). There’s an LGBT film festival going on this weekend that occurs annually. Alga brewery in the most desirable neighborhood in town is hosting monthly all-ages drag shows as well. The Roundup is more chill and geared toward older folks (it’s been around a long time). Cabaret is a younger, more crowded, club vibe on the weekends. Subreddits for Florida Colleges (including sports only links)Ĭabaret and The Roundup are two gay bars downtown that both have been around for years and host karaoke, drag bingo, and several drag shows throughout the week. R/Pensacola Flair! Join The Pensacola Discord Server Where to eat? What to do? Visit our Wiki Page for more information. Welcome to the subreddit for people living in, near, or visiting.Īmerica's first settlement, the home of the World's whitest beaches, the cradle of Naval aviation, or the Redneck Riviera.