WHAT IS 30A?
Quietly tucked between Destin and
Panama City Beach, Florida, "Scenic 30A"
is a 20-mile road punctuated with quaint,
quirky and upscale beach villages,
stunning emerald Gulf waters, 17 rare
coastal dune lakes and 25,000 acres of
protected habitats. The sugar-white
beaches along 30A are hailed as the
finest in the world by travel experts and
conservationists alike. So whether
you're a local or a visitor, 30A.com is
the quick and easy way to plan your
fun in our 30A sun!

• SWHS Newspaper Staff Wins Award

• Digital Arts Festival Coming to 30A

• ArtsQuest Festival Turns 20

• West Indies Market at Rosemary

• Another Eatery Rolls into Alys Beach

• 40+ New Stores Open at Pier Park

• Jazz Great Jams with Students

• Walton School District Honored

• Walton May Buy Beach Property

• Destin: The Little Big Easy?

• New "30A Resorts" Launches

• Ride On Surf Teams w/ Billabong

• Trustees Approve SoWal's OWC

• TDC Wins Multiple Awards

• International Airport Design Update

• 30A Receives 'Scenic' Designation

• Discovery Channel Films on 30A

Baytowne Wharf

Every Fri-Sun: Coconut Radio

May 14: Dikki Du & Zydeco Krewe
May 21: Todd Wolfe
May 28: Scott Holt

June 4: Ronnie Satterfield
June 11: Harper

June 18: Lil’ Dave Thompson
June 25: The Ugli Stick

Blue Orleans

Every Wed: Sweater Puppets (10pm)

Bud & Alley's (8pm-Midnight)

May 9: Adam Holt Band
May 11: Mo Jo Saint
May 16: Andrew Black Band
May 17: Andrew Black Band
May 18: Andrew Black Band
May 30: Andrew Black Band
May 31: Andrew Black Band

Courtyard Wine & Cheese

Every Sat: Bill Evett (5-8pm)

Fonville Press (5-9pm)

May 9: Trivia Night w/ Kevin Boyle
May 15: Bill Evett
May 16: Jonah Sage
May 22: Bill Evett
May 23: Reed Waddle
May 29: Bill Evett
May 30: Cody Copeland

Gulf Place Amphitheater (7pm)

May 11: Steve Warren Band
May 18: Reed Waddle
May 25: Loco Locals

June 1: Cadillac Willy
June 8: Sarah Mac Band
June 15: Beach Mice
June 22: Leigh Mullis Band
June 29: Black-Eyed Blonde

Red Bar

Every Mon: Dread Clampitt (6-9pm)

Every Tues: Live Jazz (7-10pm)

Every Wed: Live Jazz (7-10pm)

Every Thu: Live Jazz (7-10pm)

Every Fri: Jay Liles (5-7pm) + Jazz (7-10)

Every Sat: Jay Liles (5-7pm) + Jazz (7-10)

Every Sun: Dread Clampitt (12-3pm)

Stinky's Fish Camp

Every Mon: Blue Lew (8:30)
Every Tue: JB Roberts (8:30)
Every Thu: Old Bull, Young Bull (9:00)
Every Sat: Blue Lew (8:30)
Every Sun: Quite the Duo (8:30)

May 14: Tim O'Shea (8:30)
May 16: Dread Clampitt (10:30)
May 21: Forrest Williams (8:30)
May 28: Tim O'Shea (8:30)

MAY

10-11: West Indies Market

17-26: Seaside Jazz Festival

17: Shrimp Boil w/ Waco Ramblers

18: Literary Reading & Lawn Party

24: Piper's Beach Bash & Bonfire
24: Courtyard Home Tour at Alys Beach

27: Stinky Cheese Man...

27: Kids Rock the Block Party
29: Moonlight & Movies

31: Ping Pong & Petanque Tournament

JUNE

13: "Twisted Trivia" at Fonville Press

14: Courtyard Home Tour at Alys Beach

14-15: West Indies Market

28: Starlight Ballet at Rosemary

28: Wine 101 at Fonville Press

29: Ballet at Baytowne

Every Thurs: Baytowne's Sunset Cinema
May 22: The Last Mimzy
May 29: Madagascar

June 5: How to Eat Fried Worms
June 12: Shrek 3
June 19: The Wizard of Oz
June 26: Bee Movie

Every Fri: Comedy Hour w/ Kevin Boyle

Every Sat: Comedy Hour w/ Kevin Boyle

Every Sun: Seaside Rep Starlight Movie Series
May 11: 2 Days in Paris

Email us your weekly events!

• Inlet Beach [IB]

• Rosemary Beach [RM]

• Alys Beach [AB]

• Seacrest [SC]

• Prominence [PR]

• WaterSound [WS]

• Seagrove [SG]

• Seaside [SS]

• WaterColor [WC]

• Grayton Beach [GB]

• Blue Mountain Beach [BM]

• Gulf Place [GP]

• Santa Rosa Beach [SR]

• Dune Allen Beach [DA]

• Sandestin / Grand Boulevard [SD]

• Village of Baytowne Wharf [BW]

• Miramar Beach [MB]

[Click here for an interactive map of 30A]

"To find the finest beaches in the world,
intrepid Americans might head to Saint
Tropez on the French Riviera or perhaps
Australia's famed Gold Coast. But the
ultimate sun-drenched powder-sand
fantasy lies not on some distant shore,
but on the coast of Alabama and
Northwest Florida."
Coastal Living (May 2008)

"The Panhandle beaches are the finest,
whitest sand beaches in the country--
probably the world."
Stephen P. Leatherman
(a.k.a., "Dr. Beach")

"Seaside, you soon realize, offers
something more than sand and surf."
Architectural Digest (April 2008)

Alys Beach was named one of
"America's Top Second-Home Spots" and
"Best Spot for the Design-Savvy"
Forbes.com (April 2008)

"It's stunning: Not half a mile west of
Panama City Beach, you fall into the
pages of Architectural Digest. County
Road 30A runs through Rosemary Beach,
where Fox News commentator Karl Rove
has been spotted on the beach... Then
Alys Beach, with its colonnaded palazzi
and marble castles that seem to have
wandered in from Umbria or the
Loire Valley, and Seaside, where
'The Truman Show' was filmed."
The Washington Post (April 2008)

"I see Route 30A, unofficially the
New Urbanist Highway, as a
remarkable laboratory of lifestyle."
Travel+Leisure (Feb 2007)

Voted #1 Beach in America
USA Today

"Alys Beach's architecture alone makes
the trek worthwhile. Then you see the
quality of the construction and it's like
you've entered another world altogether."
The New York Post (Feb 2008)

Over 16% of all U.S. beaches certified
by the Clean Beaches Council are
located in Walton County

"The beach communities on Scenic
Highway 30A somehow manage to
drip Southern family charm, pioneer
cutting-edge design, and stay out of the
limelight. They also share what may
be the best beach in the
continental U.S."
The New York Times

"Seaside could be the most astounding
design achievement of its era..."

Time Magazine

"Alys Beach may well be the most
truly innovative community under
construction in the U.S. today,
and it will eventually be
imitated everywhere."
Andrés Duany of DPZ, designer of
300 towns around the world

"Seaside — with its cozy, narrow streets
and its jumble of pastel-colored homes —
is probably the most influential
resort community since Versailles."
Newsweek

"30A has become a major upscale tourist

attraction with its eclectic palette of

bright Caribbean colors and soft

pastels, and architecture ranging from

weathered wood beach homes to the

New Urbanist community of Seaside

(featured in the Jim Carrey movie

The Truman Show)."
Executive Traveller

Travel+Leisure magazine recently
ranked 30A's WaterColor Inn:

#1 Family-Friendly Resort in North America,

#7 Best Hotel in North America, &

#36 Best Hotel in the World

"Northwest Florida's chic coastal

village corridor oozes charm,

Southern hospitality and great golf."
Private Clubs Magazine

"Atlantans are flocking to towns like

the idyllic Seaside, where houses go

for $1,300 per square foot, 12-year-old

Rosemary Beach, scenic WaterColor and

the new Alys Beach, which combines