Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation (MKAF) kicked off its highly-anticipated 2023 Concerts in the Village Thursday, April 20. The area’s first live concert series is held each spring on Thursday evenings at the MKAF Dugas Pavilion in Destin. This year’s 28th annual family-friendly series will run from April 20 to...
On March 8 the Emerald Coast Convention Center in Fort Walton Beach was transformed into an electrifying concert hall when Sinfonia Gulf Coast — the only fully professional non-profit orchestra on the Emerald Coast founded in 2005 by music and artistic director Demetrius Fuller — presented its 9th live...
Musical Echoes Flute Festival returns to the FWB Landing, 139 Brooks St., Friday, April 21-Sunday, April 23. The festival opens at 9 a.m. each day. Join us as we once again celebrate Native American culture, art, and music. Admission is free! This is a non-alcoholic event for the entire...
From Stages to Schools
By Will Estell
If you’ve experienced The Velcro Pygmies live, then they need no introduction. They’ve performed for years locally at Tailfins, Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation’s Concerts in the Village, Club L.A. and recently at Seaside School’s Taste of the Race. If you’re a fan of 80s...
A Ballet in Three Acts
June 3-4 | Destin Community Center | Tickets: studio6twenty5.com
Director: Rachel Prescott | Assistant Director: Shaye Smith
“Just as Giselle is ballet’s great tragedy, so Coppélia is its great comedy.”
- George Balanchine on the importance of Coppélia
Our story takes place in a small village of Galicia, a...
On April 6th, the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra (NFSO), under the leadership of Music Director and Conductor Todd Craven, will perform its final classic of the season at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center in Niceville.
The concert, entitled “A Dream of America,” features all works by American composers. Beginning with...
Maestro Demetrius Fuller to Conduct Sinfonia Gulf Coast Orchestra
Sinfonia Gulf Coast (SGC) presents award-winning violinist Geneva Lewis as part of its Classical Connections program on Saturday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Destin High School.
Lewis will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 with the full...
Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation announces the lineup for its 2023 Concerts in the Village
The 28th annual 10-concert Live Music Series Thursdays from April 20 to June 22 will feature premier musicians and bands performing everything from classic rock reggae and disco to modern pop and a live orchestra performance...
7 BRIDGES, one of the greatest EAGLES tribute bands in America, is coming to the Destin-Fort Walton Beach Convention Center February 18, 2023. This concert event will feature four hours of fantastic, nostalgic, classic music from Three of the best bands in America performing on the FLORIDA POWER AND...
