Weekend Rundown August 3-5

Mobile:
Bellingrath Gardens and Home Weekends
Thru Friday August 31
8:00am – 5:00pm
Discounted ticket for combination Gardens/House: $15
Regular admission: Gardens: Members - free; nonmembers - adults/ $12, children 5 - 12/ $6.50, children under 5/ free
12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd
251-973-2217 or 1-800-247-8420/ 251-973-2365
www.bellingrath.org

The Wizard of Oz
Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4: 7:30pm
Sunday August 5: 2:30pm
Adults/ $15; senior citizens, students/ $12
Playhouse in the Park
4851 Museum Dr
251-602-0630
www.playhouseinthepark.org

2012 Helen Keller Art Show of Alabama
Thru Sunday September 30
Traveling exhibition of art by students with visual and/or hearing impairments
University of South Alabama Library, First Floor Gallery
251-460-7021
www.southalabama.edu/librarygalleries

Murder on Mobile Bay
Saturday August 4
Tour of the museum, unlimited wine bar, dinner, and mystery/comedy performed by the Mobile Mystery Dinner Players.
$59 - Reservations required
7:00pm
Mobile Carnival Museum
355 Government St
251-479-3212
www.mobilemysterydinners.com

2012 Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival
Saturday August 4
4:30pm
Cooper Riverside Park, adjacent to Mobile Convention Center
251-432-8343
www.gcehjazzfest.com

The Memory Project
Thru December 31
Artists: Birney Imes, Project Row Houses, Xavier de Richemont, Alison Saar, Elayne Goodman, J Russell Goodloe, Jr and William Christenberry
Centre for the Living Arts/ Space 301
301 Conti St
Tuesday – Saturday: 11:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday: 12:00 – 5:00pm
Adults/ $5; seniors & students/ $3; children under 12/ free
215-208-5671
www.space301.com

Baldwin County:
Animal Encounters
Play with baby Tigers, Lemurs, Kangaroos, Lambs, and more!
Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo
1204 Gulf Shores Parkway, Gulf Shores
251-968-5732
http://www.alabamagulfcoastzoo.org/animal_encounters.html

First Friday Artwalk
Friday August 3
Exhibit openings with guest artists, refreshments and live entertainment
6:00 – 8:00pm
401 Oak St.
Downtown Fairhope.
251-928-2228
www.esartcenter.com

Pensacola/Fort Walton:
Bushwacker Festival and 5K
Friday August 3 – Sunday August 5
735 Pensacola Beach Blvd.
Festival centered around the milk chocolate bushwacker – get them all weekend on the boardwalk
735 Pensacola Beach Blvd.
3.1 mile race to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters - course begins at Gulf Breeze Recreation Center, finishes on Pensacola Beach at Visitors Information Center. Race starts at 7:30am
Registration is $25
850-932-1500 or 850-232-0931
www.captnfun.net

Toast at the Top Tour
Friday August 3
7:15pm and 8:15pm
$50/Couple
Music, non-alcoholic wine served in keepsake champagne flutes, and light hors d'oeuvres.
Pensacola Lighthouse
2081 Radford Blvd., NAS
850-393-1561
www.lighthousereservations.org

First Friday Portofino Boardwalk
Friday August 3
4:00 – 7:00pm
Free
Pensacola Beach premier business networking and social event with live entertainment throughout the Boardwalk

Invasions from Planet X UFO Trolley Tour
Friday August 3
7:30pm
$20 for Adults, $5 for Children
Tours leave the Pensacola Visitor’s Center, 17th and Gregory Streets
850-417-7321
http://ufotrolley.com/

Touriffic Summer Ghost Tour
Friday August 3 and Saturday August 4
7:00 - 9:00pm
Adults $10, Children $5
Historic Pensacola Village
205 E. Zaragoza St
http://www.historicpensacola.org/

Light of the Moon Tour
Friday August 3
8:30 – 10:30pm
Reservations needed
Adults $15, children $7
Pensacola Lighthouse
2081 Radford Blvd, NAS
850-393-1561
www.lighthousereservations.org

Palafox Market
Saturdays thru April 30, 2013
8:00am – 2:00pm
Palafox St., Downtown Pensacola
Fine art, hand crafted jewelry, soaps & candles & many other unique items
850-434-5371
www.palafoxmarket.com

Ghost Hunts at Pensacola Lighthouse
Saturday August 4
Tours at 8:00 – 10:00pm
$20
Reservations needed
2081 Radford Blvd, NAS
850-393-1561
www.lighthousereservations.org

Biloxi/Gulfport:
Brian McKnight
Friday August 3
8:00pm
Hard Rock Live
777 Beach Blvd., Biloxi
228-374-7625
http://www.hardrockbiloxi.com/entertainment

Fata Morgana
Friday August 3: 7:00pm
Saturday August 4: 3:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday August 5: 3:00pm
Beau Rivage Resort and Casino
875 Beach Blvd., Biloxi
228-386-7111
http://www.beaurivage.com/

Free Magic Show
Friday August 3: 5:00pm
Saturday August 4: 1:00pm and 5:00pm
Sunday August 5: 1:00pm and 5:00pm
Beau Rivage Resort and Casino
875 Beach Blvd., Biloxi
228-386-7111
http://www.beaurivage.com/

Thompson Square
Sunday August 5
8:00pm
Hard Rock Live
777 Beach Blvd., Biloxi
228-374-7625
http://www.hardrockbiloxi.com/entertainment