2021 Winter Bay Day Event
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This weekend in Gulf and Franklin

ByThe Star

Gulf and Franklin Counties have a lot scheduled for this weekend. Check out the list below for local events.

Winter Bay Day

Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves present a day of education, shrimp and music. Learn about the preserve, birds, and life along the bay. Explore on a guided tram tour through the backwoods trails of the Buffer Preserve and learn about the native animal and plant life: 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. EST.

Crooked River Park Fest Saturday

The Crooked River Lighthouse in Carrabelle will host its first-ever Crooked River Park Fest this Saturday, Feb. 4 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Following an extended Country Farmer’s Market until 3 p.m. festivities continue with a special benefit Full Moon concert from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring live music. Guests can also be among the first to see the new, interactive exhibit for the lighthouse’s original Fresnel lens now housed in a new automated steel lighthouse tower-inspired case. For more information, contact the gift shop at 850-697-2732, carrabellelighthouse@gmail.com or www.crookedriverlighthouse.com.

Black History Month starts this weekend

Black History Month, celebrated for 20 years in Apalachicola by H’COLA, opens Thursday, Feb. 2 with a 5:30 p.m. housing workshop at Holy Family Senior Center. The kickoff is Saturday, Feb. 4 at 5 p.m. at Holy Family, where the Royal Court will be crowned, the Grand Marshal introduced, and H’COLA founding members, and law enforcement, honored. On Thursday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. at the Apalachicola library, a Reading In Black program features African American community leaders sharing prose and poetry.

Salt Air Farmers Market

Shop local farmers and artisans. Let your family enjoy art pieces and the amazing flavors of fresh veggies, sweet Tupelo Honey and vine-ripened fruit. The Salt Air Farmers Market is open the first and third Saturdays of the month from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST in downtown Port St. Joe.

A salute to Coltrane Sunday 

This Sunday afternoon, Feb. 5, a tribute to jazz great John Coltrane will be performed by Leon Anderson and his Jazz Ensemble at 4 p.m. at Apalachicola’s Trinity Episcopal Church,. Part of the 2023 concert season of the Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts, concert tickets are $20 per person and available in advance at www.inconcertapalachicola.org or at the door the day of the concert.

Live Music in Gulf County

FRIDAY, FEB. 3

  • Dirty Little Billy will be playing at Tap Root starting at 6 p.m. EST.
  • Buddy Hamm will be playing at The Brick Wall starting at 6 p.m. EST.
  • Luke Lander will be playing at the Lookout Lounge starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Hunter Wall will be playing at Scallop Republic starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • El Papi will be playing at The Mill Mercantile and Social starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Salt Rock will be playing at the St. Joe Bar starting at 7:30 p.m. EST.
  • Zach Lambert will be playing at the Haughty Heron starting at 8 p.m. EST.

SATURDAY, FEB. 4

  • Corey Hall will be playing at Scallop Republic starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Brett Stafford Smith will be playing at The Mill Mercantile and Social starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Sticky Tim will be playing at the Haughty Heron starting at 8 p.m. EST.

SUNDAY, FEB. 5

  • Barry (Big Bear) Henson will be playing at The Southern Patio starting at 11 a.m. EST.

Live Music in Franklin County

FRIDAY, FEB. 3

  • Hot Mess will be playing at High Five Dive Bar starting at 3 p.m. EST.
  • Cat and Tom will be playing at Eastpoint Beer Co. starting at 5 p.m. EST.
  • Flying Fish will be playing at the Gibson Inn starting at 5 p.m. EST.
  • Steve and Sandy will be playing at Mangia 850 starting at 5 p.m. EST.
  • Riley O’Connor and Molly Moon will be playing at the Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library starting at 6 p.m. EST.
  • The Brady Hughes Trio will be playing at High Five Dive Bar starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Cheap Sunglasses will be playing at Half Shell Dockside starting at 8 p.m. EST.

SATURDAY, FEB. 4

  • Joseph Brooks will be playing at High Five Dive Bar starting at 3 p.m. EST.
  • Dirty Little Billy will be playing at High Five Dive Bar starting at 7 p.m. EST.
  • Cheap Sunglasses will be playing at Harry’s Bar starting at 7:30 p.m. EST.
  • The Ronnie Randolph Duo will be playing at Half Shell Dockside starting at 8 p.m. EST.

SUNDAY, FEB. 5

  • Dirty Little Billy will be playing at Eastpoint Beer Co. starting at 1 p.m. EST.
  • Flying Fish will be playing at Half Shell Dockside starting at 1 p.m. EST.
  • Clayton Mathis will be playing at High Five Dive Bar starting at 3 p.m. EST.