9th Annual Jazz By the Bay – October 16-17

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Cebo Campbell

The 9th annual Jazz-by-the-Bay Festival begins at 6 p.m. Oct. 16 and noon Oct. 17 at Oaks-By-the-Bay Park, at 10th and Beck avenues in St. Andrews, Panama City.

The festival features noted jazz artists playing a variety of jazz styles including mainstream, classic, Dixieland, and Latin.

Fest ‘09 headliners include J.B. Scott/Lisa Kelly Swinging All-Stars (Jacksonville); Longineu Parsons Quintet (Tallahassee); Jazz vocalist Giacomo Gates (New York City, NY); and Victor Payano Quartet (Orlando).

Admission is free.

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Club La Vela’s One Night Only – Battle of the Bands

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Cebo Campbell

Club La Vela will be hosting a Battle of the Bands Oct. 17th. On Saturday night  10 rock/alternative bands will hit the stage to battle it out for the night’s best band. You don’t want to miss the great music and the chance for your favorite bands to become legend.

A stage:
10:30- Blue Eclipse
11:10- Element 55
11:50- Storage 24
12:30- Aerias
1:10- Mid Summer Classic

B stage:
10:50- Steel Fading
11:30- Dead Ringers Guild
12:10- Red Hour
12:50- Shadow Life
1:30- Mara Dona

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PHOTO RECAP: Panama City Beach Seafood, Wine and Music Festival

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Cebo Campbell

The Panama City Beach Seafood Wine and Music Festival dominated the weekend with thousands in attendance that enjoyed rockin music, awesome food and an atmosphere that was not only well organized, but also a blast. The promoters’ hard work and dedication definitely shined as beaming people all weekend told us how much better it seemed this year compared to years past.

Here is the photo recap:

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10/15 Weekend Wednesday: The Early Beat on Weekend Fun

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Cebo Campbell

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Weekend Wednesday is all about giving you an early start on the weekend. All the events and specials throughout the weekend all in one place and posted on hump day so you may plan accordingly. Below is enough fun to keep your weekend full and exciting.

Fall is in FULL Swing!

Weather Report

Friday, High 74 – 30% Chance of Rain

Saturday, High 69  – 0% Chance of Rain

Sunday, High 68 – 0% Chance of Rain

Thursday October 15th 2009

Visual Arts Center – Animals & Architecture Watercolors by Don Taylor

Margaritaville – Barry Fish Band LIVE

Downtown Panama City – Scarecrow Festival – Create Your Own Scarecrow – All Day

The Hangout on S. Thomas – Shag-A-Rama – Free Shag Dance Lessons w/ Beach Shaggers – 12PM – 12AM

Little Black Dress Night At the Boatyard – Women Accessorize in Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness – 7PM Until

Club Oxygen – DJ Doc Roc – Ladies Drink Free 9-12 – $1 draft

Coconuts – Fifth Street Poker League @ Coconuts 4PM

Friday October 16th 2009

Jazz By The Bay – Free festival; music, food and sunshine – Oaks-By-The-Bay Park

Murder Mystery Dinner Cruise – Betsy Ann Riverboat  – Ship leaves 6:30 www.betsyannriverboat.net

Cole Bros Circus of the Stars – Wheel of Destiny, acrobats, aerial ballet, clowns, elephants & camels – Bay County Fairgrounds

Barkin on the Bay – Live Music, Food and Charity – Bay Point Marriot – 9AM – 4PM

Visual Arts Center – Animals & Architecture Watercolors by Don Taylor

Start! Heart Walk – Promoting Healthy Living – Pier Park 5:30PM

Martin Theater – Marrakesh Express will perform hits by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – 7:30PM

Downtown Panama City – Scarecrow Festival – Create Your Own Scarecrow – All Day

The Hangout on S. Thomas – Shag-A-Rama – Free Shag Dance Lessons w/ Beach Shaggers – 12PM – 12AM

Coconuts – LADIES’ NIGHT! Free well drinks for the ladies from 10PM to Midnight!

Club Oxygen – Unforgiven Friday 2-4-1 Everything 7-9 – Ladies Drink FREE 10-1

Margaritaville – Lennie Jennings LIVE

Hofbrau Beer Garden – Free Beer Friday – Free Beer at 6 pm

Spinnaker’s – LIVE music with SOULHAVEN

Club La Vela – Battle of the Bands  – 2 Nights 20 Bands

Saturday October 17th 2009

Saturday Morning Movies – Grand Theater – $3 gets you movie, popcorn and drinks – SHREK

Jazz By The Bay – Free festival; music, food and sunshine – Oaks-By-The-Bay Park

Panama City POPS Orchestra – Anything Goes – 7:30 PM at Arnold High School Auditorium

Barkin on the Bay – Live Music, Food and Charity – Bay Point Marriot – 9AM – 4PM

Downtown Panama City – Scarecrow Festival – Create Your Own Scarecrow – All Day

Cole Bros Circus of the Stars – Wheel of Destiny, acrobats, aerial ballet, clowns, elephants & camels – Bay County Fairgrounds

St. Andrews Waterfront Market – Fresh Produce, Arts, Crafts and Seafood in Downtown PC

Margaritaville – Jason Grandy LIVE

Club La Vela – Battle of the Bands  – 2 Nights 20 Bands

Spinnaker’s – LIVE music with SOULHAVEN

Club Oxygen – Sinful Saturday 2-4-1 Everything 7-9 – $1 drinks 9-12 – $5 Jagerbombs All Night

Hofbrau Beer Garden -Strong Man Contest

Sunday October 18th 2009

Cole Bros Circus of the Stars – Wheel of Destiny, acrobats, aerial ballet, clowns, elephants & camels – Bay County Fairgrounds

Downtown Panama City – Scarecrow Festival – Create Your Own Scarecrow – All Day

Margaritaville – Jason Grandy LIVE

Spinnaker’s – Sindustry Sunday – All SIN & VIP & SUPER Cardholders get $2 Premium Drinks 11pm-close.

Our Suggestions:

This will be the first cool weekend weather of the year and perfect for getting out. Families will have a blast this weekend at the downtown Panama City “Jazz By The Bay”. Food, music, fun and amazing fall weather.

Couples, you’ll definitely want to take the “Mystery Dinner Cruise” on the Betsy Ann Riverboat. It’s fun, romantic and the food will be amazing. Just go to www.betsyannriverboat.net for more information.

Clubber’s, There is no better place to be this weekend than Club La Vela’s battle of the bands. It will be 20 amazing bands rocking out the stage to show you why they are the best.

Have a happy weekend everyone and remember if you want to add an event to Weekend Wednesday just email me cebo@toocreative.com

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10/14 – Weekly Fishing Report by Half Hitch Tackle

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Cebo Campbell

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MEXICO BEACH/PORT ST JOE OFFSHORE

The King mackerel bite improved this week and were hitting flat lines or trolling Mann’s Stretch 25’s and 30’s. Spanish mackerel and bluefish schools are at the buoy line and around the Air Force tower. A few schools of Spanish are scattered along the beaches and in St. Joe Bay. You can catch them by throwing gotcha lures, spoons, or any variety of plugs.

ST JOSEPH BAY

Redfish are the hot bite right now. Fishing a live shrimp under a Cajun thunder is working the best. A real hot spot for reds as reported are the grass flats and sand bars around Black’s island. Using this same rig in the same areas is also producing some decent trout. For artificial, use a gold spoon or a topwater plug at first light. A few more pompano catches reported along the shore of Mexico Beach using a pink pompano jig, and inside crooked island sound are some large Spanish mackerel working and are being caught on live LY’s and rattletraps.

PANAMA CITY OFFSHORE AND BAYS

Schools of Bonita can be found all over inshore right now. Free-line cigar minnows or herring, or throw jigs and spoons for a lot of action. The King mackerel are still biting very well from the beach out to 40 miles. Grouper have slowed way down. To find them, fish well offshore from 20 plus miles out. Use large live baits. Wahoo are being caught from 20-40 miles out. Hi speed trollers, like the Yo Zuri Bonita, are a sure bet. Lots of AJ’s are still being caught around the 100’ mark over bridge spans and large wrecks. Big hard tails are the best bet for keeper AJ’s.

ST. ANDREWS BAY SYSTEM

Flounder are just beginning their migration out of the bay and some smaller fish have been found around the inshore buoys. Slowly drag live bull minnows across the bottom to catch these fish. The Redfish action is heating up on the flats in East and West Bays. Slowly and quietly drift the flats in 3 feet or less water using a ½ ounce Gold Spoon or your favorite Top-water Plug. The Bull Reds are still being caught with live shrimp and pinfish around the jetties. Trout are biting well on the flats in 3 to 5 feet of water with top-water lures early and live shrimp or Gulp under a popping cork later. Larger Trout are being caught free-lining live Alewives. Mangrove Snappers are very plentiful under the bridges and at the jetties. Use live shrimp. King Mackerel are being caught regularly off the new city pier along with Spanish, Bluefish, Lady Fish, Redfish and a few Flounder. Ladyfish, Bluefish, and Spanish mackerel are biting well at the jetties on spoons and Gotcha Plugs.

DESTIN

Fishing is very good right now over the past week there have been some very nice catches of Yellowfin tuna, Blackfin tuna and Dolphin on the off shore scene. Trey Windes caught a nice blue marlin on Wednesday at the knuckle.

Kings and blackfin tuna are still good near shore mixed with a few dolphin. The bottom fishing has been good for amberjack and grouper. In the bay the reds are very good with some nice trout but not many numbers of them. Plenty of flounder are in the harbor but there are some throwbacks there.

The pier is getting a few kings, ladyfish and blues.

FRESH WATER

The largemouth bass are at the tributaries and hitting spinner baits regularly. For the big boys, fish big 10-12” worms in dark colors around the tree trunks

For more information on Panama City Beach fishing go to www.halfhitch.com

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