Aaron Bessant Amphitheater — Attraction in Panama City Beach

I love the Seabreeze Jazz Festival. The music, the weather, the ambiance.... everything! Well, almost everything. I've been coming to Seabreeze for years and everything has mostly been up to par for each of those years. But this year (2025), Seabreeze.....you have a problem. I don't mind having to buy my food and drinks here at the park. I don't even mind the inflation that has me paying $43 for a plate of food that used to be $12 just a few short years ago. But I draw the line when these food vendors have food already cooked from who knows what time and proudly serves this un-edible mess to the high dollar paying customer. I literally paid $43 and was only able to eat two chicken wings and some veggies off of a plate of chicken, fish, and two sides. Seabreeze, please do better with your food vendors. This is too nice of a trip for people to take only to be thoroughly disappointed by the food that we are forced...

We attended the 2022 Cookie Fest, sponsored by our local Fat And Weird Cookie Company.

Please don't let the name put you off or fool you... yes, the cookies are indeed fat (overstuffed? bulging? And bodaciously so!), but not weird in the normally used sense of the word. Rather than "weird", they are unique, unexpected, filled with delicious goodness (to quote my cousin's daughter)...) As "The Yard" is to ice cream and shakes, "Fat and Weird" is to cookies... albeit on a much smaller scale.

Anyhoo, F&W was hosting an official Cookie and Milk dunk to try to break the current Guinness World record held by the Girl Scouts of America... and we were there to show our support (and eat cookies, of course). We didn't break the Girl Scouts' record, but we certainly enjoyed trying! Met lovely people, enjoyed the delicious food trucks, got a little sun... it was a great "Saturday In The Park" (shout out to...

Fair 5 days of smooth Jazz but lacking the energy that is usually within the crowd. Venue was very organized due to pandemic. Some changes made sense while some were obviously done to increase revenue. This has become a very expensive venue. Food and water very expensive. Textile vendors all the same afrocentric goods. Goods priced from moderate to very expensive. Performances were top notched. But, the main artists cancelled, no explanation, and I felt cheated. Reconsidering my attendance annually. There are other venues throughout the country I can...