Pensacola's arts community is active. More than 135 groups participate in the Arts Council of Northwest Florida. Quayside, the South's largest cooperative gallery, and the Pensacola Museum of Art and Art on the Tracks provide visual treats. Gallery tours are a regular Friday-night feature on the cultural calendar. For those who love speed, local fast lanes include the Pensacola Greyhound Track and the Five Flags Speedway, a half-mile asphalt track.
Festivals crowd the calendar.
For spring fun, there's JazzFest and SpringFest, three musical days in May, and then the massive 10-day Fiesta of Five Flags each June. The Fourth of July celebration features fantastic music and fireworks over the bay. September brings the savory Pensacola Seafood Festival. Headliners in October include the Greek Festival in Pensacola and Pensacola Beach's Beatlemania on the Beach Festival. The Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival, which attracts 200,000 or so the first weekend in November, the Frank Brown International Songwriters Festival, which draws songwriters to talk about their work for 10 days early each November, and the Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show over Pensacola Beach in mid-November continue the fall excitement.