Special Events

Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam

Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam

Gulf Coast Jam Coming To Panama City Beach FL Panama City Beach FL is preparing for the Pepsi Gulf Coast Jam, which hits the World’s Most Beautiful Beaches in September 2013. The three day Country Music Festival will take place September 26-28, 2013. Headline performers will entertain crowds at a selection fo hand-picked locations, including three [...]

2013 Seabreeze Jazz Festival Crowds

2013 Seabreeze Jazz Festival Crowds

Seabreeze Jazz Fest Panama City FL 2013 The turnout for the 2013 Seabreeze Jazz Festival was incredible. Thousands of Jazz lovers travelled from states surrounding Florida for the experience, despite some rainy days breaking up the typical Panama City FL sunshine. 2013 was the first year the Jazz Festival took place at Panama City Beach’s [...]

Tween Music Fest Coming to Panama City FL

Tween Music Fest Coming to Panama City FL

Panama City Beach FL Tween Music Fest The 2013 “REAL.FUN.BEACHFEST” (Tween Music Fest) will be held on June 1, 2013 and will feature some big names in the “tween” music demographic. The intention is to kick off the 2013 tourist season with a bang, and the event will be held at the newly constructed Aaron Bessant Park [...]


2013 Seabreeze Jazz Festival

2013 Seabreeze Jazz Festival

Seabreeze Jazz 2013 Panama City Beach FL Each year, Panama City Beach, Florida proudly hosts some of the greatest smooth jazz performers on the beautiful white sand beaches. Located at Pier Park, the Seabreeze Jazz Festival also offers attendees great shopping, incredible dining with some of the finest seafood restaurants, and good old fashioned Southern [...]

Thunder Beach Spring 2013

Thunder Beach Spring 2013

Thunder Beach Spring 2013 Schedule It’s almost that time again… Spring isn’t just about chocolate eggs and fluffy white bunnies – In Panama City Beach, Spring also means rubber to asphalt, ice cold beers on the beach, and awesome live bands playing FREE concerts. Engines roaring with power, custom paint jobs and meticulously polished chrome [...]

Thunder Beach 2013 Dates

Thunder Beach 2013 Dates

Thunder Beach 2013 Dates Thousands of Bikers ride to the World’s Most Beautiful Beaches each year to enjoy the incredible weather, good times, great bands, World class seafood, and ice-cold beer right here in Panama City Beach Fl. With a growing number of followers each year, Thunder Beach is here to stay, and we like [...]


Thunder Beach Entertainment Schedule Fall 2012

Thunder Beach Entertainment Schedule Fall 2012

Thunder Beach Entertainment Schedule Fall 2012  It’s that time of year again… The fall 2012 Thunder Beach Bike Rally is right around the corner, and we’ve been busy booking awesome bands, running sound tests, and working out how we can top the incredible entertainment experience everyone has grown to expect from the Tiki Bar! We’re [...]

Thunder Beach Spring 2012

Thunder Beach Spring 2012

Thunder Beach Spring 2012 – Panama City FL [PHOTOS] Thunder Beach Spring 2012… Photo Highlights! The Spring 2012 Thunder Beach Motorcycle rally was another huge success. Bikers rode to Panama City FL to enjoy the beautiful weather, clear blue skies, white sandy beaches, and southern hospitality… biker style. Which meant lots of awesome free live [...]

Thunder Beach Spring 2012 Recap

Thunder Beach Spring 2012 Recap

Recap: Thunder Beach 2012 (Spring Rally) Woah! What a rally! Stunt shows, poker runs, beauty contests, killer bands, and exclusive vendors! Oh yeah, and endless strips of smooth tarmac with incredible views of the coastline, and warm clear blue skies Sometimes it’s easy for us to get caught up in the hype leading up to [...]


Thunder Beach Spring 2012 Entertainment Schedule

Thunder Beach Spring 2012 Entertainment Schedule

Thunder Beach Panama City – Spring 2012 Band Lineup & Entertainment We’re just as excited as you… With the Spring 2012 Thunder Beach motorcycle rally just around the corner, we thought we should post our entertainment schedule so you can plan your week right! Thunder Beach 2012 will see the Sandpiper Beacon & Tiki Bar [...]

Thunder Beach Fall 2011

Thunder Beach Fall 2011

Thunder Beach Fall 2011 – Panama City FL [VIDEO] Thunder Beach Fall 2011… Set to ACDC With the Spring 2012 Thunder Beach motorcycle rally just around the corner, we thought we’d take a look back to the Fall 2011 rally for some of the highlights, chrome, and wicked paint jobs. Each year, Panama City Fl plays [...]

2011 Christmas Entertainment in Panama City Beach Fl

2011 Christmas Entertainment in Panama City Beach Fl

Fun For the Holidays - Panama City Beach Christmas -2011 The Panama City Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau promoted several festive ways for the family to the beach to celebrate during 2011. NB: These activities took place during the 2011 season. These events may not take place each year. Rumor has it, that Santa has officially [...]


7th Emerald Coast Cruizin' Car Show - Panama City Beach

7th Emerald Coast Cruizin’ Car Show – Panama City Beach

Emerald Coast Cruizin’ Car Show – Panama City Fl Back in 2005, when the first Emerald Coast Cruizin’ Car Show took place here in Panama City Fl, it was instantly obvious that there was enough interest, chrome, and candy-colored paint to make a successful event. 6 years later, and Panama City Beach is hard at [...]

Thunder Beach Fall 2011 Photos

Thunder Beach Fall 2011 Photos

Fall 2011 Panama City Fl Bike Rally Photos If you were lucky enough to have been in Panama City Beach, then you already know that the Fall 2011 Thunder Beach Bike Rally was another great success. The weather was perfect, and everyone had a great time! Here’s some photos taken during the Thunder Beach Fall [...]

Pirates of the High Seas Festival

Pirates of the High Seas Festival

Panama City Beach Fl Prepares for Pirates of the High Seas Fest Ahoy Mateys! If you’re ever visiting a coastal town in Florida (like Panama City Beach) chances are good you’ll find a family-friendly pirate-themed festival. For over a hundred years, Tampa Fl has been entertaining land-lovers at the Gasparilla Pirate Celebration. Promising “pirates, parades, [...]


The History of Thunder Beach

The History of Thunder Beach

The History of Panama City Beach’s Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally Thunder Beach History… Gather round the campfire, and let me tell you the story of how the Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally, in Panama City Beach, Florida first started… Back in 1999, a small group of bikers riders from the Macon, Georgia HOG chapter rode into [...]

Panama City Beach Country Music Festival

Miranda Lambert & Jason Aldean add Panama City Beach to Tour Dates Several Panama City Beach Hotels, including the Sandpiper Beacon have partnered with the Tourist Development Council (TDC) to provide vacationers with a ‘Never Ending Summer Concert Series”. The Panama City Beach concert series kicks off with the Country Music Festival, featuring two of [...]

Jason Aldean - Live Concert in Panama City Beach

Jason Aldean – Live Concert in Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach Welcomes Jason Aldean Several Panama City Beach Hotels, including the Sandpiper Beacon have partnered with the Tourist Development Council (TDC) to provide vacationers with a ‘Never Ending Summer Concert Series”. The Fall season will play host to a series of concerts and live entertainment with big name stars on the World’s most [...]


Miranda Lambert – Live Concert in Panama City Beach

Miranda Lambert – Live Concert in Panama City Beach

Panama City Beach Welcomes Miranda Lambert Several Panama City Beach Hotels, including the Sandpiper Beacon have partnered with the Tourist Development Council (TDC) to provide vacationers with a ‘Never Ending Summer Concert Series”. The Fall season will play host to a series of concerts and live entertainment with big name stars on the World’s most [...]

Live Music on Panama City Beach... all Summer Long

Live Music on Panama City Beach… all Summer Long

Blazin’ Blues & Explosive Funk! Panama City Beach is home to the cool sounds of 345 Express, a live 5 piece funk band, with an infectious energy and laid back style that works so well. 345 Express promise to take you on a journey through the 60s, 70s, & 80s. Get carried away with “blazing” [...]