Calendar of Events for Gulf Shores and Orange Beach – Winter 2016
There’s always something going on here at the beach, and the Winter months are jammed. Take a look and make your plans!
Nov 18 – Dec 23
Photos with Santa
Fri 3-7 pm
Sat 10 am-7 pm
Sun Noon-6 pm
The Wharf (Santa’s Village)
23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach
(located in the front parking lot in Santa’s Village)
Various price packages available.
Phone: 251-224-1000
Nov 18 – Dec 31
Holiday Spectra Sound and Light Show
Nightly 6 and 7 pm
The Wharf (Main Street)
23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach
Free admission
Sophisticated choreographed lighting effects with popular
surround-sound music. The Wharf is flooded with light as
Main Street is transformed into a magical stage where the
palm trees are energized with life and become the stars of
the show.
Phone: 251-224-1000
Nov 18 – Jan 14
Ice Rink
Mon-Fri 4-10 pm
Sat-Sun 10 am-10 pm
Christmas Break (Dec 17 – Jan 3): 10 am-10 pm
The Wharf
23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach
$10 to skate (includes skate rental)
$13 for skating and ferris wheel combo
$80 frequent skater pass (10 skates)
Phone: 251-224-1000
Nov 25 – Dec 31
Petting Zoo / Animal Rides
Thu-Fri 4-10 pm
Sat-Sun Noon-10 pm
The Wharf (Santa’s Village)
23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach
(located in the front parking lot in Santa’s Village)
Entry $5 (includes petty zoo and bouncy houses);
Camel Ride $5; Pony Ride $5; Combo $12 (includes entry,
pony and camel rides)
Phone: 251-224-1000
Nov 29
Orange Beach Tree Lighting
5:30-7 pm
The Wharf (Marlin Circle)
23101 Canal Road, Orange Beach
Fun for the family. Join the City of Orange Beach and the
Wharf as we celebrate the Christmas season with hot
chocolate, cookie decorating, letters to Santa, Christmas
carols, and more!
Phone: 251-981-6979
Dec 2
Foley’s Annual Christmas in the Park
6-8 pm
Heritage Park
101 E. Laurel Avenue, Foley
Come out to hear Christmas carols, enjoy the lighting of the
Christmas tree and the beautiful Christmas lights throughout
downtown Foley. Stay and visit with Santa or ride the Ebert
Express. Free cocoa and snacks for everyone!
Phone: 251-943-1300
Dec 2
10th Annual Taste of the Islands
6:30 pm
The Wharf
Orange Beach Event Center
4671 Wharf Pkwy W, Orange Beach
$60 per person. $600 for a reserved table of 10.
(Note: Tickets will NOT be available at the door. Refer
to website below.)
The culinary extravaganza will have more than 35
restaurants from Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and
surrounding areas, which will consist of food samplings,
cocktails, musical entertainment, and a silent auction.
This is also a benefit for Toys for Tots so bring an
unwrapped toy for our local children in need.
Website: www.mirams.info
Dec 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11
Elf The Musical Jr.
Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10
7:30 pm
Dec. 4, 11
2 pm
South Baldwin Community Theatre
2022 W 2nd Street, Gulf Shores
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag
of gifts and is transported to the North Pole, where he is
raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his
enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to
face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks
on a journey to New York to find his birth father.
Phone: 251-968-6721
Website: www.sbct.biz/
Dec 3
Foley’s Annual Let It Snow
11 am – 3 pm
Heritage Park
101 E. Laurel Avenue, Foley
Bring your mittens to Heritage Park beginning at 11 am
directly following the Christmas Parade. Come out to hear
live musical performances, listen to Mrs. Claus tell stories,
make arts and crafts in the Children’s Art Village and, of
course, play in the SNOW! Concessions are sold on site.
Phone: 251-943-1300
Dec 4
Gulf Shores Christmas Parade
6:30-9 pm
The parade will start at Club House Drive on Hwy 59, head
south, and end at the Gulf Shores Public Beach. The parade
will start at 6:30 pm.
Phone: 251-968-1173
Dec 4
Holiday Open House
Noon-6 pm
The Wharf
4671 Wharf Pkwy W, Orange Beach
The Gift Wrapping Headquarters will be open 1-6 pm.
Other activities will include face painting, $1 off ice
skating, deal guides. Christmas ornament decorating at
Vilaggio Grille, and more.
Phone: 251-224-1000
Dec 5
Orange Beach Potluck
6 pm
Orange Beach Community Center
4849 S Wilson Boulevard, Orange Beach
There will be an entrée provided, and residents are
encouraged to bring a covered dish to feed 8-10 people.
The program will be a Christmas Christmas sing-a-long.
Phone: 251-981-6060
Dec 9, 10
5th Annual Merry Market
Fri 9 am – 6 pm
Sat 9 am – 5 pm
The Wharf
Orange Beach Event Center
4671 Wharf Pkwy W, Orange Beach
5th Annual Merry Market, Unique Gifts, Arts and Crafts Expo.
Admission is free, and it’s open to the public.
Phone: 251-968-7215
Dec 10
Billy Claus & The LuLuBelles
1-4 pm
LuLu’s
200 25th Avenue E, Gulf Shores
Poor Billy Claus is allergic to snow! So what better place for
place for him to come and celebrate the holidays but LuLu’s?
Come enjoy as this delightful children’s book, written by
Lucy Buffett, come to life. Enjoy a full day of arts and crafts,
live music, and get your picture taken with Billy Claus and his
LuLuBelle’s. Make sure to leave Billy your Christmas list so
that he can personally deliver it to his brother Santa Claus.
Phone: 251-967-5858
Dec 10
Christmas Lighted Boat Parade
5:30 pm
The parade begins at LuLu’s and ends at Cobalt’s.
Phone: 251-968-2300
Dec 31
Noon Year’s Eve
10 am
LuLu’s
200 25th Avenue E, Gulf Shores
LuLu’s Annual Noon Year’s Eve party is pure excitement
around every corner. There will be delicious food, sandcastle
building contest, arts and crafts, live kid friendly music, zoo
animals, face painting. Count down to noon with kid-friendly
fireworks and a huge beach ball drop.
Phone: 251-967-5858
Dec 31
Children’s Miracle Network New Year’s Eve Ball
8 pm – 12:30 am
The Wharf
Orange Beach Event Center
4671 Wharf Pkwy W, Orange Beach
$100 per person or call to be a sponsor and receive
reserved seats along with other favors including your
tickets. Tickets are limited to 300 tickets. Food is
prepared by Naman’s in Mobile. Live Band Emerge
and champagne toast at midnight. Lots of food,
fun and most of all helping make miracles come true
for children who would otherwise not receive the
required medical treatment needed.
Phone: 251-968-2790
Jan 1
Flora-Bama Polar Bear Dip
Noon
Flora-Bama Lounge & Oyster Bar
17401 Perdido Key Drive, Perdido Key, FL
Join in the fun by starting the New Year with a plunge in
the Gulf with hundreds of other revelers for the 32nd year
of this event. Plungers get free beer and a buffet with
black-eyed peas and other traditional New Year’s Day fare.
Phone: 850-492-0611 or 251-980-5118
Jan 1
Gulf Shores Kiwanis Club Polar Bear Dip
Noon
Hangout
101 E Beach Boulevard, Gulf Shores
This is the sixth year for the plunge in Gulf Shores. T-Shirt
sales benefit the Alabama Law Enforcement Torch Run
and Special Olympics. After dipping, the Hangout will
provide the plungers with chili to warm them back up.
Phone: 256-490-4985
Jeff Nelson
Bellator Real Estate & Development
251-654-2523
jeff@livegulfshoreslocal.com
