Representing Our City with upcoming events.

Bands on the Beach . Tuesdays May-Sept. Celebrate summer at the Gulfside Pavilion on Pensacola Beach with local musical favorites. (850) 932-2257, www.visitpensacolabeach.com.

• Gallery Night and Pensacola Wine Festival. May 21. Enjoy an evening of arts and culture by touring downtown shops, eateries and art galleries boasting a variety of special happenings. Plus, the Pensacola Wine Festival will offer fine wines from across the globe along Palafox Place. (850) 434-5371
• Evenings in Olde Seville Square. Thursdays May-Aug. This well-attended summer concert series in Seville Square features a variety of musical styles from big band to jazz and from Broadway to modern dance. (850) 438-6505.
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• Fiesta Days Celebration and Boat Parade. June 3-12. This annual event celebrates the founding of Pensacola, the first European settlement in the U.S., in 1559 by Spanish Conquistador Don Tristan de Luna. (850) 433-6512, www.fiestaoffiveflags.org.
• Sounds of Summer. June - Aug. The beat goes on in Pensacola Beach with this free concert series most Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at the Quietwater Shell on the Boardwalk. (850) 932-1500, www.visitpensacolabeach.com
• Shallow Water Slam. June 26. Redfish, flounder and speckled trout are the game in this tournament. Take-off and weigh-in will be at Flounder’s Chowder House on Pensacola Beach. (850) 393-1602, www.pensacolakingmack.com
• Bud Light King Mackerel/Cobia Tournament. June 26. See some of the biggest king mackerel and cobia caught at the largest two-day boat event in the Gulf of Mexico. For more information visit www.pensacolakingmack.com.
• 40th annual Pensacola International Billfish Tournament. June 30-July 4. The Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club hosts one of the country's largest billfish tournaments at NAS Pensacola, which attracts around 600 anglers from all over the Southeast. (850) 453-4638, www.pbgfc.com. 
  
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• 4th of July Celebration. July 4. This family-oriented, patriotic event is the largest 4th of July celebration on the Gulf Coast. www.pensacolasertomajuly4th.org.
• Ronald McDonald Firecracker 5K. July 4. (850) 477-2273, www.rmhpensacola.org
• Gallery Night. July 9. Enjoy an evening of arts and culture by touring downtown shops, eateries and art galleries boasting a variety of special happenings. (850) 434-5371
• Pensacola Beach Air Show. July 10. This must-see event features a show by the world-famous Blue Angels. (850) 932-2257, www.visitpensacolabeach.com.