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Navarre Chamber’s Roaring 20s Snowbirds event a hit with local businesses, tourists

January 20, 2025 | Hansen Hasenberg

The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated Snowbirds and 100 years of Navarre history with a ‘Roaring 20s’ Snowbird Festival, hosted at St. Sylvester Catholic Church.

The Chamber annually holds snowbird events, including a festival. This year’s festival was put on with the collaboration of the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Office and a variety of sponsors and vendors.

Snowbirds and locals attended the Snowbird Festival at St. Sylvester Catholic Church on Thursday, Jan. 16. The event is hosted by Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce and brings community businesses and tourists together for a day of fun and festivities.

To go along with the Roaring 20’s theme, participants were encouraged to don flapper outfits, gangster garb, and other 1920s attire. The evening was also filled with jazz music, dancing, and a variety of hors d’oeuvres.

Emerald Waterfront was on hand for the annual Snowbird Festival, hosted by Navarre Area Chamber of Commerce.

A vintage automobile sat outside St. Sylvester Catholic Church during the Roaring 20s Snowbird Festival.

The Vine Wine Bar, Bistro and Shoppe served a variety of wine samples to attendees at the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s Roaring 20s Snowbird Festival.

Pam and Wayne Petersen donned 1920s attire at the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Snowbird Festival on Thursday, Jan. 16. The event was held at St. Sylvester Catholic Church.

Sponsors and vendors at the event included Andy D’s Beachside Restaurant & Daiquiri Deck, Baptist Emergency Room & Urgent Care, Bunnychick Haven of Navarre, Coastal Cowgirl, CrossFit Navarre, Emerald Waterfront Bar & Grill, Goin’ Coastal Beach Store, Holley Navarre Seniors Association, Iron Lady Fitness, Juana’s/Sailors’ Grill, Scooter’s Fish House, Sean Clayton (realtor with Keller Williams Realty Emerald Coast), Mary Kay Cosmetics-Gina Tucker, NAV BCH, Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, Navarre Centennial Celebration, Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Sand Dollar Cottage, Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Office / Relax In Navarre, , Springhill Suites by Marriott Navarre Beach/Beach House Social/EMBRE’, Sum Beaches Paradise, The Vine Wine Bar, Turtle Roll Homemade Ice Cream & Shaved Ice, United Way of West Florida, and White-Wilson Medical Center.

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