Join us on Saturday, October 11 for The Market Shops 10th Annual Bloody Mary Festival benefiting Habitat for Humanity – Walton County. The annual event, powered by Step One Automotive Group, will feature unlimited tastes of South Walton’s most creative and innovative bloody marys made with Distillery 98’s Half Shell Vodka and served by the finest restaurants and bars on the Emerald Coast.

Tickets are available now for the pre-sale price of $60. Tickets will increase to $75 on the day of the event. If tickets sell out during pre-sale, no tickets will be sold at the door.

Guests are invited from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to enjoy unlimited tastes of South Walton’s most coveted bloody marys along with access to food, shopping, live music, a DJ, SEC Football, craft beer, prosecco, and much more!

*Disclaimer: All guests wishing to enter the festival must have a ticket. Kids 14 and under get in free. If pre-sale tickets sell out, no tickets will be sold at the door.*

Participants confirmed to compete in this year’s festival so far include Aja 30A, Bayside Cafe, Big Bad Breakfast, Cafe Nola, Cajun Corner, Cantina Laredo, Down Island Gulf Seafood Restaurant, Island Wing Company, Jackacuda’s Seafood & Sushi, Hilton Sandestin Beach Golf Resort & Spa, Louis Louis, Ovide, Ruby Slipper Cafe, Sandos, Signature Catering 30A, The Gulf Club, The Perfect Pig, The Red Bar, and Winn Dixie.

A panel of select food critics and media will judge each bloody mary to select the winners for the most delicious and most creative. There will also be a highly coveted first-, second-, and third-place People’s Choice Award that is selected by each guest in attendance.

Apart from the bloody marys, there will also be plenty of food and shopping opportunities from the various restaurants located directly in The Market Shops including Ben & Jerrys, Clean Juice, Edward Jones, Favori Boutique, Foil + Pin Parlour, Hunter’s Chicken & Burgers, Jon Smith Subs, Naples Soap Company, Maple Street Biscuit Company, Parlour Doughnuts, Pizza by the Sea, Sun, Surf, Sand Insurance, and Tuscany.

For the non-bloody mary aficionado, there will be local craft brews from Idyll Hounds Brewing Company, Palm Folly spiked seltzer, mocktails courtesy of Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, and Good Clean Wine from the Bubbly Bar, sponsored by Courtyard, Hyatt Place, and Residence Inn Sandestin at Grand Boulevard, along with water at the Hydration Station sponsored by BankPlus and Buffalo Rock.

Attendees can sit back and relax in the main lawn lounge area featuring additional seating and cornhole games, as well as various SEC football games live streaming throughout the afternoon on the big screen, sponsored by Eventure Florida. Guests can commemorate the afternoon in the interactive photobooth, sponsored by Legendary Marine, before picking up a cigar from Shore Thing Cigars or making a custom trucker hat with Hawley 30A Hat Bar. DJ Dad will be playing in the courtyard throughout the afternoon while Saltwater Revival will be headlining on the main stage, sponsored by Action Audio Video.

*Those interested in sponsoring this year’s annual event, please email Jessica@proffittpr.com to learn more about available opportunities*

For guests traveling from out of town, there will be special room rates available by the festival’s official lodging sponsor, the Courtyard by Marriott Sandestin at Grand Boulevard. Visit themarketshops.com/bloody-mary-festival/ for more details.

Meet The Judges The Market Shops 10th Annual Bloody Mary Festival benefiting Habitat for Humanity – Walton County.