This weekend the Panama City Beach Seafood, Wine and Music Festival is rocking the town with awesome bands such as Styx and Grand Funk Railroad bringing hits like Mr. Roboto and We’re an American Band. This is the second year the event has been run by a few local business men striving to make this the greatest event in Panama City Beach.
This year’s event brings the same great organization as last year, but tons more value.
Part of our media sponsorship this year includes our receiving 18 general admission tickets to give away to you that are good for free admission for any one day. So, here we go. Since giveaways are so awesome, post a comment below telling us your favorite song from Styx or Grand Funk Railroad or what you are most excited about this festival and you could win 2 free tickets to the Panama City Beach Seafood, Wine and Music Festival.
If you do the math, you’ll see that 9 posters are going to win. We’re going to do the giveaway Thursday morning and will email you that day to pick up the tickets that day between 5 and 6 pm. (sorry for the small window of time, but this is needed so we’re not driving all over town delivering tickets!)
Here is the schedule, for more information, visit www.panamacitybeachfest.com.
Note: I forgot to mention that if you need to buy tickets, please use promo code pcbdaily to get a discount.
Friday October 9th 4pm to 11pm
4 pm: Gates Open
7 pm: Julianne Hough goes on stage
9 pm: John Anderson goes on stage
Saturday October 10th 11am to 11pm
11 am to 3 pm: Family Fun Days – includes gymnastics shows, family yoga, hands on art, free bouncer village by Beach Bouncers, balloon art, family activities, clowns, stilt walkers and more
Grand Wine Tastings (time TBD)
3 pm to 6 pm: Watch local chefs prepare their signature dishes in the exhibition kitchen built on-site. Free recipe cards.
Non-stop live music from open to close
9 pm: Styx
Emerald Coast Cruizin Car Show Preview
Sunday October 11th 11 am to 11 pm
11 am to 3 pm: Family Fun Days – includes gymnastics shows, family yoga, hands on art, free bouncer village by Beach Bouncers, balloon art, family activities, clowns, stilt walkers and more
Grand Wine Tastings (time TBD)
3 pm to 6 pm: Watch local chefs prepare their signature dishes in the exhibition kitchen built on-site. Free recipe cards.
Non-stop live music from open to close
7 pm: Grand Funk Railroad
Emerald Coast Cruizin Car Show Preview
Now, post away and tell your friends!
Rules, etc.: Thursday morning we will randomly pick 9 recipients of 2 tickets a piece from all those that posted comments on this post. 18 tickets total will be given away for free. The tickets being given away are single day general admission tickets good for any one day of entry to the Panama City Beach Seafood Wine and Music Festival. In order to be considered a valid entrant, each commenter must provide a valid email address. Upon the selection, we will email the winners to notify them that they have won and the tickets will be available to be picked up between the time of 5 pm and 6 pm on Thursday evening. The place of pick up will be provided in the winner email. There will also be an additional pick up time available Friday at a time to be determined on Friday, based on demand. We have total and sole discretion to choose the winners, good luck!
PCBDaily 
Wow! This years festival looks like it is going to be awesome. I am looking forward to go and support some of our fine local eateries like Finn’s – our favorite. I will be really fun to try the food from up and down the beach. Thank you for all of your work to make this a reality year after year.
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Hey the kids will be out of town so this sounds like a good time for a date with my awesome wife!
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Mr. Koertge can you enter me for free tickets to the festival… ta!!!
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okay.. didn’t notice at first you had to post a comment about your favorite styx song.. I remember driving through the mountains on my way to provo with the song, “come sail away” playing on the radio and everyone in the car singing along… fun fun times… can I have the tickets please?
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Last year everything was awesome!!!The cooking shows were the best. I have never seen so many wines,finally found one I liked. I am trying to win tickets so that I might come this year, money has been tight as with everyone, please . Consider me for two tickets. I would greatly appreciate them.
Thanks for letting me put my name in the hat for the tickets.
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I wouldn’t mind a pair of those tickets 🙂
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Daughter used to get free tickets for us by winning the pageant but she hasn’t wanted to compete last several years and I’m not sure the pageant is still active. We would love to have tickets to this event (btw, grandparents will be in from St. Louis, MO – would be great PR for them to go back & tell their friends about the fun!) Thanks 😉
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oops…forgot fav. song: Babe
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I love everything about the Seafood Festival. We go every year!
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Please enter me for tickets. Thanks so much!
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Looking forward to going to the festival with our kids and would love to win some tickets. Thanks!
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This will be my first year attending the festival. I really look forward to it. Free tickets would be nice. Thank you.
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I would love a pair of free tickets and to hear Grand Funk again – long time since i have thought of them. Red Album was my fav – High Falootin’ Woman!
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I love the song Come Sail Away. It makes me think of PCB every time I hear it. It reminds me of how relaxed I am at the beach.
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Jason
Please enter my name for two tickets to the Festival. My favorite Grand Funk song is Closer to Home. They were a popular band when I was in college back in the 70’s. I attended an outdoor concert at Indiana University where they performed and would love to see them again.
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We just so happen to be spending the week at our new condo, so we would love to see what PCB has to offer!
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My husband and I had our first date at the seafood festival in 1992. I asked him out. That was 17 years ago and we’re still going strong. Was it because of the wonderful abmiance of the seafood festival…I’m not sure but I can’t help but think it played at least a small part. His very favorite Band is Styx – his favorite songs are Loralei and Lady. He’s never been fortunate enough to see Styx in concert so this is something I really want him to be able to do. As far as he’s concerened, nothing would make his summer more complete. As far as I’m concerned, nothing would make me more complete than seeing him happy…still after 17 years, he’s my best friend.
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I would love a couple of free tickets. I nearly wore my 8 track player out listening to “People, Let’s Just Stop the War” by Grand Funk (E Pluribus Funk).
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I would love the chance to win tickets. I moved down to PCB 1year ago this month and what a great way to celebrate! I LOVE Styx…i saw them in Vegas at the Mandalay Bay and would love to win tickets to see them again. Sign me up!!!!
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Wow! Grand Funk Railroad at the Seafood Wine & Music Festival. Now that brings back memories of my youth when Were An American Band first came out, we would spend our day at the local swimming pool just waiting for the song to play just so we could sing along. It’s going to be awesome to see them in concert again.
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Hi Jason
We are coming from Philadelphia for the week and arrive
Saturday mlorning just in time for the PCB Wine, Jazz & Seafood festival. We were in PCB for the Seabreeze Jazz Festival hosted by Nick Colionne in April and met you then. We are excited to be coming back.
We will come by to see you and hope we win the tickets!
Christine & Tom
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We live in ATL but heading down to see Styx…they were the first concert my wife and I ever attended in West Palm back in 1973…Lady was my favorite and still ranks up there among the best. Bringing our daughter,son in law and grandkids. A couple of free tickets would be Great. Thanks
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My family and I always have a blast at Seafood Festival. With Styx this year, our 6 year is beside herself. Styx has been her favorite band since she was 3 years old, singing most songs on their greatest hits album. I really appreciate the under 12 getting in free this year. Last year we went all 3 nights and it became very expensive considering our 6 year could not get enough of lunch with SpongeBob, roasted corn on the cob, and of course all the games her dad “had to play” so she could win a stuffed animal. We would be VERY greatful for free tickets this year!
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My favorite STYX song is “The Best of Times.” When I was in college, I spent a summer in Switzerland. I needed some music for my walkman and bought one of their cassette tapes! I listened to it the whole summer!
This was the summer of 1983!
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I would love free tickets. “Lady” is the best song Styx ever recorded.
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I am so excited that Panama City Beach can attract bands like Styx and Grand Funk Railroad! This will be my first time going to the Seafood festival (driving down from Atlanta, Yeah!) I can not wait to “come sail away” in PCB!
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My favorite song by Styx is Suite Madame Blue. I have it on my iTouch and we listen to it and their other songs constantly in our truck. The thing I’m most excited with this festival is to SEE Styx!
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Oh my goodness, member of the graduating class of 1973, Washington High School, Fremont California. Yep, a California girl here. One of Grand Funk Railroad’s best songs, “We’re an American Band”, was playing at my graduation. I would love to see these guys in person! I could imagine I was still able to get into those platform shoes, fit into my fav bell bottoms and the guys would still call me “Legs”! They were “boss”! This will be done of the best festivals ever!
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I meant “…ONE of…” not done! Just got excited! 😉
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RENEGADE by Styx has got to be one of my all time favorites. Just listening to it gets you revved-up and feel like a wanted outlaw for just a short time! A small respite from my otherwise boring life!
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We’re looking forward to Grand Funk Railroad and great food! Free tickets?
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This is sooo needed (the festival).
The promoters are doing it right by bringing in Grand Funk and Styx. The market that will come is this age group (no kids in school).
Support your festival !
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Looking forward to this weekend and even with out “Mark Farner” up there with GrandFunk….I still look forward to seeing the boys. “We’re coming to your town, we’re going to party down!”
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My favorite song by Grand Funk is “I’m Your Captain”(Closer to Home) because when I had to move away for a little awhile it always made me think of coming home to PC. I am looking forward to seeing them here.
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wow, keep the awesome comments coming!!!
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We are looking forward to attending the festival. We attended once before and had a great time. We’re looking forward to not only the great seafood, but listening to some “Footstomping Music” by Grand Funk RR as well. Hope to see ya there.
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My all time favorite Styx song is by far Crystal Ball!!!! and the first cheerleader routine I ever learned was to the Locomotion by Grand Funk Railroad. Wonderful memories from my childhood. What an awesome way to win tickets to the best festival!!! Thanks!
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Grand Funk Railroad rocks , Everybody listen to me
and return me , my ship
Im your captain , Im you captain
Although Im feeling mighty sick
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We haven’t been to the Seafood Festival in a couple of years, but it has always been an awesome time when we have gone! Hopefully we will get to enjoy this year too. Always good food, great music and wonderful friends!!!
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I would love a chance to win free tickets. The one thing I am most excited about this year for the festival is that it will be our last year as DINKS (double income, no kids), although, truth be told, since I’m a small-business owner, we’re more like SINKS (single income, no kids). I am due in 5.5 weeks (Friday the 13th, November) and it will be our last ‘fun thing’ to do before we become parents! It would be a great date-night with the hubby, enjoying live music, wine (for HIM) and seafood!! 😉
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I would love a chance to win 4 free tickets! favorite song by Styx is Mr. Roboto Im excited that they are coming to town!We have lived in PCB for 3 years and have never been to the festival:(
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Jason, that’s an easy one, if you like a howling Hammond B3 and Grand Funk, then it’s “Foot Stompin’ Music”. I dare you to stay seated and keep your feet still during that one.
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I love the song “We are American Band”. We need to support everything about America today.
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Grew up with Grand Funk when FM was the cool sound….I can remember and still can hear the waves of the ship as they came to my town and Partied it Down!!!
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Yo baby, it’s Some Kind of Wonderful!!
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Come sail away was our favorite.. 1977 my Jr year of High school.. this was my girlfriend of the time and I favorite song…cant say what we did to it…lol
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Being from Chicago and 54 years old, I remember growing up with a group of guys who practiced in their garage on the south side of Chicago! Great band to see in the bars, but then all the sudden they came out with their first hit “Lady” when I was a senior in High School. That was it, as their album with ‘Lady’ began to grow and around the time I was a sophomore-Junior in College It was a hit and I still remember their first big-time appearance in the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. I have since seen them at least a dozen times, last being just in Atlanta a couple of months ago at the Verizon Amphitheater. Dennis DeYoung is NOT traveling with them right now, so Lady was not performed! It was also my sons (when he was 4) first concert 14 years ago at Chastain Amphitheater in Atlanta. I have one more concert to go to before the PCBfest . . U2 at the Dome tomorrow!!
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I am so excited about this year’s festival! I always enjoying going. The food, vendors, and entertainment is awesome!!! I love Styx. Their song Mr. Roboto reminds me of when I was young!!! I always thought it was the coolest song!!! I am really looking forward to spending time with my family, eating wonderful food, and enjoying the great bands! I would love to win tickets to the festival!!! Hope to see everyone out there!
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Grew up listening to Styx and Grand Funk. We are actually coming to Panama City Beach from Illinois on Saturday. Free tickets would really make our trip!
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Talk about a trip down memory lane….. It is going to be great and I love all of the music that is scheduled to play at the Festival this year! Sure hope I am fortunate enough to win some tickets.
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We would love a chance to win tickets to the festival and to see Styx too would be even better.
I hope they do “Miss America” since it my favorite.
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Let’s go with Grand Funk…We’re An American Band!
Jerry
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Hy man I grew up with these two bands. Driving from Indianapolis just to see them. Free tickets would be “way cool man”…if you know what I meen..Dude..
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Just moved to PCB area and love the gorgeous beaches, people and looking forward to the Wine and Seafood Festival. Since I grew up listening to both Styx and Grand Funk Railroad, I’d love a chance at the tickets. I think I still have those albums somewhere in my packed boxes. Sister is coming from Tallahassee so we will have a great time. Hope to see you there!!
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My favorite song from Styx is Lady,it reminds me of when I was younger.
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Hi!
Looking forward to seeing the cooking competition.
The bands are some kind of wonderful!!!
Thanks,
dianne palmer
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