Pensacola Pawdi Gras

02/27/2025

02/27/2025

‼️ It’s That Time Again—Pensacola Paw-di Gras Theme Submissions Are OPEN!🐶🎭 ‼️

Each year, we let YOU—our amazing community—help choose the theme for the next Pensacola Paw-di Gras! Starting today, February 26th, through March 3rd, drop your theme ideas in the comments below.

After March 3rd, we’ll take all your suggestions and put them into a March Madness-style bracket! Every five days, themes will go head-to-head, and the winners will advance until we crown the official 2026 Paw-di Gras theme! 🏆

Get creative, have fun, and let’s make next year’s celebration the best one yet! Comment below with your theme ideas! ⬇️🎉

WolfGang Pensacola

02/20/2025

02/20/2025

We are excited to announce that we are once again the official sponsors of Bark in the Park at and !

Leash up your pup and join us for a day of softball and baseball ⚾️ games on March 29th!

There will also be a couple of adoptable dogs from our friends at !

Each dog will receive a bandana when you get there, a pup cup, and there will be a doggy play area set up!

You can purchase your tickets in advance by visiting https://goargos.universitytickets.com/

We hope to see you all there!

02/17/2025

🗣 SAVE THE DATE!

The 5th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras will be February 1, 2026! 🐾💜💚💛⚜️

Comment below if you're joining us next year! 👇👇

WolfGang Pensacola

02/17/2025

Wow, what an amazing day! We have so many thank yous to give out, but for now, THANK YOU to our animal loving community.

Your love and support of this annual event means the world to us.

We can't wait to go through all of the photos and comments.

4th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras

02/15/2025

Online registration for parade and costume contests will end at 8pm tonight. We have around 20 swag bags left of the 300.

If you did not pick up your swag bag last night, you can pick it up at the Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare tent tomorrow from 11 to 3.

If you signed up for a costume contest, please plan to be at the stage by 12:50 tomorrow . Contest starts at 1, and there will be many reminders announced ahead of time.

Event starts at 11 and ends at 4. Full timeline of events can be found on top of the official map, posted on all official pages.

4th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras

02/15/2025

We wanted to share the official map with timeline of events again for everyone. Both maps are also pinned on our pages

WEAR ABC 3 News, Pensacola
WKRG
Pensacola News Journal

Official map and timeline of events!

02/15/2025

Important parking information for the 4th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras :
-Downtown parking is FREE on Sundays in all CITY/BLUE parking spots.
-red/green parking spots are private lots that charge 24/7. You can park there if you're willing to pay.
-there are parking lots charging to park all weekend due to Pensacon. These are NOT due to our event. You can park there, but we wanted to make sure everyone knew these lots were not set up for our event.
-we HIGHLY SUGGEST parking to the west of Garden Street and Palafox Streets and walking to the event space. Everything east of the closed down Garden Street between Tarragona and Palafox Streets will fill up fast due to Pensacon.
-as a reminder, Paw-di Gras is from 11 to 4 on a closed down Garden Street between Tarragona and Palafox Streets
-you can also park in the Jefferson Street garage and Intendencia garage.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at 11!

02/14/2025

Official pawrade route. As a reminder, these roads will NOT be shut down for the entire day, but our men and women in blue from the Pensacola Police Department will stop traffic from 2:30 to 3:30 along the parade route, as the dogs and their hoomans Strut their stuff down these roads! Please prepare for slight traffic delays.

Parade line up will start in front of the stage starting at 2. Parade starts at 2:30. Entire event time is from 11 to 4

Garden Street between Tarragona and Palafox Streets WILL be closed from 7:30 AM to 5PM on event day.

02/14/2025

Check out what Greek's Catering and Events will have Sunday at the event! They will also be passing out free lemonade tickets 🍋 🍋

02/14/2025

As a reminder, swag bag pick up is tonight from 6-8 PM at Perfect Plain Brewing Co. Simply tell us the name that you registered under at the table! If you are picking up for someone, please have their name as well. You can pick up the day of the event from the Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare tent, but we highly recommend picking them up tonight!

If you purchased the stainless steel Paw-di Gras cup, bring it tonight to use for a $1 off all beers from Perfect Plain. We will also have them and other Paw-di Gras merchandise available for purchase tonight.

We are currently at 251 of the 300 swag bags registered for, as of 9 AM on the 14th!

4th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras

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02/13/2025

Love the reels Intermission

02/12/2025

While we love ALL animals, we do ask that there are no livestock of any kind brought to the 4th Annual Pensacola Paw-di Gras . The streets are packed during this event, and we want to keep this annual event all about the dogs!

We've had a few people reach out because they were able to bring horses, goats, etc. To the Kids and Kritters Parade . Those amazing people who put on that event do it for all the kritters! The Paw-di Gras event is for the dogs, and with it being in downtown Pensacola, we have to abide by what our permit for downtown allows!

We appreciate all the love and support of our annual event, and we hope all animal lovers come out to enjoy the day with us!

02/12/2025

We are so excited to once again have the K-9s from Pensacola Police Department and Escambia County Sheriff's Office at the event to help lead the parade again! The officers and their K-9s will be at the event to meet the public, and we appreciate all they do for our city. The Sheriff's office will also do another bite demonstration right before we line up for the parade, so don't miss this amazing demo on the stage that will be led by Chief Deputy Tommi Lyter

02/12/2025

Only a few days left to enter this amazing raffle provided by our sponsors at Hot Spots Charters
Information on how to enter are on the post!

02/12/2025

UPDATE: Ellie has been adopted!

Check out these two beautiful pups that will be featured during the adopt me Runway show part of the event. Skeeter and Ellie will be available for adoption from Friends of the Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter Santa Rosa County Animal Services

Here are their bios:

Skeeter
Hello everyone! My name is Skeeter and I am about 3 years old! I am a goofy girl looking my furever home! I love to run around outside and scoot around on the ground! I play great with other dogs too! If you need a fun dog in your life, then stop by the shelter to meet me!

Ellie
Hi there everybody! My name is Ellie and I am about two years old! I am a sweet shy girl who is looking for my furever home! I am super nervous here at the shelter but am learning more about the world! I do well with some dogs so I need to meet my future k-9 family members before going home! If you are interested in meeting me then swing by the shelter to visit!