Pensacola Pickles & Wings Family Festival 2026,

About the event

The Pensacola Pickles and Wings Family Festival is a brand new, high energy, family friendly food and entertainment festival taking place in historic Seville Square in downtown Pensacola on Saturday, May 16, from 10 AM to 8 PM.

This one-day festival celebrates bold flavors, community spirit, and local culture, bringing together pickle-inspired foods, wings in every style, food trucks, artisan vendors, live entertainment, contests, carnival-style games, and activities for all ages.

Set beneath Pensacola’s iconic oak trees, the festival is designed to attract locals and visitors alike, creating a fun, social atmosphere where families, food lovers, and tourists gather to eat, explore, laugh, and make memories. With interactive experiences like pickle eating contests and customer participation games, the event encourages engagement rather than passive attendance, keeping guests on site longer and increasing exposure for sponsors.

As a first year signature event, the Pensacola Pickles and Wings Family Festival is positioned to grow into an annual downtown tradition.

Why should you sponsor?

Sponsoring the Pensacola Pickles and Wings Family Festival puts your brand directly in front of a large, diverse, and engaged audience in a highly positive, family friendly environment.

Sponsors gain meaningful visibility through on site branding, digital promotion, social media marketing, website placement, and live announcements throughout the day. Unlike traditional advertising, festival sponsorship allows your brand to be experienced in person, associated with fun, food, community, and shared memories.

This event attracts families, young professionals, tourists, food enthusiasts, and local residents, offering sponsors broad demographic reach in one central location. Downtown foot traffic, extended dwell time, and interactive programming increase brand impressions far beyond a single ad or post.

Supporting this festival also demonstrates a commitment to the local community, small businesses, tourism, and downtown revitalization. Sponsors are not just advertising, they are helping create a new Pensacola tradition that celebrates local culture and brings people together.

For businesses looking to increase brand awareness, connect face to face with customers, and align with a fun, feel good community event, this festival offers strong value, authentic exposure, and lasting impact.

Ericka Boussarhane

I am a Pensacola based event producer, tour operator, and small business owner with extensive experience creating, managing, and promoting successful public events in downtown Pensacola.

For years, I have worked closely with local businesses, venues, vendors, entertainers, and city partners to produce organized, engaging, and well marketed experiences that attract both residents and visitors. My events are designed to be professional, family friendly, and community focused, with careful attention to logistics, safety, and guest experience.

I have a proven track record of promoting events across multiple platforms including social media, tourism calendars, websites, and local partnerships, ensuring strong visibility and attendance. I understand how to coordinate vendors, manage schedules, communicate clearly with sponsors, and deliver events that reflect positively on everyone involved.

Sponsors can trust that their brand will be represented professionally and respectfully, with clear communication, agreed upon deliverables, and thoughtful placement throughout the event. I value long term partnerships and work to ensure sponsors receive meaningful exposure, strong engagement, and a positive return on their support.

My goal is to create well run events that bring people together, support the local economy, and grow into lasting Pensacola traditions.

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