VIP Destin at HarborWalk Village 

Gemma, Finley & Lee Gittins

Molly & Steve Titgen 

Pam Gortman & Sam Mitchell

Al & Amber Roach, Ryan O’Neil

Terry Swanson, Rachel Huff & Brandi Culhane

Jerry & Leslie Sullivan, Becky Wilkins

Elisa McFarlen & Cody Sweatt

photos & story by

Jen Deeb

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ne could not have asked for better weather for the 11th annual Blues, 
Brews & BBQ Festival on November 3. Music fi lled the air, along 
with some delicious BBQ smells, as you walked the HarborWalk 
Village walkways and docks. Over 15 of the area’s best restaurants 

came out to represent their very best BBQ styles and signature coastal cuisines, with 
the top winners awarded in each category. With samples galore, some that were even 
questionable to be “sample sized,” folks certainly did not leave that Saturday from 
the HarborWalk hungry.

Throughout the day, there were several musical performances by John Hart & 

Tyler Mac. People danced, sang along, and some even in VIP style if they purchased 
the VIP experience, which alloed them to come and go from the On the Rocks Bar 
and provided access to a small BBQ buffet catered by Big Red Truck and tickets 
for sampling specialty cocktails. AC, which wasn’t so much needed, and private 
bathrooms topped off the VIP experience! 

Blues, Brews & 

BBQ

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