Entertainment in Pensacola

Pensacola Offers Beaches, Museums, Theater and Nightlife

Entertainment in Pensacola, Florida has gone through some rought times recently because of hurricanes. From Ivan through Dennis to just barely missing the ravages of Katrina, Pensacola has either bit hit by or just barely dodged some bullets. But the city still has plenty to offer visitors when it comes to entertainment. True, I've written some cruel humor about my hometown and true I would rather live almost anywhere else on earth, but it's not all bad news.

For instance, there are the beaches. I'm not a beach guy myself. By the time I reached my teens, I had pretty much done the beach thing to death. And despite the fact that our precious beaches are littered with development-development that continues despite the fact millions of dollars were lost and lives were uprooted and beach was eroded because of the hurricanes-the fact remains that there are no other beaches in this country with whiter sand. Our sugary white sand shocks most visitors. Not to mention blinding them. Seriously, on a bright sunny July day you could mistake Pensacola's beaches for snow. So bring your sunglasses.

Pensacola is also home to the Museum of Naval Aviation. Located inside the environs of the Naval Air Station, the Museum of Naval Aviation is properly located in Pensacola. After all, we're known as the Cradle of Naval Aviation, training just about every naval pilot to ever land a jet on an aircraft carrier. For half the year we're also home to America's favorite waste of taxpayer dollars, the Blue Angels. (I stole that line from Mystery Science Theater, by the way). Anyway, the Museum features actual aircraft from the earliest days of flight right up to the latest, as well as featuring some of the crafts used by astronauts on their way to the moon. The Museum of Naval Aviation also houses our Imax Theater. The flagship film is dedicated to the naval aircraft and is loud and dizzying.