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Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival

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The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is an annual three-day, juried art show in historic Seville Square in downtown Pensacola, Florida. Established in 1973, this Festival is held the first full weekend in November. Annually, it draws over 200 painters, potters, sculptors, jewelers, graphic artists, craftsmen, mixed-media artists and others competing for $25,000 in cash awards.There was no festival in 2004 nor 2020.

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Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival
South Florida Blanca Street, Pensacola

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