Seaside is rocking through the Christmas season and the end of the year doesn't mean it's over yet. The town and its festive New Year's Eve visitors will welcome 2025 in fine Florida style, with the best fireworks show anywhere along the Hwy 30A beachfront!
It's time to give some competition to the fabulous sunsets in the skies above Seaside, and the best complement to nature's own sunset will be the Fireworks Over the Gulf, happening around 9 pm on December 31.
It's a charming and super-friendly time as the New Year's Eve celebrations in Seaside begin at 4 pm. There's facepainting for the kids and brave parents to indulge in, along with arts and crafts on display and with a chance to try your hand at creating something unique.
Keep the spirits high for the rock concert starting at 5 pm on the Amphitheater stage with Monsters of Yacht, a hugely popular band from Nashville, back again by request from everybody. The band is nationally acclaimed for its cover songs, playing favorites you thought you'd forgotten, and some you won't have heard, for a 4-hour set of live music that will liven you up as the sun goes down.
Family friendly is the key word in Seaside, so the countdown to midnight continues in the background as the real fun starts at 9 pm. It's a great fireworks show planned this year, in a time when everything is bigger and better than the year before - even in the town of Seaside, dedicated to staying small, but bursting with fun all the time.
After the fireworks, the town stays open for later night activities such as cocktails at the Miracle popup bar at the Daytrader by Coleman Pavilion (the one with all the lights).
Parking is free during this time, but we also get lots of visitors, and the easiest way to come in for the fun is to take the free shuttles and park outside of town in the lot provided. Pickup and drop-off point in town is at the Lyceum gateway in Central Square, and the parking lot is off of Hwy 331 on the south side of Choctawhatchee Bay. It's a spacious lot and the shuttles run from 6 am until midnight - and by the way it's not too late to book a guest cottage to stay with us too - give us a call at 855-411-1557.