VIE magazine is thrilled to share that the 6th Annual Harvest Wine & Food Festival by DCWAF weekend was the most successful festival to date, with all eight events sold out well in advance! A virtual auction featuring rare wines, unique items, and experiential trips was also open for bidding throughout the festival weekend, raising over $100,000 for seventeen Northwest Florida children's charities.

Southern Sound Music Alliance is so proud to present this year’s Summer Haze Winter Fest on November 19 & 20, 2022! This event will feature some of SoWal’s favorite local & regional musicians at Distillery 98 & Idyll Hounds with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Center.

Fresh off their sold-out performances at the Edinburgh Fringe, distinguished artists Gavin Robertson and Nicholas Collett return to Seaside and light up The REP's new season. The Fall Play Series features the innovative work of Nic and Gavin with three different shows over three weeks that will provide endless entertainment. The series takes REP audiences on an epic spy adventure with Agent 007 in Bond: An Unauthorized Parody, encounters spooky tales with a comedic twist in The Ghost Of A Smile, and unravels a mysterious whodunnit in Done To Death, By Jove!

Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF) is pleased to announce that it’s adding two new organizations to its lineup of supported Northwest Florida children’s charities. DCWAF’s Board of Directors has selected Point Washington Medical Clinic (PWMC) and the Ellison McCraney Ingram Foundation to join 15 local children’s charities supported annually.

Prepare for a trip around the globe with Roux 30a as they are thrilled to announce the return of their ‘Around the World’ dinner series. These special dinners feature five courses inspired by different countries’ distinctive cuisine while incorporating Executive Chef Nikhil Abuvala’s custom flair. This Fall, Roux 30a’s curated experience will feature three delicious stops.

Hotel Effie has partnered with the Emerald Coast Autism Center for a special one-night event hosted by celebrity chef Hugh Acheson on July 15 at 6pm-10pm. The pre-fixe dinner will take place at the hotel’s signature restaurant, Ovide, nestled in the heart of the world-famous Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort.

30A Songwriters returned for its 13th year. The event featured 175 talented artists and 225 performances spread throughout 30+ venues all over South Walton. Six acts headlined the outdoor amphitheater stage at Grand Boulevard on Saturday and Sunday. The lineup included Mavis Staples, Emmylou Harris, Chris & Rich Robinson (the Black Crowes), Dawes, Jenny Lewis, and Rickie Lee Jones. there was truly something for everyone, with genres ranging from blues to folk, soul, Americana, and country. It's safe to say guests had a fabulous weekend, and we are already marking our calendars for next year!

Please join us on Friday, March 18, and Saturday, March 19 for the first-ever Soirée on the Bay! The event is presented by and hosted at the stunning Dugas Estate in a lavish gathering of fine wine, food, and spirits. The beneficiary of the event is Children's Volunteer Health Network. The weekend will include vintners, incredible food, live music, fireworks, and VIE magazine's exclusive 100th Issue celebration, all for a great cause!

VIE was thrilled to hear of the return of the local favorite Harvest Wine and Food Festival. The festival is produced each year by Destin Charity Wine Auction Foundation (DCWAF). It returned on Saturday, November 6, for its fifth annual event after a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic and raised over $100,000 to help children in need in Northwest Florida. The mission is simple: to connect wine enthusiasts to raise money to benefit children in need in NW Florida. Cheers to all of the distributors, chefs, sponsors, and guests for making the grand tasting such a wonderful event year after year!

The Say It Southern Getaway is a must-attend event. For those of you who don’t know, Courtney Goolsby and Sarah Stone Smith are the creators and cohosts of the Say It Southern (SIS) podcast and The Getaway. They are champions of women entrepreneurs who love to tell stories about Southern women and their passions. I knew from the second I listened to my first SIS podcast that I wanted to find a way to be involved in this event and it did not disappoint! The long weekend took place along the beautiful beach towns of Scenic Highway 30-A in Northwest Florida with around forty guests from around the Southeast and beyond. We all left with new friends, renewed energy, and new ideas on how to live our best lives and have fun while doing it.

Panama City Beach is situated on 27 miles of sugar-white sand beaches bordering clear, emerald-green waters Andrew Bay converge. With 320 days of sunshine annually and attractions such as St. Andrews State Park and Pier Park, the region has long been favored by travelers seeking an affordable beach vacation with year-round offerings for families, couples, groups, and adventure-seekers. “We are thrilled to be hosting events at the Real.Fun.Beach once again and look forward to welcoming visitors this weekend for our annual Pirates of the High Seas Fest,” says Dan Rowe.

Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is pleased to announce the appointment of John Colette as the festival’s new curator. Colette takes the reigns from his award-winning and highly regarded predecessor and colleague, Brett Phares, who curated the festival for 14 years from inception, a contemporary with whom Colette has long worked. To Colette’s mind, Digital Graffiti is a dynamic platform for art to reach people, an abundantly open experience with unlimited opportunities for perceiving art in a conjoining of ideas, creation, space, technology. The 15th Annual Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach festival, underwritten by The Alys Foundation, will be held May 13-14, 2022.