If you're visiting Destin this weekend, get ready to party it up with all the Cinco de Mayo festivities happening around town. Between the parties, festivals, live music, and drink specials, Destin is the place to be over Cinco de Mayo weekend! Check out the happenings down below!
1. Bingo de Mayo
Bingo de Mayo actually takes place on Saturday, May 4th this year. This bingo pub crawl takes place at HarborWalk Village from 7 pm to 11:30 pm. Join the fiesta to enjoy exclusive food and drink specials, live music, prizes, and bingo. Presale tickets are just $10 and day-of tickets are $15. All proceeds go towards Hurricane Michael relief and you can purchase your tickets here.
2. Cinco de Mayo Piñata Party
HarborWalk Village is hosting a Cinco de Mayo Piñata Party the whole family will love. Head to the Destin Harbor to enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of kids crafts, face painting, and candy from 2-4 pm on May 5th. This event is free to the public, however, keep in mind that parking is $10. Your kids will love this exciting event and they can even help break the harbor's largest pinata at 3 pm filled with candy and other goodies.
3. Latin Spring Festival
Image Credit: El Jalisco Destin Facebook PageHead over to Destin Commons on Saturday, May 4th to enjoy an exciting afternoon filled with Cinco de Mayo festivities at El Jalisco Destin's Latin Spring Festival. There will be live dance performances by Tallymix featuring Amid Montelango, DJ Rudy Max, and Dance by Tony Jehu. Between all the fun dancing, kids activities like crafts, face painting, a bounce house, contests, and giveaways, this is one of the biggest events of the weekend! You especially don't want to miss out on all the incredible Mexican food at El Jalisca while you're there!
4. 26th Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration at La Paz Destin
Image Credit: @swellpops InstagramIf you love authentic Mexican food and live music, you need to put the 26th Annual Cinco de Mayo Celebration at La Paz Destin on your agenda. From 11 am to midnight, La Paz is serving incredible Mexican food. There will be live music on the patio all day long and Cadillac Willy starts playing at 8 pm. Get your $5 fresh squeezed Hornitos margaritas and Swell Pops on the patio all afternoon and even get a free shot at midnight! This is a Cinco de Mayo party you won't want to miss.
5. Cinco de Mayo at the Dock
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo on Okaloosa Island! Enjoy Sunday brunch with bottomless margaritas, a crawfish boil featuring Crawfish Billie, Chef Tommy's famous taco bar, $15 margarita pitchers, and $5 drink specials. With so many food and drink options, you definitely want to stop by this celebration on May 5th.
6. Cinco de Mayo Fiesta at Cantina Laredo
Image Credit: @cantinalaredo InstagramCelebrate Cinco de Mayo all weekend long at Cantina Laredo in Grand Boulevard. Enjoy $6 Casa 'Ritas and Cinco 'Ritas Saturday and Sunday and $4 Mexican Beers. Then, join in on the party in the park on Saturday and dance to live music. Hunter Dawson is performing 3-7 pm on Saturday and John Hart Project performs from 7-10 pm. This is a fiesta you'll want to join in on!
With so many festive events, you'll have no problem finding a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Destin this weekend. Whatever event you choose to attend is sure to be a blast, so have fun! Happy Cinco de Mayo!