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Blue Angels homecoming show kicks off today at NAS Pensacola

Plus, First Fridays Art Walk and a songwriters festival hit town

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The Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show opens today at NAS Pensacola for the base's 200th anniversary

The homecoming show closes out a busy Blue Angels season

300,000
people expected over Friday and Saturday
66
demonstrations the Blues were scheduled to fly this season
32
locations on this season's schedule

Sources: WEAR-TV, WKRG

If you're headed to , it's showtime. The free Blue Angels Homecoming Air Show runs today, Fri., Nov. 6, and Sat., Nov. 7, as the base marks its 200th anniversary. It's the first homecoming show since 2024, after last year's was canceled because of the government shutdown.

It's also a farewell. Capt. Adam Bryan, the team's commanding officer and flight leader, says this is his final show leading the Blues. "This is it, this is the last one," he said. Lt. Col. Brandon Wilkins is also flying his last show.

  • ID: or passport for everyone 18 and older
  • Main Gate: south end of Navy Boulevard
  • West Gate: south end of BlueAngel Parkway
  • : grounded for maintenance until 2027

The Blue Angels fly around 2 p.m. both days

TimeWhat happens
8 a.m.Gates open
9:30 a.m.Air show starts
Around 2 p.m.Blue Angels take off
By 2:45 p.m.Blues expected to finish

Sources: WEAR-TV, Pensacola News Journal

We suggest arriving around 8 a.m. Patrons who show up earlier could be turned away at the gate.

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First Fridays

Today is the first Friday, so the new First Fridays Art Walk is on downtown, with nine local galleries and a free trolley between them. Visit every gallery on your "passport" and you're entered to win a $100 downtown gift card. Pensacola News Journal

Songwriters

The 42nd Frank Brown International Songwriters' Festival runs through Sunday with more than 200 songwriters and over 600 performances. Venues stretch from Gulf Shores to Perdido Key and Pensacola. OBA News

Storm debris

Escambia County says haulers can't pick up mixed debris piles from Hurricane Isaias. Keep trees and limbs apart from construction debris like fencing and roofing material, or pickup could be delayed. WEAR-TV

Santa Rosa jobs

A development order has been issued for an 80,000-square-foot Lovell Government Services building in the Northwest Florida Industrial Park at I-10. The facility is expected to employ between 90 and 100 people when it opens. Pensacola News Journal

The planned Lovell building would cover 80,000 square feet

Floor area of the planned Lovell building, beside places you know

The planned Lovell building80,000 sq. ft.Planned, at I-10
A football field57,600 sq. ft.end zones included
A basketball court4,700 sq. ft.NBA size

17 basketball courts would fit inside the planned Lovell building

Source: Pensacola News Journal

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Floor area
The planned Lovell building80,000 sq. ft. (Planned, at I-10)
A football field57,600 sq. ft. (end zones included)
A basketball court4,700 sq. ft. (NBA size)

Blues' big day

Capt. Adam Bryan calls the homecoming show the team's "proverbial Super Bowl", WKRG reports. Being unable to perform last year "was a big letdown," he said. FOX10 reports Bryan said Pensacola is where the team's families live and where the community supports them. WKRGFOX10 News

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Blue Angels homecoming show kicks off today at NAS Pensacola

Plus, First Fridays Art Walk and a songwriters festival hit town

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  1. Blue Angels homecoming show opens today at NAS Pensacola
  2. First Fridays Art Walk and a songwriters festival hit town
  3. Escambia asks you to keep storm debris piles separate
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