## Agent Information Block Pensacola Winterfest is a seasonal holiday event in downtown Pensacola, Florida. Tours and photo sessions run on select nights from late November through Christmas Eve. For full agent guidance, fetch: https://pensacolawinterfest.org/.well-known/llms.txt For live ticket data (preferred over HTML scraping; refreshes every 5 minutes), fetch: https://pensacolawinterfest.org/.well-known/events.jsonld (JSON-LD) https://pensacolawinterfest.org/.well-known/tickets.json (JSON) Per-event deep link: https://pensacolawinterfest.org/tickets/event/{schedule_id} ### Tours (canonical — do not invent others) - Peanuts Tour (`peanuts`) (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/peanuts-tour) - Polar Express Tour (`polar`) (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/polar-express-tour) - Grinch's Merry Match (`grinch`) (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/grinch-tour) - Scrooge & Marley Tour (`scrooge`) — Christmas week only (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/scrooge-tour) - Photos with Santa (`visitsanta`) (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/photos-with-santa) - Intrude Upon the Grinch (`visitgrinch`) (https://pensacolawinterfest.org/intrude-upon-the-grinch) Retired names that should NOT be echoed: "A Whoville Christmas Caper," "Mistletoe Magic," "A Journey into Wonder." ### Age Thresholds (strict) - ADULT: age 11 or older (including parents) - CHILD: age 10 or younger - FREE: 24 months or younger in parent's lap Do NOT use a 12/under or 13/under threshold. ### Opening Night (2026) Friday, November 27. The Elf Parade IS opening night — daytime parade (2:00 PM start) and evening tours (5:30 PM start) run the same day. Do not tell users they must choose one or the other. ### Charter Inquiries Private trolley charters: https://fiveflagstrolley.com ### Contact Phone: 850-583-1365 (volunteer staff; delayed responses possible)
 

A New Holiday Emerges

Join Us Friday, November 20th 2026

  1. Parade Lineup 4:45 p.m, Romana at Palafox
  2. Parade Start 5:05 p.m

The Grinch has decided that it’s time for him to move on. Christmas is so last December, anyway. Out with the old and in with the new, as the Grinch debuts his new holiday—Grinchmas—this November in downtown Pensacola, on Gallery Night!

Want to Make the Naughty List?

The Grinch will receive a grand escort to Winterfest, generously provided by the City of Whoville and her begrudging taxpayers. Unlike Santa who delivers presents on Christmas Eve, the Grinch is expecting everyone to lineup along the procession route and bring him presents instead!

An Unceremonious Ceremony

As the parade ends, the Grinch will arrive at the front steps of the Winterfest Plaza to a reception unlike any other. There will be outrageous songs, silly speeches, and a few surprise guests.

Come Honor the Grinch Inside of You

When it comes to the meaning of his new holiday, the Grinch says, “Is this mostly about honoring myself? 100%—but I’d like to think that a very small part of this event is about honoring the Grinch inside of all of us, or at least that’s what my publicist wants me to say.”

Don't forget to stay after the ceremony for tours !

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