Pack your picnic blankets and folding chairs and get ready for an exciting new line-up of fall concerts as Backstage Pass returns to the Marina Lawn in Downtown Panama City! With several restaurants and cafes just a short stroll away, you’ll have plenty of fantastic food and drink offerings to enjoy during the show.

The series of six weekly concerts, a cherished annual tradition organized by the Bay Arts Alliance, will begin Thursday, September 11 and continue every Thursday evening through October 16. The program of regional bands covers a wide variety of styles and genres, offering an opportunity for family and friends of different ages and musical tastes the chance to come together to enjoy exceptional outdoor live performances right on the shores of St. Andrews Bay.

This year’s concerts will begin at 7:00 p.m. on the Marina Lawn at 7 Harrison Avenue between Harrison’s Kitchen & Bar and Hotel Indigo.

2025 Lineup:

• September 18 – TBD
• September 25 – TBD
• October 2 – TBD
• October 9 – TBD
• October 16 – TBD
• October 23 – TBD

​Thanks to the generous support of Destination Panama City, the City of Panama City, and our sponsors, the concerts will be free to the public again this year.

Backstage Pass grew out of the Concerts in the Park series begun in 1986, by Florida First Federal and late community leader, Roger Schadd. From 1986 to 2008, free outdoor concerts were held every summer featuring local and regional bands. In order to keep the series going during the recession, Backstage Pass began welcoming guests through the Backstage Door of the Marina Civic Center in 2009, and the first band was “On Call”, led by the late Hulon Crayton. After the Marina Civic Center was damaged in Hurricane Michael, the series relocated to the Marina Lawn.