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PENSACOLA’S FOO FOO FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES VENDOR APPLICATIONS, GRANT STRUCTURES AND COVID-SAFE PLANS FOR 2021

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Date: January 29, 2021

Pensacola, FL (January 29, 2021) – Today, Pensacola’s Foo Foo Festival officially announced its plans for its seventh annual events, taking place November 4-15, 2021. Via a virtual kickoff, the Foo Foo Festival committee shared this year’s grant application process, funding structure, and COVID-safe procedures that will be implemented into this year’s festival. While the Foo Foo Festival’s plans for its 2020 events were canceled out of an abundance of caution to ensure the health and safety of the Pensacola community and attendees, the highly-anticipated festival will return in November 2021 better than ever before. 

 

In 2021, the Pensacola Foo Foo Festival will once again fund top-scoring grant applicants, with the number of grants to be awarded contingent upon the number of submissions. This year the Foo Foo Festival will provide up to $315,000 in grant funding to selected organizations. Grant applicants can apply for up to $100,000 in grant funding. All organizations, businesses, and community partners are encouraged to participate as “Friends of Foo,” receiving visibility at the 12-day event. To learn how to apply for this year’s Foo Foo Festival, visit FooFooFest.com.

 

This year’s events will be held with COVID-safe procedures in mind. As Foo Foo Fest organizers work to finalize the plans and event layout for this November’s festivities, the team is taking all precautions possible to ensure that the health of its organizers and attendees will be kept top of mind, including the institution of COVID-safe protocols and enhancement of outdoor spaces to allow for social distancing. The Foo Foo Fest team will continue to monitor developments surrounding COVID-19 leading up to November’s events and will fully cooperate with any instructions heeded for Escambia County by local and state officials and the CDC.

 

2021 Foo Foo Fest committee members include David Bear, Founder of Foo Foo Fest and Vice President of The Lewis Bear Company; Maria Goldberg, Foo Foo Fest Chair and Director of Marketing, Public Relations and Events for Great Southern Restaurants; Nicole Stacey, Foo Foo Fest Curator and Director of Communications and Marketing for Visit Pensacola; Jane Birdwell, CEO of the Birdwell Agency; Michelle Ortiz-Miguez, Marketing Manager, Zarzaur Law, PA; and Warren Sonnen, Manager of O’Riley’s Irish Pub; and Therese Felth McKenzie, Trial Attorney at McKenzie Law Firm; and Therese Felth McKenzie, Trial Attorney at McKenzie Law Firm.

 

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Foo Foo Fest looks forward to the opportunity to welcome new and returning festival attendees to its seventh annual beloved arts & culture event November 4-15 and to showing support for the Pensacola community during these challenging times.  

To watch the January 29, 2021 virtual kickoff event and to download other assets from the kick-off meeting, visit the Foo Foo Fest news page. For more information on the 2021 Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, visit FooFooFest.com or follow Foo Foo Festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

ABOUT FOO FOO FESTIVAL
For more information on the 2021 Pensacola Foo Foo Festival, visit FooFooFest.com or follow Foo Foo Festival on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

ABOUT ART, CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, INC. (ACE)
ACE is a nonprofit organization that receives Federal, State of Florida, Escambia County, City of Pensacola, corporate, foundation, and personal funds. ACE disperses these funds through an equitable granting process to nonprofit arts, culture, and entertainment organizations throughout Escambia County, Fla., and promotes Escambia County as an art and cultural destination through the annual Foo Foo Festival and other marketing efforts. For more information about ACE, visit www.acepensacola.org.

 

COVID-19 STATEMENT

The health and safety of the Pensacola Foo Foo Fest’s attendees, staff, vendors, and participants are of the utmost importance to the Foo Foo Fest team. As Foo Foo Fest organizers work to finalize the plans and event layout for this November’s festivities, the team is taking all precautions possible to ensure that the health of its festival-goers will be kept top of mind, including the institution of COVID-safe protocols and enhancement of outdoor spaces to allow for social distancing. The Foo Foo Fest team will continue to monitor developments surrounding COVID-19 leading up to November’s events and will fully cooperate with any instructions heeded for Escambia County by local and state officials and the CDC.

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