Beachy Keen

07/07/2018

Best therapy ever.

02/07/2018

Check out Barefoot Mardi Gras details in the following article from http://islandmoon.com
Laissez Le Bon Temps Roulet! Barefoot Mardi Gras Set for February 10 Kickoff Party Friday February 2 The Barefoot Mardi Gras Fat Friday kickoff party is set for Friday, February 2 at Briscoe King Pavilion at Padre Balli Park. It begins at 6 p.m. with live music. Then on Saturday, February 10 the Barefoot Mardi Gras Beach Parade and King & Queen’s Ball will he held. The events feature a colorful and unique beach parade followed by a festival of food, family fun, and music, and the ball in the evening.
The Barefoot Parade, which travels the beach on North Padre Island between Whitecap Blvd. and Nueces County Park Road near Access Road 5, is expected to have more than 60 floats. The Official Barefoot festivities kick off when the Parade begins at 11a.m.
The parade is free to attend. The parade will be followed by a festival at the Balli Park Pavilion, entry fee is $5 and features food trucks, kids’ activities, live music, awards, float displays, zany costumes, face painting, demonstrations, sand castle play area, The Kidz Fun Zone, crafts, and beer. It runs from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. and you’ll find happy hour prices for Lone Star beer, and live music this year from OTB.
Then at 7 p.m. the King & Queen's Ball kicks off at the Veranda Restaurant at Schlitterbahn and has ramped up the adult only night with a new Cajun menu and a shrimp boil with Rollin’ Tide Boil Company from 7 p.m. to midnight with dance music and New Orleans style blues from the band Splendiferous. Join in the fun by Sponsoring, Participating, Volunteering, and Attending!! Contact: [email protected], www.barefootmardigras.com.
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/barefoot. mardigras/. Register your Krewe to be in the parade or apply to be a vendor at the festival at http:// www.barefootmardigras.com/about/ . Email [email protected] for more information. Come early with all the friends and family for a great day at the beach on Padre Island near Bob Hall Pier.

Barefoot Mardi Gras is Feb 10:

01/16/2018

Goose Island State Park has reopened for day use only.

01/16/2018

Calling all fisherman. Low tide has been bringing in lots of sheephead to Packery Channel,

01/16/2018

Turtle nesting season coming up. Come join the university of Texas to help this Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle season. Training sessions are Feb 21st 8-4, March 14, 8-4:30, and March 17, 8-4:30 at the Padre Island National Seashore Visitor Center Education Center

01/08/2018

Barefoot Mardi Gras Parade in North Padre February 10, 2018 starting at 11:00 a.m.. Barefoot King and Queen Ball at the Veranda Restaurant will happen that night 7-12pm.

01/08/2018

Lots of activities coming up on the island. January 25 you can help in recovery of the museum and Farley Boat Works, while enjoying fabulous music. Join us at Third Coast to listen to Joe Ely, Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Terry Allen and more. Get tickets At portaransasmuseum.org/benefit-concert/

12/11/2017

It is beautiful here in December. For those needing a good warm up Coffee Waves is open again.

11/29/2017

The 43rd Annual La Posada Lighted Boat Parade will hit Island canals on Friday December 8 and Saturday
December 9.

The event collects toys for the Marines Toys for Tots program and in 2016 collected more than 7,000 toys and $18,000 for kids in the Coastal Bend.

11/29/2017

Watching the ships come in and out of the harbor makes dinner more than a meal. Virginia's On The Bay

11/29/2017

I love this aquarium at Virginia's On The Bay.

The Garlic Shrimp is divine!

05/01/2017

Just another beautiful day at Beachy Keen!