## 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)
History of Pensacola Winterfest
Trolley tours were sponsored by the Downtown Improvement Board, Escambia County Area Transit, and the Community Redevelopment Agency from 1998 - 2001. The Pensacola Historic District Property Owners (PHD) joined in to assist as tour guides. Neighbors constructed elaborate displays, including a Living Nativity. Santa and Mrs. Claus was the only interactive stop until the series ended in 2001. In 2002 the Grinch became the second stop at Brown, Thornton and Pacenta on Tarragona Street.
In 2004 Winterfest of Pensacola, Inc.
was formed to coordinate the event. Over 60 businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations stepped forward to sponsor the 2009 event, and hundreds of volunteers pitched in. There were 18 performance stops along the original route. Winterfest now also operates a charter transportation service and a downtown parking program for other community organizations and events. In 2009, Winterfest raised over $15,000 in direct support for other community groups and provided services worth thousands more.
