Bay Arts

08/27/2026

🏆 WE WON BEST OF FLORIDA 2026!!! 🏆

We are excited and honored to announce that Center for the Arts has won Best of Florida Regional winner in the Art Galleries category.

To every artist who has shared their work with us, every visitor who has walked through our galleries, every volunteer, partner, and supporter who has helped bring our programming and exhibitions to life: Thank you.

And a special thank you to everyone who took the time to vote. Your support as champions of the arts keeps us going and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for the arts in our community.

08/21/2026

We’re still beaming with excitement from our concept preview for this year’s Fright Nights: Dreamwalkers!

We had a gallery full of Halloween enthusiasts, creators, actors, and people just excited to start transforming the Panama City Center for the Arts into a spectacular immersive haunted experience for the community.

Here’s to another season of screams! Fright Nights returns this October.

More info and get involved:
FrightNightsPanamaCity.com

📸: Tyrell Robinson

Jayson Kretzer

08/20/2026

SET BUILDERS WANTED!

We’re looking for serious builders who aren’t afraid of hard work, tight deadlines, power tools, or the occasional questionable noise coming from the walls, to create the biggest immersive haunted experience in Historic Downtown Panama City.

You’ll be building the nightmares people pay to walk through—walls, facades, creepy details, terrifying environments, and whatever else the haunt throws at you.

You should be:
• Skilled with tools and basic construction
• Reliable and ready to work
• Comfortable getting dirty
• Able to solve problems fast

If you’re serious about building, creating, and helping bring a haunted vision to life, then fill out this form and we'll be in touch:
https://forms.gle/JVDGbvPipvTcmeXJ7

08/14/2026

Thank you everyone for coming together to bring another year of Fright Nights to life!

It takes more than just an idea; it takes a community. We have such an amazing and talented arts community that can bring stories to life through their characters. We have Set builders who will transform the Panama City Center for the Arts and pull us into another world. We have others that are just ready to roll up their sleeves and lend a hand wherever it’s needed.

Whatever role you play, we’re so glad you’re here.

Let the dream begin!

08/11/2026

2 days until Fright Nights: Dreamwalkers - CONCEPT PREVIEW.

The dream begins August 13, 5pm at the Panama City Center for the Arts. Let us know you want to be involved by filling out this form:
https://forms.gle/yJGJWjy6uqq69WMV7

08/05/2026

See you at the Center this Friday!

This Friday is your chance to step inside the world of comics and cartoons, discover Battle Bulbs and Arachnotubes, experience the serenity and strength of the gulf, and see how "trash" is transformed into treasure as we open four exciting new exhibitions.

Main Gallery:
Pen, Paint, POP! Comics & Cartoon Exhibit

Miller Gallery:
Battle Bulbs & Other Stuff That Eric Loves

Higby Gallery:
Eco-Couture in the Immersive Higby Gallery

Spotlight Gallery:
Seashell Art by Jerry Cole

Join us for our opening reception Friday, August 7 from 5-7pm. Meet the artists and enjoy an evening appreciating local artwork!

07/31/2026

CALL FOR ARTISAN VENDORS!!!

We're looking for artisans with unique handcrafted goods to fill our Night Market in Historic Downtown Panama City this October during .

More information and application here: https://forms.gle/JjBYvJpL22k8Fo5K6

Follow Fright Nights Panama City for more updates on this year's experience!