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Frosty drinks, hot music, fire-breathing burlesque ... it must be Bushwacker Fest

11:20 PM, Aug. 2, 2012

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Bag of Donuts will rock the Capt'n Fun Beach Club main stage Saturday night. / Jody Link/GoPensacola.com

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Celebrate Pensacola Beach's signature drink, the bushwacker, at this weekend's Bushwacker and Music Festival at Capt'n Fun Beach Club. / News Journal file

Schedule

Today

• 4 p.m.: Doors open.
• 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.: Video DJ Tony C on the main stage between acts.
• 10 p.m.: Kristy Lee on the Main Stage.
• 10 p.m.: DJ D-MIXX in the Sky Bar.
• Midnight: The Fuel Girls on the main stage.
Saturday

• 8 a.m.: Doors open.
• 8:30 a.m.: Bushwacker 5K Party with Mass Kunfuzion.
• 6 to 10 p.m.: Rumor Mill on the Main Stage.
• 10 p.m.: DJ Tony C in the Sky Bar.
• 11 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.: Bag of Donuts on the Main Stage.
• Midnight: The Fuel Girls on the Main Stage.
Sunday

• 11 a.m.: Doors open.
• Noon: Band TBA on the Main Stage.

Capt’n Fun Bushwacker 5K

7:30 a.m. Saturday. The Capt’n Fun Runners’ annual 5K benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Florida. The race follows a 3.1-mile course that begins at the South Santa Rosa Recreation Center in Gulf Breeze and ends at the Pensacola Beach Visitors Information Center. Free bus rides from Pensacola Beach to the starting line will run from 6 to 7 a.m. on race day. The post-race party is from 8 to 11 a.m. at Capt’n Fun Beach Club on Portofino Boardwalk. Registration: $25. Register online at www.active.com. Packet pickup and late registration is from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Capt’n Fun Beach Club and from 6 to 7 a.m. Saturday at the Hooters/Bamboo Willie’s dock on Portofino Boardwalk. Johnny Graves, 939-8073.

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Kristy Lee performs tonight at Bushwacker Fest. / Jimmy Nguyen/GoPensacola.com

Get set for red-hot live music, fire-breathing hotties and ice-cold bushwackers at the 26th annual Bushwacker & Music Festival, presented by Capt’n Fun Beach Club.

Entertainment includes a wide variety of national, regional and local acts providing music throughout the weekend, including soulful singer/songwriter Kristy Lee and regional party-band favorites Bag of Donuts.

And the famous Fuel Girls will perform the fire-breathing burlesque shows tonight and Saturday night.

And of course, the reason for the celebration is Pensacola Beach’s favorite frozen concoction, the delicious, creamy bushwacker. Capt’n Fun will serve up the sweet grown-up treats for $3.50 all weekend long.

And on Saturday morning, the annual Capt’n Fun Bushwacker 5K will benefit Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Northwest Florida.

Entry to the boardwalk is free. Entry to the club is limited to ages 18 and older. Friday’s cover charge is $10 for ages 18 to $20 and $5 for ages 21 and older, with free entry for ages 21 and older before 9 p.m. Saturday’s cover charge is $20 for ages 18 to 20 and $10 for ages 21 and older, with free entry for ages 21 and older before 9 p.m. There is no cover charge on Sunday. Capt’n Fun Beach Club, 400 Quietwater Beach Road, Pensacola Beach. 934-3978.