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The spring break capital, five weeks, five clubs, 27 miles of white sand. Where to go, where to sleep, what it costs, and the card that gets you into all of it. Thirty years of running PCB, written down.
Voted the number one domestic spring break destination year after year. Twenty-seven miles of sugar-white sand, the biggest clubs on the Gulf, and prices a college budget can survive.
Panama City Beach is the original. Foam parties, paint parties, day clubs on the sand and five venues that run all night, all season. It's 18+, it's driveable from most of the South and Midwest, and it's the cheapest of the three Maniac cities by a wide margin. If you want the spring break you've seen in the videos, this is where the videos were shot.
Every club on this list is on the Maniac card. The cover shown is what everyone else pays at the door.
The epicenter of spring break for decades. Beach club by day with the biggest day party in town and drink specials, night club after dark with the biggest foam and paint parties on the beach and the headline concerts. Serves food, so the party doesn't stop for dinner. This is also where you pick up your card.
The theme-party house. Lit Up glow parties on Wednesdays, Mardi After Dark on Tuesdays, a massive video wall and nightly DJs. Good drink prices and a brunch buffet in the morning to fix the night before.
The biggest tiki bar party on the beach, on a massive deck over the Gulf. Free drinks 7 to 10pm on every card, every night, which makes it the start of the night for everyone. Come early; the deck fills up.
The late-night room. Big dance floor, big sound, and the place the night ends up after Harpoon Harry's. Tuesdays surprise people.
You know the movie. Bar-top dancing, loud, and a good middle stop between Tiki and the clubs. On the card.
Maniac runs the PCB calendar: Harpoon Harry's day club daily, foam and paint parties, Lit Up and Mardi After Dark at Longboards, Beach Bash, and the concert lineup that drops in January.
See PCB eventsFive weeks of events, February 27 through April 2. Foam parties and paint parties at Harpoon Harry's, glow parties on Wednesdays and Mardi Gras on Tuesdays at Longboards, the Happy Dad Beach Bash on the sand, and headline concerts on peak weeks.
A single event ticket runs $30 to $60 at the door. The Maniac VIP card covers every club all night and select events for seven days; the Black card covers every event, every show, free drinks and three meals a day. If you're going to more than two things, the card is cheaper than the tickets.
DJ DIESEL, Carnage, Diplo, Aoki, Pauly D, and more headlined Harpoon Harry's in March, free with VIP and Black. The 2027 lineup is announced in January.
Some PCB hotels and Airbnbs require guests to be 21+, or have noise rules that end with a group on the sidewalk on night one. Book somewhere that expects spring break. Five days and six nights through StudentEscape runs about $349 per person, four to a room, with the card bundled.
Front Beach Road runs the whole 27 miles. West end to east end is not a walk, whatever the map says.
Per person, for a week, split four to a room. PCB is the budget pick, and the card is where most of the saving comes from.
An hour apart on the same coast. Here's the straight comparison for a spring break week.
Rooms and party packages get more expensive the closer March gets, and peak weeks sell out. Here's the order.
The questions we answer every day in March. Still stuck? Text us.
Contact usPanama City Beach runs five weeks, February 27 through April 2, 2027. The busiest weeks are March 7 to 21, when most Southeast, Midwest and Northeast schools break. Check your school on our spring break dates post.
Yes. Every venue on the Maniac card in Panama City Beach is 18+ with a valid ID. Fort Lauderdale is the 21+ option.
Plan on $800 to $1,200 per person for the week if you drive and split a room four ways, which is most people. A hotel package through StudentEscape is about $349 per person for five days and six nights. The Maniac card saves $300 or more in cover alone.
Harpoon Harry's is the crown jewel, day club and night club, foam and paint parties and the concerts. Longboards for theme nights, Tiki Bar for the free-drink pregame on the Gulf, Hammerhead Fred's for late night, Coyote Ugly for the in-between. All five are on the Maniac card.
No. Drinking on the beach is not allowed in Panama City Beach, and police presence is heavy on weekends in March. Keep it in the clubs and on the decks; Tiki Bar's deck is on the Gulf and has free drinks 7 to 10pm on every card.
On the west end of Front Beach Road near Harpoon Harry's, at a hotel that welcomes college groups; some require guests to be 21+. StudentEscape blocks rooms at spring-break-friendly hotels with the Maniac card bundled, about $349 per person for the week.
Free entry to Harpoon Harry's, Longboards, Tiki Bar, Hammerhead Fred's and Coyote Ugly for seven days, free drinks at Tiki 7 to 10pm nightly on every card, plus concerts and events with VIP and Black. Cards start at $60 with $20 down. Pickup is at Harpoon Harry's.