Where to Watch Football in Destin, FL: 2026 Sports Bars & Watch Parties

This weekend's college football and NFL games in Destin time, the bars where your team's fans gather, and the questions to ask before you walk in, because a big TV wall doesn't guarantee your game is on it.

Updated Monday, October 5, 2026. The schedule is refreshed every week of the season.

• This weekend's games
• Team watch parties
• Destin sports bars
• Miramar Beach
• NFL Sunday Ticket
• Big games of 2026
• FAQ

College Football and NFL Games This Weekend in Destin (Central Time)

Destin and Miramar Beach are on Central Time. Most national TV listings use Eastern, so the times below are already adjusted. A game listed at 3:30pm on ESPN.com kicks off at 2:30pm here.

Where to Watch Your Team in Destin: College Football Watch Parties

Many schools' alumni clubs host watch parties on the Emerald Coast, and anyone wearing the right colors is welcome. Some of these are confirmed by the club itself; others are where fans say they go. The labels tell you which.

Don't see your team, or know where Tennessee, Arkansas or Mississippi State fans gather? Send us the spot and we'll add it.

Best Sports Bars in Destin to Watch Football

These put multiple games on at once, so everyone in your group can follow their team. Each one comes with a game-day order, so you're not reading a menu during the kickoff.

Tailfins Waterfront Grill

172 Harbor Blvd, Destin Harbor

• More than 70 TVs plus a jumbo video wall across three waterfront levels — they've claimed close to 100 screens in their own posts. Every other game runs on the TVs around the big one.
• They have NFL Sunday Ticket, listed on their own game-day materials alongside college football and game-day specials.
• They pitch themselves as Destin's SEC headquarters. Alabama, Georgia, Florida, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee and Ole Miss all get played here, so expect a mix of colors rather than one fan base.
• Breakfast 8 to 11am, seven days a week, with bottomless mimosas — the move for an 11am kickoff.
• Free parking for customers through mid-May, except during special events.
• The easiest place for a group where only half of you care about football.

Game-day order: Saturday breakfast from 8am with bottomless mimosas, then stay put for the 11am kickoff and work into the waterfront bites and craft cocktails as the day goes.

O'Quigley's Seafood Steamer & Oyster Sports Bar

34940 Emerald Coast Pkwy #101

• 64 TVs, including four 16-foot HD projection screens, plus TVs in every booth.
• 24 beers on tap.
• Hosts Clemson watch parties and posts the week's game times on Facebook.
• Game room with pool tables and arcade games for halftime.

Game-day order: a bowl of their award-winning gumbo and a round of oysters, and work your way through the 24 taps.

Harry T's Lighthouse

46 Harbor Blvd, HarborWalk Village

• 20+ big screens with harbor views.
• The watch-party bar. Home of the Emerald Coast Gator Club, which publishes a full season game-watch schedule here, plus Sooners, Seminoles and UCF Knights parties. Expect a different set of colors every weekend.
• They validate your parking. HarborWalk Village parking is paid, and Harry T's covers the fee for customers — the only bar on this page that does.
• They've shown ESPN+ games for the UCF watch parties, so streaming-only games are covered.
• They post each week's watch parties on Facebook, and open early for 11am kickoffs.

Game-day order: the new fall menu runs to a $24.95 Gulf flounder you pick the preparation for — Hemingway, Piccata, Acadian or Pontchartrain. For a game, go simpler: 10 jumbo breaded wings for $20 with a choice of sauce, the Certified Angus cheeseburger at $18, or Dave's Dogs, two all-beef hot dogs with chili and cheese, at $17.

The Gulf Club Restaurant & Sports Pub

960 US-98 E, Suite 112, Sunsations Plaza, Destin

• 40 TVs, 27 beers on tap and stadium seating, with football memorabilia on the walls.
• Game specials start 30 minutes before every kickoff, college or NFL: 99¢ wings, $22 game platters, $18 coolers of bottled beer and $5 select drafts.
• You can reserve a table or the stadium seats online at thegulfclubdestin.com — worth doing for a big Saturday.
• Their "1st & 10 Happy Hour" runs 2 to 6pm seven days a week, with food and drinks under $10 — it overlaps most afternoon kickoffs.
• One of Destin's newer sports pubs, and a spot Saints fans like.

Game-day order: 99¢ wings and a $22 game platter for the table once the game specials start. During the 1st & 10 Happy Hour, everything is under $10: crawfish bread $8, queso mac and cheese balls $6, meatballs or poutine $7, and $5 for a 16oz draft, a well drink or a house wine.

CJ's Hangout

385 Harbor Blvd, across from the harbor

• The local one. In their own words, a full-service, family-friendly sports bar that caters to locals — 22 TVs in a room where the staff learns your name.
• Game-night specials: domestic beer buckets $12.95, Nathan's hot dogs $5, boiled peanuts $5.
• Pizzas, wings, salads and subs.
• Music bingo and open mic comedy on non-game nights.

Game-day order: a domestic beer bucket for the table at $12.95, a Nathan's hot dog and a $5 bucket of boiled peanuts. Cheapest full game-day setup on this page.

AJ's Seafood & Oyster Bar

116 Harbor Blvd, Destin Harbor

• The jumbotron. A stadium-sized outdoor screen on the harbor deck — the closest thing in Destin to watching a game in the stands, and the reason big fan bases pick AJ's.
• They have NFL Sunday Ticket. Their own game-day flyers list it alongside College GameDay and beer specials.
• They post the weekend's jumbotron lineup on Facebook, usually three games deep on a Saturday.
• Live music on three stages most nights, so the group that doesn't care about football still has something to do.
• Happy hour 3 to 6pm Monday to Friday.

Game-day order: during happy hour, a dozen raw oysters is $15, a 24oz draft is $5.50, and house wines and a Crown & Down are $5 each. The Bimini Bash cocktail is $7.

Sports Bars in Miramar Beach and Sandestin

Staying east of Destin? These are 10 to 15 minutes from the harbor and a lot easier to park at on a busy Saturday.

Platinum Partner

Auston's on 98

125 Poinciana Blvd, Miramar Beach · (850) 842-3200
⭐ 4.5 Google (1,057 reviews) · 4.2 TripAdvisor · 94% recommend on Facebook

• College football all day Saturday, NFL all day Sunday, plus Thursday and Monday night games.
• The biggest crowd gets the sound. Whichever team's fans fill the room hears their game, so bring your people.
• They have NFL Sunday Ticket, so out-of-market games are covered. This is the one to ask about if your team isn't local.
• Every streaming service the leagues use: Netflix, Prime Video, Peacock, ESPN+, SEC Network+ and ACC Network — including the SEC Network+ games most bars can't show.
• They won't cut your game off. In the owner's words, if people are in there watching a game, they'll always let them finish it.
• 37 TVs and 32 beers on draft along the 102-foot bar.
• Happy hour 3 to 5pm Monday to Friday — $1.50 off all bar drinks — which covers most of a 2:30pm kickoff.
• Trivia Thursdays at 5:30, before the night game.

Game-day order: the owner's own picks — the Maine lobster roll, the Asian chicken salad, the fish of the day and the wings. On Monday and Thursday game nights, get there for Buck-a-Shuck Hour, Monday to Friday 3 to 4pm: $6 for a half dozen raw oysters or $12 for a dozen.

Posted hours: 11am to 9pm Sunday to Thursday, 11am to 10pm Friday and Saturday — but they'll let you finish a game that's already on.

Sandlot Sports Bar

60 Seascape Dr, Miramar Beach

• The biggest indoor screen in town, by their own claim — a 22-foot LED wall in a two-level room, with a row of screens on the mezzanine above it. The big game goes on the wall and everything else runs around it.
• They show the streaming games. When the 49ers and Rams landed on Netflix, Sandlot posted that they'd have it on the big screen — worth knowing, since not every bar can.
• College football, NFL, Thursday nights, Saturdays, Sundays and Monday nights.
• Live entertainment on the outdoor patio.
• Happy hour from 2 to 5pm daily.

Game-day order: get there during the 2 to 5 happy hour for the afternoon kickoffs and claim a seat facing the wall before the night game fills the room.

Platinum Partner

Roberto's Pizzeria Sports Bar & Grill

The Village of Baytowne Wharf, Sandestin

• A full Italian sports bar, open 11am until late, seven days a week.
• Happy hour 2 to 5pm daily.

Game-day order: a pizza and wings for the table during happy hour.

NFL Sunday Ticket Bars in Destin: What Changed in 2026

If your NFL team isn't from around here, this section matters. NFL Sunday Ticket is the package that shows out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, which is how a Bears or Packers fan watches their team in a Florida bar.

For 2026 the way bars get it changed. DirecTV for Business's Sunday Ticket deal expired on February 26, 2026, and EverPass is now the only licensed way for bars and restaurants to show it, by streaming. A bar that had Sunday Ticket through DirecTV last season only has it now if it signed up with EverPass.

Sunday Ticket doesn't include games already on your local CBS or FOX station, or national games like Sunday Night Football. Home subscriptions such as Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV aren't licensed for use in a bar.

Biggest College Football Games of 2026 to Watch in Destin

These are the Saturdays when the harbor bars fill up early. Times are Central and subject to change.

The first three are this Saturday. South Carolina at Florida brings Gator fans to Harry T's at 11:45, Texas and Oklahoma meet in the Red River Rivalry at 2:30, and Georgia at Alabama closes the night at 6:30 on ABC. That last one will fill every bar on this page, so get there before kickoff if you want a seat near a screen.

Where to Watch Football in Destin: FAQ

Schedules: FBSchedules weekly TV selections and NFLschedules.com; times converted to Central and subject to change. Sunday Ticket: EverPass. Watch parties: the University of Alabama National Alumni Association, Auburn Alumni Association, Emerald Coast Gator Club, UGA Alumni Association, FSU Alumni Association and LSU Alumni Association. Bar details: each bar's own site or social pages and the Destin Area Chamber of Commerce. Fan-favorite spots are reported by fans; call ahead to confirm.