Come down to the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park and Campground in Live Oak on November 25-26th for the Old Tyme Farm Days and Swap Meet! This is a celebration of 19th-century American rural life centered around Thanksgiving. There will be exhibitions on syrup making, cane grinding, and blacksmithing. Kids will have an opportunity to get hands-on lessons at the Kid’s Music Camp Expo; there will be guitars, fiddles, banjos, harmonicas, ukuleles, drums, and vocal instructors available. The event will also feature sled pulls, a tractor and historic engine show, a swap meet, and craft vendors. Admission is $10/per vehicle. Visit the official website HERE to learn more or see a schedule.
Category: Arts & Crafts
Yankeetown Arts, Crafts, & Seafood Festival
The annual Yankeetown Arts, Crafts, & Seafood Festival is happening on November 19-20th. The festival is designed to celebrate the fishing heritage of the coastal Yankeetown community. The festival has been organized and run by the Inglis Yankeetown Lions Club for 41 years! There will be music provided by Blackwater Restaurant and the Lions Club featuring local talent at the Main Stage and Acoustic Stage.
Known as a festival “where art meets nature,” it will feature seafood eats, music, and arts & crafts vendors. The festival would like to congratulate Emily Soper for her winning submission in the first Yankeetown Seafood Festival Poster competition! Learn more about the musical lineup, vendors, and event at the official website here.
Right Whale Festival
Today is the last day of the Right Whale Festival in Fernandina Beach. Come down to Main Beach Park (32 N. Fletcher Ave) from 10am to 3pm to participate in this annual festival. Right Whale is part of a regional effort to educate the public on the endangered North Atlantic right whales. They give birth and nurse their young in the warmer waters offered by the coast of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. Sadly, there are fewer than 350 right whales remaining. The festival advocates for and educates on the protection of the species from extinction. There will be whale-themed activities, marine exhibits, live music, arts and craft vendors, kids’ activities, a beach clean-up, food, and more! The event is FREE for all ages. Learn more by visiting the official festival website here.
Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival
The Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival is coming to Pensacola. From today until November 6th, there will be a free art show featuring over 200 artisans and craftsmen taking place in Seville Square. The event will also feature live music as well as a Children’s Art Festival. The Children’s Festival includes hands-on art activities and a Student Art Show. It will run on Saturday and Sunday from 10am – 4pm. The Arts Festival will be open from 9am – 5pm today and tomorrow; on Sunday it will run from 9am – 4pm. Learn more by visiting the official event website.
Foo Foo Festival’s Bubble Alley
Today was the first day of the Foo Foo Festival’s Bubble Alley. Bubble Alley is a free public art exhibit that will be on display from November 3-14. The display features thousands of reusable vinyl bubbles suspended above Intendencia Street. Bubble Alley is brought to the public by the Friends of Downtown Pensacola. The exhibit will be walkable from the downtown shops, bars, galleries, and restaurants. Learn more by visiting the official event website.
Freeport Bayfest
The 8th annual Freeport Bayfest is coming soon! On November 6th from 10am-6pm, the family-friendly festival will be taking place at Hammock Trl E in Freeport. Admission to the event is FREE but as there will be a number of vendors, festival-goers should come prepared with cash and card. Bayfest will also feature live entertainment, a cooking contest, jeep show, children’s art contest, pony rides, mullet toss, corn hole, and more! The event will begin at 10am with a Ribbon Cutting by Miss Freeport Queens. The cook-off will begin at 11am. The mullet toss will take place at 3pm.
Visit the official Freeport Bayfest website HERE to learn more.
Chautauqua Winery’s Harvest Festival
The Chautauqua Winery’s Harvest Festival is coming to DeFuniak Springs this Saturday, October 15th. Admission is free to this family-friendly event. The festival will run from 9am-5pm. There will be arts & crafts, live entertainment, and a complimentary wine tasting. The wine tasting features the entirety of the Winery’s collection as well as non-alcoholic muscadine juices for those who can’t or don’t drink. Wine will also be available for purchase by the case, bottle, or glass. Participants are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets to set out and enjoy the music. Learn more by visiting the event website HERE.
Beyond Van Gogh
The Immersive Art Space in Jacksonville is hosting a temporary Beyond Van Gogh experience until November 27th. The exhibit offers visitors a chance to immerse themselves in the work of Van Gogh. Over 300 works of art are projected in more than 4 trillion pixels over 30,000 square feet of exhibit space from the floors to the ceilings. The projections are not simple renderings but flexible and living; they morph in conjunction with a soundtrack available on Spotify. The exhibit also shows a half-hour film that traces Van Gogh’s life through his paintings.
Tickets must be purchased in advance on the event website (HERE) as ticket prices are affected by peak time, ticket packages, and more.
Pensacola Seafood Festival
The Pensacola Seafood Festival is coming soon to Pensacola! It will be held in Downtown Pensacola at the Historic Seville Square, as well as adjacent Fountain Park and Bartram Park. The festival will start on run Friday, September 23rd (11am – 11pm) and will continue through Saturday (10am – 11pm) and Sunday (11am – 5pm).
There will be a plethora of food vendors preparing seafood; come enjoy Crawfish Mac’n’Cheese, Alligator, Conch Fritters, Coconut Shrimp, and more! Additionally, the festival will feature a live music lineup including The Molly Ringwalds, Tenille Townes, Goldmine, and more. There will even be a Children’s Area located in Bartram Park with face painting, crafts, and more.
While the event itself is FREE to the public, please note that arts&crafts vendors as well as most food vendors will be charging. Visit the Pensacola Seafood Festival website here for detailed itineraries and more.
Special Asian Art Exhibit
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville is hosting a special exhibit displaying the diversity of Asian Art. Buddha and Shive, Lotus and Dragon is the culmination of John D. Rockefeller III’s collection. The collection features 67 masterpieces including sculptures, bronzes, and ceramics. The art spans the late 6th century BCE to the early 19th century; they come from Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam. The collection is on loan from New York until September 18th. Learn more or buy tickets at the Museum website here.