Downtown Jacksonville: Featured Events /calendar/category/featured/ en-us Sensei v3 info@downtownjacksonville.org info@downtownjacksonville.org Africa's Living Arts: Feb 8, 2009 - Sep 30, 2009 http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2211/?src=rss Textiles: Silent Oratory The ancient "writing" of Africa is contained in its oral tradition, it's unique lifestyle of combining the spiritual with the mundane, and its extensive arts. Textile arts, like raffia fiber cloth, bark cloth, earth dyed... Dino-Roar: Jun 11, 2009 - Sep 20, 2009 http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3663/?src=rss Dinosaurs may have disappeared for millions of years, but MOSH’s most popular prehistoric pals have returned. Prehistoric times come to life as you hear them roar and watch them move. But don’t get too close, these guys are hungry! Exhibit is inclu... Pool Splash Parties: Jul 2, 2009 (5:00pm - 8:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3864/?src=rss Make A Scene Downtown POOL SPLASH PARTIES are back! We invite you to sit back and relax next to the pool! Enjoy drink specials, food, giveaways and live entertainment! Omni Jacksonville Hotel features Pool Splash Parties on the Rooftop Pool Deck. Live ent... Freedom, Fanfare and Fireworks: Jul 3, 2009 - Jul 5, 2009 (5:00pm - 8:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3655/?src=rss Go Fourth & Rock! at these great events during Freedom, Fanfare and Fireworks: Ice Skating & Family Activities Noon - 9 p.m. Veterans Memorial Arena Including arts & crafts, face painting, strolling entertainment, and interactive games. Ice... The Angel Garcia Quartet: Jul 3, 2009 (8:00pm - 10:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3908/?src=rss Live music featuring Ben Minegar, Billy Thornton and Stefano Di Bella. $10 cover charge. ... Riverside Arts Market: Jul 4, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3319/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... It's All About You: A Celebration of Youth : Jul 6, 2009 (1:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3856/?src=rss Join Archie Talley, former NBA player, Harlem Globetrotter and nationally recognized motivational speaker as he shares with young people his message about their importance and value to help in building their self-esteem. Café Nola will offer family frien... Riverside Arts Market: Jul 11, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3320/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Pool Splash Parties: Jul 16, 2009 (5:00pm - 8:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3884/?src=rss Make A Scene Downtown POOL SPLASH PARTIES are back! We invite you to sit back and relax next to the pool! Enjoy drink specials, food, giveaways and live entertainment! Hyatt Regency Jacksonville features Pool Splash Parties on the Riverfront Deck. Live en... Vestcor 5K Bridges Run: Jul 18, 2009 (7:30pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3647/?src=rss Vestcor Companies is hosting its 14th annual 5k Bridges Run to benefit local nonprofit organizations July 18, 2009 in downtown Jacksonville. Beginning at 7:30 p.m., the course will take runners across the Main Street and Acosta bridges. Following the ra... Riverside Arts Market: Jul 18, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3321/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Rascal Flatts: Jul 23, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3616/?src=rss American Living Unstoppable Tour 2009, brings Rascal Flatts to Downtown with special guest Darius Rucker. ... Mission Main Street: Jul 23, 2009 (2:00pm - 5:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3835/?src=rss Come join us for a time of fun and fellowship as we minister to Main Street. Different Jacksonville churches will be setting up booths in front of businesses from the Main Street Bridge to the Trout River Bridge. We will have inflatable games, food, and... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Jul 23, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3408/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: A Place in the Sun - Based on a real-life tragedy, an ambitious young man takes a menial job in h... Riverside Arts Market: Jul 25, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3322/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Show Your Stuff Night - Northeast Florida Sculptors Group : Jul 30, 2009 (6:30pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3857/?src=rss Join David Engdahl, David Ponsler and Enzo Torcoletti and other members of the Northeast Florida Sculptors Group for the second open forum and discussion of the state of 3D art in Northeast Florida. NEFSG members are invited to show and discuss 4 images o... Pool Splash Parties: Jul 30, 2009 (5:00pm - 8:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3885/?src=rss Make A Scene Downtown POOL SPLASH PARTIES are back! We invite you to sit back and relax next to the pool! Enjoy drink specials, food, giveaways and live entertainment! Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront features Pool Splash Parties on the Riverfront Poo... Drawdown: The MOCA Drawing Marathon: Jul 31, 2009 - Aug 2, 2009 (5:00pm - 8:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3789/?src=rss Eight hours. Paper. Graphite. Creativity. Stamina. It’s a drawing throwdown for the last artist standing. Here’s the deal. Come to MOCA’s Education Center studios in the dark of night on Friday. Draw. Draw. Draw. Leave your best stuff at sunrise. Go... Summertime in the City 2009: Jul 31, 2009 (9:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3865/?src=rss The Hip Hop event of the year is back! Featuring EDAN- w- Dahga. Edan is known for his unique/unlikely take on hip hop culture, where traditional rap songs are often skewed by 60's rock samples, tape echoes, and foreign language choruses, not to mention t... Riverside Arts Market: Aug 1, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3323/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Summertime in the City 2009: Aug 1, 2009 (12:00pm - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3866/?src=rss The Hip Hop event of the year is back! The Main Ingredients Crew and Nufsed present: Summertime in the City B-Boy Battles for $500 cash. Hosted by Kenski with DJ Basic on the 1’s and 2’s. 2 on 2 crew battles for cash and prize package.... Dora the Explorer Live: Aug 4, 2009 - Aug 5, 2009 (12:00pm - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3883/?src=rss Come on! ¡Vámonos! Nickelodeon's Dora the Explorer returns to the stage in DORA THE EXPLORER LIVE! Everyone's favorite Latina heroine stars in her own live adventure in "Search for the City of Lost Toys." Dora, along with Boots, Swiper and all... First Wednesday Art Walk: Aug 5, 2009 (5:00pm - 9:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2063/?src=rss Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses on the first Wednesday of every month, rain or shine. Choose your own route, or begin at Headquarters at 100 N. Laura St. Click ... Kenny Chesney: Aug 7, 2009 (7:30pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2980/?src=rss Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival is joined by two firebursts, Miranda Lambert and Lady Antebellum. As the staging is getting built, the scrims screened and the video shot and edited, Kenny Chesney is gearing up for his Sun City Carnival 2009 Tour. Follow... Riverside Arts Market: Aug 8, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3324/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Aug 13, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3409/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Jailhouse Rock - Elvis stars as a convict who learns to play the guitar and sing in prison. After... Riverside Arts Market: Aug 15, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3325/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Dog Days of Summer: Aug 15, 2009 (10:00am ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3679/?src=rss Celebrate man’s best friend Saturday, August 15. MOSH will be hosting “Dog Days of Summer,” its annual salute to the four-legged friends of Florida’s First Coast. The doggie invasion will be from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Guests will mingle with ... Riverside Arts Market: Aug 22, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3326/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Aug 27, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3410/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Lover Come Back - In this most successful of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson pairings, a cynical male a... Riverside Arts Market: Aug 29, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3327/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... First Wednesday Art Walk: Sep 2, 2009 (5:00pm - 9:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2064/?src=rss Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses on the first Wednesday of every month, rain or shine. Choose your own route, or begin at Headquarters at 100 N. Laura St. Click ... Riverside Arts Market: Sep 5, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3328/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Sep 10, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3411/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: From Here to Eternity - In this intense, simmering drama, young men and women who will become The ... Riverside Arts Market: Sep 12, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3329/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Riverside Arts Market: Sep 19, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3330/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... First Coast Car Council 23rd Annual Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show: Sep 19, 2009 (9:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3464/?src=rss Featuring hundreds of cars, trucks and motorcycles. DJ, fun games, top 40 awards and prize drawings. Free admission. All proceeds to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Jacksonville.... Jazz Vespers: Sep 20, 2009 (5:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2638/?src=rss This is a unique service that takes the traditional evening prayer service and infuses it with modern and classic jazz music. ... Smokey Robinson: Sep 21, 2009 (8:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3809/?src=rss If you're looking for the all-time number one purveyor of mainstream romantic soul, Smokey Robinson may well be the man, in the face of some towering competition. With the Miracles in the 1960s, he paced dozens of tuneful Motown hits with his beautiful hi... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Sep 24, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3412/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Bullit - Frank Bullitt is the movies' first glamorous, rebellious sports-car-driving cop. When an... Wedding Crashers IV: Sep 25, 2009 (7:00pm - 11:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2718/?src=rss The 4th Annual Wedding Crashers Party is coming soon! The mock wedding and reception has become one of Jacksonville's biggest and craziest annual events! Your ticket to crash includes free Bud Light, Bacardi and wine all night, free food, Angie's Wedding... Riverside Arts Market: Sep 26, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3331/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Riverside Arts Market: Oct 3, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3332/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... 15th Annual Barbara Ann Campbell Memorial Breakfast: Oct 6, 2009 (7:30am - 9:00am) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3830/?src=rss Hubbard House, the domestic violence center serving Duval and Baker counties, will celebrate a milestone by hosting the 15th Annual Barbara Ann Campbell Memorial Breakfast. This annual event is held in honor of former Mayor Jake Godbold’s sister-in-law,... First Wednesday Art Walk: Oct 7, 2009 (5:00pm - 9:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2065/?src=rss Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses on the first Wednesday of every month, rain or shine. Choose your own route, or begin at Headquarters at 100 N. Laura St. Click ... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Oct 8, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3413/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: The Philadelphia Story - Wealthy, glamorous socialite Tracy Lord is preparing for her second wedd... Riverside Arts Market: Oct 10, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3333/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Riverside Arts Market: Oct 17, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3334/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Robin Williams: Oct 17, 2009 (8:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3618/?src=rss Robin Williams has rescheduled his performance to Downtown. The comedian will resume his “Weapons of Self-Destruction” comedy tour after postponing several dates in March to undergo heart surgery. Tickets purchased for the original show will be hono... Jazz Vespers: Oct 18, 2009 (5:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2639/?src=rss This is a unique service that takes the traditional evening prayer service and infuses it with modern and classic jazz music. ... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Oct 22, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3414/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Dracula - With an eerie, dark mountaintop castle, mysterious deaths, bloodlust, rats, flying bats... Riverside Arts Market: Oct 24, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3335/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Florida vs. Georgia Football Classic : Oct 28, 2009 - Oct 31, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3656/?src=rss A great time for Gators, Bulldogs and everyone else with a celebration that attracts more than 100,000 fans. Join us for a variety of fun activities surrounding the game including the Championship Dreams Festival (the home of interactive games and autogr... Riverside Arts Market: Oct 31, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3336/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... First Wednesday Art Walk: Nov 4, 2009 (5:00pm - 9:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2066/?src=rss Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses on the first Wednesday of every month, rain or shine. Choose your own route, or begin at Headquarters at 100 N. Laura St. Click ... Riverside Arts Market: Nov 7, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3337/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Veterans Day Parade: Nov 11, 2009 (11:00am ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3658/?src=rss Join the City of Jacksonville as we honor our veterans and show them that we are "Forever Grateful." This year's parade honors our veterans with military units, marching bands, decorative floats, giant balloons, JROTC units and much more! For fu... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Nov 12, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3415/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Chinatown - Set in the sleazy underside of 1930s Los Angeles, this moody noir classic follows pri... Riverside Arts Market: Nov 14, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3338/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Riverside Arts Market: Nov 21, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3339/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... Riverside Arts Market: Nov 28, 2009 (10:00am - 4:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3340/?src=rss Riverside Arts Market (RAM) introduces an amazing new arts and entertainment venue to Northeast Florida. Unprecedented in size and scope, RAM will provide a dependable marketplace for artists to sell their creations weekly, as well as providing a marvelou... 2009 Jacksonville Light Parade: Nov 28, 2009 (7:00pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3657/?src=rss Thanksgiving weekend wouldn't be complete without the Jacksonville Light Parade. Each year, boats of every shape and size are imaginatively adorned with decorations that captivate senses and stimulate imaginations. Seafarers and landlubbers of all ages ar... First Wednesday Art Walk: Dec 2, 2009 (5:00pm - 9:00pm) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/2067/?src=rss Art Walk is a free, self-guided tour of Downtown galleries and museums, as well as cultural venues, restaurants and businesses on the first Wednesday of every month, rain or shine. Choose your own route, or begin at Headquarters at 100 N. Laura St. Click ... Not Just for Baby Boomers Film Series: Dec 10, 2009 (5:45pm ) http://www.downtownjacksonville.org/calendar/detail/3416/?src=rss If you've only seen it on TV, you haven't really seen it. Enjoy free showings of Boomers' favorite films on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month. Featuring: Bell, Book, and Candle - It's Christmas Eve in New York, and a lovely but lonely young witch deci...