Jacksonville, mark your calendars for The CookOut! 📅🔥 United Way of Northeast Florida and James Weldon Johnson Park are teaming up to bring you a free, family-friendly festival that celebrates every neighborhood that makes our city special. April 18, the park transforms into a living map of Jacksonville filled with flavor, music and pride. Here’s […]
The Imagination Playground: Create & Connect, where James Weldon Johnson Park transforms into the coolest art school in Jacksonville! Local professional artists open their creative toolboxes to teach kids painting, sculpture, music, dance, theatre and more in hands-on workshops designed to spark imagination. With food trucks serving up tasty treats, live music filling the air, […]
Come out to James Weldon Johnson Park on Earth Day, April 22nd from 11am to 2pm to celebrate with our city's greenest organizations. Learn about the measures Lights out Northeast Florida is taking to help our migratory birds, find out if you're Recycling Right with Apple Rabbit Compost, Discover how the Bloom Lab is planting […]
Join us for a midday Poetry in the Park performance featuring Shay Marchanay, whose work explores personal experiences growing up, navigating change, and giving voice to topics often left unspoken, including childhood challenges and self-acceptance. Emceed by Chris Herring, this live poetry performance takes place from 12:00–1:00 PM in the heart of downtown Jacksonville.
Let’s roll up our sleeves, grab our gardening gloves, and transform this green oasis into an even more enchanting space for everyone to enjoy. We'll be planting, cleaning up, and beautifying our beloved JWJ Park while we vibe out to music to keep us motivated. We'll also have food trucks on site to satisfy our […]
Join us for a midday Poetry in the Park performance featuring Tina Marie and her poetry performance, Diasporic Daydream, exploring identity, memory, and cultural reflection through spoken word. Emceed by Chris Herring, this live poetry performance takes place from 12:00–1:00 PM in the heart of downtown Jacksonville.
First Wednesday Art Walk The First Wednesday of Each Month from 5-9 p.m. in Downtown Jacksonville Downtown Vision has proudly hosted the First Wednesday Art Walk since 2003 to welcome people to DTJax and celebrate the community’s deep pool of creative talent. Art Walk has returned after a break due to the pandemic and now takes […]
Only events occurring within Downtown Jacksonville will be accepted.
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