19 Things Happening Around St. Johns This Weekend 🎥🍿

Saturday’s looking pretty easy to fill. 🍿 For just $1, spread out a blanket under the castle at Ripley’s for an outdoor showing of Minions & Monsters. Earlier in the day, head to the GTM Research Reserve for a free guided beach walk and see what the tide has left behind, or make the trip south for Rally for Recovery, with live music, activities and a chance to check out the Classic Car Museum while you’re there. Three very different ways to get everyone out of the house this weekend! 👇

Movie Night at the Castle
📍 Ripley's Believe It or Not!, 19 San Marco Ave, St. Augustine (~33 min 🚗)
🕐 Gates 6:30 PM | Movie 8:00 PM | Saturday
🎟️ $1 per person
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

They turn the parking lot into an outdoor theater and screen Minions & Monsters on a big screen. Bring your own chairs or a blanket; popcorn, dirty soda and snacks are for sale, and there are attraction discounts on the night. Outdoors and weather dependent.

Beach Exploration
📍 GTM Research Reserve, 505 Guana River Rd (~23 min 🚗)
🕐 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Saturday
🎟️ Free | Reservation required
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

A docent walk that starts at the Visitor Center with the habitats along this stretch of shore, then heads down to the beach to find shells and whatever else has washed in. Reserve a spot online first — parking at the Visitor Center is free.

Rally for Recovery
📍 St. Augustine Classic Car Museum, 4730 US Highway 1 S (~43 min 🚗)
🕐 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Saturday
🎟️ Free | Under 12 free at the museum
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

A free community fair with memorial rocks to paint, live music and free t-shirts while they last, plus reduced admission to the car museum and free entry for under-12s. Easy to do the fair and the museum in one trip.

Spanish Farm Club
📍 Chicos Y Chicas On the Coast (~30 min 🚗)
🕐 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🎟️ Drop-in $80 / $300 per month
🧒 See event link for ages
🔗 More info here

Three hours outdoors with farm animals, gardening and sensory play, all of it running in Spanish. Kids pick the words up by using them rather than studying them.

Mommy & Me
📍 Good News Church, Wildwood Campus (~37 min 🚗)
🕐 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM
🎟️ Free
🧒 Infants to young children
🔗 More info here

A weekly morning where the grown-ups get coffee and conversation while the little ones play, explore and work through songs and stories together. Free, indoors, and an easy first outing with a baby or toddler.

Clay Creations
📍 Creative Me Art Studio, 425 W Town Pl (~23 min 🚗)
🕐 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
🎟️ $17 per child
🧒 Ages 5 and up
🔗 More info here

This week the class sculpts a curly-tailed cat holding a flower out of white air-dry clay, then paints it with watercolours. It goes home the same afternoon and dries over about two days. RSVP online before you go.

Beach Exploration
📍 GTM Research Reserve, 505 Guana River Rd (~23 min 🚗)
🕐 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
🎟️ Free | Reservation required
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

A docent walk that starts at the Visitor Center with the habitats along this stretch of shore, then heads down to the beach to find shells and whatever else has washed in. Reserve a spot online first — parking at the Visitor Center is free.

Fall Fest
📍 Shanty Town Village (~45 min 🚗)
🕐 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
🎟️ Free
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

Vendor booths, games and line dancing at a free community day built around local small businesses. It is the longest drive on this week's list, so make a morning of it.

Nocatee Farmers Market
📍 Nocatee Station Field (Cartable 🛒)
🕐 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
🎟️ Free
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

Seventy-plus vendors on the Station Field with produce, food and crafts, and live music from The Coastal Collective. Close enough to take the cart, and easy to walk in half an hour if that is all the patience anyone has.

Rally for Recovery
📍 St. Augustine Classic Car Museum, 4730 US Highway 1 S (~43 min 🚗)
🕐 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
🎟️ Free | Under 12 free at the museum
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

A free community fair with memorial rocks to paint, live music and free t-shirts while they last, plus reduced admission to the car museum and free entry for under-12s. Easy to do the fair and the museum in one trip.

St. Augustine Book Festival
📍 Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, 20 Aviles St (~36 min 🚗)
🕐 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
🎟️ Free
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

Local authors sign and sell books about St. Augustine's history and stories, with children's titles usually among them. Free, walk-in, and set in the courtyard of a 1798 house museum.

Kids Night Out: Kung Fu Panda
📍 the link — Lobby / Atrium (Cartable 🛒)
🕐 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
🎟️ Member $50 / Non-member $60
🧒 Ages 5–11 only
🔗 More info here

Send them dressed as a favourite Kung Fu Panda character or in their best martial arts gear. The evening runs a themed craft, martial-arts games and challenges, a dance party, pizza dinner and a Dragon Scroll scavenger hunt — device-free, staffed, and four hours of your Saturday night back.

Movie Night at the Castle
📍 Ripley's Believe It or Not!, 19 San Marco Ave, St. Augustine (~33 min 🚗)
🕐 Gates 6:30 PM | Movie 8:00 PM
🎟️ $1 per person
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

They turn the parking lot into an outdoor theater and screen Minions & Monsters on a big screen. Bring your own chairs or a blanket; popcorn, dirty soda and snacks are for sale, and there are attraction discounts on the night. Outdoors and weather dependent.

Sing Out Loud Festival at Colonial Oak Music Park
📍 21 St George St, downtown St. Augustine (~25 min 🚗)
🕐 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
🎟️ Free
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here

Weekend three of the free music festival, three sets under the 300-year-old oak on St. George Street starting at five. Open air and free, so you can come and go as the kids allow — it also runs Friday and Saturday nights from 6:00 to 10:00 if the afternoon suits you better.