⭐ Our Favorite Events This Weekend
October is here, and spooky season starts right away. 🎃 Friday night, The Village Church at World Golf Village throws its Fall Fest & Trunk or Treat, with a sensory-friendly treating window before the main crowd arrives. Saturday morning, every Home Depot hands out free Witch Candy Box kits at the monthly kids workshop, and that evening the Florida Theatre plays Coraline on the big screen with a live orchestra. Three good ones to build the weekend around 👇
Fall Fest & Trunk or Treat
📍 The Village Church at World Golf Village, 4229 Pacetti Rd (~27 min 🚗)
🕐 6:00 PM (sensory-friendly treating 5:30 PM) | Friday
🎟️ See event link
👪 Children & families
🔗 More info here
Food trucks, games and trunk-or-treat from decorated cars. Families who want a quieter start can come for the sensory-friendly treating at 5:30, before the main event opens at 6.
Kids Workshop: Witch Candy Box
📍 Home Depot, nearest is 230 Durbin Pavilion Dr, St. Johns (~20 min 🚗)
🕐 9:00 AM, while supplies last | Saturday
🎟️ Free
🧒 Ages 5–12
🔗 More info here
Kids build and decorate a Witch Candy Box with real hand tools, then take home the box, an apron, a pin and a certificate. It runs at every Home Depot until the kits are gone, so earlier is better, and you can register online ahead of time.
Coraline in Concert
📍 Florida Theatre, downtown Jacksonville (~35 min 🚗)
🕐 7:30 PM (doors 6:30 PM) | Saturday
🎟️ See event link
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here
Henry Selick's stop-motion film on a towering screen, with a live symphony orchestra playing the score to picture. The film is rated PG, so it suits kids who can handle a creepy button-eyed Other Mother.
👇 Keep scrolling for every kid & family event happening this weekend 👇
📅 Friday, October 2
Spanish Farm Club
📍 Chicos Y Chicas On the Coast, St. Augustine (~30 min 🚗)
🕐 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
🎟️ Drop-in $80 / $300 per month
🧒 Ages 4–10
🔗 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
🎟️ See event link
🧒 Infants to age 4
🔗 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.
Kids Night Out: Coco
📍 The Link, 425 Town Plaza Ave, Ponte Vedra (~10 min 🚗)
🕐 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM
🎟️ Member $50 / Non-member $60
🧒 Ages 5–11
🔗 More info here
A Coco-themed drop-off night of supervised activities while the grown-ups get an evening to themselves. No phones, iPads or gaming devices, and caregivers keep a close eye on everyone all night.
Fall Fest & Trunk or Treat
📍 The Village Church at World Golf Village, 4229 Pacetti Rd (~27 min 🚗)
🕐 6:00 PM (sensory-friendly treating 5:30 PM)
🎟️ See event link
👪 Children & families
🔗 More info here
Food trucks, games and trunk-or-treat from decorated cars in the church lot. The sensory-friendly treating at 5:30 gives kids who find crowds hard a calmer first round.
📅 Saturday, October 3
E-Recycling Event
📍 Spray Waterpark Parking Lot, 400 Nocatee Center Way (Cartable 🛒)
🕐 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
🎟️ Free
👪 Nocatee residents (Resident ID required)
🔗 More info here
Sensible Recycling takes old computers, phones, printers and other electronics off your hands. Weather permitting, so check the Nocatee Community Facebook page for updates that morning.
Kids Workshop: Witch Candy Box
📍 Home Depot, nearest is 230 Durbin Pavilion Dr, St. Johns (~20 min 🚗)
🕐 9:00 AM, while supplies last
🎟️ Free
🧒 Ages 5–12
🔗 More info here
The free monthly kids workshop: build and paint a Witch Candy Box with real tools, and take home the box plus an apron, pin and certificate. Kits run out, so go early.
Leadership Center Grand Opening
📍 Girl Scouts Leadership Center, 10550 Deerwood Park Blvd, Jacksonville (~22 min 🚗)
🕐 11:00 AM ribbon cutting | 11:30 AM community celebration
🎟️ See event link
👪 Girl Scouts & families
🔗 More info here
Girl Scouts of Gateway Council opens its new Leadership Center with a ribbon cutting and a community celebration, with activities inside and outside the building. A good look for girls curious about joining.
Game of Pets Launch Party
📍 Barnes & Noble, 1930 U.S. 1 South, St. Augustine (~37 min 🚗)
🕐 2:00 PM
🎟️ See event link
🧒 Young readers
🔗 More info here
Games, activities and treats celebrating Game of Pets, the new series from Aaron Blabey of The Bad Guys. Call the store at 904-826-0722 to sign up, or just stop in.
Coraline in Concert
📍 Florida Theatre, downtown Jacksonville (~35 min 🚗)
🕐 7:30 PM (doors 6:30 PM)
🎟️ See event link
👪 All ages
🔗 More info here
The stop-motion classic on the big screen with a live symphony orchestra playing the score. Rated PG, and billed for fans of all ages.
📅 Sunday, October 4
Fall Festival
📍 Crescent Beach Baptist Church (~42 min 🚗)
🕐 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
🎟️ See event link
👪 Children & families
🔗 More info here
Hay rides, relay games, kids crafts and a photo booth, plus hamburgers, hot dogs, popcorn, a chili cook-off and a cookie bake-off.
Special Needs Art Club
📍 The Art Studio, 370A A1A Beach Blvd, St. Augustine Beach (~40 min 🚗)
🕐 5:30 PM
🎟️ Free
👪 Special needs artists & families
🔗 More info here
A free art club for artists with special needs, held the first Sunday of every month with all supplies included. Pre-register with Mandy at the studio, (904) 295-4428, before you go.
That's it for this week.
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The Carts & Rec Team
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