Celebrate Florida’s Country Cracker Heritage on Saturday Oct 20, when bluegrass banjos and fiddles are combined with horsemanship demonstrations and mouth-watering barbecue. Enjoy a full day of horseback games, horseback racing, barrel racing, a livestock show, cracker whipping demonstrations and exhibits of Florida Cracker equipment.
St. Johns County Fairgrounds, Elkton, FL 32033. For more information 904.824.9720
St. Johns County Fairgrounds located on SR 207 west in Elkton
Events take place all day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. (Barbecue is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Admission: Adults $10.00, children under 12 are $4.00. Price includes parking and barbecue dinner (Race participation fees not included).
Take an old-fashioned hayride and discover the nighttime beauty of the maritime hammock while meeting haunting goblins of the forest, spooks from sandy graves and other denizens of the dark. The fun starts at Anastasia State Park (please enter the park at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre). The haunted hayride takes place from 7 to 10 p.m. and admission is $7 per person. Tickets will be sold from 7 to 9 p.m. For the faint of heart, we have the Enchanted Forest, a scare-free walking loop filled with magical fairytale scenes, music and sparkling lights, fun activities and programs.