High Tide Ultimate for Spring Break – Golden Isles, Georgia
During spring break you’ll be able to see flying objects on Jekyll Island, but these object can easily be identified. Jekyll Island will receive 160 teams and 2500 students competing in High Tide Ultimate.
In the beginning this sport was called Ultimate Frisbee, but has now been renamed Ultimate. High Tide Ultimate is the south’s [...]
Christmas Tree Lighting Festival on Jekyll Island
The Holiday Island events and Holiday season is kicked-off by The Christmas Tree Lighting Festival on November 29. Jekyll Island is transformed into Holiday Island with month long festivities.
Contact The Jekyll Island Welcome Center 877-4-Jekyll or visit www.jekyllisland.com
Turtleween at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Bring your hatchlings for an afternoon of non-scary, turtle-tastic fun on Sunday, October 26 from 12 – 4 p.m. Costume contests, bobbing for jellyfish, make and take fossils, a sea turtle sea-metery and much more await turtle enthusiasts of all ages. Visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and celebrate Halloween! For more information, contact [...]
Georgia Birding Festival on Jekyll Island
Georgia’s coast is throbbing with thousands of feeding birds and butterflies and other unique coastal
wildlife. Experience this drama together with outdoors enthusiasts expected at Georgia’s Colonial Coast
Birding & Nature Festival held on Jekyll Island October 9-13, 2008. The sixth annual festival offers a variety of entertainment and educational activities including a keynote speech by Pete [...]
Jekyll Island Buggy Expo (JIBE)
The Jekyll Island Buggy Expo is a kite buggy rally and fun-fly for kite buggy enthusiasts and all power and traction kiters. The staging area will be on Kite Beach in front of Blackbeard’s Seafood Restaurant. Kite buggy pilots will get a chance to cruise one of the best kite friendly beaches on [...]
Jekyll Island Beach Music Festival Video
Report from the Beach Music Festival, Jekyll Island, Georgia, 2008. Free Beach Blast concert with the Swinging Medallions. Read our previous post about the Beach Music Festival on Jekyll here.
New Lighting Guidelines for Jekyll Island Beaches to Protect Endangered Sea Turtles
Jekyll Island Authority Publishes Updated Lighting Ordinance; Sets New Standard for Beach Protection from Artificial Light
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA. – The Jekyll Island State Park Authority (JIA) has announced it’s intentions to set greater restrictions on lights near its natural beaches in order to protect sea turtles from the adverse effects of artificial light. The [...]
Free Beach Blast Concert at the Beach Music Festival – Jekyll Island, GA
Beach bumming has never been so good!
Jekyll Island, Ga (July 22, 2008)— Jekyll Island is bringing the Golden Isles the biggest, best beach concert in years. Why? Because it is free. The 2008 Beach Music Festival is hitting the coast hard with musical sounds from the Rickey Godfrey Band, Second Chance, and the Swingin [...]
Treasure Hunt for Mom – Jekyll Island, Georgia
Mother’s Day at the Beach On, Sunday May 11, a special Island Treasures hunt will take place for families with their Mothers to enjoy the beach and the possibility of discovering a beautiful Island Treasures glass float. Twenty lucky guests will find and get to keep a special Mother’s Day Island Treasure!
Contact: The Jekyll Island [...]
