A chalk artist will greet you & invite you to create “green-sterpiece,” stroll through a cool rain forest in the courtyard, create a butterfly garden at the JAXPORT & TREE HILL butterfly activity table, stop by Guana Research Reserve’s estuary table and make a fun fish project, visit the the JAX4KIDS water station, enjoy special performances and demonstrations throughout the day by Cultural Center artists and instructors, help your child make drums out of recycled Boar’s Head Brand boxes, visit young local artist Chloe Cannan at her recycled art table, get your American Lung Association green tatoo, visit Marie Hurst/GreenSpace Interior Design’s green room for kids and families, listen to Cultural Center artist Lois Simon read her children’s book, MAC (The Story of a Happy Apple) and more!
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 Medallions.
Amelia Island Jazz Festival – Florida
The Amelia Island Jazz Festival will once again light up the island with a week-long series of events celebrating the diverse all-American art form, jazz. Under the creative direction of renowned jazz drummer and bandleader, Les DeMerle, the festival will kick-off on Sunday 10/5 with a free jazz concert, continuing through a Sunday Jazz Brunch on 10/12 featuring world-class jazz artists in a wide variety of styles including Dixieland, Smooth Jazz, Bebop, Big Band, Blues, Latin and more at St. Peter’s Church Courtyard and several other charming venues on beautiful Amelia Island, Florida. www.ameliaislandjazzfestival.com
The Charleston 2008 Green Fair – South Carolina
The Charleston 2008 Green Fair is the largest Green Event in South Carolina and will showcase eco-friendly products, services and technologies. The Charleston Green Fair will be an environmentally responsible event with activities for the entire family. Marion Square, Downtown Charleston. Call 843-720-8525
Sunday, September 28th, from 12pm – 6pm
Scottish Games and Highland Gathering – Charleston, SC
Boone Hall Plantation hosts this annual Scottish Society of Charleston event. A family friendly weekend where you can enjoy and learn more about Scottish heavy athletics, piping and drumming, highland dancing, Scottish country dancing, Scottish fiddling, children’s games, and Border Collie demonstrations. For details and ticket information contact the Scottish Society at (843) 529-1020 or visit the website www.charlestonscots.org