2017 Jacksonville Tattoo Convention

August 25 – August 27 Renaissance Resort at World Golf Village 500 South Legacy Trail St. Augustine, FL.32092 Ticket information and hours.This will be the Jacksonville Tattoo Convention’s thirteenth year. Each year they have gotten bigger and better while maintaining a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. The artists are Read More …

Things to Examine the week of August 13, 2017

 Sunday Super Roll Sunday with Bold City Cosplay  Hosted by Chamblin’s Uptown Get your table top gaming on.   Second Sunday at Stetson’s Featuring Charley Groth Hosted by North Florida Folk Network Florida Master Artist Charley Groth will perform. Jacksonville’s Annual China Cat Sunflower Festival Read More …

Jacksonville’s Annual China Cat Sunflower Festival

Your GPS can’t tell you how to get to Shakedown Street but this Sunday, August 13th at the Karpeles Manuscript Museum and adjacent grounds you will find the closest thing to it that Jacksonville has to offer. That’s right folks it’s time for the annual China Read More …

1st Annual Nighthawks Pencil Break Contest and School Supply Drive

Join Nighthawks for a night of pencil breaking, beers and music, all while raising money and collecting school supplies for teachers and students! All proceeds from this event will benefit local schools in need by way of City Year, Jacksonville office. $10 to play, $5 Read More …

Things to Examine the week of August 6, 2017

Sunday The Jungle Book 50th Anniversary    Hosted by The Florida Theatre   128 E Forsyth St, Jacksonville, Florida 32202     August Cosplay Workshop – Foam Weapons Hosted by Bold City Cosplay   The Hourglass Pub   345 E Bay St, Jacksonville, Florida 32202   Read More …

Art at Bay Street: August

Wednesday, August  2 from 5 pm – 11:30 pm You know the drill. We have art, beer, and food. Come here and buy, drink, and eat those things. The end. We will have our regular assortment of artists as well as a few new faces. If Read More …

Things to Examine the week of July 30, 2017

Sunday I Love The 90’s: Hosted by The Savannah Sweet Tease     The Hourglass Pub & Coffee House 345 E Bay St, Jacksonville, Florida 32202 Monday Late Nite Open Mic with Charlie Shuck at Nighthawks “Songs, Poems and Beer” 2952 Roosevelt Blvd Tuesday FLORIDA BLUE Read More …

Poetry Night at Shanty

Playboy magazine once described a dive bar as “A church for down-and-outers and those who romanticize them, a rare place where high and low rub elbows—bums and poets, thieves and slumming celebrities. It’s a place that wears its history proudly.” Shantytown Pub is a Dive Read More …

The Cypher featuring Black Calla

The Cypher Open Mic Poetry & Soul  featuring the Black Calla Band. Thursday, July 20, 2017 Upstairs at De Real Ting Cafe. The Open Mic is limited so be sure to get there early and get your name on the list if you wish to perform. Read More …

THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY: Presented by FGI of North Florida

FGI of North Florida continues its Fashion on Film series with “THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY”. They invite you to follow the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s most attended fashion exhibition in history, “China: Through The Looking Glass,” and the Met gala which accompanied Read More …

Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project: best of screening

Tuesday, July 18 from  7 pm until 9 pm Sun-Ray Cinema will screen the best of Jacksonville 48 Hour Film Project, presented by PRI Productions. Those films are; Cranberry & Lime by Mentlegen Productions Face of Fear by DADS Heinous by Duck Duck Moose Llyod’s Read More …

The Hourglass Pub & Coffee House present History on the Rocks

Saturday, July 15, 2017  Hosted by Comedy Uncaged Come hear tales from Jacksonville’s checkered past, told by drunken comedians, Jeff Zenisek and Mike Atcherson. Then watch with glee as improv powerhouse Beastwood take the stage to perform scenes based on those stories. Featuring special musical guest, Read More …

Asian Food Festival

Our Third Annual Asian Food Festival returns Saturday, July 8 from 5 – 9 p.m. in Hemming Park. Enjoy authentic Asian and Asian-inspired dishes from Cely’s Filipino Food, Fusion Food Truck, Hapa Li, & Blazin Azn, Kazo Sushi Burrito, Asian American Finger Foods, and First Coast Snowie Ice. Plus imported Asian Read More …