JTA debuts new bus wraps for Georgia-Florida

The Georgia/Florida game is three weeks away and the JTA is this year’s official transportation provider. Check out their bus wraps around town, and visit their page to start planning for game weekend.

Jacksonville’s own Leroy Butler named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame

A big congratulations to Jacksonville’s own Leroy Butler for being named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2022! From Lee ( now Riverside) High School to Florida State, to the NFL’s Green Bay Packers, and now the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Read More …

Annual 4th of July Throwback Baseball Game 2022

Moved to JP Small Field (1701 Myrtle Ave) due to flooding in Klutho Park   Sponsored in 2022 by Patriot Services, the 4th of July Throwback Baseball Game is BACK for its 15th year! This local tradition is where Historic Springfield’s residents battle it out Read More …

The Jacksonville Bicentennial Great Fire Run

 Join The Jacksonville Historical Society on Saturday, May 7th, 2022 in downtown Jacksonville for the Jacksonville Bicentennial Great Fire Run 5km. This race follows the outline of the Great Fire boundary of May 3rd, 1901. The Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901 was the largest metropolitan Read More …

Ribault Trojans earn first High School Heritage Classic win

The Ribault High School Trojans beat the Raines High School Vikings 4-2 in five innings on Friday at 121 Financial Ballpark to win their first High School Heritage Classic game presented by Rubenstein Law Firm, taking the A. Philip Randolph Cup for the first time Read More …

High School Heritage Classic

One of our favorite events returns for a 3rd year this Friday night, February 18th. The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp and Rubenstein Law host the High School Heritage Classic between William M. Raines High School & Jean Ribault High School at 6:35pm under the lights at Read More …

Black Films Matter presents: King Richard movie private screening

Box office superstar Will Smith premieres his newest film, King Richard, this weekend, and Jacksonville residents have a chance to be part of this iconic experience. Locally-based film curator Black Films Matter will host a private screening of the movie this Saturday, November 20, at The Read More …

Wiccademous, witch of the woods

There are woods filled with ancient oaks across the street from Fernandina Beach High School. Those woods hold the burial site of a young girl. A girl who was executed for witchcraft hundreds of years before the school was built. Some spins on the legend Read More …

Super Crown World Championship Tickets

The weekend of November 13-14, 2021, watch the best of the best in skateboarding compete at Riverfront Plaza in Downtown Jacksonville. The Street League Skateboarding World Championship will go out with a bang in Jacksonville, with live music, delicious food and drink, and open skating at the VyStar Family Read More …

It’s hammer time for the Jacksonville Icemen’s Igloo

The Jacksonville Icemen and Community First Credit Union of Florida didn’t do a groundbreaking, they did a wall-breaking to officially start renovations for the Community First Icemen Igloo this morning. The former Jacksonville Ice & Sportsplex off of Emerson and I-95 will now feature two Read More …

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp infielder Eddy Alvarez at the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp infielder Eddy Alvarez was one of two flag bearers for the United States during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics this morning. “I like to explain it as I’m a prime example of what the American dream is,” he said. “To Read More …