By Morgan Chatoff, Spring 2025 Advertising and marketing Intern
As the times develop longer and the climate heats up, it’s the perfect time to embrace enjoyable, journey, and high quality household moments! From arts and crafts to thrilling science experiments, #DTJax provides infinite alternatives to make lasting reminiscences. Dive into the season and create unforgettable experiences together with your family members!
Take a Household Stroll Alongside the Emerald Path
Summer time is the proper time to reconnect with nature, and what higher manner to take action than by taking a stroll on the Emerald Path? The Emerald Path provides households the proper escape for a scenic stroll. As you stroll alongside the paths, you’ll go via parks, artwork installations, and exquisite riverfront views. It’s a perfect spot for households to take pleasure in high quality time collectively—whether or not it’s a leisurely stroll, or just soaking within the views. With Downtown’s distinctive mix of nature and concrete attraction, a stroll alongside the Emerald Path guarantees an enriching expertise for all ages. When you get hungry, seize lunch at an area Brooklyn restaurant like Plenti, Anejo Cocina or Arepa Please!
Don’t miss free admission as soon as per week all through the Summer time —each Friday from Could 30 till June 20!
This summer season, begin your weekends off proper each Friday evening on the gorgeous Cummer Museum and Gardens. Immerse your self in an clever environment full of stay music, scrumptious meals and drinks, fascinating artwork, and quite a lot of out of doors video games. Be a part of us this summer season at The Cummer Museum for an additional season of creativity, group, and unforgettable experiences!
First Wednesday Artwork Stroll
Take a stroll via the colourful streets of #DTJax through the First Wednesday Artwork Stroll! Immerse your self in Downtown’s arts and tradition scene whereas having fun with stay music, distinctive buying with native artists and distributors, and discover collaborating galleries and companies. Convey your loved ones for a memorable night on the first Wednesday of each month within the coronary heart of DTJax, inside James Weldon Johnson Park! The following Artwork Stroll is Could seventh from 5-9 p.m.
Picnic within the Park
Get pleasure from an ideal day open air with a household picnic in Treaty Oak Park or Brooklyn Park! Pack your favourite snacks, seize a blanket, and unwind within the recent air whereas bonding with family members. Whether or not it’s enjoying video games, having fun with nature, or just enjoyable. A picnic within the park provides the perfect setting for creating lasting reminiscences with your loved ones.
Third Thursday Sip & Stroll Introduced by PNC
Get pleasure from a leisurely stroll alongside the Southbank Riverwalk each third Thursday of the month at Third Thursday Sip & Stroll Introduced by PNC. Spanning from Friendship Fountain to Chart Home, attendees can sip on drinks, take pleasure in stay leisure, and discover the native space. It’s a enjoyable and enjoyable option to expertise Downtown’s Southbank neighborhood. The following Sip & Stroll is April seventeenth from 5-8 p.m.
Expertise Household-Pleasant Occasions with JaxParks
Be a part of JaxParks for a FREE film and popcorn beneath the Fuller Warren Bridge and revel in a displaying of Depraved Sing-Alongside! Don’t neglect to carry your chairs and blankets, and revel in onsite meals vehicles!
Take a look at extra Downtown occasions by Jax Parks for enjoyable for the entire household:
JaxParks Eggstravaganza 2025
When: April 19, 2025 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
The place: Friendship Fountain
JaxParks Monopoly Event
When: Could 31, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
The place: Jacksonville Major Library
Go to The Cummer Museum and Gardens Upcoming Displays and Occasions
Present Exhibitions:
- Realizing the West — Realizing the West is a travelling exhibition that embraces and examines perceptions of the American West to be extra inclusive, complicated, and reflective of the various peoples who contributed to artwork and life in and concerning the West. | On show now via Sunday, August 31, 2025.
- Drawn Collectively: From Sketch to Masterpiece — Drawn Collectively explores the intriguing nature of the creative course of. Pairing work from the Cummer Museum’s everlasting assortment with the artist’s smaller research drawings reveals the time and dedication it takes to conceptualize an concept from begin to end. | On show now via Sunday, August 3, 2025.
- Jacksonville Norman Studios: Film Posters from the Everlasting Assortment — Earlier than Hollywood’s rise, Jacksonville was a filmmaking hub, and Richard Norman’s Eagle Studios produced groundbreaking movies. Now honored on the Norman Studios Silent Movie Museum. | On show now via Sunday, December 6, 2026
Upcoming Occasions:
Plan a day to discover The Cummer Museum and Gardens by signing up for considered one of their occasions, together with workshops, artist talks, Tai Chi lessons and extra.
Free Admission on Third Tuesday of Each Month | Tuesday, April 15, 4 – 9 p.m.
Artwork Adventures – Youth Workshops: Sequential Artwork (Comics) with Artist Thony Aiuppy | Saturday, April 19, 11-12:30 a.m. and 1:30 – 3 p.m.
Free First Saturday | Saturday, Could 3, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Downtown Summer time Camps
Dad and mom, planning forward for summer season and seeking to enroll your baby in a enjoyable and thrilling Summer time Camp? Discover the number of nice choices for youths’ camps proper right here in #DTJax!
Summer time Camp at MOCA
Monday via Friday, starting June 9 and ending August 8.
MOCA Jacksonville is providing thrilling themed weekly camp periods all summer season lengthy! Youngsters may have the possibility to create new friendships whereas refining their creative abilities via participating hands-on actions. Along with artwork initiatives, the Summer time Camp at MOCA consists of weekly actions like yoga and dance. Led by skilled museum educators, children will discover their creativity, develop problem-solving abilities, and categorical themselves via the ability of artwork. It’s the proper summer season expertise for younger minds to develop and thrive!
MOSH Discovery Camp
Monday via Friday, starting June 9 and ending August 1.
Be a part of MOSH for an unforgettable week of thrilling experiments and wild crafts! MOSH Summer time Discovery Camps, accessible in June and July, supply a 5-day journey full of participating STEM actions, each day science exhibits, and loads of alternatives to discover the museum. MOSH Discovery Camp isn’t nearly maintaining children entertained—it’s an thrilling likelihood for kids to develop priceless abilities whereas immersing themselves within the fascinating worlds of science and historical past. Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind summer season expertise!
SING! Jax Summer time Camp
Summer Camp Dates: M-F
June 2-6, June 23-37, July 14-18, July 28- August 1
Does your baby have a ardour for singing? The Jacksonville Youngsters’s Refrain is happy to current its fifth Annual SING! Jax Summer time Camp—per week full of music, singing, and dance workshops! Singers will obtain professional instruction in music idea, sight-reading, Orff devices, percussion, dance, and enhanced vocal strategies, all whereas having enjoyable and constructing new abilities. Don’t miss out on this unforgettable musical expertise!
Pleased adventuring this summer season! Don’t neglect to tag #DTJax for an opportunity to be featured on our social media!