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Instagram of the Week
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Things To Do Downtown
Oct. 16: Pictures in the Park: The Goonies
Oct. 17: FSCJ Series Artist Series: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Live Music + Nightlife
Oct. 13: Volstead Bar Tender Challenge
Oct. 15: The Elbow Social
Oct. 16: Bo Burnham
Oct. 16: Jazz Discovery: New Century Jazz Quartet
Oct. 16: Chris Tomlin: Love Ran Red Tour
Oct. 17: Def Leppard with Foreigner and Night Ranger
Sports + Fitness
Oct. 16: Oct. 18: Jacksonville Zombie Walk
Oct. 10: Florida Energy Summit
Check out the Events Calendar on our website, which features more than 130 events Downtown this week.
- From candy classes to karaoke, any given day Downtown, there’s something going on. Check out our Ongoing Events list.
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Stories From BlogDTJax.com
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News of the Week
- Major Hemming Park overhaul to include additions of restaurant, bar and new stage
- Risks pay off for Florida Theatre as attendance blossoms
- Jacksonville to host major transatlantic trade conference
- Black Sheep planning kiosk in Hemming Park
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DVI Updates
This year Oktoberfest at Art Walk celebrated the American Planning Association’s Great Streets, which named Laura Street one of the top five great streets in America, and welcoming 25,000 people to the heart of Downtown to a street party for the ages.
Another tremendous shout out and danke shön to our sponsors who make it happen: PRI Productions, Jacksonville Landing and Sleiman Enterprises, VyStar Credit Union, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Chamblin’s Uptown, BB&T, EverBank, CSX, Auld & White Contructors, LLC, Connect Agency, Gunster, Folio Weekly, Amason’s, Elite Parking. And danke shön to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Jim Webb and the awesome people with Republic National Distributing Company, Lisa Goodrich and Southeast Group, the #DTJax Ambassadors, volunteers, interns, board and staff. Without all of you Oktoberfest at Art Walk wouldn’t have been possible!
The Elbow Entertainment District wants to be your #1 nightlife destination. Committed to creating an authentic entertainment experience, The Elbow offers a wealth of diverse, walkable and award-winning culinary, nightlife, live music and performance venues. How are they doing? Take this short survey. And don’t forget to check out The Elbow Social, an entertainment district-wide Happy Hour every Thursday.