Jacksonville, Fl — The Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration Committee of St. Johns County hosts St. Augustine’s 40th Annual Commemorative Event on Saturday, January 18 to celebrate the memory of Dr. King and his great influence in the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
The City of Jacksonville, along with the Jacksonville Branch NAACP, the Jacksonville Urban League, and the JAX Chamber, invite the community to the 38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast on Friday, January 17, at the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center. The theme of this year’s event is “Audacious Faith in the Future,” which is a phrase from Dr. King’s 1964 Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech.
Colors of the Wild: Zoolights Lantern Experience continues on select nights through February at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens.
Spirit in the Land is a contemporary art exhibition at the Cummer Museum. It examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined.
Thursday, January 16:
Sip & Stroll - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm - Southbank Riverwalk
North Beaches Art Walk - 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Beaches Town Center
Always Loretta with The Coalminers - 7:30 pm - Thrasher-Horne Center
Third Thursday Silent Disco at The Fountain - 7:00 pm - Friendship Fountain 1015 Museum Circle Drive
Friday, January 17:
38th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast - 7:00 am - Prime Osborn Convention Center
The New York Bee Gees - 8:00 pm - Florida Theatre
Jax Symphony: Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert - 7:00 pm - Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts - Jacoby Hall
Saturday, January 18:
Riverside Arts Market - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm - Riverside under the Fuller Warren Bridge
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Breakfast - 7:30 am - 6 West Castillo Drive (across from the St. Augustine Parking Garage)
The Purple Xperience - The Premier Prince Tribute - 8:00 pm - Florida Theatre
Jax Symphony: Star Wars: A New Hope In Concert - 7:00 pm - Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts - Jacoby Hall
LIFE SURGE Jacksonville - 8:30 am - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
Sunday, January 19:
Time Travel Half-Marathon/10K/5K - 9:00 am - Ed Austin Regional Park
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives - 7:00 pm - Florida Theatre
The Hit Men Of Country - 7:00 pm - Thrasher-Horne Center
MLK Celebration - 8:00 pm - VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena
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