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Issue #019 · Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
October starts tomorrow. It will be 89 degrees. The pumpkins are showing up anyway.
Here's where they're landing, plus a bike night, live soul at Talons, and a festival turning 25. 🌴
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89° / 72°
HIGH / LOW
TODAY AROUND THE ISLAND
Partly sunny, with a chance of storms in the afternoon.
Mid to late afternoon is the window to watch. An east breeze gusts to around 20. Thursday is 88, and the storm chance climbs to 40%.
🎃 The pumpkins arrive at 4 today
Black Creek Methodist's volunteers are unloading the pumpkin delivery at 4 this afternoon. By tomorrow, the patch is open, and it stays open every single day through Halloween.
🎃 Black Creek Pumpkin Patch
Opens tomorrow, daily through October 31 · 3925 Main St, Middleburg
Weekdays 3:30 to 8 PM, Saturdays 10 to 8, Sundays 12:30 to 8. Train rides are $2. They've also posted a funnel cake day on Saturday, October 10, and a trunk-or-treat on Friday, October 30, from 6 to 8.
🌻 Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival at Amazing Grace Family Farms
Opens Friday at 4 PM · 4251 SR 21, Green Cove Springs
Crop maze, pumpkin house, cow train, farm animals, and pumpkins to pick. $17.95 online or $24.95 at the gate, for ages 3 and up.
It's Fridays and Saturdays only, so don't plan a Sunday trip. Fridays 4 to 9, Saturdays 10 to 9, and the gate closes an hour before closing.
📅 Today and tomorrow
Today, Wednesday, September 30
🎨 America 250: Star-Spangled Wood Slices
6:00 to 7:00 PM · Fleming Island Library, Meeting Room · Adults 18+
Paint patriotic fireworks onto wood slices. Registration is required, and only four seats were left last night.
🎣 Joey Anderson at Whitey's Fish Camp
5:00 to 9:00 PM · 2032 CR 220
🎤 Ladies Night and Karaoke at Top of the Tee
Specials 5:00 to 10:00, karaoke 7:00 to 10:00 · 2260 Town Center Blvd
$25 bays for the ladies.
🎤 Karaoke with Ashe at Encore
8:00 PM · 2015 CR 220
Thursday, October 1
🧸 Kaleidoscope Play & Learn
10:30 AM to noon · Fleming Island Library
A playgroup for kids from birth to age 5 and the grown-ups who bring them.
🏍️ Bike Night at Hurricane Grill & Wings
6:00 to 9:00 PM · 1810 Town Center Blvd
Holeshot Powersports hosts it the first Thursday of every month, with parking saved for bikes and Slingshots and food and drink specials. In their words, everyone is welcome.
🎵 Soulful Sarah at Encore
6:00 PM · 2015 CR 220
🏈 Thursday Night Football: Steelers at Browns
8:15 PM on Prime · Hibernia Pub, 2260 Town Center Blvd
$1 domestic drafts until the first score, and $1 wings.
Saturday is filling up fast. Friday's issue has the whole weekend.
📌 Quick heads up
🎷 Book now: a nine-piece soul band at Talons. The Chris Thomas Project plays Talons at Eagle Harbor Golf Club, 2217 Eagle Harbor Parkway, on Thursday, October 8. Soul, Motown, and classic hits, horns included.
Doors open at 6, the show starts at 7, and tickets are $25 per person. You pick your table when you buy, and each one seats up to 8, so bring a group. Food and drinks are available to buy. Get tickets →
🎤 One singer spot left for Porch-O-Kee. The Green Cove Springs Preservation Society's first porch karaoke contest is Friday, October 9, 7 to 9 PM, at the Rivers House, 219 Spring St. It's $20 to enter; the audience picks the winner, and the winner takes home $120 cash. Every dollar goes toward restoring the Rivers House. Grab the last spot →
🚌 Clay County is ending its JTA bus contract. Commissioners voted last week to start the process, pointing to falling ridership. JTA service doesn't change before the contract runs out December 31, and the county plans to settle on an alternative by the end of the year.
The county's announcement →
🚚 Run a food truck? Christmas on Walnut Street applications open tomorrow at 8 AM. Green Cove Springs says spots go quickly and suggests setting up your CivicRec vendor account today. Details from the city →
🎶 The Soul Food Festival turns 25 on Saturday
Green Cove Springs' Soul Food and Music Festival turns 25 this year.
It starts with a parade at noon along Palmetto Avenue and west on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, then runs until 7 at Vera Francis Hall Park, with local food, dance, contests, kids' activities, and entertainment. News4Jax reports live music from The Levert Experience and The 69 Boyz, plus health screenings.
The city co-sponsors it, and the council voted 5-0 this month to waive its fees.
Saturday, October 3, noon to 7 PM, Vera Francis Hall Park.
A party that has lasted 25 years is doing something right.
Before you go... tell me something good 💛
See a new business opening? Know of an event we should add to the calendar? Got a neighbor doing something wonderful, a local team having a big season, or just something good happening around Fleming Island?
Send it our way. This only gets better when all of us help find the good stuff.
❤️ Tell Us Something Good: A neighbor doing something kind. A kid doing something awesome. Something new going in or on around town. Anything that makes you think, "people around here should know about this."
📅 Submit an Event: Live music at a local restaurant, a fundraiser, a festival, a market, a school activity. Anything locals can put on their calendar.
⭐ Get Featured: Own a local business? Tell us your story through a short interview and give the community a chance to meet the people behind it.
See you Friday,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.