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Issue #033 · Friday, October 30, 2026
Morning, Fleming Island 👋
It's Halloween weekend and we've rounded up more than 20 ways to get into it.
Start on the island, then head farther out: candy stops, costume parties, spooky stories, and a few outings for when the treat bags are already full. 🎃
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THE WEEKEND AROUND THE ISLAND
Warm, with a few chances of showers.
Friday is partly sunny with gusts in the low 20s and only a slight chance of a shower from 8 to 11 PM. Halloween is mostly cloudy and near 80, about a 30% chance of a shower, dropping to 20% by evening. Sunday brings about a 40% chance of storms.
River note: the Coastal Flood Warning for the St. Johns runs until 5 AM Saturday, and the latest notice calls for significant coastal flooding. Don't drive around barricades or through flooded roads. Latest from NWS →
🎃 Your trick-or-treat guide
⭐ means we checked the organizer's own website or event post. Other listings come from community calendars. Check for updates before heading out.
On the island
Friday
🦷 Growing Healthy Smiles Halloween Party, noon to 2 PM, 2013 Town Center Blvd
⭐ 👻 Not-So-Spooky Halloween Celebration, 2 to 4 PM, Fleming Island Library. Costumes, trick-or-treating through the library, games and crafts.
🏡 Discovery Village Trick-or-Treating Extravaganza, 5:30 to 6:30 PM, 3651 US 17
🏐 VolleyBoo Bash at the Barco-Newton YMCA, 6 to 9 PM, 2075 Town Center Blvd. Ages 7 to 17: volleyball, a costume contest, music, and pizza. $15 for Y members, $30 for non-members.
Saturday, Halloween
⭐ 📚 Halloween storytime, 10:30 AM, Fleming Island Library. Costumes welcome.
⭐ 🎪 Tent or Treat at Vendor Village, 11 AM to 2 PM, 2349 Village Square Pkwy, beside the new Wawa. Kids trick-or-treat through the vendor tents, plus music and a free inflatable.
⛪ CrossPointe Church Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat, 6 to 8 PM, 1871 County Road 220
Nearby
Friday
🚗 Lake Asbury Community Trunk or Treat, 4:30 to 6:30 PM, Lake Asbury Community Center, 282 Branscomb Road
🐔 Chick-fil-A Wells Road Trunk or Treat, 4:30 to 7:30 PM, 1925 Wells Road, Orange Park
⚖️ Tales from the Clink, 5 to 8 PM, Historic Triangle, 915 Walnut Street, Green Cove Springs. This is the sixth year for this true-crime history night, presented by Clay County Clerk of Courts and Comptroller Tara Green and Clay County District Schools.
The county Archives staff and Ridgeview High drama students research, write, and perform scenes "ripped from the headlines" of Clay County history, inside the county's 1890s-era buildings.
The 1890 Old Courthouse hosts a reenactment of the "Sweetheart Slayer" murder trial at 5:45 and 6:45 PM, plus tours of the Old Jail with Ridgeview students playing infamous prisoners.
The museum and train station are open too, with concessions and exhibits from the school district, Clay County Archives, the History Museum, Parks and Recreation, the library, and the Village Improvement Association. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for kids, cash only.
It's spooky but family-friendly, and no one wearing a mask, head cover, or gory costume will be let in.
⭐ 🧸 Trunk or Treat Toy Drive, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, Lake Asbury Junior High, 2851 Sandridge Road. Bring a new toy.
⭐ 🍬 Trunk of Treats at First Baptist Green Cove Springs, from 5:30 PM, 1055 County Road 226. Hayride, cake walk, snow cones and candy. Free, with registration.
⭐ 🎃 Trunk or Treat at the Black Creek pumpkin patch, 6 to 8 PM, 3925 Main St, Middleburg
🍂 Calvary Baptist Church Fall Festival and Trunk or Treat, 6 to 8 PM, 1532 Long Bay Road, Middleburg
Saturday, Halloween
🛹 Skate Station Funworks Trunk or Treat, 11 AM to 2 PM, 230 Blanding Blvd, Orange Park
⭐ 🛍️ Candy Crawl at Orange Park Mall, noon to 2 PM, 1910 Wells Road. Trick-or-treat through participating stores while supplies last, with a DJ and costumed characters at Center Court. Some stores are Teal Pumpkin spots with non-food treats for kids with allergies.
🕯️ Light the Night at Green Cove Springs Church, 4 to 7 PM, 2079 State Road 16 West, Green Cove Springs
🍭 Cornerstone Baptist Church Trunk or Treat, 5 to 7 PM, 20 Cinnamon Street, Middleburg
👟 Middleburg Village Center Treat Trot, 5 to 7 PM, 2620 Blanding Blvd, Middleburg
🏠 Moosehaven Trick or Treat, 5:30 to 8 PM, 1701 Park Avenue, Orange Park. Free, no pets.
Worth the drive
Saturday, Halloween
🎶 The Church at Argyle Trunk or Treat, 4 to 6 PM, 6823 Argyle Forest Blvd, Jacksonville
🌳 Halloween at Heritage Park, 5 to 7 PM, 201 State Road 26, Melrose
🧛 Boo on the Boulevard, 6 to 9 PM, South Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights
📅 Also this weekend
🎬 Reel Fun Night: Casper, Friday at the Clay County Fairgrounds. Gates open at 6, the Kids Zone runs 6 to 8, and the movie starts at dusk. $35 per car, or $10 each for the bring-your-own-chair area.
🌽 Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival's final weekend at Amazing Grace Family Farms, 4251 SR 21, Green Cove Springs. Friday 4 to 9 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM.
🏃 Chasing Spirits 5K, Saturday at 9 AM, The Grove at Orange Park, 2525 Country Club Blvd. A costume-friendly 5K with a post-race party and a costume contest. $35 through 6 PM Friday, $40 on race day.
🎭 The Addams Family's last weekend at The Island Theater: Friday at 7:30, a Halloween matinee Saturday at 2, and closing Sunday at 2.
🗳️ Last day of early voting is Saturday, 9 AM to 6 PM, at the Health Department, Building 600, 1845 Town Center Blvd.
🏈 Football: Fleming Island hosts Bishop Kenny Friday at 7. Saturday, Florida plays Georgia in Atlanta at 3:30, and FSU hosts Clemson at 7. Sunday, the Jaguars host the Colts at 1 PM on CBS.
⏰ Sunday: clocks fall back an hour.
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.
Happy Halloween,
Shelly 🌴
Find Good. Share Good. Celebrate Good.
