# Jacksonville Beach Deck the Chairs > Event for families in the Jacksonville area (FL). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Nov 25 – Jan 1 - Where: Seawalk Pavilion and Latham Plaza, 11 1st Street N, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free - Organizer: Students in the Arts Alliance - Official page: https://www.deckthechairs.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/jacksonville-beach-deck-the-chairs--listing-e51ae91c294ed27bc55dda49 ## About For five weeks each holiday season the Students in the Arts Alliance fills the Jacksonville Beach oceanfront with lifeguard chairs decorated by schools, nonprofits and businesses, along with free holiday arts programming. Families can walk the chair displays and vote for favorites, catch a musical holiday light show, and watch student performers on the stage. Each week has a theme: an opening-week celebration (Nov. 25 to Dec. 1), Students in the Arts week featuring The Nutcracker by Florida Ballet (Dec. 2 to 8), Tuba Christmas week with holiday favorites played by 150 tubas (Dec. 9 to 15), chair-decorating awards week with a student arts best-of-show (Dec. 16 to 22) and a Christmas-to-New-Year's week with a TaxSlayer Gator Bowl pep rally (Dec. 23 to 30). A Christmas Market runs on Sundays. Check the organizer's stage schedule for specific performance times, which may change. ## Similar picks in Jacksonville - [Holiday Pops with the Jacksonville Symphony](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/holiday-pops-with-the-jacksonville-symphony--listing-68594b51346870d337f15cc6) — Thu, Dec 3 (+3 more dates) · Jacoby Symphony Hall · All ages · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Jacksonville Symphony's annual Holiday Pops concerts fill the first weekend of December with seasonal favorites performed by the full orchestra. It is a popular family… - [Jacksonville Holiday River Fest and Light Boat Parade](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/jacksonville-holiday-river-fest-and-light-boat-parade--listing-8bee521e607e56ba78e93dbe) — Sat, Nov 28 · 5:00 PM · Riverfront Plaza · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. One evening that bundles downtown Jacksonville's big holiday traditions. Holiday River Fest opens at Riverfront Plaza at 5 pm with hot cocoa, festive treats, food trucks and… - [Frosty: A Musical Adventure at the Florida Theatre](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/frosty-a-musical-adventure-at-the-florida-theatre--listing-26b4fa7d741e883301d58e7a) — Wed, Nov 18 · 10:30 AM · Florida Theatre · Paid · checked Oct 24. A 50-minute holiday musical in the Florida Theatre's young-audience series. An orphan named Billy finds a magic hat, puts it on a snowman and brings Frosty to life; together they… - [Creative Kids: Holiday Ornament Painting](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/creative-kids-holiday-ornament-painting--listing-2cfd31b5901fb94c6aa53100) — Thu, Dec 3 · 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM · Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens · From $15 · checked Oct 24. December's Creative Kids session at the Cummer Museum, for kindergarten through fifth graders with a caregiver, takes its cue from the Tiffany or Ti-Phony? exhibition. Children… - [Nights of Lights and Light-Up! Night in St. Augustine](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/nights-of-lights-and-light-up-night-in-st-augustine--listing-39aab74a4ff26da7c4d93b90) — Nov 21 – Jan 18 · 4:00 PM · Plaza de la Constitución and historic downtown St. Augustine · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. St. Augustine's Nights of Lights season wraps the historic downtown in about 3 million white lights. It opens on Light-Up! Night, Saturday, November 21, in the Plaza de la… - [Nutcracker in a Nutshell (The Florida Ballet)](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/nutcracker-in-a-nutshell-the-florida-ballet--listing-05a6c9f729ec2dff3d8d1c1d) — Sat, Dec 12 · 12:00 PM · Thrasher-Horne Center, Orange Park · From $23 · checked Oct 24. A sweet, shortened 50-minute Nutcracker for families with younger children, presented by The Florida Ballet at the Thrasher-Horne Center in Orange Park. It features Act 1 of the… ## More for families - [This weekend in Jacksonville](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Jacksonville](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville.md)