# Things to do with kids in Jacksonville this weekend

> 8 family events on Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1 in the Jacksonville area. Times are Eastern Time.

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
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Towns with listings: Jacksonville (4), Jacksonville Beach (2), Ponte Vedra (1), Ponte Vedra Beach (1).

## Fri, Oct 30 – Sun, Nov 1

### Jacksonville (4)

- [Spooktacular at Jacksonville Zoo](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/spooktacular-at-jacksonville-zoo--listing-5b4f68095af1d1aecc8b1eb5) — Fri, Oct 30 (+1 more date) · 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM · Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens · All ages · From $35 · checked Oct 24. Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' long-running Halloween night event, now in its 39th year, reopens the zoo after hours as a one-way trail of lights and Halloween scenes. Families…
- [Drop-in Tour: Creature Feature at the Cummer Museum](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/drop-in-tour-creature-feature-at-the-cummer-museum--listing-a2e4039b6ad2f714d9611e71) — Sat, Oct 31 · 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM · Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens · With admission · checked Oct 24. A Halloween-day gallery tour at the Cummer Museum that hunts for the creatures hidden in the collection, both real animals and imagined ones such as the red dragon painted on an…
- [Jacksonville Icemen Halloween Game](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/jacksonville-icemen-halloween-game--listing-3df410e248ff59b23cfd91ff) — Sat, Oct 31 · 3:00 PM · VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena · Paid · checked Oct 24. A Saturday-afternoon ECHL pro hockey game downtown: the Jacksonville Icemen host the Atlanta Gladiators on Halloween at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, with a 3 p.m. puck drop…
- [Children's Music Festival: Tchaikovsky Discovers America](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/children-s-music-festival-tchaikovsky-discovers-america--listing-8c6c7dc339542f96ddaa95c9) — Sun, Nov 1 · 3:00 PM · Jacksonville Symphony, downtown Jacksonville · Paid · checked Oct 24. The Jacksonville Symphony's Children's Music Festival returns for the 2026/27 season with an afternoon of music and hands-on activities. It starts with an hour-long concert…

### Other towns in the Jacksonville area (4)

- [Trunk-or-Treat and Moonlight Movie at the Seawalk Pavilion](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/trunk-or-treat-and-moonlight-movie-at-the-seawalk-pavilion--listing-45a1726e8fd0e2e5b28269db) — Fri, Oct 30 · 5:00 PM – 8:45 PM · Latham Plaza & Seawalk Pavilion, Jacksonville Beach · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Jacksonville Beach's Halloween evening on the oceanfront. From 5 pm local businesses line up for a Trunk or Treat at Latham Plaza and the Seawalk Pavilion, handing out candy and…
- [Carver Center Trunk-or-Treat](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/carver-center-trunk-or-treat--listing-273d9ce52947da83b8908083) — Fri, Oct 30 · 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM · Carver Center, Jacksonville Beach · Free · checked Oct 24. A free neighborhood Halloween party at Jacksonville Beach's Carver Center recreation center, with trunk-or-treat candy, food, games and bounce houses for children in costume. It…
- [ESTUSCARY Haunted Trail at GTM Research Reserve](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/estuscary-haunted-trail-at-gtm-research-reserve--listing-5dcca68b5aa45211391dd0cc) — Fri, Oct 30 · 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM · GTM Research Reserve, Guana South Beach Access, Ponte Vedra Beach · From $20 · checked Oct 24. A nighttime Halloween haunted trail at the Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) Research Reserve, with scares, surprises and festive activities on the trail each evening. Costumes are…
- [Healthy Kids Running Series at Nocatee (Fall 2026)](https://grassyknees.com/jacksonville/activities/healthy-kids-running-series-at-nocatee-fall-2026--listing-b370e457950b5a1e084e8bb5) — Nov 1 – Dec 6 · 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM · Nocatee Community Fields, Ponte Vedra · Ages 2+ · From $15 · checked Oct 24. A five-week Sunday-afternoon running series for children from Pre-K through 8th grade at the Nocatee Community Fields. Each week kids run an age-appropriate race: 50- and 75-yard…

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