Shopping & Dining

Looking to satisfy your wallet and your stomach? Jacksonville offers bountiful options to appease your shopping fix and your diverse palette. Everything you could imagine rests within the walls of the Saint Johns Town Center. The mall opened only three years ago, with the addition of 40 more stores and 4 restaurants just last year! The complex also boasts apartments and two hotels! It is truly a one-stop-shop for anything and everything.

The rapidly growing communities in Jacksonville make the city a cultural melting pot for residents and visitors to explore. However, being a Florida town, you would expect to find sandy beaches and tons of fun in the sun, right? Well you will find just that all throughout the city! Saint Johns River carves a path through the center of Jacksonville and stretches to the Atlantic Ocean. The Intracoastal Waterways create a sparkling backdrop for residents and offer tons of ways to beat the heat.

The Arts

Karpeles Manuscript Library

Through July 1, be one of those rare people to see original manuscripts from 19th Century American Authors Washington Irving, Edgar Allen Poe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe!

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens

– Friday, July 20 through Tuesday, September 30: Precious Gifts of Asian Art: From oil paintings to Ming Dynasty jugs, enjoy lovely pieces from an authentic eastern culture.

• Music & Theatre

Augustine Amphitheatre

– Saturday, June 21, Jordin Sparks, 7:30 p.m.

– Wednesday, June 25, Modest Mouse, 7:30 p.m.

– Friday, August 1, Boys Like Girls w/ Good Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena

– Tuesday, June 22, Foreigner and Bryan Adams, 7:30 p.m.

– Sunday, July 27, Brooks and Dunn w/ Rodney Atkins, 7 p.m.

Florida Theatre Jacksonville

– Thursday, June 19, Melissa Etheridge, 8 p.m.

– Sunday, June 22, Ashlee Simpson, 8 p.m.

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