Events Calendar: Florida

November 2009

• Featured: Jacksonville Sea & Sky Spectacular, Jacksonville Beach, November 6-8. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels (plus other flight formation teams) fill the skies. Best of all, it’s free. 
• Featured: Halifax Art Festival, Daytona Beach, November 7-8. Back for the 47th year, this festival at Riverfront Park brings more than 200 arts and craftspeople from around the country. 
• Featured: Emerald Coast Cruizin’ Car Show, Panama City Beach, November 12-14. Gearheads, get ready: 4,000 cars, from retro classics to monster trucks, hit the beach this week. There’s music and more for the rest of us.

Annual Harvest of Art, Punta Gorda, November 2-December 3. 
Wellington Homes Tango by Moonlight, Jacksonville, Nov. 7. 904-733-3560
World Wine Tour presents Trick-Or-Treat, Naples, November 19. 888-800-5366
Vintage Show & Sale, West Palm Beach, November 21-22. 561-267-2632
Evening of Giving, Destin, November 22. 850-654-9771
Council of 101’s Festival of Trees, “Home for the Holidays,” Orlando, November 14-22. 407-896-4231 ext. 254
A Cedar Key Christmas, Cedar Key, weekends November 27-Dec. 19. 352-543-8030
Midnight Madness, Destin, November 27. 850-654-9771
 

October 2009

• Featured: Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Orlando, September 28-November 8. Wine experts and chefs from around the globe gather at Walt Disney World for one of the country’s largest culinary festivals. (407) 939-3378.
• Featured: Seafood Festival Destin, October 2-4 Seafood lovers from around the Southeast enjoy the fresh catch and bask on the beach one last time before winter. (850) 837-6241.
• Featured: Carnival Parade and Festival Miami, October 11 You don’t have to fly down to Rio to enjoy Carnival. Miami celebrates its Caribbean heritage during a day filled with the colorful pageantry of a fall parade and festival. (305) 653-1877.

Suwannee River Quilt Show & Sale White Springs, Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park, Oct. 16-18 (386) 397-4331).
Best of the Emerald Coast Destin, Destin Commons, Oct. 17 (850) 862-2665.
Kidsfest of Delray Delray Beach, Veterans Park, Oct. 31 (561) 243-7277.
Ding Darling Days Sanibel Island, National Wildlife Refuge, Oct. 18-24 (239) 472-1100.
Chautauqua Vineyards & Winery Harvest Festival DeFuniak Springs, Oct. 24 (850) 892-5887.