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Winter in Jacksonville is mild, and spring temperatures and festivals are just around the corner.  This season, visitors to Northeast Florida get excited about an inaugural lacrosse tournament, The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens 50th Anniversary celebration, the new Aloft Jacksonville Tapestry Park – Jacksonville’s first LEED certified hotel and new diverse activities and experiences.

Painting the Region
Oct. 4-10
Local and regional artists will descend on Jacksonville to participate in Painting the Region: “Cowford” on the Bartram Trail.  The artists pay tribute to the beauty of the historic and waterfront spaces of the Downtown neighborhoods. Visitors will be able to locate artists throughout the day through their GPS on their phone, calling in or stopping by festival headquarters. Guests will then be invited to discover the paintings they admired in progress at The Jacksonville Landing. Receptions and other celebrations held …

Jacksonville Beach Summer Jazz Concert Series
July 11 and Aug. 8
The City of Jacksonville Beach is proud to present the 9th Annual Summer Jazz Series. Enjoy the combination of exciting music performed by national recording artists, the caress of cool sea breezes, and the rhythm of the ocean. Admission is free and open to the public. Bring your blankets or lawn chairs and enjoy refreshments and food available for purchase from local vendors. Entertainment begins at 5 p.m.

AT&T Greater Jacksonville …

“SECOND HELPING” – The Premiere Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute Act
Date: July 4th, 2010
Performance Time: 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Silver Springs/Twin Oaks Mansion
The Free Press recently spoke with guitarist Chris McCallister and band manager Billy Davis.
Second Helping has been consistently recognized as the premiere Skynyrd tribute bands working today. According to McCallister, it’s not unusual for members of Lynyrd Skynyrd to sit in with Second Helping.

Soap Stars, Hunks of Daytime TV
Feb. 14 (Valentines Day)
* In Park Location – Twin Oaks Mansion
* Q&A from 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
* Meet and Greet – Autograph Signing (1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.)
For the first 2,000 through the gates, who will also receive a photo of your favorite Daytime Hunk. The photos are not group photos.
There is a limited number of each Soap Star’s photo.
* Win an actual script from each show
Listen to WKTK 98.5 FM or WOGK 93.7 to Win
* Win a Private Meet & …

The Cumberland Sound Ferry announces all day, every hour on the hour service for this year’s Shrimp Festival.
Amelia River Cruises will close down Saturday, May 1st, and Sunday, May 2nd, to have three boats running all day to ferry passengers out of St. Marys, Georgia to the heart of the historic district of Fernandina Beach, Florida.

Aaron Tippin
3/6/10 – 3:00 pm
With over 5 Gold Albums, Tippin is also a pilot, farmer, winemaker, outdoorsman, competitive bodybuilder and devoted family man. It’s no surprise then that so many in the music industry regard this tireless South Carolinian as the “Hillbilly Hercules.”

Live, Saturday February 6th at Silver Springs. 3:00 p.m.
Opening Act – Country Music Recording Artist, Kenyon Lockry.
Beginning at 12:00 noon
Tracy Lawrence
2/6/2010 – 3:00 pm
With 17 number-one singles and more than 7-million albums sold, Tracy Lawrence was named Billboard Magazine’s “Top New Male Vocalist of the Year in 1992, ACM’s Top New Male Vocalist in 1993, and has garnered 11 nominations from the Academy of Country Music and the CMA. His legendary concerts with Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney were recognized by the CMA and ACM as “Vocal Event of the …

FESTIVALS ABOUND DURING JACKSONVILLE’S SPRINGTIME
Events Celebrate Film, Cars, Art, Food, Music, Nature, Culture and More
Calendar of Events: February – May, 2010
February 2010:
On Feb. 21, participate or join thousands of spectators for the 3rd annual 26.2 with Donna: The National Marathon to Finish Breast Cancer.  As the only marathon in the country dedicated solely to raising money to fight breast cancer, the funds raised will be donated to The Donna Foundation and Mayo Clinic for breast cancer research and its multidisciplinary Breast Clinic, which specializes in the detection and treatment …