St. Augustine Guest Houses

STA City Market
2020-11-14 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-11-21 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-11-28 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-12-05 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-12-12 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-12-19 10:00 - 15:00, 2020-12-26 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Eddie Vickers Park, 399 Riberia Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
With food trucks, live music, and local artisans as well as all the fresh produce and goods that you’d expect, the STA City Market is so much more than just a farmers market. So grab your bags and basket, make your way to the park, and plan to spend the day.

Writers for Warriors
2020-11-14 14:00 - 18:00 | Ancient City Brewing, 3420 Agricultural Center Dr #8, St. Augustine, 32092
Local St. Augustine authors are teaming together at the Ancient City Brewing brew house to host a special book signing and fundraiser to commemorate Veteran’s Day. The event will support a St. Johns County non-profit called K9s For Warriors. K9s For Warriors pairs disabled American veterans with rescue dogs and trains them to become certified service animals.
The event is open to the public and is free. A portion of all book sales will go directly to K9s For Warriors. Join in for some fun, craft beer and a great cause.

Wednesday Market at the Pier
2020-11-18 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-11-25 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-12-02 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-12-09 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-12-16 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-12-23 08:00 - 12:00, 2020-12-30 08:00 - 12:00 | St Johns County Ocean Pier, 350 A1A Beach Blvd, St. Augustine Beach
Every Wednesday, artisans and growers gather their goods at the St. Augustine Beach Pier. The market is a destination, a place that serves as a setting for the community and visitors to the area to gather and learn something new from a farmer, grower, producer or local artist. To build a community where we work and live. We support local economy, increase market opportunities for farmers and small businesses, and provides access to an assortment of local and regional sourced products.

Coconut Barrel Farmer’s Market
2020-11-19 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-11-26 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-03 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-10 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-17 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-24 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-12-31 17:00 - 20:00 | Coconut Barrel, 3175 US Hwy 1 S, Saint Augustine, FL, 32086, United States
WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS! COCONUT BARREL FARMER’S MARKET IS BEGINNING SEPT. 3RD! The Farmer’s Market will be held every Thursday evening from 5-8 pm. Food, Music, Shopping & Fun! The Artisan Market will also have extended hours. Come join the fun! See you at The Barrel!

Villa Zorayda Museum’s Christmas Tree Lighting Holiday Tour
2020-11-20 17:00 - 2021-01-02 18:30 | Villa Zorayda Museum, 83 King St., St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Join the Villa Zorayda Museum this Holiday Season for a special Christmas experience. Due to Covid19, we are unable to continue our annual “Candlelight Tours” this year, but visitors will still be able to tour the Museum and view our beautiful Christmas display in a unique way. The Villa is beautifully decorated for the Holidays with decorations throughout the Museum and a spectacular Christmas Tree, decorated in the colors of the Zorayda – red and gold – is located center stage in the Court of Lions. Victorian and traditional decorations are found in every room of the Museum for our visitors to enjoy. Over 100 candles are aglow throughout the Museum as you take a state of the art audio guided tour of this historic former home.
These special tours are on select evenings during St. Augustine’s “Nights of Lights” celebration and include a grand Lighting of the Christmas Tree. Doors open at 5:00 pm and tickets are on a first come first serve basis. Tour at your own pace. You can begin your audio guided tour at anytime. Last admission will be at 5:30 pm or when capacity has been met. To keep our visitors and staff comfortable and safe, a limited number of guests will be allowed for this event. At the appropriate time, guests will begin taking their socially distant places around the upper and lower balconies of the Museum in preparation for the big event. Delight in the beauty of Christmas as the Museum goes dark and the dramatic Lighting of the Christmas Tree begins with each floor in the Museum gradually coming back to light. Continue your audio tour at your leisure until the Museum closes at 6:30 pm.
This tour requires standing and walking for the duration of the tour. There is no elevator inside the Villa Zorayda Museum. This tour is approximately 60 minutes and includes an overview of the history of the Villa Zorayda, its previous owners, and the art and antique collection inside.
2020 Tour Dates:
Friday, November 20th
Saturday, November 21st
Friday, November 27th
Saturday, November 28th
Saturday, December 5th
Friday, December 11th
Saturday, December 19th
Saturday, December 26th
Sunday, December 27th
Monday, December 28th
Wednesday, December 30th
Saturday, January 2nd, 2021
Doors open at 5:00 pm and tickets are on a first come first serve basis. Last admission will be at 5:30 pm or when capacity has been met. Adult Admission is $14.95. Children 7 – 12 are $6.95. All prices subject to 6.5% sales tax. Audio guide included and is available in English, Spanish and French. Reservations are suggested, but not required. To make reservations, please contact the Museum at (904)-829-9887.

Fiber Artist Amy Hemphill Dove is December Featured Artist At Butterfield Garage
2020-12-01 11:00 - 2020-12-31 17:00 | Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, 137 King Street, St. Augustine FL, 32084
Amy will be in the Gallery all day Sunday, December 6 to discuss her work and demo a few of her her botanical alchemy techniques.
Amy Hemphill Dove’s materials and subject matter are pure nature. She roams landcapes collecting everything that catches her attention, and back in her studio she explores the potentials. Amy exclaims “I love this process! The botanicals releases remarkable secrets from local plants that we see every day and often take for granted. Botanical dyeing and printing allow me to look beyond the usual green of leaves and to really see the shapes, structure and the chemistry in nature.”
And Amy knows her chemistry, earning a Bachelor of Science in Textile Design from Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. After college, Amy also worked as a Jacquard fabric designer for a major eastern mill, creating many contemporary, abstract, floral, and more traditionally patterned interior fabrics for select furniture manufacturers.
A consummate experimenter, Amy combines techniques and materials freely. She dyes, felts, prints, stitches onto a range of natural textiles to suprising results. Using diverse techniques of Shibori (the Japanese art of resist dyeing and texturing), folding, pleating, binding, and printing: she creates a unique beauty and diversity in her pieces. There are so many variables at work in this kind of alchemy, including soil, climate, water, PH, type and weave of the fibers and fabrics, they keep Amy on her toes.
Her drive to explore new directions, generates incredible variety in her pieces, each is a one-of-a-kind creation. The broad range of fibers and techniques she uses become scarves, tapestries, shawls and more, all with an organic beauty that take your breath away. On display this month are hand-dyed, botanical printed silk scarves, shawls, wraps and felted wall-hangings.

Lightner Museum Curator’s Tour
2020-12-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Lightner Museum, 75 King Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
A Lightner Museum curator conducts monthly tours featuring unique and special treasures of the museum. The tours are the first Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. and offer guests an intimate encounter with a select few of the Lightner’s eclectic relics. Get an insider’s view of the museum’s secrets.
Tours are included in the price of admission and will begin in the front lobby of the museum. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for active duty military and college students, $8 for youth ages 12-17 and free for youth ages 11 and under. Reservations are required.

1st Annual Christmas Artwalk at Blackfly the Restaurant features art of Vaughn Cochran
2020-12-04 16:00 - 23:00 | Blackfly the Restaurant, 108 Anastasia Blvd, St Augustine, FL, 32095
Featuring the artwork of nationally known artist and creator of Black Fly brand Vaughn Cochran.
Opening reception 4 – 5 pm,
View the art while having dinner 5 – 9 pm
After Artwalk Blackfly Social 9 – 11 pm. Stop in for friendly bar, Blackfly appetizers and the chance to mingle with other art lovers after Artwalk closes

First Friday Art Walk
2020-12-04 17:00 - 21:00, 2021-01-01 17:00 - 21:00 | Art Galleries in St. Augustine
The Art Galleries of Saint Augustine founded and sponsors the award-winning First Friday Art Walk event on the first Friday of every month. Galleries open their doors from 5-9pm, offering new art exhibits and lively receptions to the public. Start your free self-guided tour at any of the Art Galleries of Saint Augustine galleries. Most galleries are within close walking distance to each other; some are just a short ride away. Hop aboard the free Art Walk trains and trolleys that run throughout downtown.
Feast on great arts & eats and the sounds of live music—rain or shine! For the late-nighters, the celebration continues with “after parties” at area clubs and restaurants. Parking locations are shown on the map. Parking after 5pm is free except at the Historic Parking Garage.
From 6-9pm, Ripley’s Red Sightseeing Trains and The Old Town Trolleys provide free transportation during the Art Walk. The shuttles run every 20-30 minutes on a continuous loop (see map), allowing easy access to most of the downtown member galleries. Note: This service is not available on First Fridays during December and January’s Nights of Lights.
Explore what each gallery has to offer online!

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EMMA CONCERT ASSOCIATION PRESENTS HOLIDAY POPS with members of Jacksonville Symphony’s Brass Ensemble + Vocalists
2020-12-16 19:30 - 20:30 | Lewis Auditorium, 14 Granada Street, St. Augustine, 32084
Local nonprofit, EMMA Concert Association, is proud to announce the live musical performance of traditional Holiday Pops presented by select members of the Jacksonville Symphony brass ensemble and vocalists. Enjoy an evening of traditional holiday tunes, including the “Nutcracker March,” “White Christmas,” “O Holy Night,” “Jingle Bells,” and much more.
The EMMA Holiday Pops Concert will be held on Wednesday, December 16th, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, 14 Granada Street in downtown St. Augustine. This event is sure to be one that puts you in the holiday spirit, with live musical performances of your favorite holiday classics from vocalists Erica Gabriel and Brandon Michael Nase with Ileana Fernandez on piano.
This will be EMMA Concert Association’s only live performance during its 42nd Season. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, seating is limited and strict safety protocols will be put in-place. Learn about EMMA’s safety plan here.
“This year has been full of unprecedented circumstances,” said Joanne Everett, President of EMMA Board of Directors. “We are incredibly grateful for our loyal EMMA supporters and sponsors. Because of everyone’s patience, we’re able to bring this one very special performance during our 42nd season. We believe everyone could use a bit of holiday cheer, and we are excited to celebrate the holiday season with you in a safe manner.”
ABOUT EMMA CONCERT ASSOCIATION: Started by a small group of music lovers in April 1979, the organization was named after a famous Spanish cellist, Emil Maestre, who retired to St. Augustine. EMMA is a nonprofit all-volunteer organization with the mission to produce quality music and dance performances at modest ticket prices. In 1989, the EMMA Board of Directors formed the EMMA Guild. The board and the Guild work hand-in-hand to produce one successful concert after another. Since 1993, Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College has been the home for EMMA’s concerts. Learn more at emmaconcerts.com and follow along on Facebook @emmaconcerts and Instagram @emma_concerts

Butterfield Garage’s January Feature Artist Mike Fitzpatrick, fishes and paints with equal enthusiasm!
2021-01-01 11:00 - 2021-01-31 17:00 | Butterfield Garage Art Gallery, 137 King Street, St. Augustine FL, 32084
Tuesday January 5, 2021 Fitz will be in the gallery from 11-5pm painting and discussing his vibrant marine life paintings.
Mike has spent his life on the water, most of it with a fishing rod in hand. He grew up in South Florida where he could be found fishing from the beaches or piers, in canals and Intracoastal, off shore or in the Bahamas. When he became a ‘Florida Gator’ he added inland lakes, rivers, creeks and roommates’ aquariums to his list of favorite fishing spots!
After graduating from UF, he became a USCG Licensed Boat Captain, and spent the next 30 plus years running and maintaining private pleasure and tournament sport fishing boats from Cape Cod to San Salvador and all over the Gulf of Mexico. He painted marine life off and on over the years for family and friends or to donate as awards for fishing tournaments, and in 2017 he let his hidden artistic talent out of the fish box for everyone to enjoy! He is now fulfilling his life long desire to paint professionally, and has created dozens of “Fitz Originals”, some complimented by his own unique handcrafted wooden frames. In vibrant colors, his self taught and evolving style depicts the beauty and energy of sea life. Mike’s enthusiasm is infectious, and his paintings reflect his great love for both painting and the underwater life in the sea.
Mike’s paintings are well known around town and as a member of Butterfield Garage, his work is regularly on display, so stop in to check it out!
