St. Augustine Guest Houses

Creekside Festival
2019-10-13 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Princess Place Preserve, 2500 Princess Place Road, Palm Coast, FL, 32137, United States
Hosted by the Flagler County Chamber on the shores of Pellicer Creek, the popular Creekside Festival is back for its 15th year. This year’s festival will feature the essential bluegrass music with local favorites as well as arts and crafts, photo exhibitions, kids activities, food and drink, historical demonstrations, a beer garden with free samples, hayrides, and much more. When you’re not enjoying the music and history, take a beautiful hike through the surrounding trails. Be sure to come and enjoy this local favorite and all that it has to offer!
Admission
This event is $5 a day.

18th Annual Tactile Art Show
2019-10-14, 2019-10-15, 2019-10-16, 2019-10-17, 2019-10-18, 2019-10-19, 2019-10-20, 2019-10-21 and 6 more dates | St. Augustine Art Association, 22 Marine Street, St. Augustine, 32084
In partnership with the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, the St. Augustine Art Association presents an art show like no other. This unique exhibit showcases “touchable” art and includes pottery, sculpture, fiber art, wall hangings and mixed media, all with Braille labels and audio guides. The opening reception of the exhibit as well as an awards ceremony will take place during October’s First Friday Art Walk, and the exhibit will be on display throughout the month.
Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public.

Art Critique
2019-10-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Main Library, 1960 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Artists! Are you looking to get honest feedback on your work? Do you suspect your friends and family members are telling you what they think you want to hear instead of what you NEED to hear? Come to the Main Library for an unbiased and honest critique of your work, provided by members of the St. Augustine Art Critique Group.
The purpose of the St Augustine’s Art Critique Group is to help artists learn and improve their skills. Improvement occurs through self-critique and constructive group reflection of paintings participants bring for review. The group began in 1997 by Bill Leonard, one of St Augustine’s renowned artists. The group welcomes artists of all levels and using any medium. This service is free and open to the public. For more information, please call the Main Library at 904.827.6940.

Hispanic Heritage Week: Holly Iglesias & Virgil Suarez Readings
2019-10-16 18:30 - 19:30 | FLAGLER COLLEGE SOLARIUM, 74 KING ST., ST. AUGUSTINE, 32084
Holly Iglesias is a poet, translator, and author of the poetry collections: Sleeping Things, Angles of Approach, and Souvenirs of a Shrunken World, as well as the chapbook, Hands-on Saints, and Boxing Inside the Box: Women’s Prose Poetry, a critical work.

Virgil Suarez, professor at Florida State University, is the author of Latin Jazz, Havana Thursdays, Going Under, You Come Singing, Landscapes & Dreams, and 90 Miles.
Come and hear about these amazing stories, during Hispanic Heritage Week! This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, email KBradley@flagler.edu

Hispanic Heritage Week: Carolina Hospital & Marisella Veiga Readings
2019-10-17 18:30 - 19:30 | Markland House at Flagler College, 102 King Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Carolina Hospital, professor at Miami Dade College, is a novelist, poet, and essayist. She is the author of The Child of Exile, and Key West Nights & Other Aftershocks. Most recently, her work appeared in the Norton Anthology of Latino Literature.

Marisella Veiga writes in various genres and teaches writing as well as Cuban home cooking. Her first book is We Carry Our Homes with Us: a Cuban American Memoir (Minnesota Historical Society Press 2016). Her short fiction has been widely anthologized, most recently in Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America.
This event is free and open to the public, for more information email KBradley@flagler.edu

West African Drum Circle
2019-10-17 19:00 - 22:00 | St. Augustine Beach Pier, 350 A1A Beach Blvd, St. Augustine Beach, 32085
On the third Thursday of every month running from March to October of 2019, the West African Drum Circles of Saint. Augustine comes together at the St. Augustine Pier. This event provides guests with a vibrant evening of music and community.
All guests are encouraged to participate and play on an instrument or percussion of their choice. The group provides additional drums and handheld instruments for guests to use, and musicians, dancers, and spectators are all welcome. Additionally, all guests may bring chairs to the event.
Admission for this event is free.

Saint Benedict the Moor Blues Fest
2019-10-18 16:00 - 22:00, 2019-10-19 12:00 - 22:00 | St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, 86 M L King Avenue, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
The Blues Fest at St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church is all about good music and good BBQ – two things we can definitely get behind. The musical line-up includes the Ken Jensen Blues Ensemble, the Brent Byrd Band, the Duffy Bishop Band, and JW Gilmore & The Blues Authority, just to name a few. Come out to try beef brisket burgers, gumbo, pulled pork, BBQ ribs, and lots of side dishes. There will be plenty of beer and other beverages, and guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. All proceeds will benefit the church.
Admission:
Tickets to this event are $5

Confessions of the Corazon: A Night of Storytelling
2019-10-24 17:00 - 18:30 | Corazon Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, 32084
“Confessions of the Corazon” returns to the Corazon Cinema and Cafe with Gabriella Saho as our featured storyteller, on September 26th. David Fussell will be our special guest host.
Gabriella is a creative service specialist. She recycles, resales, repairs, renovates, restores, removes, invents, improves and instructs materials into art.
According to his Tale Tellers of St. Augustine bio, it states: “David Fussell, a fifth generation Florida Cracker and fifth generation Wiregrass Georgia Cracker, tells yarns and rhythms of Cracker life through personal experiences and learned lore of Florida’s past. With wit, wisdom, humor, and laughter the Cracker South comes alive; fifty years of storytelling from the front porch.”
The event is all ages and is $5 (cash only) for each person. There is room for 10 storytellers each time and it is first come, first served. Sign up by purchasing one item and there are free refills on most beverages. Sign up at 5:00 p.m. and the stories begin at 5:30 p.m. Each storyteller receives six to eight minutes of stage time. The featured storyteller gets 10 minutes of stage time and 50% of the proceeds from the door.
After each event, the current featured storyteller draws the name for the following month’s storyteller.
If you are an artist, bring in your works and sell them. Let’s hear your elevator pitch. “Confessions” is perfect for all artists, authors, comedians, writers, poets, influencers, content creators, entrepreneurs, filmmakers, actors, storytellers, etc.
We look forward to seeing you at the event and hearing your stories. Please mark your calendars, set your timers, bring some pals and join us on a great night of storytelling. All are welcomed.

St Augustine Songwriters Festival
2019-10-25, 2019-10-26, 2019-10-27 | Colonial Oak Music Park, At the north end of St. George Street. 27 St. George Street, St. Augustine, 32084
Sure you know the songs. You sing them in the car and at work. Some songs make you laugh, some make you smile, and some make you cry. Just a simple note or familiar lyric can fast track you back to that first back seat kiss or first hardwood floor dance. Songs create life long memories. What if you could hear it from the creator and learn the inspiration that brought the song to existence? Find out or meet who the song was written about or for. The St. Augustine Songwriters Festival will feature today’s hottest hit songwriters, legends of yesterday and the shining stars of tomorrow. All at the fantastic stages scattered about the beautiful town of St. Augustine.

Bare Your Soul Story Night
2019-10-25 19:00 - 22:00 | Bokeh Bar Gallery, 137 King St #103, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
A night for you to come and tell your story. Whether you are a seasoned veteran that pontificates on a professional level or the idea of speaking in front of people makes you weak in the knees THIS NIGHT IS FOR YOU!
Presented by Bleeding Tree Entertainment and STA ALL DAY
BARE YOUR SOUL Come out and take a turn sharing your story. You can get personal or give us a sneak reading of the next great american novel.
If you have some spoken word we want to experience it! “All are invited to share. Come as you are.”
7-10 pm (Sign ups beginning at 7)

Noel Coward’s classic Blithe Spirit
2019-10-25 19:30 - 22:00 | Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, 102 ML King Ave, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
In this spirited classic, Charles Condomine is a temperamental writer, who is haunted (literally) by the spirit of his first wife, the vivacious Elvira, after she is mistakenly summoned during a seance, by “Happy Medium” Madame Arcati. Charles suddenly finds himself in the middle of a most otherworldly love triangle, between Elvira and his second wife Ruth, as both women vie for his affections. Elvira, however, is determined to have Charles all to herself, even if it means finding a way for him to join her in the afterlife! A hilariously ethereal theater experience!

The Golden Age of Hollywood
2019-10-26 18:01 - 23:02 | Tringali Farm, One mile South of 206 on US 1 South, St. Augustine, FL, 32080, United States
Take a step back in time at the Junior Service League’s 37th Annual Gala: The Golden Age of Hollywood.
This black-tie celebration will be held on October 26, 2019 at the Tringali Barn from 6:02 -11:01 pm. Immerse yourself in the glamour and charm of Old Hollywood while enjoying an entertaining cocktail hour with dinner, full open bar, and dancing to follow music provided by ProShow DJ Service. The night will also include charitable gambling and an impressive silent auction showcasing local artisans and businesses. All proceeds benefit the Junior Service League of St. Augustine and its charities. This will be an evening to remember. Tickets are $125 per person and available for purchase starting August 1, 2019.

Last Sunday Open Mic Poetry
2019-10-27 15:00 - 16:00 | Corazon Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, 32084
On the last Sunday of the month, Ancient City Poets hosts an Open Mic Poetry night at Corazon Cinema and Cafe. Share your own poems or read some of the poetry you love in a supportive environment. Poets of all skill levels are welcome to come and add their names to the signup sheet. The mic will be turned off at 4:30 p.m. to allow guests to enjoy a half hour of getting to know each other.

Jo Sinclair Way of BEE-ing
2019-10-27 16:00 - 20:00 | W.B.Tatter Studio Gallery, 501 Anastasia Boulevard, Saint Augustine, 32080
On October 27th from 4-8, the W.B.TATTER Studio Gallery will present Jo Sinclair Way of BEE-ing.
Jo Sinclair has an interest in ancient art. Encaustics is the art of painting with beeswax, resin and pigments. The earliest evidence of this medium, the Roman Fayum Portraits, were used to adorn and thus identify the mummies of the Ancient Roman deceased in 200AD.
Using this art form, Jo has created the series called Way of Bee-ing.
Sinclair was inspired by the volunteer work of her husband Bo Sterk, artist/beekeeper, who had been volunteering throughout Caribbean for about 15 years, teaching and training the islanders in the best beekeeping practices for sustainable development. Since she is allergic to the bees, she decided to paint with the wax instead. Working with the beeswax reminds her of hours spent as a young child under the hot summer sun melting Crayola crayons with a small magnifying glass on the sidewalk. Yet now the process involves the adult artist at play. Today, as one of her mediums, she continues to BEE in the flow with the art of encaustic painting.
Bees Beyond Borders is a 501 3C non-profit (beesbeyondborders.org) founded by Bo Sterk, President, Florida Master Craftsman Beekeeper and President of St. Johns County Beekeepers. the mission is to provide bee biology and bee education and training in best practices of apiary management for sustainable development. With over 20 years of experience, Bo decided to start BBB in early 2019 due to major budgets cuts in governmental spending so he could continue his work with beekeepers throughout the Caribbean, especially in Haiti. Besides the raising funds for further mission work throughout the Caribbean, BBB is presently committed to raise monies to assist the affected beekeepers of the Bahamas for Bahamas Beekeepers Hurricane Relief Fund through CrowdRise or direct donations to Bees Beyond Borders 501 3C.
Come hear about Bo’s mission work, Bees Beyond Borders non-profit, and Bahamas Beekeepers Hurricane Relief Fund. It’s your opportunity to donate to “Save the Bees = Feed the People” during the opening reception event and through the following First Friday for “Way of Bee-ing”, encaustic mixed-media paintings by Jo Sinclair.
501 Anastasia Boulevard for more information call 904 9071270
