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CANCELLED – Improvapalooza – a BIG improv comedy show preview night
2020-03-20 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Corazon Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, 32084
The Adventure Project – St. Augustine’s home for improv – has been in town for FOUR years now! What better way to celebrate than by hosting one BIG improv comedy extravaganza? Improvapalooza features acts from St. Augustine and beyond. The main event is Saturday, March 21, and this year we have one BIG preview night featuring:
* Spotlight Giant (Jacksonville) – game style improv a la Whose Line is it Anyway?
* From Justin to Kelly Comedy (New York) – a minimalistic monoscene emphasizing silence, eye contact, and total commitment to the moment
Come hungry and thirsty as the Corazon Cinema & Cafe has a bar, and, a full menu!
Tickets: $10 advance/$15 door
For more information about improv shows, events and classes in St. Augustine, please visit: www.adventure-project.com.

POSTPONED – St. Augustine Race Week 2020
2020-03-21 | St. Augustine Municipal Marina, 111 Avenida Menendez Slip 86, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
Once again the First Coast Sailing Association and its associated yacht clubs are proud to bring to St. Augustine the premiere sailing event of the spring season. It’s an eight-day celebration of all types of sailing set in America’s oldest seaport city. In 2020 we’ll continue that great combination of competition and entertainment with spectator events and entertainment the entire city can enjoy. As always, St Augustine Race Week offers Challenging Offshore Yacht Racing, Exciting Inshore Yacht Racing and Inspiring Bayfront Youth Sailboat Racing for sailors from 12 – 92 arriving from up and down the Atlantic coast. Sailers will race their yachts on the Ocean in the River and on the Bay! FAST, FUN and FRIENDLY events for Sailors, Spectators and Party People on the Water and on the Land for a full week in St Augustine, Florida. It’s the world-famous St Augustine Race Week – March 14-21, 2020.
Race Week 2020 includes all the features everyone loves including the best live local bands, great food, delicious rum drinks and convivial socializing with all your sailing friends – public is invited too – downtown in the Meehan’s Big Party Tent at the St. Augustine Municipal Marina. To get your 2020 shirts, hats, sail bags and other paraphernalia, check the merchandise page on the Race week website. And, like the 2019 event, hundreds of spectators will see the delightful spectacle of youngsters racing right off the Bayfront in their One-Design 420’s. We will even have a Dragon Boat demonstration on the Bayfront, too!
Something for Every Boat. You don’t have to own an ocean-going boat to participate. Slightly smaller yachts and even trailerable sailing boats are invited to race in the popular Inshore Series in the Tolomato River just North of the Vilano Bridge. The Offshore Series is for serious racers who like lots of traditional round-the-buoys, upwind-downwind racing. The Tactical Challenge Series presents a set of coordinates to be reached by any route sailors choose.
Kids – The Best Thing about the Regatta: In the summer of 2019 proceeds from St. Augustine Race Week enabled us to send nearly 40 underprivleged kids to various summer sailing camps around the area free of charge! That’s what we’re all about – giving less fortunate children a great summer experience and training the next generation of sailors. We’re looking forward to increasing that amount in 2020 and giving even more kids their first experience at the helm of a real sailboat. The 2020 SARW One-Design 420 Youth Regatta sails in the Matanzas Bay on its own special weekend, March 14th & 15th.
For all the week’s racing events – from actual races to the parties and socials – visit this events page.

Visit the website for more details and a full race events schedule.

CANCELLED – Farmers Market at The Amp
2020-03-21 08:30 - 12:30, 2020-03-28 08:30 - 12:30 | St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine
Join us every Saturday morning under the oaks out front for a gathering of St. Augustine’s finest growers, artisans and artists. For 20 years this community event has brought together the region’s finest fresh food, prepared goods and fine art. Shop for groceries and gifts, grab a bite to eat or drink, mingle with friends and stay for awhile to enjoy some old-time music from the Free Rangers on the Front Porch!
Monthly Events at the Farmers Market:

2nd and 4th Saturday of each month – The St. Johns County Public Library Bookmobile
1st Saturday of each month at 9am – Yoga at the Market

POSTPONED – Festival of Chariots
2020-03-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Plaza de la Constitucion, St. Augustine, FL, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY POSTPONED FOR OCTOBER 17, 2020.
Come join this vibrant Festival of Chariots or Rathayatra to celebrate the Hindu and Indian culture and participate in singing, dancing, and parades, Mantra Meditation, henna tattoos, art vendors, vegetarian food, and live entertainment. The Festival of the Chariots is also referred to as Rathayatra, which means Chariot Festival. The Rathayatra festival first started in the ancient city of Jagannatha Puri in India to celebrate the Hindu Lord of the Universe. Bring your friends and family to celebrate and learn more about the Hindu and Indian cultures while you sing and dance! Admission to this event is free.
Event Schedule:
9:30am – Chariot Procession
12:00pm – Lunch Prasadam
1:00pm – Chanting Party
2:30pm – Cultural Program

CANCELLED – Loving Beethoven Interactive Exhibition
2020-03-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-23 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-24 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-25 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-03-28 10:00 - 16:00 | The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, 50 Executive Way, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 32082, United States
THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED UNTIL THE CULTURAL CENTER REOPENS ON MARCH 30.
In 2020, the world will celebrate Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday anniversary. The Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach, in partnership with MIMMA (Interactive Music Museum in Malaga, Spain) is paying tribute to this milestone thanks to the traveling musical installation Loving Beethoven. The interactive music installation will be at the Cultural Center from March 6, 2020 to May 26, 2020.
At the end of June, 2019, Cultural Center Director Donna Guzzo visited the museum in Malaga, Spain to start discussions with the MIMMA Director, Miguel Angel Piedrola. After the visit to MIMMA, Guzzo requested the collaboration with MIMMA to develop a program that will showcase music-related activities and host the exhibit in the United States at the Cultural Center at Ponte Vedra Beach. The interactive nature of the MIMMA exhibits, with galleries full of musical instruments where the public is encouraged to touch and try, is one of the traits the Cultural Center is looking to replicate during the exhibit in Florida.
“Loving Beethoven ties together the Cultural Center’s mission and the Center’s outreach program Sound Connections® Music Therapy perfectly. We are thrilled to be working with Miguel Angel Piedrola and MIMMA on our first collaborative, international project.”
– Executive Director Donna Guzzo

CANCELLED – St. Augustine Lions Seafood Festival
2020-03-21 10:00 - 21:00, 2020-03-22 11:00 - 17:00 | Francis Field, W. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
The annual Lions Seafood Festival is back and better than ever for its 39th year! Be sure to attend this weekend-long event for delicious food, live entertainment, music, vendors, and much more. This event is family-friendly, offering an array of local vendors and artists to browse as well as a designated kid’s zone to keep your little one’s entertained. Admission to this event is $5, kids under the age of 12 get in for free.

POSTPONED – A Flea in Her Ear
2020-03-21 14:00, 2020-03-21 19:30, 2020-03-26 19:30, 2020-03-27 19:30, 2020-03-28 14:00 | Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine, 32084
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. THE DATES WILL BE UPDATED AS SOON AS THEY ARE RELEASED.
Come spend a hilarious evening in Paris’s most notorious hotel, the Hotel Pussy Cat, where the bourgeoist of the bourgeoisie let their peccadilloes out to play. Propriety takes a vacation, and ribaldry rules the roost, as a colorful cast of characters runs amok through the corridors, leaving chaos and occasionally clothing in their wake. Shows take place Thursday-Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2pm.
Matuza Mainstage
Onstage March 20 – April 11, 2020
Written by Georges Feydeau
Directed by Jason Collins
Preview Night: March 19
Terrific Tuesday: March 24

CANCELLED – Improvapalooza – a BIG improv comedy show
2020-03-21 18:00 - 22:00 | Corazon Cinema & Cafe, 36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, 32084
The Adventure Project – St. Augustine’s home for improv – has been in town for FOUR years now! What better way to celebrate than by hosting one BIG improv comedy extravaganza? Improvapalooza features acts from St. Augustine and beyond:
Appetizer Show (6 pm):
* Lemon Mafia (St. Augustine) – Kid*Prov from Limelight Theatre
* It’s All About Amy (St. Augustine) – an autobiography … but what’s fact and what’s fiction?
* More Cowbell Musical Improv (Jacksonville) – a full on musical improv experience
Main Course Show (8 pm):
* genNOW (St. Augustine) – game style improv a la Whose Line is it Anyway?
* Tiny Town (St. Augustine) – secrets of St. Augustine revealed via YOUR suggestion
* Antfarm (Delray Beach) – a one-man musical improv extravaganza
Come hungry and thirsty as the Corazon Cinema and Cafe has a bar, and, a full menu!
Single Show: $10 advance/$15 door
Both Shows: $18 advance/$28 door
For more information about improv shows, events and classes in St. Augustine, please visit: www.adventure-project.com.

CANCELLED – Music in the Gardens
2020-03-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Washington Oaks Garden State Park, 6400 N Oceanshore Blvd.,, FL
Enjoy the charm of the Washington Oaks Gardens while listening to the rock n’ soul stylings of local favorite Billy Buchanan. There will be beer, wine and snacks for purchase. Guests are encouraged to bring a blanket or chairs for sitting and enjoying the concert. You can also listen to the music as you wander the formal gardens.
The suggested donation for the concert is $10. Park admission is $5 per vehicle with up to 8 people, $4 per vehicle with one person, and $2 for pedestrians and bicyclists.

CANCELLED – The Music of Cream – Disraeli Gears Tour & Clapton Classics
2020-03-24 20:00 | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra, 32082
More than 50 years since their earth-shattering arrival onto the British music scene, the pedigree of hallowed 60’s supergroup, Cream, come together to honour the legendary band’s landmark album, Disraeli Gears. Performed in its entirety, the first set will be followed by hits and rarities from Cream, Clapton and Blind Faith. Kofi BAKER (son of Ginger) and Will Johns (nephew of Eric and son of Zeppelin/ Stones/ Hendrix engineer Andy) unite with master musicians Sean McNabb and Chris Shutters to unleash the lightning that electrified a generation. This immersive live show, featuring personal stories and rare footage, offers a backstage pass like no other.

Lenten Concert Series
2020-03-25 12:30 | Memorial Presbyterian Church, 32 Sevilla Street, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
A Lenten Organ Concert Series is offered at Memorial Presbyterian each year during the Wednesdays of Lent at 12:30pm. Guest recitalists come from across the community, the country, and the world to play Memorial’s 155-rank, over five thousand pipe, Aeolian-Skinner organ. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.
In 1969, Reverend Dr. David Redding and organist Everett Eubanks approached two long-term members of the congregation about funding a new pipe organ for the congregation. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson, closely tied to the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, provided the money necessary for the project. The church selected the Aeolian-Skinner Pipe Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts, to install the new pipe organ. The new organ contained 90 ranks and over 5,000 pipes including the chimes from the old Roosevelt-Estey organ. In 1971, the organ expanded with two additional divisions: the Bombarde division above the organ in the casework and the Antiphonal division in the north balcony. The Aeolian-Skinner organ at Memorial Church represents one of the “American Classic Organs” produced by the company during this period. In 2000, R.A. Colby, Inc. of Johnson City, Tennessee, rebuilt the organ console adding new MIDI technology to the organ allowing the organ to be played remotely in six locations throughout the sanctuary.

CANCELLED – An Evening with Bruce Hornsby
2020-03-25 20:00 | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra, 32082
Bruce Hornsby, the creatively insatiable pianist and singer-songwriter from Williamsburg, Virginia, always has succeeded on his exceptional gifts, his training, and his work ethic. He became a global name in music by reimagining American roots forms as songs that moved with the atmospheric grace of jazz. The Way It Is defined sonic joy on the radio, however as a hit record it also evidenced a thrilling re-structuring, and during the years afterward Hornsby, in staggeringly diverse ways, has kept going.
He has returned to traditional American roots forms, collaborating with Ricky Skaggs. He has played with the Grateful Dead. He has fused the plunk and dazzle of twentieth-century modernist classical composition to singer-songwriter emotional inquiries. He has scored films. He has performed with symphony orchestras. If the sound of an arrogant air-conditioner or a stretch of rude playing caught his ear, he has entered the hallowed doors of the conservatories of punk. So when Hornsby describes Absolute Zero, his new album, as “a compendium of what I like and moves me,” don’t expect perhaps a thing or two new. Prepare for a multifaceted ride.
Presented in partnership with Flying Saucer Presents.

CANCELLED – Stephen Lynch
2020-03-26 19:30 | Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, 1050 A1A North, Ponte Vedra, 32082
Stephen Lynch is an American actor, best known for his roles in The Usual Suspects, Bio-Dome, and The Flintstones: Viva Rock Vegas. He comes from a high-powered showbiz family, which includes brothers Alec, Daniel and… wait a minute… this is Stephen Baldwin’s bio- oops. My bad. Stephen LYNCH is a songwriter, comedian and Tony Award-Nominated actor. His songs are known for their haunting melodies, complex and Lord-pleasing chord structures and insightful lyrics, often exploring the universal themes of heartbreak, family strife, and more.
Lynch has released four studio albums, four live albums and two concert specials, including Live at the El Rey in 2004 and his latest, Hello, Kalamazoo! in 2016. His most recent recording, the double live/studio album My Old Heart was released in summer of 2019 and reached the #1 spot on Billboard’s Comedy charts.
As the result of the duality of his act, Lynch often plays venues more often suited to music than comedy, eventually graduating from the bars and VFW halls of the early days to locations such as Town Hall, Shepherd’s Bush Empire and the esteemed Carnegie Hall. He gained great national exposure with his “Comedy Central Presents” special in 2000, one of the highest rated in the network’s history. He has made appearances on Comedy Central’s “Premium Blend,” “The World Comedy Tour,” and “The World Stands Up,” and has performed at the prestigious “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He starred in his second “Comedy Central Presents” in 2008.
In April 2006, Lynch starred as Robbie Hart in the Broadway musical The Wedding Singer, which ran on Broadway from April 27, 2006 through December 31, 2006 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. This musical production was based on the 1998 New Line Cinema film The Wedding Singer starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The musical, Lynch’s Broadway debut, co-starred Tony Award-Winner Laura Benanti in the role of Julia Sullivan, played by Barrymore in the film. The April 2006 opening followed a successful preview run in Seattle at The 5th Avenue Theatre, which ran from January 31 through February 19. His performance has earned him nominations for a Tony, Drama League and Drama Desk Award.
Lynch performed on his first European tours in 2008, headlining concerts in England, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Ireland, Scotland and Germany. All but two of the seventeen shows sold out, despite never playing a majority of the markets. Lynch attributes this success to YouTube.
Lion, Lynch’s first double live/studio recording was released in November, 2012. He toured the world behind that album with his band, consisting of Rod Cone, Charlie King and singer/songwriter Courtney Jaye. They would hone the act that would eventually make up 2016’s Hello, Kalamazoo! special.
In 2017 Lynch did a tour of the United States to test out the material that would end up on My Old Heart. In 2018 he recorded the album and embarked on two European tours. He is currently writing and recording his next album. He does not know Stephen Baldwin.

POSTPONED – 25th Annual Rhythm & Ribs Festival
2020-03-27 17:00 - 22:00, 2020-03-28 11:00 - 22:00 | Francis Field, W. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE FALL.
3 Days of Live Music, Award Winning BBQ, Food, Fun & Friends at St. Augustine’s Favorite Festival!

CANCELLED – Lincolnville Jazz at the Excelsior
2020-03-27 19:30 | Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, 102 ML King Ave, St. Augustine, FL, 32084, United States
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
Presented by The St. Augustine Distillery, Lincolnville Jazz at the Excelsior is a music series celebrating the beauty and history of jazz. Nine performances will present the talents of area jazz musicians like Mama Blue, Catch the Groove, Eric Carter & Company, and plenty more. Tickets for each performance at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center are $20 if purchased in advance and $25 if purchased at the door. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or at the museum.
Before each show begins at 7:30pm, there will be a pre-show cocktail lounge open from 6 to 7:30pm.
THE PERFORMERS
January 10 — Mama Blue: Jazz: Blues Favorites
January 24 — Laiken Williams & Fellowship of Love
February 14 — TBD
February 28 — Eric Carter & Company: Live Jazz Fusion
March 6 — Kenneth Seabrook
March 27 — Catch the Groove: Jazz Vocals
April 10 — Kelle Jolly & The Will Boyd Project: Smooth Jazz
April 17 — Akia Uwanda
May 15 — Linda Cole

CANCELLED – St. Augustine Concert Band Spring Concert
2020-03-27 19:30 | Pacetti Bay Middle School, 245 Meadowlark Lane, Saint Augustine, FL, 32092, United States
The Saint Augustine Concert Band (SACB) was originally established back in the early 1900’s with a small military style band of about 16 members. Unfortunately, as the years went by and with the impact of the depression, the band eventually disbanded in 1950. Over the years there were a few attempts to form a local community band but nothing ever survived long-term.
Today, after nearly 65 years of dormancy, the 70 member Saint Augustine Concert Band is back in full force. Members range in ages from 16 to 80 including high school students, amateurs and semi-professionals from all walks of life. The goal is to offer instrumentalists in Saint Augustine and surrounding areas an opportunity to play in a band that is based in the city known for its rich heritage, culture and history. Members come from as far as Jacksonville south to Palatka to play in the band.
Their Spring Concert will be “Broadway, Big Bands, and Ballads,” featuring renowned soprano Aaron DeCicco.
TICKETS
Doors open at 7:00, program begins at 7:30 PM.
$16 Adults purchased online.
$15 Adults purchased at the door.
$ 5 Students under 18 with ID
Children under 12 are free.

CANCELLED – Women’s Work: Keeping the Colony Alive
2020-03-28 10:00 - 15:00 | Castillo de San Marcos, 1 S Castillo Dr, St. Augustine, FL, 32084
See how the women of St. Augustine made the very thread, cloth, and garments that clothed the people of the city, as well as the other crafts and skills that kept the colony going. Watch demonstrations, ask questions, and try your hand at some of the crafts! Several notable women will be portrayed by reenactors.
Regular entrance fees apply. Adults are $15. Kids under 16 are free.
