That’s what they’re calling the Florida-Georgia game this year. It’s being played in Atlanta due to construction at EverBank Stadium, and won’t return to Jacksonville until the 2028 season. Next year’s game will be played in Tampa.
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The Florida-Georgia game (or as it’s known in alternating years, the Georgia-Florida game), has been a Jacksonville tradition for decades. The rivals first met in Jacksonville in 1915 and have played at EverBank Stadium or its predecessors since 1933 (the teams played a home-and-home series in 1994 and ’95, the last time Jacksonville’s stadium underwent a huge transformation). Georgia leads the series at either 57-44-2 or 58-44-2, depending on who you ask.
With no game in Jacksonville, no RV City and no World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, what’s a fan to do all day? Fortunately, there are some big viewing parties being planned. The game also falls on Halloween, which brings its own opportunities for fun.
The City of Jacksonville, by the way, isn’t just sitting on the sidelines. They’ll still hold the annual Georgia Florida Hall of Fame ceremony — in Atlanta, at the College Football Hall of Fame. Bulldogs Andre Hastings and Brandon Boykin and Gators Emmitt Smith and Maurkice Pouncey will be inducted at the ceremony.
Florida Gators defensive lineman Jamari Lyons (95) makes a tackle on Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) during early second quarter action of the annual Florida vs Georgia football game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, October 27, 2023. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]
Viewing parties
Google “Florida-Georgia watch parties” and you’ll find events in Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota, New Orleans, Charlotte, Hilton Head Island, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Houston, San Diego, Boston, Salt Lake City, Honolulu, London and Mexico City. You’ll also find a few in Jacksonville. The parties are open to the public. Game time is 3:30 p.m.
WJCT Studio, 100 Festival Park Ave. Info: facebook.com
Culhane’s Irish Pub
967 Atlantic Blvd. in Atlantic Beach, 9720 Deer Lake Ct. in Jacksonville. Info: culhanesirishpub.com
The Block Jax
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An aerial of The BLOCK Jax, Thursday March 26, 2026. The venue is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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An aerial of The BLOCK Jax, Thursday March 26, 2026. The venue is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chancho King Chef Chason Spencer displays Smothered fries, covered with pork, red onion, pecorino cheese sauce, and a pepper Aji.This is one of the many food choices at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Atlantic oysters with a house cocktail and lemon from Chancho King, an Ecuadorian food type restaurant, is one of the many food choices at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chef Jazzy Deon holds Pork lumpia with sweet chili sauce in her right hand and Kaomangai half fried half grilled chicken with curry on the side, jasmine rice with a fried egg on top served with sweet chili sauce in her left hand, Wednesday March 25, 2026. Both can be enjoyed at the Hungry Owl, an Asian street food restaurant at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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This dish, Kaomangai half fried half grilled chicken with curry on the side, jasmine rice with a fried egg on top served with sweet chili sauce, can be enjoyed at the Hungry Owl, an Asian street food restaurant at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chef Matthew Rogers with Dark Side Tacos, holds a trio of tacos that includes a pulled pork made with barbecue aïoli and a Mexican coleslaw, left, an Adobo chicken seasoned with a double peppers, slow cooked spicy aïoli roasted red pepper, salsa, and Hawaiian toppings and the Sweet potato made with spicy aïoli salsa Verde, and a pico de gallo. These tacos can be ordered and enjoyed at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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These three tacos from Dark Side Tacos, includes a pulled pork made with barbecue aïoli and a Mexican coleslaw, left, an Adobo chicken seasoned with a double peppers, slow cooked spicy aïoli roasted red pepper, salsa, and Hawaiian toppings, center and the Sweet potato made with spicy aïoli salsa Verde, and a pico de gallo. These tacos can be ordered and enjoyed at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chef Marquis Williams with Stack’d Burgers, holds the American burger, made with two patties, pickles, lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, American cheese and Stack’d sauce at The BLOCK Jax, Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The American burger from Stack’d Burgers is made with
two patties, pickles, lettuce, tomato, grilled onions, American cheese and Stack’d sauce. This is one of the many choices for food at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chef/ owner Justin Rohloff of The Just Kitchen holds the Chicken Shawarma, made with lemon tahini, Greek salad, harissa and feta cheese. It is similar to gyro in a wrap form and can be ordered at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The Just Kitchen Chicken Shawarma is made with lemon tahini, Greek salad, harissa and feta cheese. It is similar to gyro in a wrap form and can be ordered at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Culinary Director of Operations Cassie Romines for Slingin Wieners holds the The Tropical hot dog on a King Hawaiian roll, pineapple mango salsa, cilantro, lime and Aïoli, Wednesday March 25, 2026. This is one of the many choices for food at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The tropical hot dog rom Slingin Wieners craft hotdogs consists of a King Hawaiian roll, pineapple mango salsa, cilantro, lime and Aïoli. This is one of the many choices for food at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The Pork Florida Boy is topped with cilantro, lime slaw and a garlic aïoli from The Butt Hutt Smokehouse. It’s also served with Florida style street corn brushed with garlic, aïoli and Parmesan cheese dusted with a Fire Cheetos powder. This meal can be enjoyed at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Customers walk by the Southern Swells, a craft brewery Thursday March 26, 2026 at The BLOCK Jax. The venue opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Peter Rancourt pours a beer for a customer Thursday March 26, 2026 at The BLOCK Jax from the Southern Swells, a craft brewery. The venue opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Patrons enjoy lunch and a laugh at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 25, 2026 in Jacksonville, Fla. The venue is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Owner of The BLOCK Jax, Daniel Moffatt, stands in the balcony area of a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside, Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Families enjoy the outdoor venue as musician Scott Halls performs during the lunch rush at The BLOCK Jax, a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The BLOCK Jax is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. Patrons enjoy their lunch time Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Musician Scott Halls performed at The BLOCK Jax, a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside, Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Bryson Hunt, 18-months-old, center, gives his mother
Emory Hunt a head hug as his grandmother Cam Stringer watches him as Emory does work at The BLOCK Jax, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Charlie Gerow- Vandiver, 2-1/2-years-old, sits on a cube in a tunnell in the kids’ park at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 26, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Copelynn Bourne, 4 years-old, uses grips to climb up a hill in the kids’ park at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 25, 2026 in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The private dog part at The BLOCK Jax in Jacksonville’s Southside Thursday March 26, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The private dog part at The BLOCK Jax in Jacksonville’s Southside Thursday March 26, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The private dog part at The BLOCK Jax in Jacksonville’s Southside Thursday March 26, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Abe, a Golden Retriever, hangs out with his owner Laura Poland at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 25, 2026. The venue is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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An aerial of The BLOCK Jax, Thursday March 26, 2026. The venue is a first-of-its-kind family-oriented Jacksonville entertainment venue with an outdoor food hall featuring multiple restaurants and a craft brewery, plus a kids’ park, live music pavilion and a private dog park, opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Jay Poland, left, enjoys a beer with his friend Kevin Foy and his Golden Retriever Abe, right, at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Peter Rancourt pours a beer for a customer Thursday March 26, 2026 at The BLOCK Jax from the Southern Swells, a craft brewery. The venue opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside in Jacksonville, Fla. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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The Hungry Owl’s Pork lumpia with sweet chili sauce is just one of the many food choices at The BLOCK Jax that opened March 20 off Gate Parkway on the Southside. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Atlantic oysters with a house cocktail and lemon from Chancho King, an Ecuadorian food type restaurant, is one of the many food choices at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Chancho King’s Smothered fries,covered with pork, red onion, pecorino cheese sauce, and a pepper Aji, can be enjoyed at The BLOCK Jax. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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MJ Dodge, a social media employee for The BLOCK Jax, holds a hotdog from Slingin Wieners craft hotdogs, one of the eight restaurants at the venue, Wednesday March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Emory Hunt works on her laptop at The BLOCK Jax, Wednesday, March 25, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
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Charlie Gerow- Vandiver, 2-1/2-years-old, rolls a cube down to his Aunt Tabitha Vandiver at the kids’ park at The BLOCK Jax Wednesday March 26, 2026. [Doug Engle/Florida Times-Union]
6 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Jacksonville Zoo & Botanical Gardens. $40. Holiday lights, interactive displays, a few mild scares and a skeleton disco. Tickets are sold on a timed basis (6-7:30 p.m. and 7:30-9 p.m.) to prevent overcrowding. Info: jacksonvillezoo.org
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13th Floor Jacksonville
Through Nov. 7 at 9230 Arlington Expressway. $19.99-$32.99. Wind your way through three mazes, Black Hollow Asylum, Detention of the Dead and Siren’s Wake, plus axe-throwing, escape games and a dead zombie shoot. Info: 13thfloorjacksonville.com
Terror on the Timber Farm
7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31. Blackout Night 9-11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 86300 Hot Shot Trail in Yulee. $23. Multiple haunted trails wind through the woods of Amelia Shotgun Sports. Info: terroronthetimberfarm.com
EstuScary Haunted Trail
EstuScary Haunted Trail is scheduled for the last weekend in October.
7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the South Beach access parking lot in Ponte Vedra Beach. $30.
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The Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve, in that long lonesome stretch between Ponte Vedra Beach and Vilano Beach, is the site for a haunted trail over the last weekend of Halloween season. Info: gtmnerr.org
Nightmare Oaks
7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 7980 County Line Road in Melrose. $30-$50. Local legend has it that the woods around Melrose are haunted. Find out for yourself by entering the Nightmare Oaks maze. Info: nightmareoaks.com
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 19856 County Road 121 in Hilliard. $22.95. Crop maze, pumpkin patch, farm animals, wagon rides, vendors market. Info: connerscornmaze.com
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Amazing Grace Pumpkin Festival
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at Amazing Grace Family Farms in Green Cove Springs. Crop maze, cow train, farm animals, corn crib. Info: agcropmaze.com
Sykes Family Farms
Noon-10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at 5995 Brough Road in Elkton. $19. Nine-acre crop maze, cow train, hay rides, vendor market, DJ, costume parade. Info: sycofarms.com
Treats at the Plaza
1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Riverfront Plaza. Free. Trunk-or-treat event where kids can collect candy. Info: jacksonville.gov
‘The Addams Family’
2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Island Theater in Fleming Island. $18-$50. They’re creepy and they’re kooky… Info: theislandtheater.com
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‘Nosferatu’
3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Friday Musicale. $15. The 1922 silent horror classic is shown while pianist Bob Moore and percussionist Tony Steve play the score live. Info: fridaymusicale.com
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at Myth Nightclub/Element Bistro Bar & Lounge. $14. The Bay Street nightclub transforms into the Nightmare Bar, with Halloween decor, games and a special drink menu. Info: feverup.com
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‘Carrie: The Musical’
8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Florida Ballet. $35. Stephen King’s tale of a prom gone terribly wrong gets a rock ‘n’ roll soundtrack. Info: the5anddime.org
![Florida Gators defensive lineman Jamari Lyons (95) makes a tackle on Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Carson Beck (15) during early second quarter action of the annual Florida vs Georgia football game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, FL, Saturday, October 27, 2023. [Bob Self/Florida Times-Union]](https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/b424c157bcadb25bd7e775eba92afc841ffaefedc53b6e61f039e17aa907b911/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w960%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fthe-florida-times-union%2F61e3063f479ac7ac5b52db609044f50f.jpg)
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