2017 Amelia Island Book Festival Schedule
What happens when you bring great authors to a small island in Northeast Florida? The 2017 Amelia Island Book Festival has announced the three day schedule of events.
Festivals
Amelia Island Book Festival Offers Much for Kids
Amelia Island Book Festival and the Boys & Girls Clubs have teamed up to put on an event featuring four authors, covering four areas of the creative arts – poetry, graphics and illustration, fiction novels and playwriting.
Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers In Concert at 2017 Amelia Island Chamber Music Fest
An Amelia Island favorite, Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is renowned for her passionate performances, purity of sound and deeply poetic interpretations.
Dover Quartet In Concert February 8 at Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival
The Dover Quartet catapulted to international stardom following a stunning sweep of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Have Your Name Printed in a David Baldacci Book
Don’t miss the chance to have your name known across the globe. It’s possible by purchasing a ticket to the Amelia Island Book Festival Author Face-off Gala Dinner
Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival Announces Baptist Medical Center-Nassau as Presenting Sponsor
The Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival Committee is pleased to announce that Baptist Medical Center-Nassau as the “Presenting Sponsor” of the 54th annual festival being held May 5 -7, 2017, in historic, downtown Fernandina Beach.
Amelia Island Prepping for Ninth Annual Restaurant Week
Amelia Island Restaurant Week 2017 will include several new tours, cooking classes and other events that have been added to the menu.
2016 Yulee Holiday Festival
The Yulee Holiday Festival will kick off this year with the Yulee Christmas Parade on Saturday, December 10th.
2016 Dickens on Centre
Travel back in time December 8-11, 2016 during the second annual Dickens on Center festival in Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach, on beautiful Amelia Island.
FSCJ Sponsors JaxbyJax Literary Arts Festival
The event features 25 local writers in 12 venues across Riverside to showcase the city’s own thriving writing scene.
2nd Annual Hit the Pin for Literacy Golf Scramble
CBC National Bank is a sponsor of this year’s Book Festival’s Golf Scramble, and CBC National Bank employees at the local branch are “chipping” in.
Rescheduling Reminder for 2016 Amelia Island Jazz Festival
Hurricane Matthew caused a rescheduling of the Amelia Island Jazz Festival. Please note the following locations:
Hurricane Matthew Postpones the Amelia Island Jazz Festival
Please note that due to the potential impact of Hurricane Matthew, the Amelia Island Jazz Festival has been postponed for November 2-6 in Fernandina Beach,
Save the Date – Shrimp Festival 2017
The 2017 Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival begins on Thursday, May 4th, with the popular Pirate Parade that starts promptly at 6:00 p.m.
2016 Amelia Island Jazz Festival Kicks-Off
Amelia Island Jazz Festival headliners, Houston Person and Bria Skonberg, are both coming from New York. Here is the line up for 2016: