What's on in Jacksonville, United States through the year

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Busy — one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Peak crowds — THE PLAYERS Championship, Spring break in United States

• Festival

  THE PLAYERS Championship

  12–15 MarMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  Golf's largest purse, played at Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra half an hour east of downtown. The beach towns book out for the week; Jacksonville proper barely notices it. Source ↗

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in April.

Busy — Jacksonville Jazz Festival

• Nature

  Loggerhead nesting

  1 May – 31 OctTurtle nesting

  Loggerheads nest the length of the Jacksonville beaches from May, and the oceanfront runs shielded lighting until the last nest hatches in October. Dawn patrols mark the new nests before the beach fills.

• Festival

  Jacksonville Jazz Festival

  21–24 MayMajor festivalCrowded

  Free, on the river downtown, over Memorial Day weekend, and one of the biggest free jazz festivals in the country. It is the one weekend a year the city genuinely uses its waterfront. Source ↗

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Sea warm enough

  1 Jun – 15 Oct · usually

  The Atlantic off Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach is comfortable from June into mid-October. Autumn is the local's swim: warm water, no crowd, and the surf finally doing something.

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  North-east Florida is hit less often than the peninsula, but the St Johns River backs up on storm surge and floods downtown and San Marco when a system passes anywhere nearby. August to October is the window. Source ↗

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct)

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Loggerhead nesting (1 May – 31 Oct), Sea warm enough (1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)), Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Thanksgiving break in United States

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Busy — Winter / Christmas break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in December.