| 📅 FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2026 Weekend Edition | Fernandina Beach ⛅ 87°/76° |
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| 🎉 | This Weekend |
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FRI
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Amelia Island Opera: Trouble in Tahiti & Il Signor Bruschino
Amelia Plantation Chapel • Tonight at 7:30 PM • $50 per ticket • ameliaislandopera.org
A double bill of one-act operas tonight only. Bernstein’s jazz-inflected look at an unraveling marriage, followed by Rossini’s high-energy Italian comedy full of mistaken identities. Amelia Island Opera brings a full cast and orchestra to the island’s intimate chapel setting. A real date-night option you won’t find most weekends.
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Grease Closes at Amelia Musical Playhouse
1955 Island Walk Way • Fri + Sat at 7:30 PM, Sun matinee at 2:30 PM • $25 adults / $15 students • ameliamusicalplayhouse.com
After six weeks, Grease takes its final bow Sunday afternoon. If you have been meaning to catch it, this is your last chance. Three performances left: tonight, Saturday evening, and Sunday’s matinee at 2:30.
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SAT
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Downtown Saturday: Farmers Market + Arts Market
N. 7th & Centre (Farmers Market) + 506 Centre St (Arts Market) • 9 AM–1 PM • Free
Both markets are running Saturday morning. It’s the 4th Saturday of the month, so the Arts Market joins the weekly Farmers Market a couple of blocks down Centre Street. Fresh produce, local makers, handmade goods. Get there before the afternoon heat kicks in.
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Summer Lovin’ Adoption Event
Nassau Humane Society, Yulee • Noon–4 PM • Free admission
The Nassau Humane Society is hosting a summer adoption event Saturday afternoon. Dogs, cats, and small animals all available. If you have been thinking about adding a pet to the household, this is a good afternoon for it.
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Mocama Sunday Market
Mocama Beer Co., 23 N. 3rd St, Fernandina Beach • 10 AM–2 PM
A low-key Sunday morning scene at Mocama’s taproom: local artisan vendors, fresh produce, bread, coffee, and cold craft beer. Easy parking, outdoor space, and a good reason to end the weekend slowly before the holiday week begins.
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| 🍽️ | Try This |
If you have driven past the Atlantic Recreation Center on Atlantic Avenue a hundred times without noticing the trailhead behind it, you have been missing one of the best free things on the island. Egans Creek Greenway is a 350-acre urban wildlife sanctuary running right through the heart of Amelia Island, and the trail winds through coastal hammock, freshwater and saltwater marsh, and pine flatwood. In May, it is one of the best birding spots around, with herons, egrets, ibis, osprey, and late-spring migrants still moving through. Bring bug spray, leave the car behind, and plan for about an hour. Mornings this weekend are the sweet spot before afternoon storms move in.
📍 2500 Atlantic Ave (behind the Atlantic Recreation Center) • Free • Open sunrise to sunset
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Charter captains and recreational anglers who spent weeks preparing for Atlantic red snapper season woke up Thursday to a court order shutting it down. A federal district court in Washington, D.C. granted a preliminary injunction blocking the exempted fishing permits that authorized Florida’s 2026 state-managed recreational red snapper season. The lawsuit was filed by commercial fishing groups challenging the Trump administration’s plan to expand recreational access. The season was supposed to run May 22 through June 20, with three additional October weekends. It is now closed until the court issues further orders. The commercial season is not affected.
Read More → News4JaxThe e-bike ordinance that passed first reading at the Fernandina Beach City Commission this week now has a final vote date: June 16. The proposed rules would cap speeds at 10 mph on sidewalks and trails and 20 mph on roadways, with a three-phase enforcement approach that starts with warnings before any fines kick in. The Police Department has already begun an education push, including a meeting with more than 700 middle schoolers. The June 16 second reading is where the ordinance becomes law or gets amended further.
Read More → News4JaxMemorial Day weekend is one week away and summer has officially arrived on the island. Is there a spot, a restaurant, a routine, or a tradition that officially kicks off your Amelia Island summer every year? Hit reply and let us know. We read every response.
Three species of sea turtle are known to nest on Amelia Island’s beaches, but one accounts for nearly all of the nests recorded here each year. Which species is it?
Answer: The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta). Loggerheads make up the vast majority of nests on Amelia Island. While leatherbacks and green sea turtles nest here occasionally, loggerheads are the reliable seasonal visitors. Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch has been monitoring nests on the island’s beaches since 1985.
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