Beach Guide

Amelia Island Events

This week on the beach

Pick a Day

8 AM

Birding Walks

Fort Clinch / Peters Point · Active

Amelia Island is one of Florida's top birding spots - shorebirds, roseate spoonbills and migrating raptors.

9 AM

Fernandina Beach Farmers Market

Main Beach Park · Market

Weekend produce, seafood and makers market at the Main Beach pavilion.

10 AM

Fort Clinch State Park

Fort Clinch, N tip · Family

Walk a real Civil War masonry fort on the beach, open daily. Living history weekends in season.

10 AM

Amelia Island Museum of History

233 S 3rd St · Family

The story of Florida's Isle of Eight Flags - pirates, indigenous history, the Civil War and beyond.

6 PM

Live Music on Centre Street

Palace Saloon & venues · Music

Live bands at Florida's oldest bar and the Centre Street district most weekends.

Big Days

annual
Oct

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival

The biggest beach festival on the island - shrimp boats in the harbor, music, arts and the crowned shrimp queen.

Mar

Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival

World-class classical chamber music in intimate island venues each spring.

Nov

Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance

One of the country's top classic car shows rolls across the island beachside each November.

see you out there

Every week is the beach’s recurring lineup. Times shift and seasons end, so check the venue before you go. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.

At Amelia Island, the sun sets at 7:36 PM today — about 12h 26m of daylight. Sunrise was 7:10 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Amelia Island update at the top of the conditions page.