The 84th Annual North Florida Fair opens Thursday, Nov. 5, at the North Florida Fairgrounds, 441 E. Paul Russell Road, and continues through Nov. 15. The fair features rides, token games and fair food.
Several regional festivals are also planned for Nov. 6 and 7. The 63rd Annual Florida Seafood Festival will bring seafood, arts and crafts, music and events including oyster contests, blue crab races and a parade to Battery Park in Apalachicola. The two-day festival is held near the mouth of the Apalachicola River.
At St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, the 2026 Monarch Butterfly Festival is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7. Visitors can see a monarch-tagging demonstration and pollinator and conservation exhibits. Entry is $5.
Other Saturday options include the Anhinga Music & Art Festival, noon to 6 p.m. at Lewis and Bloxham Parks in downtown Tallahassee, with live music, art, food trucks and all-ages activities. The Tharpe Street Fall Festival is set for noon to 5 p.m. at Mission Possible Enrichment Center, 2532 W. Tharpe St., with vendors, live performances and community activities.
For a hands-on outing, Crooked River Lighthouse and the Asian Coalition of Tallahassee will host a Lantern Making Workshop from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Chillas Hall in Lanark Village. Materials and instruction are included in the $20 per-person cost, and reservations are required by phone at 850-697-2732 or email at [email protected].
Just over the Florida-Georgia line, Calvary's 52nd Annual Mule Day begins Friday with pulled pork sandwiches and continues Saturday with breakfast, syrup making, an 11 a.m. parade, a mule show, cornmeal grinding and a petting zoo.
