Jacksonville's three-day weekend filled with football, fireworks and monster trucks
With apologies to those whose work or life schedules don't allow for it, it's a three-day, Labor Day weekend for the rest of us, and we're planning to make the most of it, with baseball and football games, concerts and a car-eating robot on the slate.
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
7:05 p.m. Friday, 6:35 p.m. Saturday, 6:35 p.m. Sunday at 121 Financial Ballpark. $5-$38.
Let's hope the Shrimp's bats are as explosive as the skies will be this weekend. Jacksonville wraps up its second-to-last homestand of the season this weekend, welcoming the Norfolk Tides to town. Fireworks are planned at the end of all three games. Info: milb.com/jacksonville
High school football
Jacksonville doesn't have a major college football program, and the Jags don't start up until next weekend, but that doesn't mean there aren't good games going on. Times-Union sports writer Clayton Freeman picked out 20 must-see games of the 2024 season, and two of them are this weekend — Fleming Island at Riverside and Nease at Creekside.
Live live
8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at Daily's Place. $39.50-$99.50.
Live has a rather fractured history, with once-departed, now-returned singer Ed Kowalczyk fronting a band that includes none of the other founders. They're playing with Stone Temple Pilots and Soul Asylum. Info: dailysplace.com
Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow Party
12:30 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31; 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1, at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. $28-$75.
Hot Wheels-inspired monster trucks do their thing indoors, in the dark. Car-eating robot Megasaurus and freestyle motocross are also part of the entertainment. Info: jaxevents.com
Leela James
8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Florida Theatre. $35-$79.50.
Singing is one thing; sangin is something else altogether, and Leela James gets it. On her Facebook page, the R&B star says "real rhythm & blues sangin hits different, deep down in your guts." James is touring to promote a new album, "Thought U Knew." Info: floridatheatre.com
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