The Melanin Market's Juneteenth Celebration, along A. Philip Randolph Blvd. on the Eastside, is one of its largest festivals of the year. | Submitted, Melanin Collaborative Group

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at a rally at St. Paul AME Church in St. Augustine on June 11, 1964. | AP

From left, Jacksonville City Council member Ju'Coby Pittman, Mayor Donna Deegan and urban planner Ennis Davis observe one of the heritage markers that were placed as part of the LaVilla Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing Heritage Trail. | Will Brown, Jacksonville Today

People march in the 2025 St. Augustine Pride Parade. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

Summer at the Cummer is a free event every Friday in June | Cummer Museum via Facebook

Hundreds of boaters cluster around a floating DJ booth off Bayard Point for the 2025 Boater Skip Day in Clay County. | Chris Anthony, Boater Skip Day

Riverside Avondale Preservation is seeking artists  for a public sculpture project at the Fishweir Crossing Roundabouts at Herschel Street and St. Johns Avenue. | Google Maps

Dorothy's Downtown was one a growing number of recent restaurant recipients of public incentives under the Downtown Investment Authority's Retail Improvement Program. Dorothy's received $167,380 (48% of its total development cost) in 2024. | Hanna Raskin

Historic photos show Jacksonville's Police Memorial Building under construction and as it looked when finished in the mid-70s.

The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine. The 2026 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage will start there Sunday. | Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine.

Jacksonville Jazz Fest returns this weekend to The Ford on Bay. | Jazz Fest via Facebook

An act on stage at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival in 2017. | Jacksonville Jazz Festival

The Laura Street Trio of historic buildings at Forsyth and Laura streets in Downtown Jacksonville are shown Nov. 11, 2024. | Monty Zickuhr, Jacksonville Daily Record

A dolphin leaps from the water at Marineland Dolphin Adventure. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today

A member of the Navy Band Southeast plays taps during a Memorial Day observance at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Wall. | U.S. Navy Photo by Nick Davis

The city's Emancipation Day celebration is returning to Lift Ev'Ry Voice and Sing Park this Sunday.

An illustration shows the proposed beer garden and restaurant in Riverfront Plaza's second phase. Another restaurant is planned on the western end of Riverfront Plaza. | City of Jacksonville/Perkins & Will

Runners cross the finish line at a recent Ironman competition. | Ironman

The new Riverfront Music Garden features walkways shaped like musical notes, plus a large clef-shaped central Riverwalk section. | City of Jacksonville

These new bungalows at Anastasia State Park are a part of what the park's concessionaire calls its new "glamping" offerings. | Cape Leisure Corp.