Meet your favorite marine characters at LagoonFest

Whether your favorite marine animals are turtles, manatees, stingrays or crocs, you can celebrate them all at this annual event.

LagoonFest

When: Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: South Flagler Drive, from Banyan to 201 Fern St. in downtown West Palm Beach at the waterfront behind the Amphitheater.
Admission: Free; $10 per adult for catamaran tour.
Details: lagoonfest.com

This is an event for the entire family to enjoy a day of fun with educational activities and find your connection to one of South Florida's natural treasures – Lake Worth Lagoon.

The Lagoon is a 20-mile-long urban estuary, where beauty is above and below the waterline. It touches 13 cities in The Palm Beaches, from North Palm Beach to West Palm Beach to Boynton Beach.

Lake Worth Lagoon is where you can go kayaking, boating, fishing, birdwatching, diving, sit back at waterfront restaurants, and find inlets leading to the Atlantic Ocean.

Enjoy the day with your family. There will be lots of things to do and see, including the following:

Wildlife presentations
Kayak clean-up tours
Scientist-guided catamaran tours
Exhibitor booths & demonstrations
Kids Zone with face painting, lawn games, kids casting, gopher tortoise burrow, artful crafts and more

More details here.

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