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For the youngsters, Gulfstream Park Village plaza is a site for Halloween trick or treating. For adults, the festivities feature bars, food trucks and performers.  Ghouls and Goblins Halloween in 2025 is 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, October 31, at Gulfstream Park Village, a shopping, entertainment and dining plaza in Hallandale Beach. Entry is …

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Walk into a library and walk out with a digital tablet. Or a robot. Or a Frisbee. Participating libraries in South Florida loan items like electronic devices, robotic devices and bird watching gear. Use your library account number. Obtaining a library account is free for eligible residents.  Broward libraries loan  Digital tablets for ages 18 …

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Fall festivities at an event in north Broward include line dancing and plenty of other entertainment.  Fall Harvest Festival in 2025 is 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, November 15 and entry is free.  The event includes  2:45 p.m. & 5 p.m.  Lumberjack show  3:30 pm line dance instruction  2 p.m. & 4 p.m.  Six …

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The Boca 100 party continues, as the city celebrates year 100 with sight and song. This multimedia Big Band extravaganza takes the audience on a journey back to the town’s founding. Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, at 8 p.m.; doors open at 7 Free concert at Mizner Park Amphitheater CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION An encore presentation of the …

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The Hollywood Beach Bandshell is a delightful venue for free live entertainment oceanside. Salty breezes. Waves rolling ashore. Favorite local bands, and fans, rocking out. Delightful. The bandshell is on a lovely pedestrian promenade. The Hollywood Beach Broadwalk  runs more than two miles along the beach, and it lined with restaurants, shops and motels. Entertainment …

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The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum will once again host the American Indigenous Arts Celebration, Friday & Saturday, Nov. 7-8, 2025, on the museum’s festival grounds in Big Cypress.  The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days. Taking place during Native American Heritage Month, and will feature an …

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The Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami is the place to check out groundbreaking and thought-provoking exhibitions and catch live jazz acts on the last Friday of the month during the free Jazz at MOCA. However, it’s also where to go for other free and cheap events.   There’s something for everyone all month long …

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The Alhambra Orchestra is planning two shows this year for its annual Spooky Symphony Halloween concert. The kid-friendly concert will be at 7 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, 2025, at the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center in Cutler Bay. Presented in collaboration with the Greater Miami Youth Symphony and The Children’s …

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The folks behind “Wake up Miami!” say the world is a nice place to live when you wake up with music. That’s why they’re presenting free live music, dance and performances during the morning commute at Metrorail/Metromover stations. The music will play every Monday morning for one hour starting at 8:30 am, excluding major holidays and …

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