Free Events

Popular and festive, the  Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade features elaborately decorated boats floating in formation on The New River & Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale. The event in 2024 is 6:30 p.m. to about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, December 14,  featuring a prime outdoor watch area in Fort Lauderdale with live entertainment, food vendors …

Dozens of local and national artists and artisans are displaying their handiwork at a festival in North Broward.  Entry is free. What: Arts and Crafts Festival  When: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. November 23 & November 24 Where: The Promenade at Coconut Creek, 4467 Lyons Road Free & inexpensive things to do this weekend in …

Popular films are featured at free outdoor events in Davie. Movies in the Park films in 2024 include  7 p.m. October 18 outdoor event featuring “Hocus Pocus 2”  7 p.m. Friday, November 15 “Wonka” 7 p.m. Friday, December 13 “The Grinch” The films are at Pine Island Park, 3801 S. Pine Island Road, Davie 33328. …

Deerfield Beach is featuring outdoor films at public parks.  Entry is free. The movies in 2025-2026 include: 7 p.m. Friday, October 17: “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”  at Villages of Hillsboro Park, 4111 NW Sixth Street, Deerfield Beach,  Other Halloween events in Broward 7 p.m. Friday, November 14: “Lilo & Stitch”  at Crystal Heights Park 1333 SW 24th …

If you like to be out and about with family and friends, November offers plenty of festive things to do in Broward. Weston features ‘Wonka’ For frugal entertainment, Weston Regional Park  offers occasional outdoor movies that are free. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 2 the film is “Wonka” Weston  Regional Park, which  is at 20200 Saddle …

Treat yourself to live concerts at First Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale. Several are free.  If you’d like, you may make a donation. Free performances in 2024 include: 7 p.m. Saturday, November 2. Festival Singers of Florida concert. 4 p.m. Sunday, December 15. First Presbyterian Church Christmas Concert, free entry with premium tickets for $40. Venue …

Fans of Food Trucks, point your vehicles to ArtsPark in Hollywood. ArtsPark Food Truck events are usually offered 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the park on Hollywood Boulevard and Federal Highway, Hollywood 33020.   Entry is free. Food and beverages are offered for purchase. Other amenities and interesting features …

Festivities for Halloween in Pompano include rides and trunk or treat.  Boo Bash The Pompano Beach Boo Bash in 2025 is  4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Saturday, October 25, with free entry.  The event includes: food trucks local superheroes performances  tentative — School of Rock rides pumpkin patch with free pumpkin while supplies last  hayrides …

Pumpkins. Trunk or treat. Entertainment.  It’s Fall in Dania. The Dania Beach Fall Festival in 2025 is 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Friday, October 24 with free entry. The fall festival  is at  Frost Park, 300 NE Second Street, Dania Beach 33004.  The festival includes Trunk or Treat National Night Out with BSO  live entertainment  …

Water playgrounds  in Deerfield and Hollywood that are typically for kids and families are open specifically for dogs at designated K9 Water Festivals, popular with pooches and their people. At water park events for dogs, some pups step into the shallow water and stand. Others fly into the water, swim and retrieve floating toys.  Dogs …

If you’re picking out your pumpkins in Parkland, the pumpkin patch occasionally features other things to do, especially for youngsters.  Parkland Pumpkin Patch in 2025 is 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. weekends and 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. week days October 18-23, with a petting zoo, photo ops, inflatables, food vendors and face painting. The pumpkin …