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Water Taxi Holiday Lights Tour

Water Taxi, available on The Intracoastal Waterway, runs scenic routes in Fort Lauderdale and an express route from Fort Lauderdale to Hollywood. Discount opportunities are offered, including evening fares.

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Information about Water Taxi and purchasing tickets is at 954-467-6677 or online.

Regular Water Taxi routes

Some use the yellow vessels to travel from place to place, appreciating the luxury of avoiding traffic and parking. Water Taxis provide

  • hop-on/hop-off  points for shopping, dining and sightseeing along regular routes on the Intracoastal Waterway and New River.
  • Hollywood Express runs from Fort Lauderdale to Hollywood
  • Narrated Tours. Relax onboard and savor the scenery and narrated tours. Narration includes “fun facts about all the gorgeous homes, yachts, and South Florida history,” the Water Taxi website states. Some vessels sell adult beverages and other drinks.

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Regular fares

  • $35 for age 12-64
  • $30 for age 65 and older and military
  • $15 for age 5-11
  • Free for age 4 and younger

Taxi Tunes

Evening excursions 6 p.m.- 9 p.m. Tuesdays with live entertainment onboard. The fare is $20. Purchasing online or by phone is required. Step aboard at 335 SE 6th Avenue, Fort Lauderdale.  Soft drinks and adult drinks are available for purchase onboard. 

Discounts

  • Happy Hour fares after 5 p.m. are $20 and drink deals are offered on board 
  • Group rates for at least 10 people available, inquire by phone

Discounts at Restaurants & Shops

With your Water Taxi ticket, you may receive discounts at partnering restaurants, attractions and other vendors. Participating businesses are listed with each stop on the interactive map on Water Taxi website.

Information about Water Taxi and purchasing tickets is online or 954-467-6677

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Free & inexpensive things to do this weekend in South Florida

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Other Fun Events & Activities, including free and inexpensive entertainment

Sunday, December 3, 2023

Farmers markets & vendor fairs

FREE | Broward, Dade & greater Palm Beach

Tamarac Farmers Market

9:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Veterans Park Tamarac

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Dream car classic in Hollywood

10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Downtown Hollywood

Fall Fine Art Show, Boca Raton

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sanborn Square Park, Boca

Free live music at Jazz Brunch in Fort Lauderdale

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Fort Lauderdale Riverwalk

Scrooge: A Fractured Christmas Carol, Miami

11:30 am | $5.00 | Sandrell Rivers Theater

Free screening of Mad Max Fury Road

1:00 pm to 3:30 pm | $5.00 | Bill Cosford Cinema

Bluegrass festival and acoustic jam

1:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Greynolds Park

Holiday Village in Delray Beach

1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Old School Square, Delray

Symphonic Band in Davie

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Bailey Hall in Davie

Family Sundays at Dania Pointe

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dania Pointe

Snowmen at Dania Pointe

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE

Free Seaside Soiree in Surfside

3:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | 93 St. Collins and Harding Avenues

CMX Classics discount film

3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $6.00 | CMX Cinemas

Chopin for All free concert, Coral Gables

3:00 pm | FREE | Granada Church, Coral Gables

Holidays around the World concert, Boynton Beach Gold Coast Band

3:00 pm | $10.00 | Boynton Beach High School Auditorium

Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series

5:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Ocean Drive Promenade, Miami Beach

Tropical Sundays Live Music

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Christmas Lights In The Acres

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Plantation Baptist Church

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Holiday in Paradise nightly light shows, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Free music at Gulfstream in Hallandale

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Snow flurries at Dania Pointe

7:00 pm to 7:15 pm | FREE

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Live Music at VIVO Dolphin Mall

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dolphin Mall

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Comedy Night at Nightlife Brewing Co.

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Nightlife Brewing Co., Miami-Dade

Salsa dance class

9:00 pm | FREE | Ball & Chain

Monday, December 4, 2023

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Chopin for All free concert, Fort Lauderdale

3:00 pm | FREE | Broward Center for the Performing Arts

Holiday Village, Delray Beach

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Old School Square, Delray

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Holiday in Paradise nightly light shows, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Free Improv class every Monday in Palmetto Bay

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Palmetto Bay Library

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Comedy Night at Sandbar Sports Grill

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Sandbar Sports Grill, Miami-Dade

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Regal Theatres: Discounted movie tickets on Tuesdays

All Day | $5.00-7.00 | Regal Cinemas Multiple Locations

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Winter Wonderland exhibit in Plantation

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE

Tasty Tuesdays with Food Trucks

5:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca Raton

Holiday Village, Delray Beach

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Old School Square, Delray

Food Trucks Tuesdays

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Haulover Beach Park

Food Truck Tuesdays at Haulover Park

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | Haulover Beach Park

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Holiday in Paradise nightly light shows, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Yardfit Hatha Yoga at Doral Yard

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

$5 Retro Replay Films

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Landmark Theatre at Merrick Park, Coral Gables

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free New World Symphony WALLCAST Concert Mobile Series

7:00 pm | FREE | Black Archives Historic Lyric Theatre, Miami

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Comedy Open Mic Night, Delray

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Arts Garage, Delray Beach

Wednesday, December 6, 2023

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Free admission for Miami-Dade seniors with Golden Ticket

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

Winter Wonderland exhibit in Plantation

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE

CMX Classics discount film

3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $6.00 | CMX Cinemas

Holiday light up event in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Anglin Square

Holiday Village, Delray Beach

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Old School Square, Delray

Food truck gathering at Pelican Harbor Marina

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Pelican Harbor Marina

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Student film festival in Davie

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Bailey Hall in Davie

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Holiday in Paradise nightly light shows, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Holiday Street Parade, Boca Raton

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Comedy Night at Pub 52

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Nightlife Brewing Co., Miami-Dade

Comedy Night at Exit One Taproom

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Exit One Taproom, Miami-Dade

SoundScape Cinema Series: Free outdoor movies in Miami Beach

8:00 pm | FREE | New World Center, Miami Beach

Thursday, December 7, 2023

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Winter Wonderland exhibit in Plantation

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE

Street Stages concerts, Miami

4:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Old Post Office, Miami-Dade

Wolfson Market & Movie, Miami

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus

Holiday Village, Delray Beach

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Old School Square, Delray

Food Truck Thursdays at Highland Oaks Park

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Highland Oaks Park

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Menorah lighting in Fort Lauderdale

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | Las Olas Oceanside Park

Menorah car parade in Fort Lauderdale

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Las Olas Oceanside Park

Live music: Clematis by Night, West Palm Beach

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Christmas Lights In The Acres

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Plantation Baptist Church

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Menorah lighting, Old School Square, Delray

6:00 pm | FREE | Old School Square, Delray

Yuletide on Atlantic Parade in Pompano

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano Beach

Lighting festivities in Wilton Manors

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Flippen Park

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

"The Polar Expess" movie in Dania

6:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Meli Park

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Live music at Doral Yard

7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Live Music at VIVO Dolphin Mall

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dolphin Mall

The Moth Miami StorySLAM

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $15.00 | Sandrell Rivers Theater

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Friday, December 8, 2023

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Winter Wonderland exhibit in Plantation

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE

Fluffy's Food Trucks in Coconut Creek

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Coconut Creek community center

Holiday Village, Delray Beach

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Old School Square, Delray

Food truck gathering at Tropical Park

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Tropical Park

Art After Dark Fridays; activities & times vary, WPB

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

Night market at Dania Pointe

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Light Up Parkland

5:30 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Pine Trails Park

Smorgasburg Miami weekly street fair with music

5:30 pm to 10:30 pm | FREE | Lincoln Road Mall, Miami Beach

Christmas Lights In The Acres

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Plantation Baptist Church

Lights 4 Hope drive-through light display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-40.00 | Okeeheelee Park

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Boynton Holiday Boat Parade

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Boynton Harbor Marina

Free music at Gulfstream in Hallandale

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Muppets double feature, WPB

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Snow flurries at Dania Pointe

7:00 pm to 7:15 pm | FREE

Jam on percussion for free

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | South Florida Center for Percussive Arts

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Free live entertainment in Pompano

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lawn at Atlantic Boulevard and Pompano Beach Boulevard

Holiday Music Series, Mizner Park, Boca Raton

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Mizner Park in Boca

Live Music at VIVO Dolphin Mall

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dolphin Mall

Art After Dark: Live performances every Friday at The Norton, WPB

7:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Live Music at Doral Yard

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Free outdoor films in Hollywood

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood ArtsPark

Free film in Davie park

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Davie Pine Island Park

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Farmers markets & vendor fairs

FREE | Broward, Dade & greater Palm Beach

Plantation Farmers Market

8:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Volunteer Park Plantation

Sensory Friendly Saturday

9:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Miami Children's Museum

Delray GreenMarket

9:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE

AMC Theatres: 30% off daily before 4 p.m.

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | Discounted | AMC Theatres

Winter Wonderland exhibit in Plantation

10:00 am to 4:30 pm | FREE

Fall Fine Art Show, Boca Raton

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Sanborn Square Park, Boca

Jingle Mingle Jamboree Market in Margate

10:00 am to 6:00 pm | FREE | Margate sports complex

PAMM free day with family activities

11:00 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

Scrooge: A Fractured Christmas Carol, Miami

11:30 am | $5.00 | Sandrell Rivers Theater

Family Day on Aragon, Coral Gables

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Coral Gables Museum

Holiday Village in Delray Beach

1:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Old School Square, Delray

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Snowmen at Dania Pointe

2:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE

Street Stages concert

4:30 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | 223 E. Flagler St, Miami

Light Up event in Fort Lauderdale

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Carter Park

Magic City Lights, Miami

5:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Magic City Casino

Holiday boat parade in Lake Wellington

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Town Center Promenade, Wellington

Christmas Lights In The Acres

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Plantation Baptist Church

Lights 4 Hope drive-through light display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-40.00 | Okeeheelee Park

Cultural Saturdays at Dania Ponite

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Fantasy of Lights drive-through display

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $20.00-45.00 | Tradewinds Park

Holiday in Paradise nightly light shows, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Symphony In Lights display in Hallandale Beach

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Holiday snowfalls & lights at The Square in West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Free music at Gulfstream in Hallandale

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Gulfstream Park Village

Water Taxi holiday lights excursion

6:30 pm to 9:30 pm | $15.00-45.00 | Intracoastal Waterway

Snow flurries at Dania Pointe

7:00 pm to 7:15 pm | FREE

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Live Music at VIVO Dolphin Mall

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dolphin Mall

Arsht on the Road - Josh Bermudez

7:00 pm | FREE | Atlakat

Free Concert, Wellington

7:30 pm | FREE | Wellington Amphitheater

Live Music at Doral Yard

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Discount late-night movies

9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | $5.00 | Coral Gables Art Cinema

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