DATEBOOK
Second Thursday
• River Nights – Veterans Memorial Park at
Rivergate, 5:30-8:30 p.m., through December.
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Enjoy the fire, live musical entertainment,
cash bar, food available for purchase.
Free, all ages welcome. 878.2277.
• Harbor Branch Ocean Exploration Tours –
Watch via two-way livestream from their
exploration command center, 1-2:30 p.m.
Reservations required. $25 per person.
242.229.
Third Thursday
• A Walk in the Garden – Heathcote Botanical
Gardens, Fort Pierce at 11 a.m., November
through May. Take a walk through the
gardens with the horticulturist or a docent.
464.4672
Every Friday
• Rock’n Riverwalk – downtown Stuart on
the river, 1-4 p.m. Check before going www.
facebook.com/stuartmainstreet/ 286.2848
• Indian River Lagoon Research Boat Tours
– Harbor Branch north of Fort Pierce. Call
242.2293 for information.
First Friday
• Friday Fest – Downtown Fort Pierce, 5:30-
9 p.m. 466.3880
• First Friday Gallery Strolls – Old downtown
Vero Beach, 5-8 p.m. Call first. 643.6782
• The Creek District First Friday Art and
Entertainment ArtWalk – Downtown Stuart
just south of Confusion Corner. Stroll and
visit local businesses hosting artists, artisans,
and performers and holding open houses,
5-9 p.m.
• Tradition Food Trucks and Vendors – Tradition
Square, 5-9 p.m. Bring a chair. 878.0188
Second Friday
• Coffee with the Mayor – Vero Beach.
Heritage Center, 8-9 a.m. 643-6782
• Coffee with PSL City Council – Port St.
Lucie Community Center, 8:30 a.m. Call first.
871.5219
• Lunch and Learn – Manatee Center, Fort
Pierce. Noon. Call to see if this is being held.
429.6266
Third Friday
• Coffee with Mayor of Fort Pierce – Fort
Pierce Yacht Club, Veterans Memorial Park,
8 a.m. Call first to see if this is on. 466.3880
• Art Walk – Visit the downtown Fort Pierce
galleries on Second Street and the Peacock
Arts District from 5-8 p.m. 462.2783
• Tradition Food Trucks and Vendors – Tradition
Square, 5-9 p.m. Bring a chair. 878.0188
Fourth Friday
• Coffee with St. Lucie County Commission
Chairman – SLCTV studio, Room 101,
County Administration Building, Fort Pierce.
8:30 a.m. Call 462.1400 for details.
Last Friday
• Downtown Friday – 14th Avenue between
20th and 21st streets, Vero Beach, 5:30-
8:30 or 9 p.m. 643.6782
Friday and Saturday
• Comedy Zone and Howl at the Moon and
Live in the Loop: Comedy Zone shows at 7:30
and 9:30. Howl at the Moon with live music,
food and bar, 6:15 p.m. Reservations for
Howl or tickets for Comedy Zone: 231.6990.
Live in the Loop – Riverside Theatre free
outdoor concerts. 6-9:30 p.m. Visit
www.riversidetheatre.com for more details.
NOVEMBER
Tuesday, Nov. 15
• Dancing with the Big Band – MIDFLORIDA
Credit Union Event Center, Port St. Lucie.
Ambassadors of Swing. A mixture of Irish
tunes, jazz and swing orchestra. Call
807.4488 for time.
• Hazardous Waste Collection Day – Port St.
Lucie. Bring it to the Public Works Complex,
450 SW Thornhill Drive, 8 a.m.-noon. Go to
https://tinyurl.com/hazwaste2 for a list of
accepted items. 871.5103
Wednesday, Nov. 16
• Depression – Healthy U discussion at PSL
Community Center, Port St Lucie. 6:30-8 p.m.
878.2277.
• Odyssey Road: Tribute to Journey – Maltz
Jupiter Theatre, 7:30 p.m. 561.575.2223
Thursday, Nov. 17
• Clue – Comedy whodunit. Barn Theatre,
Stuart, 8 p.m. 287.4884
• Live at the Garden: The Music of Billy Joel
– Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 5 and 7:30 p.m.
561.575.2223
• Vocal Extravaganza – Featuring the IRSC
Company Singers and IRSC Chorale at
McAlpin Fine Arts Center, Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce, 7 p.m. 800.220.9915
• Alan Berger Ph.D. – via Zoom, professor,
theology department, and Raddock Family
Eminent Scholar Chair for Holocaust Studies,
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and
Letters at FAU at 1 p.m. For details, the Zoom
link is www.fau.edu/research/community/
research-in-action.
• The Mustangs Film – Presented by Equine
Rescue and Adoption Foundation, Lyric
Theatre, 7 p.m. 286.7927
Friday, Nov. 18
• Clue – Comedy whodunit. Barn Theatre,
Stuart, 8 p.m. 287.4884
• Top of the World: A Carpenters Tribute
– Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
561.575.2223
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild,
7:30 p.m. 562.8300
• An Evening with Paula Cole – Lyric Theatre,
Stuart, 7 p.m. 286.7827
• Daniel Tosh: Florida Trash Tour – Comedy,
presented by Life Nation, Sunrise Theatre,
Fort Pierce. 7:30 and 10 p.m. 461.4775
• Vocal Extravaganza – Featuring the IRSC
Company Singers and IRSC Chorale at
McAlpin Fine Arts Center, Indian River State
College, Fort Pierce. 7 p.m. 800.220.9915
• Comedy Show – Dean Napolitano and
Richy Leis at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Event
Center, 8 p.m. 807.4488
Saturday, Nov. 19
• Pineapple Festival – Jensen Beach. Call to
see if the host, Jensen Beach Chamber of
Commerce, has canceled the event. 334.3444
• Handel’s Messiah –Treasure Coast Community
Singers at Trinity United Methodist
Church, Jensen Beach. Call for time.
224.8807
• Clue – Comedy whodunit. Barn Theatre,
Stuart, 2 and 8 p.m. 287.4884
• Stephanie J. Block: Believe – Maltz Jupiter
Theatre, 8 p.m.
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild,
2 and 7:30 p.m. 562.8300
• Vocal Extravaganza – Featuring the
IRSC Company Singers and IRSC Chorale
at McAlpin Fine Arts Center, Indian River
State College, Fort Pierce. 2 and 7 p.m.
800.220.9915
• Great White & Riley’s LA Guns Concert –
Two great rock bands with worldwide touring
histories come to the MIDFLORIDA Credit
Union Event Center for one wild night in Port
St. Lucie. https://www.cityofpsl.com/Home/
Components/Calendar/Event/13923/3359
807.4488
Sunday, Nov. 20
• Pineapple Festival – Jensen Beach, Jensen
Beach Chamber of Commerce. Call to see if
canceled. 334.3444
• Clue – Comedy whodunit. Barn Theatre,
Stuart, 2 p.m. 287.4884
• Best of the Eagles – Maltz Jupiter Theatre.
Tribute band playing the best from the 70s,
80s and beyond. 7:30 p.m.
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild.
2 p.m. 562.8300
• Handel’s Messiah –Treasure Coast Community
Singers at St. Bernadette Catholic
Church, Port St. Lucie. Call for time. 224.8807
Thursday, Nov. 24
Thanksgiving
• Vessels: A Journey in Clay by Wolford
Campbell – A.E. Backus Museum,
Fort Pierce. Opening reception is Dec. 2,
6-8 p.m. Check backusmuseum.org for
ticket information. 465.0630
Friday, Nov. 25 – Friday, Dec. 31
• Heathcote Garden of Lights – Many
thousands of twinkling lights outlining
scenes and animals throughout the gardens.
The displays are created by volunteers who
work for months to make jaw-dropping
displays that will have you enthralled. Open
Friday and Saturday nights starting Nov. 25
through Dec. 17. Open Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 22, 23, 29, 30. Open evenings when it’s
dark. Check their website for times. www.
HeathcoteBotanicalGardens.org 464.4672
Friday, Nov. 25
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild.
Marvelous music, great comedy, and at least
six showstoppers. 7:30 p.m. 562.8300
• Christmas on Main Street – City Hall
Annex parking lot, Stuart, 4-7 p.m.
downtownstuartflorida.com
• The Nutcracker – Dance Academy of Stuart,
Lyric Theatre, 6:30 p.m. 286.7927
Thursday, Nov. 25- Friday, Dec. 30
• Holiday Lights at the Gardens – Port St.
Lucie Botanical Gardens. Features music,
performers, food trucks and more than 2,500
lights. See 17 lighted ice sculpture trees and
a 16-foot-tall lighted round walk-through
ornament display. Free admission. Due to
limited parking, consider carpooling. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, 5-9 p.m. except
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Thursday, Nov. 25- Sunday, Dec. 18
• Carnival of Lights – Martin County
Fairgrounds, every Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday through Dec. 18. The carnival
has grown. It features A Castle Christmas,
formerly in Islesworth in Palm City, and added
exhibits of 150 nativity sets, a Nutcracker
collection and a large ceramic Christmas
village. Santa will be there. Admission is $8,
but children 10 and younger are admitted
free. Please bring non-perishable foods for
the Salvation Army collection, 5:30-9 p.m.
For details, visit www.martincountyfair.
com/p/about/carnival-of-lights or call
220.3247.
Saturday, Nov. 26
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild,
2 and 7:30 p.m. 562.8300
• The Nutcracker – Dance Academy of Stuart,
Lyric Theatre, 6:30 p.m. 286.7927
Sunday, Nov. 27
• Musical Chairs – Vero Beach Theatre Guild,
2 p.m. 562.8300
• We Gather Together – Space Coast Symphony
Orchestra at Vero Beach High School
Performing Arts Center, 3 p.m. 855.252.7276
• The Nutcracker – Dance Academy of Stuart,
Lyric Theatre, 6:30 p.m. 286.7927
Tuesday, Nov. 29
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the Forum – Broadway meets ancient Rome.
Maltz Jupiter Theatre through Dec. 18,
7:30 p.m. 561.575.2223
Wednesday, Nov. 30
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum – Broadway meets ancient
Rome. Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 2 and 7:30 p.m.
561.575.2223
DECEMBER
Thursday, Dec. 1 – Saturday, Dec. 24
• A.E. Backus Museum Gift Shop – Holiday
sale Gifts of Florida. 465.0630
Thursday, Dec. 1
• Herb Alpert and Lani Hall: A Christmas Wish
– Lyric Theatre, Stuart, 7 p.m. 286.7827
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum – Broadway meets ancient
Rome. Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
561.575.2223
Friday, Dec. 2
• Christmas Parade Stuart – Big floats,
sparkling lights, bands, cheerleaders and
all the trimmings. This evening parade will
make memories. 7 p.m.
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way
to the Forum – Broadway meets ancient
Rome. Maltz Jupiter Theatre, 7:30 p.m.
561.575.2223
• The Broads of Broadway – Pineapple
Playhouse, Fort Pierce, 8 p.m. 465.0366
• Riverside Theatre – Holiday event: Children’s
Theatre performance of Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer, holiday decorations around
the campus, synthetic skating rink, Santa’s
Village. Call 231.6990 for information.
• Light Up Night – Sebastian. Visit various
businesses and enjoy welcoming snacks
and hot chocolate. A map will be available.
5:30-8 p.m. 589.5969
Saturday, Dec. 3
• Christmas Parade Vero Beach – Christmas >>
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