Performance

HopeFest is Hope From Harrison’s annual music & performance arts festival that benefits local children with critical medical needs. HopeFest projects love and compassion to these children, and their families, by providing emotional and financial support during some of the most challenging times of their lives. At its core HopeFest is a community event for people of all ages with entertainment and experiential activities designed to inspire both the community and families it is supporting.

Tradewinds Park in Broward County will be hosting it's 5th Annual Fall Festival at the North end of the park.  In celebration of the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Broward County, they will have classic "old-time" games for the kids to enjoy as well as an antique car show.  The theme will be Fall & (since the event is on Oct 29th) Halloween.  Come in costume and have the kids participate in the costume contest.  The park's usual farm tours, steam train rides, and pony rides (all for nominal fees) will be happening throughout the event.

It’s a country hoe-down Pinecrest-style from noon ‘til 5 p.m at the 7th Annual Chili Cook-Off. Live country music bands, line-dancing, mechanical bull riding, Heat Dancers, a delicious selection of food, chili sampling and so much more! You can even enter an old fashioned hands-tied-behind- your-back, pie-eating contest. Don’t miss this lip-smackin’, thigh-slappin’, cookin’-up-a-batch-of-fun event for the whole family.

Come to one of Florida's premiere juried art shows, our 14th Annual Fine Arts Festival, and enjoy an afternoon surrounded by spectacular visual arts in the most lush and luxurious setting. Amongst a generous representation of the best artists and artisans from the US and abroad-you will find the perfect piece of art for your home that includes painting, sculpture, mixed media and photography, or peruse a selection of original handcrafted jewelry or wearable art for yourself or significant other.

Guests of all ages will fall in love with science at the 8th Annual Fall Family Fun Fest! This event features many hands-on activities, including an interactive Mobile Learning Adventure (MLA) traveling exhibit for children birth to five-years-old, courtesy of the PNC Foundation and Grow Up Great early childhood education initiative. Guests are also welcome to enjoy fall-themed crafts, face painting, petting zoo, live science demonstrations and entertainment, carnival-style games and much more!

Spooky science secrets, oozing pumpkins, smoking bubbles, creepy crawlers and much more await all boils and ghouls during Spooky Science Night at the Museum. There will be plenty of sweet treats along with a few tricks during this fun-filled event for all ages.  Each Night at the Museum is a different theme, which includes various interactive science crafts, activities, entertainment, exhibits, planetarium shows and a chance to view the night sky in Palm Beach County’s only public observatory!

The city of Coral Springs will provide a not-so-scary Haunted House for the kids.  In addition to the haunted house, kids can enjoy some bounce and slide time on inflatables. There will also be a themed room for the youngest visitors. Trick-or-treaters will get their share of candy as they leave.  

Downtown in December in Coral Springs is a celebration of the season and holidays. 

Make our fun-filled Downtown in December event your family’s annual holiday tradition! Guests will experience the season’s first snowfall on the great lawn, live entertainment, a showing of the movie - Polar Express - and a train ride around City Hall! Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and an appetite – there will be a wide variety of food trucks, and of course, cookies and milk for dessert. Parking is free in the City Hall garage.

The City’s annual Holiday Parade will be on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 7 p.m. on West Sample Road.  This year's theme will be "Holiday Express".  The parade will feature marching bands, decorated floats and other entries along Sample Road from Coral Springs Drive to City Hall.  

The Indian Regional and Cultural Center of Florida (IRCC) will be hosting the annual Diwali Festival of Lights this year at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale.  Celebrate Indian culture with delectable foods, intricate dances and tintilating music!  Diwali is celebrated internationally as a major Hindu holiday.  The IRCC event will be held indoors in an over 110,000 square foot venue.  Enjoy live shows by over 450 performers of Indian dance, song, instrumental music, fashion and more.