Festivals

There is always something fun happening on Amelia Island! Check out our festival guide and calendar of events to see what’s on during your stay with us!


Location: Amelia Island, FL


The Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival was founded in 2001 by Christopher Rex, a vacationer on Amelia Island and principal cellist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and a group of Fernandina Beach women.

Location: 1890 South 14th Street | Fernandina Beach, FL

Phone: 904-261-1779


The dated for the 2020 Amelia Island Book Festival are set for February 13 to February 15, 2020.

Location: BY MAIL – PO Box 15286 | Fernandina Beach, FL 32035


The Amelia Island Jazz Festival provides a rich, diverse cultural offering to the Amelia Island area by exposing thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds to the sounds, excitement and vitality of great jazz. Get jazzed at the 16th annual AIJF October 6 to 13, 2019.

Location: Amelia Island, FL

Phone: (904) 504-4772


The 2020 Amelia Island Concourse will be held March 5 to 8, 2020. Concours Automobiles will be on display on Sunday, March 8, 2020 only. Tickets are required for this event and also to attend all seminars on Friday and Saturday.

Location: 4700 Amelia Island Parkwway | Amelia Island FL

Phone: 904-636-0027


Travel back in time December 13-15, 2019 during the fifth annual Dickens on Centre festival in Historic Downtown Fernandina Beach, Florida, on beautiful Amelia Island. Free to the public, this Victorian inspired holiday festival is as fun as the dickens for the entire family.

Location: Amelia Island, FL


On the first week end of May you can experience the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival. There is always lots to see and plenty of shrimp to eat!

Location: Fernandina Beach, FL


Celebrate the natural wonders of our local environment with eco-tours, wildlife exhibits, conservation exhibits, kids activities, a huge silent auction, and foot-stomping music.

Location: Amelia Island, FL