Weekend Family Fun in South Florida

Friday, November 14th

ILUMINA: A Tropical Garden Lantern Festival At Mounts Botanical Garden

When: Nov.12, 2025 – Jan. 11, 2026

Mounts Botanical Garden’s popular holiday light spectacular is back – bigger, brighter, and more dazzling than ever – with ILUMINA: A Tropical Garden Lantern Festival. Step into a world of light, color, and wonder with ILUMINA: A Tropical Garden Lantern Festival – where nature, art, and imagination come alive in a radiant celebration of light.

As night falls, ILUMINA transforms Mounts Botanical Garden’s lush landscape into a glowing paradise filled with more than 500 handcrafted glowing silk lanterns, inspired by the plants, animals, and vibrant spirit of the tropics. As you stroll through illuminated pathways, you’ll encounter towering chameleons, radiant flamingos, shimmering butterflies, luminous orchids, and the festival’s breathtaking centerpiece – a 195-foot dragon rising from the Garden’s lake, a masterpiece of color and light that leaves you in awe. ILUMINA is family-friendly and walkable, making it an ideal evening outing for couples and friends.

Saturday, November 15th

*Sponsored Manatee Season Kickoff

Saturday, November 15 | 10AM-3PM | 6000 N. Flagler Drive

Join us for this FREE, family-friendly Migration Celebration as we welcome our beloved manatees back to warmer waters! Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun day packed with educational activities and exciting exhibits.

Swank Farm Farmers Market

Join us for the Market of the new Season!

Come out for our Market, see our new and returning vendors, and support small businesses in our community all under our 8500 square-foot, open-air Pole Barn.

14311 North Road

Loxahatchee

THE WEST PALM BEACH GREENMARKET for the 2025 – 2026 Season

Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 

Takes place every Saturday through May 30, 2026 (except on February 14, due to the Palm Tree Festival, and March 28, due to the Palm Beach International Boat Show)

100 Clematis Street

West Palm Beach

Run for Reading 5k for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

DATES: Saturday, Nov. 15, at 8:00 a.m. at Commons Park

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is an award-winning book gifting program for children ages 0-5. The Imagination Library mails each child enrolled a high-quality, age-appropriate book each month, at no cost to the family, from birth through their fifth birthday! The program works through The Dollywood Foundation, which provides key systems, and local community partners, who enroll families and pay the monthly cost of books. Your participation in the Run for Reading 5k will provide Imagination Library books for local children in Palm Beach County!

The 4th Annual Run for Reading 5k run/walk is a family-friendly event and the perfect opportunity to stay active and engaged while supporting early childhood literacy in Palm Beach County. The race will take place in Commons Park in Royal Palm Beach and will be timed by AccuChip.

Sunday, November 16th

Boca Green Market at Royal Palm Place

Date: November 16

Hours: 8:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Location: Royal Palm Place, Federal Hwy by the Clock Tower

This season, get ready to immerse yourself in the heart of Boca Raton’s vibrant local scene. The Downtown Boca Green Market at Royal Palm Place is back for another exciting season, bringing you the freshest produce, one-of-a-kind handmade goods, and a sense of community that’s second to none.