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What Jax Locals Do When It’s 99°+
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items A list for bored people in greater Duval who don’t want heat stroke.
Get into a go-kart, drive like a bat out of hell, and eat junk food. Thrilling and so fun!!
Indoor Kart Racing | K1 Speed
Prices are a bit up there, but this one is locally owned and HUGE. It’s fun to get out of the sun on a hot afternoon and dig for treasures.
Jacksonville Thrift Store | The Thrift Store | Jacksonville, FL
It’s a cute little place on Edgewood— be sure to tap through and see their events. They are also supported by Libro.fm.
The Literary Lounge | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree
Trivia, karaoke, live DJ, food, drinks. And it’s just a hop, skip, and a jump from the beach.
Monkey\’s Uncle Tavern
24 lanes, VIP rooms, an arcade, three full bars, a restaurant, and sometimes, live cover bands.
Beach Bowl Jacksonville
Adorable ice cream place with quirky flavors! It’s spendy, but you can also order your ice cream on a pretzel cone. I may have an addiction 👀
Mayday Ice Cream
Indoor pool, indoor basketball courts, kid zone, smoothie place, fitness classes, and exercise machines in front of a wall of windows overlooking the St. John’s River.
Winston Family YMCA
Before you roll your eyes, Shipwreck Island has night swimming every Saturday through June and July. 😉 Less heat and zero sunburn.
Shipwreck Island Water Park at Adventure Landing | Jacksonville Beach, FL
Their space is just so bright, air conditioned, and airy— you can go with your friends and play Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore while you make pottery things.
Jacksonville Pottery Studio
This is an actual board game cafe. (For the record, I didn’t know that was something a person could do.) For $3 you can game all day using their library of over 800 titles, dry-erase mats for role playing, terrain for role playing or miniature wargam...
Java Game Haus Board Game Cafe
This links to the Jax library events page, which always blows my mind. They have all kinds of things for grown-ups, including book clubs, board game nights, sewing lessons, free movies—
Events - Jacksonville Public Library
This place is HUGE and will keep you occupied for hours in the AC looking through goodies and treasures.
Great American Antique Mall
They have so many books that you could fall into this place and never come out. There’s another one downtown too, and the downtown one serves coffee.
Chamblin Bookmine
I never hear anyone talking about this place, but we have an ice-skating rink called The Igloo. AND they serve food.
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Let’s see— they have champagne mango, chocolate sea salt, blueberry lavender lemonade, horchata… and tons more. Every one I’ve ever had was delicious.
The Hyppo Gourmet Ice Pops
Paint badly (or good-ly) and drink. Guaranteed belly laughs if you take partners. It’s like karaoke— if you’re good, you’re good— but if you’re bad, you’re better. 😉
Painting with a Twist Jacksonville, FL - San Marco
Jax hosts these every other month, and they are a vinyl collector’s dream.
The selection is mind blowing and in many cases, you can haggle!
Bring your own bag. Album corners tend to poke through plastic ones.
Also, a word of caution: this is a v...
Jacksonville Record & CD Festival | Jacksonville FL
Comic books, collectible toys, and fan-dom stuff from alllll the multiverses. You can shop by category, toy lines, or fandom— you know what?! Just go.
mythicalmountain.com
It’s a bit spendy, but it’s also a chef created dinner with a live show. They done Steel Magnolias, the Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and more.
Home - Alhambra Theatre & Dining