A free, community event that provides a family friendly atmosphere to learn about Pagan, ancestral, and other nature based traditions! Event is rain or shine!
Festivities include: educational workshops, rituals, performances, charity drives, a blood drive, and local vendor, nonprofit, and Pagan organization booths.
A community is made strong by its people uniting together in compassion, understanding, acceptance, and support. JaxPPA is run by volunteers!
Festivities include: educational workshops, rituals, performances, charity drives, a blood drive, and local vendor, nonprofit, and Pagan organization booths.
A community is made strong by its people uniting together in compassion, understanding, acceptance, and support. JaxPPA is run by volunteers!
Saturday, October 17, 2026
12 pm to 5 pm
Riverside Park
(5 points duck pond park)
Charity Drives
Charity drive donations can be dropped off at the welcome booth during the event!
Hubbard House is the full-service, certified domestic violence center serving Duval and Baker counties. They provide life-saving, life-changing shelter & services for thousands of local survivors of domestic violence and their children each year. Survivors can access these free, confidential resources through the 24/7 Domestic Violence Hotline, available by phone at (904) 354-3114 or by text at (904) 210-3698. www.hubbardhouse.org
Please visit the following link for their wish list for donation item ideas: https://www.hubbardhouse.org/inkind
Please visit the following link for their wish list for donation item ideas: https://www.hubbardhouse.org/inkind
Ayla’s Acres No-Kill Animal Rescue is a St. Augustine, Florida-based 501(c)(3) supporting adoption, spay and neuter, and responsible care of animals. Along with education, outreach, and adoption and fostering programs, Ayla’s Acres also maintains a 45-acre sanctuary where “unadoptable” animals may live out their lives with peace, love, and dignity.
For more information, visit https://aylasacres.org/
Help save someone's life by donating blood with Life South during our event!
2026 Event Sponsors
Community Rituals
Noon Opening Blessing - Wiccan Church of Florida, ATC
5pm Closing Ritual - Chosen Path Church
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Ancient City Sirens - Blue Lotus World Dance
Improvisation belly dance troupe based in St Augustine that performs at various themed events, such as: Pirate, Celtic, Nordic, Mermaid, Spanish fusion, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and various styles of belly dance. They are skilled in dancing with a variety of props, including swords and fire! Gina Marie and her dancers hold various charity events throughout the year, raising money for Ayla's Acres no kill animal shelter and collecting toys for foster children during their Holiday Piratical Gala. Gina Marie is a certified FCBD and Sharqui Belly dance Workout instructor and teaches classes to those of all ages and backgrounds as belly dance is for everyone! |
To book them for your event, please visit the links below.
https://www.bluelotusworlddance.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ancientcitysirens https://www.facebook.com/bluelotusdancers |
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Jon is a Jacksonville Singer/Songwriter who offers strong vocals and finger style guitar to perform a mix of standard and contemporary folk, country, and ballads. His style is influenced by artists like John Prine, John Denver, and Dan Fogelberg.
Jon has performed at Jacksonville Pagan Pride, Ormond Beach Live, and Deland Songwriter festivals and venues in Saint Augustine and Jacksonville. He has followed an eclectic Spiritual path most of his life. His original acoustic music draws on the changes and insights along that path, reflecting on our common experiences and the feelings they so often bring. His four solo albums, One More Tomorrow, War Prayer, November Moon, and American Shadow are available on all digital distribution and streaming services, and Bandcamp. Jon is also the author of Reclaiming Your Sacred Path: Using Divination, Manifestation, and Healing to Resume your Spiritual journey published in 2016, and the sequel, Renewing Your Sacred Promise: Lessons from Walking a Spiritual Path of Growth, released in 2025. Jon is a member of the clergy in Jacksonville’s Chosen Path Church. |
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonAnastasioMusic
Jonanastasio.bandcamp.com YouTube: @jmanastasio Instagram︎: @jmanastasio Bandcamp: jonanastasio.bandcamp.com. [email protected] |
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Meren King is a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist presently making Music in Ocala, Florida, USA. Born in Long Beach, California, Meren has been a traveler most of her life. From the West Coast to the East Coast and every US State in-between, Meren accompanied her parents as they worked with traveling circuses and sideshows during the first three years of her life, and then as a teen searching for her kith and kin she traveled even more extensively, and as an adult reaching into Canada and even across the pond to Europe.
Meren has been a part of the Pagan communities in most of the places she has lived, and says that her faith contains a little bit of everything that she has seen and heard and read and experienced. https://merenking.bandcamp.com |
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2026 Food Vendors
El Mariachi Loko Jax
Authentic Mexican street food
The Slice Guy New York style cheese and pepperoni pizza by the slice
Authentic Mexican street food
The Slice Guy New York style cheese and pepperoni pizza by the slice
Location - Riverside Park (5 points duck pond park)
753 Park Street, Jacksonville, FL 32204
This lovely park has a playground, duck pond, dog park, and lots of grass and trees. Parking can be tricky in 5 points, so we suggest carpooling to the event! The Riverside Arts Market will also be on the same day a few blocks away, so we hope you will check out both free community events!
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Gold Sponsors of 2026 Jax Pagan Pride Day