Best bets for weekend fun in Volusia-Flagler: Check out these events
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With just a hint of cooler temperatures in the air this week, it’s a nice time to get out and experience the monthly Wine Walk along the restaurants and bars along Flagler Avenue in New Smyrna Beach.
For the uninitiated, the Wine Walk is a monthly progressive wine tasting event that has become a popular fixture in the busy beachside business district.
This month’s edition will unfold from 1-7 p.m. Saturday along Flagler Avenue. Wine Walk tasting passports are $30 and include 20 tasting tickets along with a keepsake wine glass, map and listing of the host locations and wines.
During the event, participating businesses offer both one and multi-ticket wines to sample out of a roster of 100 featured varieties. Those who want to share their 20 tasting tickets with a friend may purchase an additional wine glass for $5 cash.
Tickets may be purchased in advance at Eventbrite.com or day-of-event for CASH ONLY starting at noon at the following spots:
West Welcome Tent: Flagler Avenue and N. Peninsula Avenue
Middle Welcome Porch: 401 Flagler Avenue and S. Cooper Street
East Welcome Tent: 401 Flagler Avenue and Atlantic Avenue
Ticket sales end at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday.
Visit flaglerave.com for details.
Faux Van Halen to rock Daytona Beach
If you’re going to catch a summer rock tribute show at the historic Daytona Beach Bandshell, your time is running out. There are only two weekends left in the “Star Spangled Summer” concert series that runs through Sept. 30.
On Saturday, the penultimate “Star Spangled Summer” show will feature “Completely Unchained: Van Halen Tribute,” a nod to the timeless six-string virtuosity of Eddie Van Halen and the showmanship of David Lee Roth. Not Sammy Hagar, mind you, because the band narrows its focus to 1978-1984,
The 7:15 p.m. concert will be followed by fireworks over the beach at 9:45.
General admission to the show is free, with VIP tickets available for $15. Visit daytonabandshell.com for more information.
Check out a car show in Deltona
Hot rods, custom cars, motorcycles and more will be in the spotlight at a mondo car show on Saturday at the Sons & Daughters of Italy Lodge No. 2441 in Deltona.
It’s free to come out and catch a glimpse of the event’s blinged-out stars, which will share attention with live music and door prizes throughout the afternoon at the lodge, 1270 Doyle Road in Deltona.
It’s $10 if you’d like to register your vehicle for the show, with registration available the day-of-event.
The show will unfold from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday. Call 386-847-8392 for more information.
MOAS offers an afternoon of Florida history
With SpaceX launches putting the Space Coast back on the map, the timing is right for this presentation on the history of Kennedy Space Center on Saturday at the Root Family Auditorium at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach.
Seth Mayo, the museum’s curator of science, will open the program with a look at the history of Florida’s well-known space destination starting with the law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 to establish the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The afternoon also will feature a presentation by J. Zach Zacharias, the museum’s senior curator of history, about the legacy of Gilded Age Florida developer Hamilton Disston and his unsuccessful project designed to drain the frontier land of South Florida.
The program runs from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday. It’s free for museum members and also included with regular paid admission of $12.95 adults, $10.95 students and seniors, $6.95 for ages 6-17. For more information, visit moas.org or call 386-255-0285.
In Flagler, it’s fall festival time
You can sample tasty creations of popular area restaurants amid the soundtrack of beachy musical vibes at the annual Fall For Flagler Festival on Saturday at Veterans Park in Flagler Beach.
The event is the premiere annual fund-raiser for the nonprofit Flagler Beach Historical Museum, with all proceeds going to support the museum.
In addition to tastings of signature dishes and cocktails from local restaurants, there also will be a silent auction along with entertainment provided by Surf Radio’s DJ Vern. Tickets for full-size servings of wine and beer will be available for sale.
Tickets, at $45, are on sale at the museum, at 207 S. Central Ave. in Flagler Beach, or online at flaglerbeachmuseum.org. For details, 386-517-2025.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Best bets for weekend fun in Volusia and Flagler counties
