This weekend in Jacksonville: Dinosaurs, the Bard, gold-medal skateboarders
Jurassic Quest
The dinosaurs are back! Jurassic Quest returns to the Prime Osborn Convention Center this weekend, with dozens of life-size animated dinosaurs, fossil digs, scavenger hunt, interactive activities and games for kids. It's open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are sold in timeslots, so walk-ups might have to wait for an open slot before being admitted. $22 for adults and kids, $19 for seniors.
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Street skateboarding
A pair of Olympic gold medalists head the field at SLS Jacksonville, an indoor street skateboarding championship that comes to VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena this weekend. Japanese skaters Yuto Horigome and Momiji Nishiya each won street skateboarding gold in Tokyo and will be among the dozens of riders vying for the 2022 SLS Super Crown World Championship. Competition starts at noon Saturday, 11:30 a.m. Sunday. $35-$349.
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Shakespeare, sort of
William Shakespeare is known to have written at least three dozen tragedies, histories and comedies, and a group of actors from St. Augustine's Apex Theatre Studio is doing almost all of them this weekend at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre. "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged" runs through 37 of the Bard's works, at breakneck speed and with a casual disregard for things like props and plotlines. It's at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $22.37.
Summer Breeze Music Fest
It's a block party and music festival all rolled into one. The Summer Breeze Music Fest is at the Ritz Theatre in LaVilla on Saturday, with food trucks and DJ Dark Breeze out front and live music inside starting at 3:30 p.m. The schedule has the Jason Alexander Quartet coming on at 3:30 p.m., Big Papa Fish at 5, Caribe Groove at 6:30 and the Noel Freidline Quintet at 8 p.m. $40.
Fortune Child
Fortune Child is a four-piece rock band from Jacksonville with some big-name friends. The band, formerly called Danger Bird, worked with former Journey and Lynyrd Skynyrd producer Kevin Elson for its debut album, "Close to the Sun." They play a hometown show Saturday at Jack Rabbits, with Roxx Revolt & the Velvets and El Castillo opening. 8 p.m. $8.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: This weekend in Jacksonville: Dinosaurs, gold-medal skateboarders
