Jax Mardi Gras event will be parading through Jacksonville Beach

Jacksonville, FL; February 19, 2020 – This is the weekend of Mardi Gras madness.  The largest local Mardi Gras event of the year is coming to Jacksonville Beach: the annual Mardi Gras Jax pub crawl and celebration. On Saturday, February 22nd, come celebrate New Orleans’ style with custom New Orleans Themed drinks and drink specials, costumes and beads galore! Sign-in is at Lynch’s Irish Pub, Sneakers, or The Tavern on 1st Street and participants can take part in a bead scavenger hunt , best dressed competition or other games to have the opportunity to win over $10,000 is cash and prizes from Sweetwater, Jean Pickett Real Estate, Home Pro Inspections, Bayou Rum, Your 850, Auditmacs, BluHorn and other Sponsors. The event goes from 3pm to 9pm and is 21 years old and up.  Tickets are still being sold this week leading up to the event at www.mardigrasjax.com for $20 dollars. Tickets can also be purchased the day of the event  for $25

13 of Jacksonville Beach’s most popular bars and restaurants will be participating in this year’s biggest Mardi Gras event.  They include Lynches Irish Pub, Sneakers, Ritz, Brix, Shim Sham Room, Surfer Bar, The Tavern, The Wreck, Salt, Mangos, V’s Pizza, Flask and Cannon and Hoptinger. After purchasing a ticket, participants will receive a wrist band for receiving drink specials, plenty of Mardi Gras beads and a scavenger hunt map with all the participating locations and contests.

There will be different prizes and beads being given out throughout the night at all the different participating venues.  For each Mardi Gras pub crawler who visits each participating venue and submits their pics in the Photo Scavenger hunt, they can win cash and prizes.

Attendees need to be dressed in their best Mardi Gras inspired costumes as there will be a photo contest to crown the King and Queen of Mardi Gras.  So come dressed in your wildest Mardi Gras costume and join Jacksonville Beach  to celebrate Mardi Gras!

To get more information about JaxMardiGras.com or to purchase tickets please visit JaxMardiGras.com

FAMILIES AND PATIENTS JOIN THE MOVEMENT TO DEFEAT ALS  Walk to Defeat ALS ® at Seven Bridges/Tinseltown on April 4, 2020

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – On Saturday, April 4th, thousands of people will gather at Seven Bridges/Tinseltown in Jacksonville to join the fight to find a cure for a deadly disease. ALS progressively
paralyzes its victims, attacking nerve cells and pathways in the brain or spinal cord, taking away their ability to walk, talk, eat and eventually breathe. ALS has no known cause or cure, but the Jacksonville community is rallying together to change that.
“Jacksonville continues to show outstanding support for the ALS community each year for our Walk to Defeat ALS,” says Anne Warner, event chair. “Our walkers couldn’t be more fired up for this opportunity to join forces to increase awareness about this devastating disease and raise money for a desperately-needed cure.”
All interested walkers should contact Michelle Decker at 888-257-1717 x130 or MDecker@alsafl.org, or register online at www.WalktoDefeatALS.org.

WHAT: An annual walk to unlock ALS research and treatment; The Walk to Defeat ALS® is the #1 way to unite and fundraise for those living with ALS. Each year, fundraising through the Walk drives bold and urgent innovation as we march together toward a cure for ALS.
WHEN: Saturday, April 4, 2020, Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. Walk starts at 10 am.
WHERE: Seven Bridges/Tinseltown | 9735 Gate Pkwy N | Jacksonville, FL | 32216
WHY: We walk to honor those who are fighting this disease as well as their caregivers. Money raised from the walk fuels our goals to provide assistance and advocacy for people with ALS and their families at every stage of the disease and allows for more advanced research toward a cure.