🎸 Catch Nate Utley live at Tortugas — Tortugas (Flagler Beach) — Thursday @ 6–9 p.m.
The one live set on the beach Thursday night. Free to listen.

🎶 First Friday in downtown Flagler Beach — Veterans Park, 105 S. 2nd St. (Flagler Beach) — Friday @ 6–9 p.m.
The city's monthly downtown night is back: live music, dancing, food vendors, and arts and crafts in the park. Free. Make a night of it: the Tabasco Brothers play the Golden Lion from 5 to 9, and The Cat 4 Band is at Tortugas from 6.
If you only leave the house once this weekend, make it this one.

🎭 See Of Mice and Men on opening weekend at City Repertory Theatre — City Marketplace, 160 Cypress Point Pkwy (Palm Coast) — Friday & Saturday @ 7:30 p.m., Sunday @ 3 p.m.
Steinbeck's classic kicks off CRT's new American Classic series, in the same little black box theater that brought us Company and Something Spooky this fall. $25 adults, $15 students, and it runs through Nov 15. Also opening Friday: The Last Five Years, a two-person musical at Flagler Playhouse in Bunnell ($31.50; Friday and Saturday 7:30, Sunday 2).

🛒 Wander the Saturday market at Flagler Beach — In front of City Hall, S. 2nd St. (Flagler Beach) — Saturday @ 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
30+ local vendors, and the holiday gifts and stocking stuffers are starting to show up. Free. Get to The Hangry Baker early for a cinnamon roll (more below).

🚗 Make a Town Center morning of the Buddy Walk Carnival and a car show — Central Park & The Stage at Town Center (Palm Coast) — Saturday @ 10 a.m.–3 p.m.
The Fun Coast Down Syndrome Association's 21st Buddy Walk Carnival runs 11 to 3 with carnival games, prizes, and a walk around the lake, free to come cheer. Next door at The Stage, American Legion Post 115's open car show has cars, trucks, motorcycles, and a bounce house for the kids. Free, donation requested.

🤠 See Drake Milligan at KIX Country Fest — Flagler County Fairgrounds, 150 Sawgrass Rd. (Bunnell) — Saturday @ 3–9 p.m.
Gates open at 3, Porter Martin plays at 5:30, and Drake Milligan headlines at 7:30 with his Elvis-meets-George-Strait honky-tonk. $25 online through Friday, $40 at the gate. Food trucks, vendors, and a cash bar, so bring cash.
A $25 ticket for a Grand Ole Opry act 15 minutes from home is the deal of the fall.

🌽 Last weekend for the corn maze at Maze Dayz — Cowart Ranch & Farms, 8185 W. Hwy 100 (Bunnell) — Saturday & Sunday @ 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
A 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, pumpkins and sunflowers, farm animals, and a bonfire with $3 s'mores. $15, 2 and under free; last tickets sold an hour before close. It shuts down for the year Sunday.

🧺 Browse the Sunday market at European Village — European Village courtyard, 101 Palm Harbor Pkwy (Palm Coast) — Sunday @ 11 a.m.–3 p.m.
40+ local vendors in the courtyard, pet friendly, rain or shine. Free.

🎵 Sunday afternoon music at the Golden Lion — Golden Lion Cafe (Flagler Beach) — Sunday @ 1–4 p.m.
Brian Rowland on the oceanfront deck. Free to listen, and stone crab season just started (see below).

🍧 Uncle Louie G — 209 S. 2nd St., Flagler Beach (across from the Compass)
Brooklyn-style Italian ice and ice cream, just down 2nd Street from First Friday. Open Thursday 2–8, Friday and Saturday 12:30–9, Sunday 12:30–8.

🦩 The Funky Pelican's "Full Beak" deal — 215 S. Oceanshore Blvd. (on the pier), Flagler Beach
New this month: three courses for $25, every day from 11 a.m. to close. Pick a starter (clam chowder, chips and queso, or a Caesar), a main like the Luau salmon, jambalaya, or shrimp and crab boil, and a dessert like key lime pie. Runs through Jan 31.

🦀 Golden Lion: stone crabs are back — 501 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach
Stone crab season started Nov 1 ($10 a claw, $28 a half pound, $52 a pound). And a heads-up for next Wednesday, Nov 11: free fish and chips for active military and veterans with military ID, noon to 7 (buy a drink, pay tax and tip).

🧁 Sweet Bliss Bakery — @sweetblissfl · Palm Coast home bakery
Kristyn bakes homemade cookies, brownies, blondies, cupcakes, and other sweet treats, plus custom dessert boxes for birthdays and special occasions. Order through Instagram or Facebook.

🍪 Jaka's Small Batch Co — @jakas.smallbatchco · 2095 Joyce St., Flagler Beach · Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m. or until sold out
She's back from her week off with a new lineup: chocolate-covered Oreos, triple chunk brownies, lemon pound cake, and pumpkin spice cake bites. Go early.

🍪 The Hangry Baker — @thehangrybakerco · Saturday at the Flagler Beach Farmers Market, in front of City Hall
GIANT cookies (NYC-Style Chocolate Chip, Cowboy, S'more, and gluten-free options), JUMBO marshmallow treats like The Fruity Pebble and Oreo, homemade granola, and her signature gooey cinnamon rolls (now even BIGGER). Seasonal favorites like the Pumpkin Streusel Loaf, Pumpkin Snickerdoodles, and Gingersnap Sammies are here for a limited time. Full menu on Instagram.

🥟 Thai Dumpling is open in Palm Coast — Island Walk, 250 Palm Coast Pkwy NE, Unit 300
New since mid-October in the old Thai by Thai space.

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☕ Café Nairobi — @cafenairobi254 · Palm Coast Farmers Market, every Sunday
I met Martin Kabaki at the market last Sunday. He grew up on a coffee farm in Kenya, and now he roasts every batch himself in Jacksonville: single-origin beans from the Mount Kenya region, with roasts named Leopard (light), Elephant (medium), and Lion (dark). In his words: "What makes Kenyan coffee special comes down to two things: very high elevation, and Mount Kenya. Africa's second-highest mountain was an active volcano millions of years ago, and the layers upon layers of volcanic ash it left behind make the soil incredibly rich in minerals — a total game changer for coffee." He's been at that market every Sunday for three years.

☕ FREE COFFEE GIVEAWAY! Martin is giving a bag of his small-batch Mount Kenya coffee to a lucky Toaster. Just reply "coffee" to this email to enter. It takes two seconds, and we'll announce the winner in an upcoming issue.

🧼 Seaside Sista Soap Co — @seasidesistasoapco · Sundays at the European Village open-air market
Kourtney makes handmade, herb-infused skincare, from eczema-focused products to everyday bath and body care. I met her at the Village market, where you'll find her on Sundays. She's also a licensed esthetician, offering facials, waxing, and lash and brow services by appointment at Rephlections Esthetics and Wellness.

🌭 A bratwurst trailer is coming — Sven Himmel, formerly of Palm Coast's Schnitzel-Time, is launching a homemade bratwurst food trailer. No dates or spots yet; we'll tell you when it rolls out.

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