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WEEKEND EVENTS
Friday, January 2nd
🧘♀️ Yoga | Hard Rock Daytona | 9:30am
🍔 Foodees Festival | Tanger Outlets | 1pm
🌮 Food Truck Night | Beach Street | 5pm
🖼 First Friday Art Walk | Beach Street | 5pm
🎄 Holiday Lights | Riverfront Esplanade | 6pm
🛍 Deland Farmers Market | Artisan Alley | 6pm
😂 Comedy Show with Jimmie JJ Walker | Cristy B Comedy | 8pm
Saturday, January 3rd
🧘♀️ Yoga | Hard Rock Daytona | 9:30am
🍔 Foodees Festival | Tanger Outlets | 11am
🎨 Ormond Art Walk | Ormond Arts District | 3pm
🏈 Under Armour All American Game | Spec Martin Stadium | 4pm
🎄 Holiday Lights | Riverfront Esplanade | 6pm
😂 Comedy Show with Jimmie JJ Walker | Cristy B Comedy | 8pm
Sunday, January 4th
🏖 Beach Cleanup | Sun Splash Park | 8:30am
🌽 Riverside Market | Sunrise Park | 9am
♾ Sensory Sundays | Museum of Arts and Sciences | 10am
🏎 Pilates (Bend at Benz) | Mercedes-Benz of Daytona | 10am
🍔 Foodees Festival | Tanger Outlets | 11am
🎄 Holiday Lights | Riverfront Esplanade | 6pm
DAYTONA DOWN-LOW
FOOD FESTIVAL AT TANGER!
Bring your appetite, because all weekend long Friday-Sunday Foodees Fest will be at Tanger outlets. The is one of the largest touring food truck festivals with over 50+ trucks and 60+ crafters this is an event the entire family can enjoy.
The best part is that the event is free to enter! Everything from street tacos to deserts will satisfy anybody’s palette no matter how diverse.
Make sure to check their website out here.
More Food Trucks?!
@ the corner of Magnolia and Beach St
If you can’t get enough of food trucks, then this is your lucky weekend.It’s that time of the month again! Downtown Daytona nights are back, since it’s the first Friday of the month. Make sure to save your appetite, as food trucks of all types will be on Magnolia Ave at 5pm.
Afterwards be sure to go check out the holiday lights at the Riverfront Esplanade just across the street from 6-9pm.
LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
New Comedy Club
242 S Beach St STE 100, Daytona Beach
It’s finally here! The new location for Cristy B Comedy is right next door to Little Italy and Cinematique right on Beach Street. This prime lcoation allows you to grab dinner before the show starts.
This Friday & Saturday @8pm they have Jimmie JJ Walker doing back to back shows. He is best known from his role on “Good Times” and I’m sure you’ve heard the catchphrase “Dy-no-mite!”. Make sure to get your tickets early before they are sold out!
To get your tickets click here.
REAL ESTATE CORNER
Top Sold Home
1215 S Peninsula Drive, Daytona Beach
This weeks top sold home is located just over the Orange Ave Bridge and to the south. It was originally listed in September for $925k and sold this week for $850k.
With 6 beds and 6 baths and over 3,600 sqft this is a pretty solid deal considering it’s also on beachside. Not to mention the home also sits on .71 acres as well.
To check out more photos/info click here
Provided by Paul Pratt with Simply Real Estate
PET OF THE WEEK
This is one of the favorite sections of the newsletter. Every week I receive pet photo submissions and have to pick a winner and it’s not easy. Send in your photos (by replying to this email) for a chance to have your pet featured next week!
This week we are featuring Lady, the most relaxed pup in NSB. She can be found calmly strolling the streets or out on the tiki pub! Be sure to say hi if you see her, she’s the sweetest.
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