SUNDAY OCTOBER 4 - SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 2026
Happy Sunday, 561.
Oktoberfest lands this Friday: two weekends of steins, schnitzel and carnival rides at the American German Club on Lantana Rd, with a band coming in direct from Germany. Closer to the coast, stone crab season opens Oct 15 and a Lantana crab house that has been at it since 1982 is where to eat them, a free eco-center on the West Palm waterfront is counting down to manatee season, and a par-60 course in Delray Beach gets you 18 holes in about three hours. Plus the little museum inside Boca's historic Town Hall, and your 40% FAU football discount, now three Saturdays out.
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Two Weekends of Oktoberfest Start Friday at the American German Club
The American German Club's 52nd annual Oktoberfest runs two weekends, Oct 9-11 and 16-18, on Lantana Rd in Lake Worth. Froschhaxn Express comes in direct from Germany to hold down the pavilion while the King Guys Band works the clubhouse, and the grounds run schnitzel, sauerbraten, bratwurst and pretzels next to carnival rides, a playground, folk dancing, a stein-holding contest and the keg-tapping ceremony. Doors open Friday at 6 PM, Saturday at 2 and Sunday at noon, and tickets are on the club's site. Go Saturday, when the club's schedule has the stein-holding contests mid-afternoon and the keg tapping at 5:30 PM (Sundays it's 4:45). And skip the $20 lot: free parking at Diamond View Elementary and Tradewinds Middle School comes with a free shuttle.
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Manatee Season Is Coming. The Free Eco-Center on the Lagoon Is Already Open.
Manatee Lagoon sits right on the Lake Worth Lagoon at 6000 N Flagler Dr, and admission and parking are both free. Manatee season officially starts Nov 15, and the free Season Kickoff party follows on Saturday, Nov 21. Until then it's a good window to learn the place: a free docent tour runs at 2 PM most days, kids can try the free Manatee Rescue Adventure on weekends, and the live manatee cam lets you check the water before you drive up. Open 9 to 4, closed Mondays until Nov 15, then open daily.
Read the Full Story → · Plan Your Visit →18 Holes in 3 Hours: The Par-60 Course Off Boca Delray Blvd That Anyone Can Play
Boca Delray Golf runs a par-60, 18-hole layout: 12 par 3s, 6 par 4s and a posted 3-hour pace of play. It sits inside a 55+ community, but the course says it plainly on its own site: you do not have to be a resident of Boca Delray to play. The catch is timing, since public tee times open just one day in advance, so book the day before online or call the golf shop at 561-495-1616.
Read the Full Story → · Book a Tee Time →Boca's History in Eight Short Films, From Pearl City to the IBM PC
The Schmidt Boca Raton History Museum lives inside Historic Town Hall at 71 N Federal Hwy, and its online film library tells Boca's story in eight shorts that each run under a minute and a half: Pearl City, the Boca Raton Army Air Field, Africa U.S.A., the Yamato colony, Addison Mizner's legacy and the IBM team in Boca that helped launch the personal computer revolution. Watch them free at bocahistory.org, then visit Wednesday through Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. Admission is $12 for adults and $8 for seniors and students, parking out back is free, and the first Saturday of every month is free admission (next up: Nov 7).
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The Boca Artist Whose Gummy Bears Made It Into a Hamptons Showhouse
Michel Fox Blum started with beaded jewelry, taught herself resin during COVID, and now runs Changles out of her garage studio in Boca. Her resin game controllers and gummy bears landed in the boys' bedroom at the Hamptons Holiday House Showhouse in Bridgehampton, her mahjong accessories made Social Life Magazine's "Hot Lysst" in August, and her pieces are in The Miami Beach EDITION Hotel Spa right now.
Closer to home, she's the artist your mahjong group is already talking about: custom scalloped pushers with four clear acrylic racks (from $130), new mahjong mats in three colorways ($85), tile necklaces ($85) and glitter canasta side cups ($25), all made to order in your group's colors. For gifting, two pieces you won't find anywhere else: wedding glass sculptures ($175), a clear heart or the word Ahava with the couple's broken wedding glass set inside, and design-your-own mezuzahs ($65).
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Stone Crab Season Opens Oct 15. Riggins Has Been the Place for It Since 1982.
Riggins has run a Maryland-style crab house off Ridge Rd in Lantana since 1982: steamed blue crabs by the tray, garlic crabs, crab cakes, whole lobsters and fresh fish, served on brown paper with a mallet. Stone crab season opens Oct 15, and Riggins carries the claws fresh through the season. The locals' move is the freshly renovated seafood market next to the dining room: blue crabs caught daily, whole Alaskan king crab legs and live lobsters to cook at home. Restaurant runs Wed-Sun from noon, market Wed-Sat 10 to 6:30 and Sun 10 to 2. Closed Mon-Tue.
Read the Full Story → · Plan Your Visit →| → | Four Sparrows Mahjong · Mizner Park, Boca Raton Four sisters opened a mahjong social club and boutique at 328 E Plaza Real, with lessons for every level, daily open play, private tables, tournaments and socials. If your group has caught the mahjong bug, this is a whole storefront built around it. |
| → | 818 Tune Skewers & Karaoke · Glades Rd, Boca Raton Charcoal-grilled skewers inspired by Chinese street food plus private karaoke rooms, at 7860 Glades Rd Suite 120. It's open from 5 PM until 1 AM most nights and 2 AM on Fridays and Saturdays (closed Wednesdays), so grab a room, order a round of skewers, and settle the group-chat debate about who can actually sing. |
| → | Basilic Is Back · 1901 NW 2nd Ave, Boca Raton Boca's downtown pho standby reopened Sept 25 at 1901 NW 2nd Ave as Basilic Vietnamese Cuisine, after its old building on S Federal Hwy was sold in April for the planned Royal Palm Plaza Hotel. Favorites like the pho, spring rolls and grilled meat dishes are back. Check their site for current hours before you go. |
Thu 8 Oct |
🎵 Clematis by Night: The Goodnicks FREECentennial Square & Great Lawn - 100 N Clematis St, West Palm Beach The free Thursday concert series on the downtown West Palm waterfront runs 6 to 9 PM, and this week it's The Goodnicks, a melodic pop-rock band that plays everything from classic rock to Top 40 alongside its own songs. Bring a lawn chair or a blanket. 📅 Add to Calendar |
Sat 10 Oct |
🍵 Demonstration of Sado: The Way of Tea $5 + ADMISSIONMorikami Theater - 4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach A live Japanese tea ceremony in the Morikami Theater, with demonstrations at noon and 1:30 PM. It's a $5 ticket on top of museum admission ($18 adults, $12 kids 6-17). Online sales close Friday at 1:30 PM, and any remaining seats are sold at the theater door. Bring a sweater, because the museum says the theater runs cold. 📅 Add to Calendar |
Sun 11 Oct |
🎤 Five Finger Death Punch 🎟 TICKETSiTHINK Financial Amphitheatre - 601-7 Sansburys Way, West Palm Beach Five Finger Death Punch brings its 20th Anniversary World Tour to the amphitheatre, with Cody Jinks and Eva Under Fire also on the bill. Ticket listings show a 6:45 PM start, and current pricing is on Ticketmaster. 📅 Add to Calendar |
Sun 11 Oct |
🚗 Cars & Coffee Palm Beach FREEBoca Raton Innovation Campus - 4850 T-Rex Ave, Boca Raton The organizers bill it as one of the largest monthly car events around: exotics, classics and custom builds (all makes, models and vintages welcome), plus food trucks, vendors and free coffee. Gates open at 7 AM and official hours are 8 to noon at BRiC. Spectators get in free, showing a car is $15 cash or $20 Zelle at the gate, and it's family and pet friendly. 📅 Add to Calendar |
Fri 16 Oct |
🍽 Five Champions, Five Courses: A Culinary Reunion Hosted by Chef Paul Niedermann $165 PER PERSONBuccaneer Waterfront Bar & Grill - 142 Lake Dr, Palm Beach Shores Five previous winners of the television cooking competition Hell's Kitchen cook together for one night only. Host Paul Niedermann, the Buccaneer's own chef, is joined by La Tasha McCutchen, Kori Sutton, Trenton Garvey and Ryan O'Sullivan, and each chef cooks one course with its own wine pairing. Seatings begin at 4:30 PM. 📅 Add to CalendarThis event is independently organized and is not sponsored by, endorsed by, affiliated with, or associated with Hell's Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay, ITV, FOX, or any of their respective owners, affiliates, or licensors. Hell's Kitchen is a trademark of its respective owner and is used solely to identify the chefs' prior accomplishments. |
Sat 17 Oct |
🎨 Exhibition Opening: Mending Cracks in Time WITH ADMISSIONMorikami Galleries - 4000 Morikami Park Rd, Delray Beach A kintsugi exhibition of more than 160 pieces by ceramic conservator Naoko Fukumaru, who mends broken ceramics with lacquer and gold so the repair shows instead of hiding. It opens to the public on the 17th after a members' preview day on the 16th, runs through Feb 28, and the museum is open 10 to 5, closed Mondays. 📅 Add to Calendar |
Sat-Sun 17-18 Oct |
🥒 South Florida Pickle Festival TICKETS FROM $10South County Regional Park - 11200 Park Access Rd, Boca Raton Two days of pickle everything at Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park: a pickle-eating contest, a pickle mechanical bull, a makers' marketplace, a free kid zone and bands all day, with every menu item $10 or less. Saturday runs 12 to 8 and Sunday 11 to 6. GA is $10 and kids 8 and under get in free, but tickets come with check-in windows and online buyers enter first, so buy ahead. Event parking is $5. 📅 Add to Calendar |
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