Top Festivals

Top Festivals

Winter

Space Coast Birding and Wildlife Festival. Birders flock to Titusville for five days of field trips, seminars, and workshops by leading ornithologists each January event. 321/268-5224 www.nbbd.com/fly.

Speed Weeks. Daytona pulls out all the stops with this auto extravaganza in late January/early February. It starts with the Rolex 24-Hour Race and culminates with the famed Daytona 500. 386/255-0981 www.daytonachamber.com.

Spring

Bike Week. More than 600,000 riders from across the country come to Daytona for 10 days of races, plus demo rides, parades, even coleslaw wrestling. 386/255-0981 www.officialbikeweek.com.

Springing the Blues Festival. Nationally recognized performers and local talent entertain blues lovers during this free three-day affair at the Jacksonville Beach pavilion the first full weekend of April. www.springingtheblues.com.

Rhythm and Ribs Festival. Champion barbecuers fire up the grill in April at this St. Augustine event. 904/819-9089 www.rhythmandribs.net.

Summer

Florida International Festival. Gentleman, stop your engines. The London Symphony Orchestra is the star attraction at this biennial July event in Daytona Beach. 386/257-7790 www.fif-lso.org.