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School is in session all year long on Amelia Island. Consider signing up for one of these popular “classes” to help you make the grade for the school year ahead.

Plan your end of year visit to Amelia Island and celebrate everything from music, whales and sports, to girlfriends, shrimp and Charles Dickens! We have a little bit of everything going on Amelia Island to close out 2021 with style.

Amelia Island's natural beauty has long been both an inspiration for artists and a draw for talented creators from around the world who have relocated here. Here's how you can explore and experience some of the artistic side of Amelia Island.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines for some of the most exciting days on Amelia Island. The Amelia Island Concours D'Elegance features vintage, exotic, and collectible vehicles, plus free public events, and thrilling races around an airport runway track. 

One of the most prolific figures of Amelia Island's history is MaVynee Betsch, who made it her life’s mission to protect and preserve American Beach. When she passed in 2005, MaVynee had become known simply as “The Beach Lady” and is remembered for her fierce, unwavering commitment to her cause. Born in 1935, The Beach Lady believed in the mystical power of the number 5, so, in her honor, we are sharing these five ways to explore Black History on Amelia Island.