Jacksonville River Rally Charity Poker Run - This Weekend

[Jason]

From the Daily Record:

Events making cash registers ring Downtown

06/03/2009
by Max Marbut

Staff Writer

This weekend will mark the third consecutive weekend with a City-sponsored, family-friendly, admission-free event focused on the St. Johns River and Downtown entertainment.

Following an estimated crowd of 50,000 music lovers who attended the May 21-23 Jacksonville Jazz Festival, last weekend thousands of people headed Downtown to see the tall ships tied up along the Northbank Riverwalk for Sail Jacksonville. This weekend, it’s the fast boats arriving for the 8th Annual Jacksonville River Rally Charity Poker Run.

“No one can say there’s nothing going on Downtown,” commented Rachel Nudge, public relations director at the Landing. She said since the last week of April, there has been an event of some description programmed for the riverfront every weekend.

“It started with World of Nations the first weekend in May and it hasn’t stopped,” said Nudge. “Then it was the Downtown Players Championship experience, the Jacksonville Film Festival, the Mustang Car Show, the the jazz festival and Sail Jacksonville and now it’s the poker run. It’s been a whirlwind and we want to keep the momentum going. People are noticing what’s been happening and the events are bringing people Downtown who haven’t been here in years.”

Continued: http://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/showstory.php?Story_id=52491

[Jason]

The city is really piling on the summer entertainment.  Looks like another excuse to head downtown!

[Jason]

Great work to all involved.

Any word on events for the following weekend?