Easter is Sunday and Passover continues through Tuesday, which makes this the weekend for brunches, religious services, feasts, candy and family. I’ve included many family-friendly events in this weekend roundup.
Be safe, have fun and enjoy the holidays.
High-flying egg hunt
There are many egg hunts posted in our Easter festivities listing but the one scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Easter Sunday at Pineapple Park, 3129 N.W. Hillman Drive in Jensen Beach has one up on all the rest.
Way up.
A helicopter will fly overhead and drop tens of thousands of plastic eggs onto the soccer fields, thanks to Treasure Coast Community Church. Children are invited to participate. Games, face painting, a cotton candy machine, hot dogs, drinks, snow cones and pizza also are in the lineup. Parents are advised to bring a lawn chair for the wait and some kind of container to collect the eggs. Gates open at 11 a.m.
The hunt is on for Easter beer
If you are 21 or older you probably haven’t been on an Easter Egg hunt in awhile.
The Islamorada Beer Company at 3200 St. Lucie Blvd.in Fort Pierce is substituting brews for eggs and hosting its first beer hunting event from 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday. More than 100 beers will be hidden and each person (of legal drinking age) has 10 minutes to find and keep all the beer they discover. Beer hunts will be every 30 minutes.
For more information, check the event page on Facebook.
Celebrate Jackie Robinson in Dodgertown
You still can watch professional baseball at historic Dodgertown at 3901 26th St. in Vero Beach.
Saturday is the annual Jackie Robinson Celebration Game, marking the 70th anniversary of the Hall of Famer’s major league debut and celebrating his contribution to sports as the first African American to play in the Major Leagues. Minor leaguers, the Florida Fire Dogs out of Kissimmee, formerly known as the Brevard County Manatees, take on the St. Lucie Mets at this Florida State League game. First pitch is 6:35 p.m.
Fireworks will light up the skies over Holman Stadium after the game. Tickets are $8 and proceeds benefit the United Way of Indian River County. Gates open at 4:30 p.m.
For more information and for tickets go to www.unitedwayirc.org.
Two spring festivals
The Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast at 1707 N.E. Indian River Drive in Jensen Beach is hosting a Spring Festival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Fun for the kids includes crafts, games, an Easter egg hunt, bounce houses, egg decorating, food and more. Don’t forget the interactive fountain next door. Admission is $4. For more information, call 772-225-7575 or go to www.childrensmuseumtc.org.
An Easter Fair with games, food, a bounce house, game booths and music is 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Flagler Park at 201 S.W. Flagler Ave. in Stuart. The First Baptist Church of Stuart hosts the fair, which is in its 18th year. For more information, go to www.fbcstuart.org.
Music: the universal language
Gary Mullen & The Works pays tribute to Freddie Mercury and Queen at 8 p.m. Friday at The Sunrise Theatre in Fort Pierce. Mullen has been touring with this act since 2001 and is lauded as Mercury reincarnated. Tickets are $39 to $45 and there are not many left. For more information, go to www.sunrisetheatre.com or call 772-461-4775.
Terra Fermata, 26 S.E. Sixth St. in Stuart, has contemporary bluesman Selwyn Birchwood at 7 p.m. Friday and Emi Sunshine, the young country singer/songwriter and YouTube star, at 3 p.m. Saturday. Mr.Brian & The Boppets and Fletcher Morton get things started at 1 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $8 respectively. For more information, call 772-286-5252 or go to www.terrafermata.com.
The Original Wailers perform Saturday at the Inlet Grill, 110 S. Ocean Drive in Fort Pierce. Tickets range from $15-$20. Visit the restaurant’s Facebook page or call 772-882-3602.
#TCPalmSocial columnist Ginny Beagan writes about art and entertainment on the Treasure Coast. Contact her at ginny.beagan@tcpalm.com, at 772-223-4732 or follow her on Twitter @GinnyBeagan.
Source: Best things to do this weekend on the Treasure Coast | April 14-16
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