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Daytona Beach Events This Weekend: 9 Things To Do, Sept 25-27
Jurassic Quest • DeLand Craft Show • Songwriter Festival Unplugged • Sauce-A-Palooza
FAMILY FRIENDLY
9 VERIFIED EVENTS
By Robert Wrieden | Updated September 2026 | Volusia County Real Estate
I’m Robert Wrieden with Summer Wind Realty Central Florida, and every week I round up what’s actually worth driving to across Volusia County. This weekend, September 25-27, brings 9 verified events — a dinosaur invasion at the Ocean Center, DeLand’s biggest craft show of the fall, an all-acoustic songwriter festival at The Casements, an underground metal takeover at Iron Horse Saloon, a hot-sauce festival in Port Orange, and a progressive wine walk down Flagler Avenue, plus three of the county’s favorite recurring farmers markets. Here’s the full lineup, with times, addresses, and costs for each.
Daytona Beach
TICKETED
Jurassic Quest at the Ocean Center
Fri 1-8 PM, Sat 8 AM-6 PM, Sun 9 AM-5 PM | Ocean Center, 101 N. Atlantic Ave, Daytona Beach
More than 100 photorealistic, moving animatronic dinosaurs — including a 60-foot Spinosaurus and a life-size T. rex — take over the Ocean Center for fossil digs, dinosaur rides, LEGO® build zones, and a raptor-training show. Saturday’s 8-9 AM slot is a dedicated sensory-friendly session with lower noise and brighter lighting, and kids under 2 get in free. Event details →
FREE
Market @ Magnolia — Downtown Farmers Market
7:00 AM-1:00 PM | 104 E Magnolia Ave, Daytona Beach
Florida’s oldest continually running farmers market lines Magnolia Avenue near Beach Street with fresh produce, seafood, baked goods, plants, and handmade goods from local growers and makers — go early for the best selection before the heat builds. Pet-friendly, with free parking in the public lots behind Beach Street. Event details →
DeLand
FREE
Artisan Alley Farmers Market
6:00-9:00 PM | 104 Artisan Alley, DeLand
This weekly Friday-evening market fills Artisan Alley in historic downtown DeLand with more than 40 local vendors — produce, plants, honey, baked goods, and handmade crafts — plus food trucks and live music, rain or shine. An easy first stop before dinner on West Indiana Avenue. Event details →
FREE
DeLand Craft Show
Sat 10 AM-5 PM, Sun 10 AM-4 PM | Woodland Blvd, 100 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand
MainStreet DeLand’s flagship craft show fills Woodland Boulevard with handmade jewelry, pottery, wood crafts, bath & body products, and apparel from artisans across the state, plus live entertainment and food vendors along the way — one of downtown DeLand’s biggest weekends of the fall. Admission and parking are both free. Event details →
Ormond Beach
TICKETED • $20-$25
Ormond Beach Songwriter Festival Unplugged
10:00 AM-10:00 PM | The Casements, 25 Riverside Dr, Ormond Beach
More than 70 acts play fully acoustic across 10 stages — inside the historic Casements and out on the North Lawn — for a full day of singer-songwriter sets, a beer-and-wine garden, food trucks, artist booths, and a youth art contest. Held rain or shine, with advance tickets saving $5 over day-of pricing. Event details →
TICKETED • $50+
Party Weekend 5 at Iron Horse Saloon
Doors 2:00 PM | Iron Horse Saloon, 1068 N US Hwy 1, Ormond Beach
Municipal Waste, Cro-Mags, Darkest Hour, Devourment, and Eternal Champion headline a stacked metal and hardcore bill at the World Famous Iron Horse Saloon, with vendors and food trucks on site all day. It’s all ages (16 and under with a parent/guardian), and advance tickets run $50 versus $60 at the door. A Friday-night kickoff show runs the evening before at The Bank in Daytona Beach. Event details →
Port Orange
FREE
Sweet & Spicy Sauce-A-Palooza
10:00 AM-3:00 PM | Port Orange City Center, 1000 City Center Circle, Port Orange
For the Love of Shopping’s Sauce-A-Palooza fills City Center with hot sauce, BBQ sauce, salsa, and rub vendors alongside food trucks, face painting, and a bounce house for the kids — a laid-back, family-friendly Saturday for spice lovers and browsers alike. Free to attend. Event details →
New Smyrna Beach
TICKETED • $30
Flagler Avenue Wine Walk
Passport sales 1:00-7:00 PM | Flagler Avenue, New Smyrna Beach
This monthly progressive wine tasting sends guests strolling Flagler Avenue with a $30 passport covering 20 tasting tickets, a commemorative glass, and a map to more than 100 wines poured across the district’s participating shops and restaurants. Day-of passports are cash only. Event details →
FREE
New Smyrna Beach Farmers Market
7:30 AM-12:30 PM | 210 Sams Ave, New Smyrna Beach
Running since 1991, this weekly Saturday market fills the lot in front of City Hall with local produce, honey, plants, farm-fresh eggs, baked goods, and handmade soaps and candles, plus live music every week. Pet-friendly, and an easy stop before the Wine Walk gets going that afternoon. Event details →
While You’re in Town… Ever Thought About Living Here?
Thousands of people visit Volusia County for weekends like this one — and plenty decide to stay. If you’ve ever wondered what homes cost here, take a look around:
Questions about the area? Reach out to Robert — local answers, no pressure.
Frequently Asked Questions — Daytona Beach Events This Weekend
What events are happening in Daytona Beach, DeLand, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach this weekend, September 25-27, 2026?
Volusia County has nine verified events this weekend, September 25-27, 2026. Daytona Beach hosts Jurassic Quest at the Ocean Center Friday through Sunday, plus the weekly Market @ Magnolia farmers market Saturday morning. DeLand’s lineup includes the Friday-evening Artisan Alley Farmers Market and the two-day DeLand Craft Show filling Woodland Boulevard Saturday and Sunday. Ormond Beach pairs the all-acoustic Songwriter Festival Unplugged at The Casements with Party Weekend 5, a metal and hardcore concert at Iron Horse Saloon, both Saturday. Port Orange holds the free Sauce-A-Palooza hot sauce festival at City Center. New Smyrna Beach rounds things out with the monthly Flagler Avenue Wine Walk and its long-running Saturday farmers market at Sams Avenue.
What’s free to do in Volusia County this weekend?
Five of this weekend’s nine events don’t cost a thing. Daytona Beach’s Market @ Magnolia farmers market runs Saturday morning from 7 to 1, and DeLand’s Artisan Alley Farmers Market fills Friday evening with local vendors and live music. DeLand’s own Craft Show is also free to attend both Saturday and Sunday, with free parking downtown. Port Orange’s Sauce-A-Palooza brings hot sauce and BBQ vendors, food trucks, and a bounce house to City Center at no cost Saturday, and New Smyrna Beach’s Farmers Market at Sams Avenue is free every Saturday morning from 7:30 to 12:30. Only Jurassic Quest, the Songwriter Festival Unplugged, Party Weekend 5, and the Flagler Avenue Wine Walk charge admission.
What’s happening in Ormond Beach this weekend?
Ormond Beach has two very different events Saturday, September 26. The Ormond Beach Songwriter Festival Unplugged runs 10 AM to 10 PM at The Casements, with more than 70 acts performing fully acoustic across 10 stages indoors and on the North Lawn, alongside a beer-and-wine garden, food trucks, and a youth art contest — tickets run $20 to $25. Meanwhile Iron Horse Saloon hosts Party Weekend 5 starting at 2 PM, a heavier bill headlined by Municipal Waste, Cro-Mags, and Darkest Hour, with advance tickets at $50. Both events are held rain or shine and welcome all ages, though the Iron Horse show requires a parent or guardian for anyone 16 and under.
Is there anything for families and kids this weekend?
Yes, quite a bit. Jurassic Quest takes over the Ocean Center Friday through Sunday with more than 100 animatronic dinosaurs, dinosaur rides, fossil digs, and LEGO® play zones, plus a dedicated low-noise sensory-friendly hour Saturday morning. DeLand’s Craft Show is stroller-friendly and spans two full days downtown with entertainment and food vendors. Port Orange’s Sauce-A-Palooza adds face painting and a bounce house to its Saturday hot-sauce festival. Both the Daytona Beach and New Smyrna Beach farmers markets are pet-friendly, family-friendly Saturday-morning outings with live music, and DeLand’s Artisan Alley Farmers Market runs kid-friendly rain or shine on Friday evening.
Considering moving to the Daytona Beach or Volusia County area?
Weekends like this one are exactly why so many visitors to Daytona Beach, DeLand, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach end up moving here — a genuine dinosaur exhibit, a 20,000-person craft show, live music festivals, and community events happening within a 30-minute drive of each other, year-round. If you’re weighing what it would actually cost to live in one of these communities rather than just visit them, I’m Robert Wrieden with Summer Wind Realty Central Florida, and I work with buyers and sellers across DeLand, Deltona, Orange City, and the rest of Volusia County. Call (386) 243-9602 or text (386) 387-5887 for straightforward, no-pressure answers about the local market, or browse current listings by city at robertwrieden.com.
That’s the lineup for Daytona Beach, DeLand, Ormond Beach, Port Orange, and New Smyrna Beach this weekend, September 25-27 — nine events, more than half of them free, all within a short drive of each other. If a weekend like this has you thinking about what it would take to actually live here instead of just visiting, I’m happy to talk it through with no pressure. Call (386) 243-9602 or text (386) 387-5887, or reach out anytime at robert.wrieden@swrcf.com.
Sources: jurassicquest.com, riverfrontshopsofdaytona.com, artisanalleydeland.com, mainstreetdeland.org, ormondbeach.org, eventbrite.com, fortheloveofshopping.net, nsbfarmersmarket.com