The Creekside Festival at Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast has been postponed to February, organizers decided Wednesday. The event was initially slated to take place on Saturday and Sunday, October 4th and 5th.
Though anticipation was high and attendance was expected to be high as always, the festivities were threatened by a forecast of thunderstorms all throughout the weekend. Both days are above an 85% chance of rain with lightning and thunder predicted, per the Weather.com ten-day outlook.
“It is with a heavy heart that we have to reschedule to February 7th & 8th,” WNZF NewsRadio, the organizers, posted to their Facebook page on Wednesday. “It is unsafe to have our festival this weekend due to thunder and lightning storms. For the safety of you, our staff, and our community we will have our 20th Annual Creekside Festival on February 7th and 8th, 2026.“
This will mark the first time the Creekside Festival has been postponed from its original date since the 2017 edition. In that instance, it was delayed from October to November due to the arrival of Hurricane Irma. At least for this year, an inclement hurricane isn’t bearing down upon the Flagler County community.
Both days this weekend seem poised to deliver potentially multiple inches of rain and even localized flooding in the area of Princess Place Preserve. Thus, the race begins now to take down whatever building blocks are already in place for the Creekside Festival.
This year was to be the 20th Annual Creekside Festival. The event features live music, food and craft/merchandise vendors, art displays, educational booths, and other attractions. This year they were to have ‘the soccer collies’, a team of athletic border collie dogs brought by Sporting Club Jacksonville. Admission to the event is $10 but free for kids twelve and under, while parking is free. Proceeds benefit local charities, the organizers say.
