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Christmas Boat Parade is Back
Dec 15, 2025
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Last night, the lagoon lit up as Vero Beach’s Christmas Boat Parade returned, ending a two-year hiatus and restoring one of the City’s most cherished holiday rituals.
The Week Ahead

Scott Jennings at Vero Beach Book Center
Vero Beach Book Center
Dec 22, 2025
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
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First Friday Gallery Stroll
Downtown Vero Beach -- 14th Avenue
Jan 2, 2026
5:00 PM
1:00 AM
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Indian River Land Trust Guided Conservation Tours
Various Locations
Jan 8, 2026
9:30 AM
4:30 PM
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Murder, Mischief, a Nonstop to Vero, and a Chance to Win Two Tickets
Cast members arrive Vero Beach Airport on Sunday, December 14 Yesterday, ten of the 15 New York actors starring in Riverside Theatre’s A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder stepped off a JetBlue flight from JFK straight into Vero Beach Regional Airport. A sight to behold! They traded winter gray for Treasure Coast sunshine, bringing a full dose of Broadway voltage with them. Cast members arrive Vero via Jet Blue's "Devil with a Blue Dress On" Today, they’re shut away in re
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Whip-Smart Lineage: What “Cracker” Really Means in Vero
Will Barker at the Sexton homestead Auction for the Indian River Cattleman's Association December, 10 which raised $28000 Photo Credit | Bobbie Secor Vero Beach’s story begins inland, with cracker families as whip-smart as they were weather‑beaten, people who could read pasture, sky, and their neighbors with an instinct that never missed. The Sextons and Tripsons sit at the center of that cast, turning scrub and swamp into dairies, groves, and working cattle country, the
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Tradition, Twirled: The Nutcracker Gets the Vero Treatment
Ballet is not usually at the top of my weekend wish list. So when a friend suggested Nutcracker on the Indian River at Riverside Theatre, I said yes, but with that kind of inner voice telling me I'd already seen The Nutcracker more than enough times to get the idea. Then the curtain rose, and within minutes, I realized just how wrong I’d been—in the best possible way. It was another reminder of how easy it is to be wonder-blind to what’s right in our own backyard, assuming th
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The Most Talked About Man at McKee
Ned Whitlock has become the most talked-about man at McKee Botanical Garden this holiday season — remarkable, considering he's 100 years old, entirely AI-generated and, depending on your definition, may or may not be "real." According to Board Member Marion De Vogel , " people are looking for him in the garden and are certain one of our employees is him." But in fact, Edward "Ned" Whitlock is the fictional face of a very real history. A century ago, Arthur G. McKee dispatch
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Vero Beach's Brainy Season -- Books, Lectures and Conversations
Vero Beach is flexing its intellectual muscles this season, with two powerhouse lecture series on Riverside Park Drive cementing 32963 as the Treasure Coast’s smartest zip code. Together, Riverside Theatre’s Distinguished Lecturer Series and the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s International Lecture Series offer a brisk world tour of politics, media, food, travel, and American art—all before sunset. Riverside’s power players 2026 In 2026, Riverside Theatre’s Distinguished Lectur
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Chamber Music to Symphony: Vero Beach's 2026 Classical Music Lineup
Vero is stepping into 2025–26 with a classical music calendar resembling a mini-Salzburg, with world‑class orchestras, star soloists, and marquee opera and chamber music anchoring an increasingly dense classical calendar. From January through late spring, you could live on nothing but symphonies, string quartets, and high‑drama arias right here in your backyard. Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in Vero /as if an annex of Alice Tully Hall, The Chamber Music Society of L
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Season's Finale in Vero: Floats, Boats and Nutcrackers
This past weekend on December 6, thousands lined Ocean Drive for Sunrise Rotary's 40th Annual Christmas Parade, one of Vero's most reliably festive productions. The procession featured 91 floats plus fire trucks, the VBHS marching band, and the Rotary wagon, totaling over 100 entries. Gator Building Supply claimed Best in Business and Best in Workmanship, Storm Grove Middle School took Best in School, and Called Higher swept the rest—Best in Organization, Best in Design, and
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Backstage With Oscar Sales: A Once-a-Month Riverside Theatre Must-Do
Once a month, for one Friday only, Riverside Theatre opens its doors to a small group of guests for an exclusive backstage tour -- a rare chance to go from “seat in the house” to true insider. And it's happening this Friday, December 5. Two sessions -- one at 10 AM and one at 2 PM . Led by the incomparable Oscar Sales , you won't want to miss it. In just under an hour and a half, you'll be guided across the main stage and into the wings, through the shops where sets are b
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VBMA Spotlights the Artists Shaping Vero’s Creative Scene
The Vero Beach Museum of Art is hosting the 36th Annual Vero Beach Art Club Members’ Invitational, on view starting this Friday, December 5 through January 18 in the Patten Community Gallery, located in the education wing. A Members’ Reception on January 16 from 4–6 PM offers visitors a chance to meet the artists and hear about their work firsthand. The show brings together paintings, sculpture, and mixed media from both emerging and established local artists. VBMA is k
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