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May
25
Sat
Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
May 25 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Campfire Dutch Oven Cooking @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Join us for a Dutch oven class where we will learn Dutch oven techniques, make several cast-iron dishes and then sample them.

Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass) plus $5/person activities fee.

Pre-register by calling 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.

May
28
Tue
Project WILD for Kids @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
May 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Project WILD for Kids @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Get WILD with your students at Dade Battlefield Historic State Park each month in an immersive educational experience utilizing both indoor and outdoor activities teaching nature’s mysteries in a fun and engaging way! 

Each month we will use curricula from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Project and Aquatic WILD. 

Cost is free for this educational event.

Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.

May
31
Fri
Quilling Class @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
May 31 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Quilling Class @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Join expert volunteers as they teach participants how to do the historic art of quilling.

Cost is $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass plus $5/person, 12 and under free.
Pre-registration is required at DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov or 352-793-4781.

Jun
10
Mon
Wild Foods Foraging @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Jun 10 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Wild Foods Foraging @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Wild foods abound at Dade Battlefield, just waiting for educated visitors to sample with expert park staff and volunteers as their guides. We will forage for wild foods on the park grounds, create some wild food dishes and sample them!

Cost is park entry at $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass plus $5/person activity fee; children 12 and under free.

Pre-registration is required – call 352-793-4781 or email DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.

Jun
12
Wed
Weeki Wachee Wildlife Encounters @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Jun 12 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Weeki Wachee Wildlife Encounters @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Come for a special wildlife outreach program by Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. See animals in person and learn fun facts about these critters.

Cost is $3/vehicle or Florida State Parks Annual Pass.

Jun
15
Sat
Soldier/Seminole Reenactor-Led Battlefield Walk Program @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Jun 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Soldier/Seminole Reenactor-Led Battlefield Walk Program @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park | Bushnell | Florida | United States

Join us on a reenactor-led battlefield walk/program on the Fort King Road.

Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass).

Jun
19
Wed
Florida Black Bear Curriculum Workshop for Educators @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Jun 19 @ 10:00 am – 2:30 pm
Florida Black Bear Curriculum Workshop for Educators @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Black bears and their habitats are studied and celebrated in this educational workshop which will include educational activities on bears and their habitats and provide a free online curriculum guide and other printed bear materials.

The workshop is geared towards any educator who works with elementary and middle school aged students.

The workshop is free to all educators but space is limited.

To register please call 352-793-4781 or contact DadePrograms@FloridaDEP.gov.

Jun
20
Thu
Florida Trees with County Forester Arthur Clothier @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
Jun 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Florida Trees with County Forester Arthur Clothier @ Dade Battlefield Historic State Park

Join County Forester Arthur Clothier for a walk through the forest to learn our common trees followed by fun tree activities.

Cost is $3/vehicle (or Florida State Parks Annual Pass).

Dec
5
Thu
Meet Loaf-Tribute to Meat Loaf @ Whispering Oaks Winery
Dec 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Meet Loaf-Tribute to Meat Loaf @ Whispering Oaks Winery

December 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Meet Loaf-Tribute to Meat Loaf
The “Meet Loaf” tribute show epitomizes the Meat Loaf experience in a look-a-like and sound-a-like event, that leaves audiences awestruck. A world-class show that delivers the powerful wide-ranging male and female operatic lead vocals, along with the epic theatrical elements that Meat Loaf fans have come to love, in an unforgettable evening of smash hits. If you love the music of Meat Loaf, get revved up, because Meet Loaf really ignites!

For crying out loud, and in the words of the Meat Loaf legend himself,

“Keep Rockin’!”

Tickets will go on Sale approximately 1 month before the show date

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