🐶 Treat your dog at the Salty Paws Doggie Ice Cream Social in Palm Coast — Seminole Woods Park (Palm Coast) — Thursday @ 3–7 p.m.
Salty Paws Palm Coast FL is a mobile doggie ice cream and treats truck, with premium lactose-free scoops plus chews and training treats, and this is their first soft-launch date. They’ll be set up right up front in the parking lot, so you can’t miss them, and the park’s small trail makes a nice dog walk before or after. Follow @saltypawspalmcoastfl.

🎵 Catch Stealing Vanity at Beats & Eats in Palm Coast — The Stage at Town Center (Palm Coast) — Thursday @ 6–8 p.m.
Free. Food trucks, vendors, yard games, and beer and wine, all benefiting Parkinson’s of Flagler Palm Coast. Bring a chair. There’s just one more Beats & Eats after this one (Oct 22), so don’t sleep on it.

🎬 Movie night at Good Times Dog Bar — Good Times Dog Bar (Palm Coast) — Thursday @ 5 p.m.
Pet Cemetery on the big screen at dusk. Come early for Bath & a Beer, $15 from 5 to 7. Dogs need to register at goodtimesdogbar.com before they come.

🚚 Eat your way through Food Truck Friday on the Farm — Florida Agricultural Museum, 7900 Old Kings Rd. N. (Palm Coast) — Friday @ 5–9 p.m.
Free admission and parking. Local food trucks, an artisan market, a kids zone, and a beer and wine tent, with live music. It’s pet-friendly, bikers are welcome, and it’s a nice way to skip the Daytona crowds on Biketoberfest weekend.

🛒 Wander the Saturday market at Flagler Beach for Pumpkin Fest — In front of City Hall, S. 2nd St. (Flagler Beach) — Saturday @ 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Free, with 30+ merchants, plus free pumpkins and face painting for Pumpkin Fest. Start here, then walk a block to the beach for the regatta.

📦 Cheer on the Ocean Cardboard Regatta at Flagler Beach — Beach across from Veterans Park (Flagler Beach) — Saturday @ 9 a.m.–noon
Free to watch. Rain bumped it from last weekend, and it’s now a morning race. Teams of two paddle homemade cardboard boats in Youth, Open, and Masters divisions, and somebody always sinks. That’s half the fun. Rough surf is in the forecast Saturday, so check the City of Flagler Beach before heading over.

🍪 Grab cookies and coffee for Community Cats in Bunnell — Community Cats of Palm Coast Thrift Store, 3100 E. Moody Blvd. (Bunnell) — Saturday @ 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Bird Dog Bakery Co and Toe Beans Coffee Bar team up, and 10% of food sales plus 100% of drink sales go to Community Cats of Palm Coast, a local nonprofit. September’s test run drew a great crowd, so it’s monthly now. Follow @birddogbakery.co.

🌽 Get lost at Maze Dayz in Bunnell — Cowart Ranch & Farms, 8185 W. Hwy 100 (Bunnell) — Saturday & Sunday @ 10 a.m.–7 p.m.
$15 a person, 2 and under free, $14 for seniors, military, and first responders with ID. A 5-acre walk-through corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch, sunflowers, farm animals, and a bonfire. No pets, and bring a flashlight if you go late. Weekends run through Nov 1.

🎃 Pick a pumpkin at the Pop-Up Pumpkin Patch at European Village — European Village (Palm Coast) — Saturday @ 4–8 p.m.
Local vendors, a DJ spinning Halloween hits, a free craft area, and free reusable trick-or-treat bags for the kids (while supplies last, kids must be there). RSVP on their Facebook event.

👻 Trunk-or-treat, then Hocus Pocus at Palm Coast Lanes — Palm Coast Lanes, 11 Old Kings Rd. (Palm Coast) — Saturday @ 5–9 p.m.
Back on after weather moved it last weekend. Decorated trunks handing out candy, a DJ, a bounce house, food trucks, prizes for the best trunk, and Hocus Pocus on the big screens. Bring the kids in costume.

🦩 The Funky Pelican on the pier — 215 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach. Open every day 8 a.m.–8 p.m. for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, inside or out on the big deck over the water. With bikes rolling up and down A1A all weekend, the deck is a front-row seat. Sunday, order the Funked Up Mary: a spicy Bloody Mary topped with shrimp, pepper jack, olives, cucumber, a pickle, and a Slim Jim. Follow @funkypelican.

🍧 Uncle Louie G has new fall flavors — 209 S. 2nd St. Unit 2, Flagler Beach (across from the Compass). New this month: Biggie S’mores, Pumpkin Pie, Blueberry Crumb, and Maple Walnut, alongside the Italian ices. Run by locals Mike & Jeannie Gibbs. Fall hours: Wed–Thu 2–8 p.m., Fri–Sat 12:30–9 p.m., Sun 12:30–8 p.m.; closed Mon & Tue.

🧁 Jaka’s Small Batch Co — 2095 Joyce St., Flagler Beach. Thursday & Friday, 9 a.m.–7 p.m., or until sold out. This week: classic whoopie pies, pumpkin whoopie pies, chocolate-covered Oreos, and oatmeal pies. They go fast, so don’t wait until Friday afternoon. Follow @jakas.smallbatchco.

🦪 Golden Lion: oysters and Biketoberfest music all weekend — 501 N. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach. Oyster happy hour daily 3–6 p.m., $14 a dozen. Free music: Walt Kulwicki Thursday 5:30–8:30, Michelle Marie Trio Friday 5:30–9:30, Hombres Band Saturday 5:30–9:30 with afternoon sets before, and Tabasco Brothers Sunday 5:30–8:30.

🧙 Witches Night Out in Palm Coast — Friday, Oct 16, 5–9 p.m., 5 Commercial Court. From Ashley Tilley, the same local organizer behind The Sunday Local market. Free, with about 10 extra vendors and discounts that night.

🛍️ The Sunday Local at Palm Coast Lanes — Sunday, Oct 18, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., 11 Old Kings Rd. Ashley’s market runs the 1st and 3rd Sundays, with bowling specials inside. The European Village Sunday market runs the same hours if you want to hit both.

🚶 Join The Mom Walk Collective for an evening walk — Tuesday, Oct 20, 5:15 p.m., Holland Park, Palm Coast. Free. RSVP on their Facebook event.

👂 Online tinnitus support group — The American Tinnitus Association group meets online every 3rd Wednesday at 4 p.m.; the next one is Wed, Oct 21. It’s for anyone with tinnitus looking for education, hope, and tips. Email [email protected] a few days ahead for the link.

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