We’re committed to a weekend that is filled with fun because school is back in session and you need it! Choose comedy or love. You can’t have both. Perhaps you’re into Goths or Goghs. Whatever your spooky tastes are, feel certain that Jacksonville is your place for active living. Note: Most descriptions courtesy of event hosts and edited for clarity.

9.8

Dusty Slay at The Comedy Zone
You can take the boy out of the trailer park, but you can’t take the trailer park out of the boy… stand-up comedian Dusty Slay grew up poor on Lot 8 of a mobile home neighborhood in Opelika, Alabama, with a love for both classic country and rock and a career history peppered with jobs like waiting tables and selling pesticides. The trucker hat, long hair and mustache, flannel shirt and oversized glasses aren’t affectations to cultivate a stage persona as the B-side of a 1970s Bob Seger track—it’s just Dusty. $20; 7:30 p.m.; 3130 Hartley Rd, Jacksonville, FL; comedyzone.com // @comedyzonejax

Love and Hiking Date (Self-Guided) for Couples
Enjoy a fun hiking date along a selected trail for couples! Since our a date nights are self-guided you can go any time on any day. Each date night consists of a series of activities that you are guided to complete. All you need is your own mobile device and an Internet connection to access your Digital Date Nite Box. At DNB we pride ourselves on covering all 5 love languages in every date night so the following is in your digital date night box – to create a date to remember! Free but donations are accepted; anytime

9.9

Matisyahu at The Saint Augustine Amphitheater
Fans within the improvisational-jam scene began flocking to Matisyahu’s shows shortly after “King without a Crown” climbed the charts and Matisyahu’s follow up record Youth was nominated for a Grammy, but the blessings and curses of mainstream success each took root. While Matisyahu’s bands have always been composed of serious multidimensional players who have artfully molded the foundations of roots reggae into many genres, that early; if only a brief display of complete surrender to the music, seemed in some way to take a back seat. Through his lyrics however, Matisyahu developed a more personal, artistic, and sophisticated way to express the yearning for deep spiritual meaning, and as his own beliefs opened up to find more variety and depth, the desire for his performances to match the unpredictable flow of life developed as well. $32 – $35; 7:30 p.m.; 1340C A1A S, St. Augustine, FL; theamp.com // @theampsa

WWE Presents NXT Live at Jacksonville Armory
WWE NXT returns for one night of LIVE action and who doesn’t love action??? $10; 9900 Normandy Blvd., Jacksonville, FL

9.10

Fall Vegetable Seed Starting Workshop at Duval County Extension
This hands-on workshop is appropriate for gardeners of all skill levels. It will cover the basics of starting seeds to grow your own transplants, as well as direct seeding. Participants will learn all about: seeds and how to take care of them, understanding seed packets and catalogs, a variety of container and media types for growing transplants, how to set up an indoor seed starting light system, what crops can be grown in the fall, and when and how to set out the transplants. Course fee covers a seed starting kit containing several types of containers, germination mix, humidity dome, seeds and seeding tools to get started. $15; 10 a.m. to noon; 1032 Superior St., Jacksonville, FL Around corner from main office; sfyl.ifas.ufl.edu

Sing Out Loud Festival at Colonial Oak Music Park, St. Augustine
Various local musicians will be at it all weekend so stop by anytime! Free; 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.; 21 St George St., St Augustine, FL; thecolonialoakmusicpark.com // @thecolonialoak

9.11

“Vincent” at Wilson Center for the Arts
You know of Vincent van Gogh’s art; now experience the story behind the man. “Vincent” by Leonard Nimoy focuses on the relationship between Theo van Gogh and his brother Vincent, chronicling the plight of an artist, the love and anguish of a brother, and the universality of our tortured yet sublime humanity. Combining performance and visual arts, this dynamic one-actor piece invites us to collectively examine our, and the artist’s, role in society. Performed by Lumen Rep founder, Brian Niece, and presented in the art gallery at the Wilson Center for the Arts on FSCJ’s South Campus, the audience will be immersed in the performance surrounded by the works of contemporary artist Christie Holechek. $25; 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.; 11901 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville, FL; fscj.edu

Goth Night at Myth Nightclub
Oh my Goth! It’s another goth night. It’s never too hot to wear black but you will have to touch up your eyeliner at some point. Entry starts at $5; 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.; 333 East Bay St., Jacksonville, FL; mythexperience.com // @myth.element