Pumpkins & Palm Trees fills Las Olas Oceanside Park on Saturday, October 24, 2026, starting at 10 in the morning. The city says this free family tradition brings live music, carnival eats, market vendors and kids' crafts along the beachside greenspace. Now here is Chloe with the forecast. Turning to the forecast, mostly sunny with a high near 85 degrees. Chance of showers late afternoon, about 20 percent, with northeast winds 18 to 22 miles per hour and gusts to 31. Bring sunglasses. Now let us check in with Lena. Elsewhere in the community, LauderBOO comes to Snyder Park on Saturday, October 24, 2026, starting at 1 in the afternoon. The free family festival features trick-or-treat stations, bounce houses, crafts, live entertainment and the Native Village animal exhibition. It's perfect for families looking for Halloween fun.
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- Pumpkins & Palm Trees Festival [EVENT] — fortlauderdale.gov
https://fortlauderdale.gov/Explore-FTL/Event-Calendar/Pumpkins-and-Palm-Trees - Fort Lauderdale Weather [NEWS] — weather.gov
https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=26.1224&lon=-80.1373 - LauderBOO Family Festival [EVENT] — parks.fortlauderdale.gov
https://parks.fortlauderdale.gov/special-events/special-events/halloween-happy-hauntings
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- https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=26.1224&lon=-80.1373 — 0 quote-grounded, 1 provider-cited
- https://fortlauderdale.gov/Explore-FTL/Event-Calendar/Pumpkins-and-Palm-Trees — 3 quote-grounded, 0 provider-cited
- https://parks.fortlauderdale.gov/special-events/special-events/halloween-happy-hauntings — 0 quote-grounded, 3 provider-cited
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- “Pumpkins & Palm Trees fills Las Olas Oceanside Park on Saturday, October twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six, startin…” — grounded in “This free, family-friendly tradition brings autumn fun to Fort Lauderdale’s beachside greenspace with live music, carniv…” fortlauderdale.gov
- “Turning to the forecast, mostly sunny with a high near eighty-five degrees. Chance of showers late afternoon, about twen…” — grounded in “National Weather Service forecast for Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Today: A slight chance of rain showers between 4pm and 5…” weather.gov
- “Elsewhere in the community, LauderBOO comes to Snyder Park on Saturday, October twenty-fourth, two thousand twenty-six, …” — grounded in “LauderBOO A free spooktacular event for the whole family with trick-or-treat stations with carnival games throughout the…” parks.fortlauderdale.gov
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