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Courtesy photos / JamFest Productions

Uncle Kracker takes the stage Saturday at the JamFest 2010 at the sprawling Edgewater Ranch as part of Biketoberfest weekend and more specifically as a fundraiser to support the fallen in the military.

Mandy Brooke performs early on at the JamFest concert that featured a surprise appearance by David Allen Coe to the delight of music fans.

EDGEWATER -- It wasn't Woodstock, but with the talented bands and performers, Saturday's JamFest 2010 was a rockin' success at the 100-acre Edgewater Ranch just south of New Smyrna Beach, right off of interstate I-95 and S.R. 442.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Several thousand people descended on Flagler Avenue for Thursday's third annual NSB Shrimp and Seafood Festival and nobody had a bigger smile than Matt Clancy, of the family-owned Clancy's Restaurant and Cantina.

"Look at all of these people -- this is incredible,"Clancy said, as people rubbed elbows inside the popular Tex-Mex style eatery, with even more on the outside patio and on the front and east sides of the building.

Flagler Avenue, New Smyrna Beach's quarter mile stretch to the beach, had so many people milling around, it looked like a giant ant colony.

But several candidates or their signs could be seen in the sea of people, including Sharon Luebbers, running for School Board district 3 and Ellen Darden for County Council, district 3.

NSBNEWS.net photo by Henry Frederick.

The crowds were inside and outside. Consumption of alcoholic beverages was allowed outside for this event, but moving forward, the City Commission voted unanimously the week before to end sidewalk sales and consumption of alcohol.

Still, police reported no major issues with crowd control or drinking.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Sera Frederick.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick and NSB photo photo by Henry Frederick. Thousands flocked to the Images art Festival Sunday, the weekend event on Canal Street and Riverside Drive that featured the work of 200 artists from across the country. The video was shot during the last hour of the event. Check out our video coverage of Saturday's event on our Home page and lots of photos below.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Some 35,000 to 40,000 people flocked to the Images art festival over the weekend, local architect Gerard J. Pendergast estimated during the waning hours Sunday, despite rain on Saturday and the colder weather Sunday.

NSBNEWS.net video by Sera Frederick. Countless thousands flocked to the 34th annual IMAGES art festival Saturday on Canal Street and Riverside Drive. The two-day festival continues today.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- City Commissioner Jim Hathaway and his wife were among thousands of people to stroll the eastern end of Canal Street and Riverside Drive for the IMAGES art festival, the chief fundraiser for the Atlantic Center for the Arts.