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Jacksonville

Carnival Games for Jacksonville Festivals and Community Events

A community event here can spread across a park, a lot, and a closed street at the same time. The booths do not have to sit together, so the midway follows your footprint instead of fighting it.

  • ★ ADMIT ONE ★ Fully Insured
  • ★ ONE TICKET ★ Background-Checked Staff
  • ★ GOOD FOR ONE ★ We Set Up, Run It & Pack Out
  • ★ ADMIT ONE ★ 20 to 200+ Guests
  • ★ ONE TICKET ★ Prizes Included

First Coast community events.

Parks programming, church campuses, neighborhood associations, and charity days. Grass, pavement, or a street closure, as long as a truck can reach the spot.

City and parks programming

Public events on a municipal calendar, where the footprint is set by the site rather than by you.

Church campuses

Fall festivals and family nights, where one midway has to cover nursery age through middle school.

Neighborhood associations

Resident days at communities big enough that people need a reason to walk down and meet each other.

Charity and nonprofit days

The attraction that pulls families in, while your volunteers stay on the food and the raffle.

What we bring to the site.

We load in, build the midway, work every booth for your whole window, and pack out. Your volunteers never end up staffing a game.

  • Striped 10x10 booth tents, raised and struck by our crew
  • Classic booth games with prizes handed out as they are played
  • Trained hosts working every booth for the full window
  • Music through the event
  • Certificate of insurance for your venue or department
  • Setup and cleanup, usually about 45 minutes on each end
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Jacksonville festival and community event pricing.

Community events are quoted rather than packaged, because what matters is how much midway you need and how long it runs. Foot traffic is unpredictable in a way an RSVP list is not, so we size by booth count and hours instead of headcount. Tell us the window and the space and we will quote it.

Three tents, a couple of hours

Eight booth games with a host on each. The scale most church and neighborhood events land on.

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Four to six tents, half a day

A wider lineup and a larger crew, so nobody stands in a line while people cycle through across a longer window.

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A full midway, running all day

The largest footprint we run, staffed continuously for a full event day. This is the scale we work city events at.

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We have worked this kind of event here already.

Big Idea Entertainment Jacksonville has worked 200+ events across Greater Jacksonville and the First Coast since Richard and Veronica opened it in 2025, across every brand we run. Every booth is worked by our own background-checked staff.

"Great for our Fall Festival this year. The team showed up and was very enthusiastic and just great with all of the kids. The games were fun and added to the festival experience as well!"

Shelton PTA

Atlanta

Why a midway holds a crowd better than one attraction.

Nobody waits in one line

Eight booths running at once, so arriving guests always have somewhere to go.

Your volunteers stay free

Our staff work the games. Your people run your event.

Every age plays

Booth difficulty adjusts, so a four-year-old and a middle schooler play the same games.

One vendor for the whole midway

Tents, games, prizes, sound, and crew from one company, on one quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you work with neighborhood associations on the First Coast?
Regularly, and they are among the easier events to plan, because the site is usually known and the same people organize it every year. Tell us what your amenity area gives us to work with and we will fit the midway to it.
Can you run alongside a food truck row?
Yes, and it tends to work well, because people queue for food and then look for something to do. Worth keeping a little distance so the lines do not tangle, and worth telling us where the trucks will sit before we place booths.
What size crew comes with a full-day setup?
Enough to keep a host on every booth for the whole window, with rotation built in so nobody is on the same game for hours. The exact number follows the booth count, and we will put it in writing with the quote.
Do you bring a generator, or do we supply power?
Tell us which is available and we will plan around it. Standard outlets within reach are the simplest arrangement, and where a site has none we will discuss power as part of the quote rather than turning up and improvising.
Can you break the midway into two clusters?
Yes. Splitting booths across two areas spreads foot traffic instead of concentrating it, which suits a long site or a street closure. It changes staffing slightly, since each cluster needs its own coverage, so mention it when you inquire.

Request Your Jacksonville Carnival

Tell us about your event. We'll reply within one business day.

Corporate & Large Events

100+ guests, community festivals, district-wide programming. Our corporate sales lead Tanner responds within one business day.

Optional venue details

Company events too.

We bring the same midway to employee appreciation days, family days, and client events across the First Coast.

See our corporate events