Morocco Shrine Center

I have visited the Morocco Shrine Temple on two occasions. The first occasion was a few years back for the Greek Festival and my last trip was for the Jax Illumination Christmas light show.I fell in love on my first visit when I attended the Greek festival with a friend. There was so much wonderful food, desserts and handmade arts and crafts. If you are a Jacksonville native and you have not attended the Greek Festival shame on you LOL!This year I attended Jax illumination for the first time. I purchased my online ticket for $20 (fee per car). I arrived at 5:45 PM with an entrance time of 6 PM. I suggest arriving early as there were already three rows of cars ahead of me. I was pleasantly surprised as I originally felt $20 with a bit steep to drive through a Christmas light show. But the show took roughly 20 minutes to complete. And I thoroughly enjoyed everything as you can see from my pics;)I would suggest trying the fried Oreos if the vendor is there next year. So good! They are in the parking lot for purchase after you exit the light show.

Great place to come for Christmas lights with the family. Growing every year, it's definitely getting better and better. Tune into 98.5 FM for Christmas music synchronized with the lights. Stay in the car though! Just ease through for a relaxing night. Watch out for the car in front of you. Everyone is welcome to take pictures and video. The staff are friendly and helpful with directions if you need it. A few lights are out, but the guys are here working on them. It's not Callaway Gardens big, but an enjoyable drive nonetheless. This is our 3rd year and we will be back next year! Merry Christmas!

What a huge place to have an event. There is plenty of parking space around the acreage. I attend several events here yearly.

I forgot how much I like coming to events at the Morocco Shrine Center. There is plenty of parking for vendors and visitors whenever I go. Never a hassle. This last trip here was to attend the Jacksonville Gem & Mineral show. The location has ample room for artist and sellers to set up shop with enough wiggle room for attendees to browse and buy.Overall, the interior is still somewhat dated compared to other venue options in Jacksonville, but this place always takes me back and the shows and events I attend here are well organized. It's a manageable spot to have an event with that old school feel. I like it.

Love the Morocco shrine and all the Shriners. They put on the shrine circus and my family and I go everywhere year. They also host other events such as gun shows, reptile and coin exhibits. All different types of events. Danny the hippy is always around helping set up and designate directions for vendors and guest. Every year James puts up a drive through Christmas light show.

The Morocco Shrine Temple is a building for rent by many organizations! Currently the Jax Gem and Mineral Society is hosting vendors from around the world who are selling stones, rocks, fossils, gemstones, findings, finished jewelry etc.

The Greek festival. Cone on down and the food is wonderful. Did I mention the ouzo? Got to try the ouzo

The Shrine Center is a really good place for venues. I have never had difficulty finding parking here, and the lot is lighted which has been greatly appreciated when attending events during the evening. This is an older building and I have noticed that the carpet or maybe the ventilation system does sometimes smell a bit dank toward the front of the main floor area. But really, who cares? The bathrooms are always clean and the events here are usually so interesting, (computer shows, jewelry shows, gun shows, etc.) that I am sure most wouldn't even notice. This huge Center has given the Jacksonville not only the opportunity to enjoy some fun large scale events at nominal entry fees, but of course is also backed by the wonderfully community oriented Shriner's. Good place sponsored by really good people!

I attended the Bead and Gem show last Friday- the center is great- lots of space, plenty of parking, adjacent to St John's Town Center- which makes for easy food after events. I look forward to future events.

I have only been to the Morocco Shrine once and that was for the regional science fair a few weeks ago. My niece won first place at her school fair for her experiment in bottle rockets and moved onto the regional fair. They held the science fair over three days. Sunday was set up, Monday was the fair itself, and Tuesday night was the awards ceremony. I've only been as far in as that first auditorium, so can't make mention of the rest of the building. For something like the science fair, I thought the place was a great venue. Lots of room for parents and kids to sit without being too crowded, and much better than a standard auditorium. You would be worried in a place like this that it would be too hot. I, actually, was more than a bit chilly. The parking lot is huge and can accommodate a large number of people. You may have a bit of a walk from some of the farther spaces, but who doesn't need a bit of exercise?