Super Girl Surf Festival presented by Jersey Mike’s will celebrate its fifth year at the Jacksonville Beach Pier and SeaWalk Pavilion on Nov. 8-9. The event centers around a World Surf League (WSL) QS women’s competition and features a weekend-long concert lineup including headliners The Band Perry and the Plain White T’s.
All competitions, concerts, classes and event activities are free and open to the public.
At the heart of the event is a festival village, featuring 14 live concerts, an all-female DJ showcase, fitness and wellness classes, celebrity speakers and panels, a female art exhibition, an adult beverage garden, local food tents, skate competition and more than 50 brand activations.
There are also mentorship programs connecting youth with professional female athletes and a variety of family-friendly activities designed to uplift and unite.
This year’s music lineup of free concerts includes headlining performances by The Band Perry, Plain White T’s, HIRIE and Julia Cole, along with female artists like Hannah Wicklund, Pearl, McKenzi Brooke, Hello Sister, Kat Hall, Madison Hughes, Annie Dukes, Cat Ridgeway and The Tourists, Grom and the Jacks and more.
For the second year, Saturday’s lineup showcases exclusively acts led by women.
New elements for 2025 include a women’s basketball showcase in conjunction with the new UpShot League, a cheer and dance showcase featuring more than 40 teams from around the state and a free women’s 5K race.
In addition, the event offers special VIP access for the first time for consumers who prefer a more elevated and private VIP experience.
In addition to showcasing more than 80 top female surfers in the world’s second largest women’s pro surfing contest, the event features more than 2,000 women competing across 12 sports, including beach volleyball, soccer, flag football, lacrosse, cheer and dance, longboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, quad skating, running and basketball.
Some of the biggest names in women’s surfing are expected to attend, including previous Super Girl Champions, Alyssa Spencer, Kirra Pinkerton, Eden Walla, Samantha Sibley and 2025 Oceanside winner, Leilani McGonagle.
“It’s inspiring to see such a powerful blend of competition, culture and community coming together beyond the top-notch surfing,” said Rick Bratman, CEO of ASA Entertainment, the event’s producer. “To witness so many people and brands support Super Girl’s mission around empowering and creating opportunities for women is incredibly gratifying. The lineup of influential female athletes, creators, artists, musicians, instructors, speakers and advocates committed to Super Girl is absolutely amazing.”
The Super Girl Festival Series spans three annual sports, music and lifestyle festivals across the West Coast, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic with a mission to create athletic, social, cultural, educational and entertainment opportunities for young women in traditionally male-dominated arenas while inspiring the next generation of female leaders.
The event is proudly supported by Jersey Mike’s Subs, Visit Jacksonville, Florida Blue, Atlantic Self Storage, Kroger Delivery, the U.S. Marines, the SpringHill Suites Jacksonville Beach, Monster Energy, Owala, Seaglass Wine Company, Vive Organics, Perfect Hydration, Pura Vida, Athletic Brewing, Body Glove, Keel Farms, The Local, the City of Jacksonville’s Tourist Development Council, and Super Girl’s newest partner, Natural Life, who will be the Title Sponsor of the Natural Life Concert Series on the event’s main stage.
The surfing competition will run 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9. The festival village is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. Access to the surfing, concerts, classes, speakers, etc., are all free to attend.
The event will be televised from Jan. 10 to April 30 on 28 national and regional broadcast partners, and will be streamed live 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8-9 via 10 digital partners, including at www.supergirljax.com and twitch.tv/supergirlseries.
For information on the concert lineup, surfing, classes, schedules, sports competitions, VIP Ticket Packages and more, go to www.supergirljax.com. To connect via social media, follow @SupergirlPro on Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, LinkedIn and X.