Credit: Dunn, Hampton, "Temple Orange Grove at Temple Terrace, Florida" (1970). Hampton Dunn Collection of Florida Postcards. Image 2946.

That 1920s orange grove has sure grown up. Newspaper ads from May 1925 offer 10-acre plots complete with 100 avocado trees, with a house for $2,200.

To celebrate the 100 years since Gov. John W. Martin OK’d the incorporation of the little city with a “model charter” and “striking zoning provisions,” Temple Terrace has been partying. The culmination of it happens this weekend with a music festival at Riverhills Park.

Family activities start at 10 a.m. including bounce houses, arts and crafts and a drumline performance. Tampa vintage indie band Moonberry kicks off the all day jam at 1 p.m., followed by Southern rock n’ roller Danny Moody, and Soul Circus Cowboys. Bring your chairs and blankets and get ready to jam.

There is no cover for River Jam, happening Saturday, May 3 at Riverhills Park in Temple Terrace.

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This article appears in Apr 24-30, 2025.