Sunday with Santa at Blackadder Brewing

Blackadder Brewing Company 618 NW 60th St Ste A, Gainesville, FL, United States

Hi Kids (and Big Kids)! Santa's back at Blackadder Brewing! Sunday with Santa! December, 15th 3-5PM Have your wish lists ready for the big guy in the red suit and then join for some milk & cookies after you meet Santa! Big Kids, Blackadder didn't forget you! Enjoy Dragon's Milk...

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree with The Imbeciles

Blackadder Brewing Company 618 NW 60th St Ste A, Gainesville, FL, United States

Get ready to rock around the Christmas tree with The Imbeciles! Tuesday, December 17th 7PM They've added some festive favorites to our setlist! Ho, ho ho! The charity partner, Re-Gifting Christmas will receive all tips raised by the band! Food truck Everyday Amore on site.

Free

Eat. Drink. Be Ugly. (Ugly Sweater Contest at Blackadder!)

Blackadder Brewing Company 618 NW 60th St Ste A, Gainesville, FL, United States

Things are about to get ugly! Real ugly! And the uglier the better! Join Blackadder Brewing for their 8th Annual Ugly Sweater Contest, Eat. Drink. Be Ugly. on Thursday, Dec 19th starting at 7PM. Be warned, the competition is always fierce. Winners for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places will be...

Event Series The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Dance Alive National Ballet, Alachua County's own professional ballet company brings you NUTCRACKER! The all-time family favorite with beautiful dancing, sets and costumes is here again! Everyone needs a hero, and in this case she’s a girl. Clara saves the Nutcracker prince, and to thank her he brings her on...

Dragonfly Graphics Presents a Very Merry Gainesville Nostalgia Event

Dragonfly Graphics 319 SW 3rd Ave., Gainesville, United States

A Very Merry Gainesville Nostalgia Event On December 21, 2024 from 10 to 5, local screen printing and embroidery business, Dragonfly Graphics, will be hosting a winter event. Dragonfly will be selling some of their Gainesville Nostalgia designs BOGO. Other local vendors will be present featuring unique items for sale....

Free
Event Series Class with Clara

Class with Clara

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Dance Alive National Ballet presents A Class With Clara. Join the charming ‘Clara’, heroine of the Nutcracker Ballet for a prince or princess style ballet class onstage! Gifts will be handed out following the event. All ages are welcome. Parents can watch from the audience or join on stage their...

$25

A Very Harry Christmas Trivia Night

Blackadder Brewing Company 618 NW 60th St Ste A, Gainesville, FL, United States

What's on your Christmas list? Wizard crackers, an invisibility cloak or a maybe handmade Molly Weasley sweater... Join Blackadder Brewing for a festive and magical evening of Harry Potter Christmas Trivia! Saturday, December 21st at 7PM. Questions will be specific to the Harry Potter Christmas breaks (books & movies). And...

Channukah Celebration Choir

The ShabbaTones Chorus will lead the guests with many Channukah favorites. Join is for the fun and joy.

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Spark Wonder

The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention 811 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States

Reflect, celebrate, and anticipate the New Year with the Cade Museum. Watch Depot Park’s dazzling fireworks show from the comfort of the Cade Museum’s panoramic galleries with a drink and snacks in hand. Savor the last day of 2024 with games, experiments, New Year’s resolutions, an alternate time zone countdown,...

Free – $40

Event Series Guided Walks

Guided Walks

Kanapaha Botanical Gardens 4700 SW 58th Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

Kanapaha offers a guided tour of the Gardens the first Saturday of every month, starting at 10:00am. Regular admission price for non-members.

The Lake Alto-Lake Santa Fe Canal

The Lake Alto-Lake Santa Fe Canal was dug in the 1880’s to get oranges from Melrose to the railroad in Waldo. This talk covers the history of the canal and what’s going on with it nowadays. Presenters Bob Gould and Dave Edwards are long time Gainesvillians who met through their...

Free

The Other Book: Black History in Alachua County Lecture Series

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Before schools were integrated, Black teachers taught from two books; the official government sanctioned books and from other texts, written by Black authors about the realities of the Black experience. It was referred to as “the Other Book.” In the current political climate of book banning and “white washing,” this...

Harlem Globetrotters 2025 World Tour

Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center 250 Gale Lemerand Dr, Gainesville, FL, United States

You love the dunks, alley-oops, looooong shots, magic, history and laughs! Don’t miss your chance to see what fans love about the Harlem Globetrotters plus more as the world-famous Globetrotters level-up every game with all-new, exciting challenges in 2025! NEW year, NEW global tour, NEW challenges! Same Globetrotters you LOVE!...

$30 – $90

Finding Freedom

First Presbyterian Church 300 SW 2nd Ave, Gainesville, United States

Join Dance Alive National Ballet, Anew, and First Presbyterian Church festival chorus and instrumentalists for a concert highlighting the struggle, freedom finding, and the journey to restoration for those impacted by human trafficking. In addition to music an dance, Anew, an organization committed to reaching and restoring lives impacted by...

Free

Pink Martini Featuring China Forbes

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

A crowd favorite, Pink Martini returns to Gainesville to celebrate their 30th anniversary on a tour that promises to be packed with stylish fun. Drawing inspiration from all over the world—crossing genres from big band American jazz to old-fashioned French pop—the group tours the globe with their multilingual repertoire on...

$12 – $60

The Gainesville Orchestra with Maestro Evans Haile presents Mahler’s 5th

Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL, United States

Adventures await you as the orchestra presents "Powerful Ports of Call" - Mahler's 5th! An epic journey through one of the most powerful and romantic symphony's ever written. Composed in celebration of Mahler meeting his wife, the amazing Alma Schindler. The 5th symphony includes the popular "Adagietto" used in Visconti's...

$20 – $40
Event Series Pacifica Quartet

Pacifica Quartet

Squitieri Studio Theatre 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

One Quartet — Two Different Programs! The Pacifica Quartet has established itself as one of the finest chamber ensembles to hit the stage. With their powerful energy and captivating sound, it is no wonder that this quartet has a career that spans nearly three decades and multiple GRAMMY® Awards. Choose one...

$12 – $40

Alachua 20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Legacy Park Multipurpose Center 15400 Peggy Road, Alachua, FL, United States

Join the City of Alachua on Monday, January 20, 2025, at the Legacy Park Multipurpose Center for the City of Alachua's 20th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Not only will you enjoy beautiful performances and dedications from local talent, you'll experience a keynote speech and concert by Vickie Winans,...

Onyx Storm Midnight Release Party

The Lynx

Join The Lynx for a midnight release party of the upcoming Fourth Wing title, Onyx Storm! There will be games, photo opportunities, and more. Tickets include one special edition copy of the book and one drink from The Lynx cafe. About the book: Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE...

Cirque Kalabanté

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts 3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Cirque Kalabanté features gravity-defying acrobatics and jaw-dropping displays of contortion and strength. Inspired by daily life in Guinea, this performance is designed to share the beauty, youth, and artistry of West African culture. Founded by Guinean-born Cirque du Soleil veteran Yamoussa Bangoura, Kalabanté means “ambitious child with exceptional courage” in...

$12 – $45