Pet Costume Contest

Swamp Head Brewery 3650 SW 42nd AVE, Gainesville, FL, United States

Get ready for loads of fun when you bring your dog to Swamp Head Brewery December 7 from 2-5 to participate in Shakespeare Animal Funds’ Holiday Pet Costume Pageant. The event includes dog costume contests with incredible prizes, dog games, photos with Santa, raffle for your pet’s photo on a...

Breakfast with Santa at Dave & Buster’s

Dave & Busters 3023 SW 45th St., Gainesville, FL, United States

Santa Claus is coming to Dave & Buster’s! Score a ho-ho-whole morning of family fun with exclusive early access to the store. Forget the long lines at the mall. There’s no better place to meet Mr. Claus! Your kids can play games & get a photo with Santa. It’s a...

$26.57 – $32.88

Christmas at Butler!

Butler Town Center 3217 SW 35th Blvd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Join the family-friendly, Annual Christmas Event At Butler! Sunday, December 8, 2024. From 4:00pm - 8:00pm. Save the date for this FREE event! Enjoy fun with the family, local food vendors, entertainment, face painting & balloon twisting, prizes, a photo opportunity with Santa, and more! The event will take place...

Free

Blues with the Sauce Boss

Top Hog BBQ Bourbon & Blues 6419 W Newberry Rd Suite A20, Gainesville, FL, United States

Catch a special bonus performance of the Sauce Boss before he heads off to represent the NCFBS at the International Blues Challenge. Great BBQ meets great music! Don't Miss It! No cover but donations encouraged. All money raised at the event, will help cover Sauce Boss expenses to compete in...

Niko Moon

Vivid Music Hall 201 W University Ave., Gainesville, FL, United States

A crazy, unhinged bingo event is coming to Gainesville on Dec. 13th with music, comedy & dancing!

$26
Event Series Open Mic Night

Open Mic Night

VFW Post 2811 1150 Waldo Rd., Gainesville, FL, United States

They fought for the right of FREE SPEECH. You are invited to come and engage in your right of free speech. Musicians, Singers, Poets, Comics, Activist, Survivors Storytellers, and Everyone else is welcomed. There will also be a karaoke machine You live in a talented community, come showcase yourself! You...

Christmas Cookie Contest at Blackadder Brewing

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

Who doesn't love cookies?! Everyone has that special cookie recipe to make every year for the holidays and family gatherings. How about showing off those baking skills and see how your cookies stack up to the competition! Saturday, December 14th 2-4PM Cookies will be judged according to taste, presentation and...

Holiday Concert- “A Season of Light”

Abiding Savior Lutheran Church 9700 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

Capella Nova choir will present a holiday concert on December 14th at 4pm at Abiding Savior Lutheran Church, 9700 W. Newberry Road in Gainesville. The concert is free and open to the public. Featured will be works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Whitacre and Rutter. For more information, call 904-535-4779. The chorus...

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...

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.

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 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

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