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WHAT’S GOOD.® GUIDE

Tom Petty Weekend — Nov 8 | Heartwood Soundstage

Tom Petty Weekend

Downtown Festival and Art Show — Nov 9 | Bo Diddley Plaza

Downtown Festival and Art Show

Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with UF Symphony Orchestra — Nov 7 | Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony with UF Symphony Orchestra

Alachua County Veterans Day Celebration — Nov 11 | Veterans Memorial Park

Alachua County Veterans Day Celebration

Books, Biscuits and Butter — Nov 9 | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

Books, Biscuits and Butter

Fall Art Market — Nov 10 | Artisan’s Guild Gallery

Fall Art Market

Events in Gainesville & Alachua County

Add art and music festivals to your weekend with What’s Good®. Downtown Gainesville transforms with hundreds of artist booths at the Downtown Festival and Art Show and Heartwood Soundstage celebrates a hometown hero with musical tributes and storytelling at Tom Petty Weekend. On Monday, Alachua County honors veterans at the annual Veterans Day Celebration.

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Events & Festivals

Dec 7

Gainesville Cars and Coffee at Tioga Town Center

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Jan 25

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire: Hoggetowne Goes Downtown

Map pin icon Depot Park

Jan 26

Hoggetowne Medieval Faire: Hoggetowne Goes Downtown

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Music & Performance

Nov 7

Tiffany Lu conducts Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony

Map pin icon Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

Nov 8

Tom Petty Weekend

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Nov 8

The Gainesville Orchestra Presents Firebird

Map pin icon Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall

Nov 9

The Renny’s at Sweet Berries on 5th Ave

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Nov 10

Gainesville Community Band Veterans Day Concert

Map pin icon First Presbyterian Church

Arts & Theater

Jan 17

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

Map pin icon Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall

Feb 28

The Gainesville Orchestra with Maestro Evans Haile presents: Scheherazade

Map pin icon Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall

May 9

The Gainesville Orchestra with Maestro Evans Haile presents: POPS!

Map pin icon Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall

Seasonal

Jun 15

Father’s Day at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

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Craft Breweries

Nov 12

Think and Drink: Springs Discussion

Map pin icon Cypress & Grove Brewing Company

Pop-Up Markets

Dec 5

UF Poinsettia Sale

Map pin icon Horticulture Greenhouse at Fifield Hall

Dec 6

UF Poinsettia Sale

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Museum & Galleries

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Outdoors

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Sports & Fans

Nov 8

Florida Volleyball vs. Auburn

Map pin icon Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center

Farmers Markets

Nov 8

High Springs Farmers Market

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Nov 9

Waldo Farmers and Flea Market

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Nov 9

Haile Farmers Market

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Nov 9

Alachua County Farmers Market

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Nov 11

Grove Street Farmers Market

Map pin icon Cypress & Grove Brewing Company

Workshops & Educational

Feb 2

O2O: The Path to Connection

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Bites & Brunch

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