Depot Park parkrun
A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate – it's up to you! ...
- 7:30 am - 9:00 am
- Location: Depot Park, 200 SE Depot Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: www.parkrun.us
- Category: Free
Merry Melrose Christmas Parade
Holiday cheering and fun for everyone! Please come join us for our merry Melrose Christmas parade. A Story Book Christmas! 8 am-9 ...
- 8:00 am
- Location: SR 26, from Center Street to SR 21, Melrose, FL
- Cost: free
- Website: melrosefl.com
- Category: Free
Mr and Mrs Claus Visit Deep Creek Game Farm
We will have a face painter, and Mr & Mrs. Clause will be handing out cookies and will be available ...
- 8:00 am
- Location: 412 CR-315 S, Interlachen, FL 32148
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Candy Cane Lane Winter Festival at The Alachua County Farmers' Market
Come join us at Alachua County Farmers Market for our Big Winter Festival, and take a walk down “Candy Cane ...
- 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Alachua County Farmers' Market 5920 NW 13th St. Gainesville, FL 32653
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Aikido for Kids and Teens - FREE
Join us at Aikido of Gainesville, Inc. on Saturday for free Kids and Teens Aikido! Whats the catch? None, it's ...
- 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Aikido of Gainesville, 4424 SW 35th Terrace, Gainesville FL
- Cost: free
- Website: www.aikidoofgainesville.com
- Category: Free
Gatorball Spring Travel Baseball Tryouts
Players that are selected for our 2025 Travel Teams must participate in the Spring Training Program. 8u/9u/10u: 9am-10:30pm 10u Payne- Ocala 9am-11am 11u/12u: ...
- 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Location: Jonesville Park: 3401 NW 143rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: No cost for tryout
- Website: gatorballtraining.com
- Category: Free
Otter Creek: Christmas at the Creek
Bring the kids to visit with Santa & Mrs Claus from 10 am-5 pm then head to Santa’s workshop where ...
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Location: Otter Creek, FL
- Cost: Free Admission
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Tonewood Family Music Parent/Child Demo
These free classes are our chance to introduce you to the Music Together® method of early childhood education. Be prepared ...
- 9:00 am - 11:45 am
- Location: 4923 NW 27th Court, Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free, register online
- Website: www.tonewoodfamilymusic.com
- Category: Free
Town of Fort White Breakfast with Santa
FREE Breakfast with Santa for all kids through 8th grade. Kids must be accompanied by a parent/guardian!
- 9:00 am - 11:00 am
- Location: Fort White Community Center - 17579 SW State Road 47 Fort White, FL 32038
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.fortwhitefl.com
- Category: Free
UF Health Childbirth and Newborn Education Class
The Childbirth and Newborn Education Class is intended to prepare expectant parents for labor, birth, the post-partum period, and caring ...
- 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Cost: free
- Website: ufhealth.org
- Category: Free
Angelic Blessings Academy Open House
Join us for our Open House and discover the magic of Angelic Blessings Academy! Explore our programs, meet our amazing ...
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: Located at The Family Church 2022 SW 122nd Street, Bldg B, Gainesville, FL 32607
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Arc of Alachua County Arts and Crafts Expo
The Arc’s 3rd Annual Arts & Crafts Expo is Saturday, December 14, 2024, 10 AM-2 PM at our main campus ...
- 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Location: The Arc of Alachua County (across from Santa Fe College) 3303 NW 83rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Brown's Country Buffet: Breakfast and Photos with Santa
Join us for a fun-filled morning with Santa! Enjoy our delicious Saturday meal and make memories with family and friends. ...
- 10:00 am
- Location: Brown's Country Buffet 14423 NW US Hwy 441, Alachua, FL 32615
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
GNV Arts: Gainesville Expressive Song and Dance
Dance classes for youth in various styles including ballet and hip hop, Saturdays at Rosa B. Williams Center. Classes intended ...
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Location: Rosa B. Williams Center 524 NW 1st St, Gainesville 32601
- Cost: Donations accepted!
- Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
- Category: Free
Jeep Showcase Showdown at Homestead Park Williston
Marvel at rows of unique Jeeps while enjoying delicious food, specialty vendors, and live music. Celebrate the Jeep community with ...
- 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Location: Homestead Park Williston 1050 NE 6th Blvd Williston, FL 32696-1838
- Cost: Admission & Parking Is Free to Spectators
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Northwood Oaks Veterinary Hospital Pictures with Santa!
Please join us for pictures with Santa as he makes a special trip to Northwood Oaks Veterinary Hospital! Furry and ...
- 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Location: Northwood Oaks Veterinary Hospital, 5331 NW 34th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32653
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Reading with a Pediatrician Book Club
UF pediatricians are excited to start a new book club called Reading with your Pediatrician. We welcome any families to ...
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am
- Location: UF Health Pediatrics - Gerold L. Schiebler CMS Center: 1699 SW 16th Ave Building A, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.instagram.com
- Category: Free
Smart Start at Zion Christmas Party
Christmas Sing-A-Long Music and Movement Classes Tuesday, December 3 at 10 am Tuesday, December 10 at 10 am Christmas Party Saturday, December 14 ...
- 10:00 am
- Location: 1700 NW 34th Street, Gainesville, FL 32605
- Cost: Suggested donation: $5 per family
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Music and Movement (Saturday Special) - Millhopper Branch
Join us to sing, dance, and make music at our Saturday Special Music and Movement program. Sing songs, dance and move, ...
- 10:30 am - 11:00 am
- Location: Millhopper Branch 3145 NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Waldo Branch: Story Time
Read, sing, and play for pre-schoolers and their caregivers followed by 30 minutes to do a craft after Story Time ...
- 10:30 am - 11:30 am
- Location: Waldo Branch 15150 NE US Highway 301, Waldo, FL 32694
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
4th Ave Food Park presents The Oak Duo
On Saturday, December 14th enjoy live music from the Oak Duo from 11 AM-2 PM. Musicians playing improvisational swing, blues, ...
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: 4th Ave Food Park 409 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Alachua Christmas Parade
Join us on Alachua's beautiful Main Street for our beloved Annual Christmas Parade, a festive celebration that brings the enchanting ...
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Location: Main Street, Alachua, FL
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.cityofalachua.com
- Category: Free
Archer St. Phillip’s Lodge 55 Christmas Toy Drive Event
Food, drinks, music and entertainment. Kids must be present to receive toys.
- 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
- Location: Wilson Robinson Park 13975 SW 174th St, Archer, FL 32618
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Barnes & Noble Kid's Saturday Storytime
Join us every Saturday morning at the Storytime Stage for a reading of a favorite Children's book.
- 11:00 am
- Location: 3728 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
High Springs Museum Open Day
It is Saturday and our museum is open from 11 AM to 4 PM every Saturday. Come and see what ...
- 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Location: 23760 NW 187th Ave, High Springs, FL, 32643
- Cost: FREE
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
JCPenney Kids Zone
Pick up in store! Grab, shop, and go! Free crafts for kids, fast savings for parents. Kids get a free ...
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: JCPenney Kids Department, Oaks Mall, Gainesville FL
- Cost: free
- Website: www.jcpenney.com
- Category: Free
Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses
Bring a bag (or bags) of carrots to feed the horses on Saturdays! The Retirement Home for Horses provides lifetime ...
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Location: 20307 NW C.R. 235A, Alachua, FL 32615
- Cost: bring carrots to feed the horses
- Website: millcreekfarm.org
- Category: Free
Santa at Hitchcock's Markets
Sleigh, what?! Santa Claus is coming to Hitchcock's? Come in and get your picture taken with the big guy on ...
- 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Location: Local Hitchcock's (see description for details)
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Tabletop at Coliseum of Comics Gainesville Ten Years Celebration
Celebrate ten years of Tabletop at Coliseum of Comics Gainesville! Join us for pizza, cake, freebies and games! Events: MTG Khans of ...
- 11:00 am
- Location: 4401 NW 25th Place, Suite G Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Gainesville Fire Rescue: Celebrating Peace, Connecting Community
Free hot lunch, free grocery bag to the first 50 families, music by DJ E-LO, resource fair, fun, free youth ...
- 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Location: MLK Center 1028 NE 14th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Town of Fort White Christmas Parade
See floats and parade participants celebrating the holiday season on their route through the Town of Fort White, FL! The ...
- 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
- Location: 17828 SW State Road 47, Fort White, FL 32038
- Cost: free
- Website: www.fortwhitefl.com
- Category: Free
Shining Star Music Academy Jingle on the Lawn at Town of Tioga
Exciting things are happening! Bring a blanket and join us on the lawn!
- 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm
- Location: Town of Tioga 104 SW 131st Street, Newberry, FL 32669
- Cost: Free Admission
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Archer Branch: How to Make a Zine- Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW)
Love comics? Come express your yourself and discover the joy of creating your own comic zine! Tweens and teens 9 ...
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Location: Archer Branch,13266 SW State Road 450, Archer, FL 32618
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Artspace - Waldo Branch
Join us in our unique Waldo ArtSpace for arts and crafts for ages 5 and up.
- 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Location: Waldo Branch 15150 NE US Highway 301, Waldo, FL 32694
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church: The Train Guys and Santa Claus
What would the 1896 railroad workers think? Toy trains running on the very grounds they used to build the oldest ...
- 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (next to City Hall) 18615 NW 238th St, High Springs, FL 32643
- Cost: Free admission
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Westside Baptist Church Christmas Concert- A Westside Christmas
Join us for our multi-generational Christmas Concert, A Westside Christmas! There will be three showings at our Newberry Road campus ...
- 2:00 pm
- Location: 10000 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: westsidebaptist.org
- Category: Free
Parenting for Heaven’s Sake!
It's not too late to join the events for our new parenting ministry. All parents with school-aged children are invited to ...
- 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
- Location: St. Patrick Church 500 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Bronson Winter Wonderland at the Park
Children can visit with Santa, play mini-games, and make holiday crafts. Christmas fun to be had by all. Goodies and ...
- 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
- Location: James H Cobb Park 275 Picnic St, Bronson, FL 32621
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
4th Ave Food Park presents UF Driveway Theatre Project: A Christmas Carol
Catch a live radio play of "A Christmas Carol" by the University of Florida Performing Arts Driveway Theatre Project.
- 4:00 pm
- Location: 409 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL, 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Future Endeavors Christmas Fair & Market
Come out and spend some family time while enjoying local crafts from our vendors, games, face painting, food trucks, and ...
- 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: 220 US-129, Trenton, FL 32693-3438
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Gainesville Frisbee
Interested in tossing the frisbee or playing a super low-key game of Ultimate Frisbee? Join us at The One Love ...
- 5:00 pm
- Location: One Love Cafe 4989 NW 40th Pl, Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: www.gainesvillefrisbee.com
- Category: Free
Holiday Open House at Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings State Park
The annual holiday event at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park will be held on Saturday, December 14 and ...
- 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
- Location: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park ,18700 S. County Road 325, Cross Creek, FL 32640
- Cost: free
- Website: marjoriekinnanrawlings.org
- Category: Free
Newberry Movie in the Park: Elf, Kids Activities & Golf Cart Decorating Contest!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Join us on Saturday, December 14th from 5-8 pm at Barry Park ...
- 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Barry Park next to the Newberry Municipal Building 25440 W Newberry Rd, Newberry, FL 32669
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Haile Equestrian Center Movie Nights
Haile Equestrian is hosting monthly Movie Nights. Join us the 2nd Saturday of every month from 6-8 pm. From classic ...
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: 7680 SW 46 Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: free for Haile Equestrian Members | $40 for non-members
- Website: www.haileequestrian.com
- Category: Free
High Springs Brewing Company Whoville Village
Join us December 13th and 14th from 6-9 pm for Whoville Village! Come take your pictures with the Grinch and ...
- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: High Springs Brewing Company 18562 NW 237th St, High Springs, FL, 32643
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
High Springs Nutcracker Christmas Parade
Lineup will be from 4-5:30 pm at the Civic Center where you will receive your number. All participants/floats entering the ...
- 6:00 pm
- Location: Main Street Downtown High Springs, FL 32643
- Cost: Free
- Website: highsprings.com
- Category: Free
Kiwanis Christmas Parade at Keystone Heights
Christmas Cheer throughout the Years!
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Downtown 555 S. Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights, FL, 32656
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.keystoneheights.us
- Category: Free
Lake Butler Christmas Parade
The 2024 City of Lake Butler, Florida Christmas Parade has been set for Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 6:00 pm! The ...
- 6:00 pm
- Location: NE 3rd Street, Lake Butler, FL
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Morning Star Church presents a Walk to Bethlehem
Every year Morning Star Baptist Church puts on a beautiful walk through Bethlehem highlighting the story of Jesus’s birth! Event ...
- 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: 11250 County Road 18, Lake Butler, FL 32054
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Westside Baptist Church Christmas Concert- A Westside Christmas
Join us for our multi-generational Christmas Concert, A Westside Christmas! There will be three showings at our Newberry Road campus ...
- 6:00 pm
- Location: 10000 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: westsidebaptist.org
- Category: Free
UF Carillon Studio Concert Series
Annual UF Carillon Studio Holiday Concert! The UF Carillon Studio Concert Series offers a chance to hear the UF Carillon ...
- 6:15 pm
- Location: Century Tower Carillon, 375 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611
- Cost: free
- Website: arts.ufl.edu
- Category: Free
Jazz on the Green at Celebration Pointe
Join us for Jazz on the Green, where we have live music, good food and drinks & more! Spread a ...
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Celebration Pointe, Northwest Corner of I-75 And Archer Rd, Gainesville, Florida 32608
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Living Water Life Center: Walk to Bethlehem
Free Family Event December 9th thru December 23 every night from 7 pm-9 pm for 15 Nights. Take a stroll ...
- 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: 4551 SE State Road 121, Morriston, FL 32668-3757
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
McIntosh: Keeping McIntosh Merry and Bright
Join the Fun on December 14, 2024! Santa Claus comes to town on a firetruck led by a parade of ...
- 7:00 pm
- Location: McIntosh, FL 32664
- Cost: free
- Website: friendsofmcintosh.org
- Category: Free
