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Ocklawaha River Raid Civil War Re-enactment Living History Weekend

The 40th Annual Ocklawaha River Raid, FL November 1-3, 2024 Living history event commemorates the March 1865 Union army raid on area ...

  • 8:00 am -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: Florida Horse Park 11008 South Highway 475, Ocala, FL 34480
  • Cost: $10 donation per carload
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens Fall Festival

UPDATE: Due to the potential impacts of Hurricane Milton, the Fall Festival 2024, originally set for Saturday, October 12th, has ...

  • 9:00 am -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens 4990 NE 180th Ave, Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: Adults: $12 | Children (6-13): $7 | Children 5 and under: FREE
  • Website: cedarlakeswoodsandgarden.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Studio TM Stay n' Clay Hour

Our Family Clay and Stay workshop is a fun project for you to create with your child! We provide all ...

  • 9:00 am - 10:00 am 
  • Location: Studio TM Ceramics 1854 NE 2nd Street , Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: 1 parent and 1 child is $60 dollars; each additional child/participant is $20
  • Website: www.studiotmceramics.com
  • Category: Family Fun

The Home Depot Kids Workshops

Time to pull out your apron! Kids Workshops are back in-store. Join us on the 1st Saturday of every month ...

Gainesville Circus Center Toddler Time

Bounce, swing, climb and play with your mini-me at this semi-structured parent-child class. We have hula hoops, bouncy balls, tumble ...

  • 9:30 am - 11:00 am 
  • Location: Gainesville Circus Center 1925 Northwest 2nd Street, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Sliding scale fee $5 - $20 pays for child and 1 adult visitor
  • Website: www.gainesvillecircus.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Bryer Patch Fall Sunflower Festival

Come join us during our "Fall on the Farm" season at our Annual Fall Sunflower Festival! Our Sunflower Festival dates ...

  • 10:00 am -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: The Bryer Patch 5700 SW 250th St, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: $12 admission fee per person. 2 & under free. Military discount available.
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Cade Museum Free Admission Day

Join us for Community Day, celebrating our fall theme: Food + Agriculture: Florida-Grown Innovation! Enjoy fun agricultural activities alongside special ...

  • 10:00 am -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention 811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free admission
  • Website: cademuseum.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park Ranger-Led Tour

Guided walks with a ranger are available every Saturday at 10 am. Special guided walks for groups are available by ...

  • 10:00 am 
  • Location: Devil's Millhopper Geological State Park 4732 Millhopper Rd, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: Included with park admission. $4 per vehicle, up to eight visitors. $2 pedestrians and bicyclists.
  • Website: www.floridastateparks.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Barnes & Noble Kid's Saturday Storytime

Join us every Saturday morning at the Storytime Stage for a reading of a favorite Children's book.

Gainesville Global Fest: World Beats and Eats

The Gainesville Global Fest: World Beats and Eats is an exciting international festival featuring live music from Africa, Asia and ...

Gainesville Harley-Davidson Family Fall Festival

Bring the whole family for a day of fun including Trunk or Treat. Put on those Halloween costumes one last ...

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: Family Fun

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: Family Fun

Reckoning In Bradford County

For all you people in North Florida from Ocala to Jacksonville to Tallahassee get ready for November 2nd & 3rd ...

  • 11:00 am 
  • Location: Bradford County Fairgrounds 2300 N Temple Ave Starke, FL 32091
  • Cost: Tickets: (Coming Soon!)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Skate Station Funworks Roller Skating Lessons

You are never too young or old to Learn to Skate! Skate Station Funworks offers a skating lesson program on ...

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $9/skater
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Trinity Metropolitan Community Church of Gainesville Fall Festival

Embrace the spirit of fall at our Fall Festival with games for the kids, bounce house, music, food and lots ...

  • 11:00 am -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: 11604 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: Free admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Florida Gateway Fair & Livestock Show

The 70th Annual Florida Gateway Fair and Livestock show will start on Friday, October 25, 2024, and run through Sunday, ...

All Tech Raceway Monster Truck Invasion

All Star Monster Truck Tour invades All Tech Raceway for the first time ever, Friday and Saturday November 1 & ...

  • 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 1024 SW Howell Rd, Lake City, FL
  • Cost: Kids tickets are just $10 and the earlier you buy adult tickets, the more you save!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Repurpose Project DIY Kids Makers Market

Call for kid vendors! Sign up today! We are excited to be hosting a maker market for creative kids (18 ...

M2 Battle Sports Newberry Open Play Saturdays

Open Play at 4:45 pm and 7:45 pm. M2 Battlesports Newberry is located at the Easton Newberry Sports Complex and offers ...

Bass Pro Shops Santa's Wonderland Parade & Tree Lighting

Kick off the holiday season by joining us on November 2nd at 5 PM for a magical evening as we ...

Gainesville Frisbee

Interested in tossing the frisbee or playing a super low-key game of Ultimate Frisbee? Join us at The One Love ...

Quail Hollow Conservation Fest

Heartwood Soundstage Presents: Quail Hollow Conservation Fest Full line-up announcing soon! Doors: 4:00 pm Music: 5:00 pm Quail Hollow Conservation Fest is an outdoor ...

  • 5:00 pm 
  • Location: Heartwood Soundstage 619 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: $25
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Homestead Haunt Kid's Maze

Come to Homestead Haunt for a haunted house experience like you’ve never seen before. 4 unique, indoor mazes with a ...

  • 6:30 pm -  7:30 pm 
  • Location: Homestead Park Williston 1050 NE 6th Blvd Williston, FL
  • Cost: The Haunted Maze 8 pm To 11 pm $20 Online | Kids (12 And Under) Maze 6:30 pm To 7:30 pm $5 Online
  • Website: www.homesteadhaunt.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Kirby Family Farm Lost Railroad Scary Train

Scary Train chugs Friday and Saturday nights from October 4-November 2, 2024! It’s a ScaryTrain ride and more nerve rattling, heart ...

  • 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 19630 NE 30th Street, Williston, FL, 32696
  • Cost: $20 in advance or $25 at the gate
  • Website: www.kirbyfarm.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Ocklawaha River Raid Civil War Re-enactment Living History Weekend

The 40th Annual Ocklawaha River Raid, FL November 1-3, 2024 Living history event commemorates the March 1865 Union army raid on area ...

  • 8:00 am -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: Florida Horse Park 11008 South Highway 475, Ocala, FL 34480
  • Cost: $10 donation per carload
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Bryer Patch Fall Sunflower Festival

Come join us during our "Fall on the Farm" season at our Annual Fall Sunflower Festival! Our Sunflower Festival dates ...

  • 10:00 am -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: The Bryer Patch 5700 SW 250th St, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: $12 admission fee per person. 2 & under free. Military discount available.
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

The Family Church Fall Family Social

Join us after service for a fun-filled time with your church family! Service begins Sunday at 10 am. Wear your favorite ...

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville: Pumpkin Destruction Messy Playdate

Instead of letting your Jack-o-Lanterns rot on your porch all month, bring them along for a proper send-off! Here's what we ...

Reckoning In Bradford County

For all you people in North Florida from Ocala to Jacksonville to Tallahassee get ready for November 2nd & 3rd ...

  • 11:00 am 
  • Location: Bradford County Fairgrounds 2300 N Temple Ave Starke, FL 32091
  • Cost: Tickets: (Coming Soon!)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Florida Gateway Fair & Livestock Show

The 70th Annual Florida Gateway Fair and Livestock show will start on Friday, October 25, 2024, and run through Sunday, ...

PunkOuter Games Pokemon Play & Trade

Join us new players and casual players for some easy to dive into Pokemon game play. All ages welcome!

  • 2:30 pm -  4:30 pm 
  • Location: PunkOuter Games 13 NW 8th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

PunkOuter Games Kids D&D Adventure League

Join us for magical adventures in Kids D&D Adventure League. Each week our DM will run an adventure gear towards ...

  • 4:00 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: PunkOuter Games 13 NW 8th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Entry is $15 per child for a single guest session or $50 per month league membership
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

PunkOuter Games Board Game Night

Join us for our weekly tabletop game night. Please bring your favorite tabletop game or borrow one from our lending ...

  • 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: PunkOuter Games 13 NW 8th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Florida Museum of Natural History Tot Trot

Get your toddler excited about exploring the great outdoors! Join Discovery Zone nature ambassadors for a safe and interactive nature ...

  • 9:00 am - 10:45 am 
  • Location: Florida Museum of Natural History, 3215 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611
  • Cost: Members $6 | Non-Members $7 | Under 2 FREE (See description for FREE days!)
  • Website: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu
  • Category: Family Fun

Bass Pro Shops Storytime with Santa

Join us every Tuesday from November 5th through December 17th at 5 pm for a fun holiday book reading with ...

  • 5:00 pm -  5:30 pm 
  • Location: 2650 Bass Pro Shops Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Gators Dockside Kids Night

Kids eat free per paying adult from 5:30 pm- 8:30 pm every Tuesday!

  • 5:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Gators Dockside: 3842 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: Kids eat free with purchase of adult meal
  • Website: gatorsdockside.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Home School Junior Naturalist: Inspecta Insects

Observe insects up close, learn about life cycles, anatomy and life cycles and head out on the trail for an ...

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Cuscowilla Nature and Retreat Center, 210 SE 134 Ave., Micanopy, FL 32667
  • Cost: $4 resident/ $5 non resident
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Gainesville Frisbee

Interested in tossing the frisbee or playing a super low-key game of Ultimate Frisbee? Join us at The One Love ...

Gainesville Frisbee

Interested in tossing the frisbee or playing a super low-key game of Ultimate Frisbee? Join us at The One Love ...

Wild West Education Day

Wild West Education Day is back! Calling all Homeschoolers, private and public schools that want to participate! Also, any clubs ...

  • 10:00 am -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: Kirby Farm: 19650 NE 30 St, Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: $10 Student Ticket | $10 Teacher/Chaperone Ticket
  • Website: www.kirbyfarm.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Alachua Conservation Trust Weekly Walk and Talks

Join ACT weekly for a walk and talk every Friday from 3 pm-4 pm at one of ACT Preserves. You ...

  • 3:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: see description for exact locations, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Chris Cagle Live at the Farm

SOLD OUT! Get ready for a night of heart-pounding country music with Chris Cagle live at our Williston location! Join ...

  • 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: Amber Brooke Farms (formerly Red White and Blues Farm) 3250 NE 140th Ave, Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: General Admission is free, but needs to be "purchased" online | Parking is $20, card only
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Sugar Cane Festival in Historical White Springs

Come join us in Historical White Springs, FL. for an Awesome Family Festival. Our Sugar Cane Festival 2024 will be ...

  • 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: Suwannee Hardware & Feed 10572 Bridge St. White Springs, FL 32096
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Gainesville Frisbee

Interested in tossing the frisbee or playing a super low-key game of Ultimate Frisbee? Join us at The One Love ...

Easton Newberry Sports Archery Funtastic Fridays

Friday nights have never been more fun—bring your family and friends for a great night of shooting, games, and trivia! With ...

  • 6:00 pm -  7:45 pm 
  • Location: Easton Newberry Sports Complex, 24880 NW 16th Ave Newberry, Florida 32669
  • Cost: Funtastic Rate: $15, Equipment Rental: $8 (Sold at Check-in), Members shoot free
  • Website: eastonnewberryarcherycenter.org
  • Category: Family Fun

First Magnitude Brewing Company: the pARTy 2024

Join us at Mindful Messages' third annual pARTy! We will be celebrating creative freedom and expression through interactive fun for ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: First Magnitude Brewing Company 1220 SE Veitch St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Flip Factory Zone Friday Night Lights

Unlimited Jump, Laser Tag & Ropes Course Friday Nights from 7-9 pm. Customers ages 13-25

  • 7:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: 7400 W. Newberry Road, Gainesville FL 32605
  • Cost: $10 Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

UF Astronomy Public Night Observatory

The Department of Astronomy operates an on-campus Teaching Observatory for educational and public programs. These events are all free to ...

  • 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: UF Astronomy Teaching Observatory, 211 Bryant Space Science Center, Gainesville, FL 3261
  • Cost: free
  • Website: twitter.com
  • Category: Family Fun