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October 30 - November 5

Exquisite Corpse Art-A-Thon at GFAA

From Tuesday to Thursday, October 28 to 30th, 2025, twenty-four artists will take over GFAA to participate in Exquisite Corpse ...

  • 11:00 am -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: 1314 South Main Street Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Cone Park Branch: Spooky Slime Science

Come join us as we make slime in celebration of the spooky season! Kids and teens will make slime, a ...

  • 3:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Cone Park Branch 2801 E. University Ave., Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Bass Pro Shops Gainesville Flannel Fest Halloween

Receive a free digital download! October 25 & 26 from 11 am-2 pm October 30 & 31 from 4 pm-8 pm

  • 4:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Bass Pro Shops 2650 Bass Pro Shops Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.basspro.com
  • Category: Free

Gainesville Christian Preparatory School Meet Bluey & Bingo Open House Event

Bring the kids for a fun event! Meet Bluey & Bingo, explore books, take a campus tour, and enjoy family ...

  • 4:00 pm -  6:00 pm 
  • Location: Gainesville Christian Preparatory School 2500 NE 15th St. Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

HMA Mortgage Trunk or Treat

Thursday, October 30, will be the 1st Annual Trunk or Treat hosted by HMA Mortgage in Newberry! There will be ...

  • 5:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 414 SW 140th Ter, Newberry, FL 32669-3363
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

KidStrong Halloween Trunk or Treat

This is a public event, so invite your favorite ghoul-ies and goblins! Witching Tip: Whether you come as a creepy creature ...

  • 5:00 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: KidStrong Gainesville 6020 NW 4 Pl Suite G, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: gainesville.kidstrong.com
  • Category: Free

Okito America: Halloween Monster Mash and Trick Or Treat

Monster Mash Is Here Again and will be at Celebration Pointe! - Costume Contest - Trick Or Treat - Martial Arts & Dance ...

  • 5:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: Celebration Pointe, 4249 Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Palm Garden of Gainesville Trunk or Treat

Come join the trunk or treating fun at Palm Garden of Gainesville.

Plaza Health and Rehab Spooktacular Trunk or Treat

Join us for Plaza Health & Rehab’s Annual Trunk-or-Treat Spooktacular! Free entry-all are welcome! Trunk or treat, costumes, music, games, ...

  • 5:00 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: 4842 SW Archer Rd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Children’s Trust of Alachua County Literacy Townhall Meetings

The Children’s Trust of Alachua County is investing $1.5 million over the next three years to strengthen literacy for children ...

  • 5:30 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: See description for locations
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

First Christian Church of Lake Butler Trunk or Treat

Come join us for our trunk or treat event! We’ll have decorated trunks, bunches of candy and a bounce house ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 155 NW 1st St, Lake Butler, FL 32054-1604
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Josh’s Place, Inc. Community Outreach

Make sure to visit Josh's Place a community outreach for people to feel welcome and safe. It is a place ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: First Baptist Church of Alachua 14005 NW 146th Ave, Alachua, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Waldo Area Historical Society Trick or Treat

All Waldo Residents are invited to join the Waldo Area Historical Society in front of Waldo City Square on Thursday, ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Waldo City Square 14450 NE 148th Ave, Waldo, FL 32694
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Creekside Christian School Fall Fun Night

We invite you to join us at Creekside Christian School’s Annual Fall Fun Night Fundraiser! This year’s fundraiser will go ...

  • 7:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: 171 SW 3rd St, Otter Creek, FL 32621-0107
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

GNV Arts: Gainesville Swing Dance

Beginner and intermediate swing dance lessons followed by an evening of social dancing to lively vintage tunes—learn new moves, then ...

  • 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm 
  • Location: Rosa B. Williams Center 524 NW 1st St, Gainesville 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

The Scoop Hawthorne Halloween Trick or Treat

Sweeten Your Halloween Night at The Scoop Hawthorne, FL! Hey, little monsters and candy lovers! The Scoop is joining the Halloween ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: 6940 SE 221st St Suite 1 Hawthorne, FL 32640
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Chiefland Farmers Flea Market: Free Haunted House & Treats

A walk-through Haunted House for all ages; costumes are requested but not required. Free Candy for the kiddies. Admission is ...

  • 9:00 am -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: Chiefland Farmers Flea Market 1206 N Young Blvd (US19/98), Chiefland, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

UF CARD Halloween Event

No Tricks, Only Treats! Join us for a fun, sensory-friendly Halloween experience! Who: UF CARD Constituents & families What: Trick-or-treating alternative with ...

  • 9:00 am -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: UF CARD Office, 4101 NW 89 Blvd, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Archer Branch: Creepy Crafting Fun

This spook-tacular event is perfect for unleashing your crafty side and creating eerie decorations and ghoulish fun to celebrate the ...

  • 10:00 am -  6:00 pm 
  • Location: Archer Branch,13266 SW State Road 450, Archer, FL 32618
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Trek Bicycle Gainesville Halloween Treats and Deal

Bring the kids by this Friday and Saturday, October 31st and November 1st, for some Halloween treats! Any adult who ...

  • 10:00 am -  6:00 pm 
  • Location: 1700 NW 13th St Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

UF Gators Swimming and Diving vs University of Georgia

Come watch your Florida Gators Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams!

  • 11:00 am 
  • Location: Natatorium at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

Public & General Family Friendly Halloween

It's that time of the year when the moon glows brighter, ghosts whisper louder, and the world turns a little ...

  • 11:30 am - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 1000 Northeast 16th Avenue, Building H Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free Admission, Food and drink specials
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

High Springs Great Pumpkin Decorating Contest

It's the return of The Great Pumpkin Decorating Contest, presented by Kiwanis of Santa Fe, High Springs Parks & REC ...

  • 2:00 pm 
  • Location: Railroad Greenspace-West Side, High Springs, FL, 32643
  • Cost: Registration is free!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Park Meadows Trunk or Treat & Fall Festival

Join us on Thursday, October 31st from 2–5 PM for an afternoon of family fun at Park Meadows! Bring your ...

  • 2:00 pm -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: 3250 SW 41st Place, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Sweetwater Square Community Center: Fall Festival & Trick or Treat

This Halloween, Ice Ice Baby Express is rolling out for some Trick-or-Treating at Sweetwater Square’s Fall Festival! Come grab a ...

  • 2:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: 3501 NE 15th Street, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Cone Park Branch: Intro to Music and Art

Come join us in this symphonious series! In this program you will learn the basics of piano and guitar, as ...

  • 3:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Cone Park Branch 2801 E. University Ave., Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Cowart Farms LLC Trick or Treat

Help yourself to something sweet. Please be kind and leave something behind.

Tri County Nursing & Rehabilitation Center Fall Festival

Tri-County Nursing Home annual Fall Festival is fast approaching! Bounce house, Live Band, and all the sweet treats!

  • 3:30 pm -  5:30 pm 
  • Location: 7280 SW SR 26, Trenton, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Bass Pro Shops Gainesville Flannel Fest Halloween

Receive a free digital download! October 25 & 26 from 11 am-2 pm October 30 & 31 from 4 pm-8 pm

  • 4:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Bass Pro Shops 2650 Bass Pro Shops Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.basspro.com
  • Category: Free

Butler Town Center Trick or Treat

Join us for an evening of trick-or-treating at Butler Town Center! Participating stores will be handing out candy on Halloween ...

  • 4:00 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: Butler Town Center, Gainesville FL
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Raise Your Glass Wine Bar For The Littles – Trick or Treat Micro Event

Bring the little ones by our Trick or Treat table on the patio this Friday between 4–5 PM for some ...

  • 4:00 pm -  5:00 pm 
  • Location: 7415 Northwest 4th Boulevard #30, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

The Ice Cream Vault Dirty Dawg Pop Shop and Teen Hangout

Upstairs every Friday and Saturday from 4 pm-11 pm. Dirty Dawg Pop Shop and teens. Hangout area for the TEENS ...

  • 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm 
  • Location: 14841 Main Street Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: See menu for details!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

The Oaks Mall: Mall-O-Ween

Join us for a fang-tastic time, Mall-O-Ween at The Oaks Mall on Friday, October 31st, kicking off at 4 PM. Suit ...

  • 4:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Oaks Mall 6419 Newberry Road Gainesville, Florida 32605
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: theoaksmall.com
  • Category: Free

Greater Bethel AME Church Trunk or Treat

Bring the Children for A Safe & Positive Alternative on Friday, October 31, 2025! Fun, treats, hay rides and games. ...

  • 5:00 pm 
  • Location: Greater Bethel AME Church: 701 SE 43rd St., Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Melrose Trunk of Treat

Please choose to set up a table to give out candy this year. Community giving is a great lesson for ...

  • 5:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 201 SR 26, Melrose, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Old Providence Baptist Church Fall Festival - Treats and Truth

Join us for our Fall festival, Treats and Truth!

  • 5:00 pm -  7:30 pm 
  • Location: 9316 NW County Rd 245, Lake Butler, FL, 32054
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Quail Run Subdivision Trick or Treating

Join us for a night filled with candy and fun! Mistletoe neighborhood (directly next to us) will be hosting their ...

  • 5:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Quail Run Subdivision (next to Mistletoe neighborhood), Trenton, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Saint Matthew Baptist Church Trunk-O-Treat

Join us for one of our biggest nights of year, our Trunk or Treat! Come with your best costume and ...

  • 5:00 pm 
  • Location: Saint Matthew Baptist Church 15712 NW 140th St Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Waldo Community New Vision Coalition Trunk or Treat

Hosted by WCNVC & Gainesville Street Rods - Haunted House - Music - Food & Drinks - Best Costume Contest - Classic Cars & More! - ...

  • 5:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: Breeze Rite In Travel Center – Pilot 17276 NE US Hwy 301, Waldo, FL 32694
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Cedar Key Halloween Trick or Treat

Join Us for a BOO-TIFUL Night on 2nd Street! Celebrate Halloween with an evening of Trick-or-Treating on Friday, October 31, from ...

  • 5:30 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 2nd Street, Cedar Key, FL 32625
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Cross City Trunk or Treat

Annual Trunk or Treat event in Cross City. We are getting excited for another successful Halloween & Trunk or Treat! ...

  • 5:30 pm 
  • Location: NEW Location: Cross City Lumber 59 NE 132nd Ave, Cross City, FL, 32628
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Duckpond Neighborhood Halloween Party

Halloween Night is fun in the Duckpond! Come on down and enjoy a fun and safe neighborhood event. FREE Trick-or-treat ...

  • 5:30 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: First United Methodist Church of Gainesville 419 NE 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

First Baptist Church of Alachua Trunk or Treat

Join us for Trunk or Treat from 5:30 pm-7:30 pm on October 31st! It’s going to be a fun, family-friendly ...

  • 5:30 pm -  7:30 pm 
  • Location: 14005 NW 146th Ave Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: fbcalachua.com
  • Category: Free

Interlachen American Legion Post 293 Halloween Trunk or Treat and Haunted House

Spooky Movie Night Friday, October 17 from 6 pm-8 pm Campfire and Ghost Stories Friday, October 24 from 6 pm-8 pm Trunk ...

  • 5:30 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 145 S COUNTY RD 315, Interlachen, FL 32148
  • Cost: free but donations are always welcome
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua Trick or Treat on Main Street

Trick or Treat on Main, a spooktacular evening from 6-8 p.m. on Halloween Night, October 31st. Main Street Alachua will ...

Ayers Health and Rehabilitation Center Trick or Treat

Ruh-oh Shaggy, it’s time to mark your calendars! Halloween is coming! Join us for our Safe-Place-to-Trick-or-Treat, Friday, October 31st. We are ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 606 NE 7th Street Trenton, FL 32693
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

City of Archer: Trunk or Treat

This year's Trunk or Treat is on Friday, October 31, from 6-8 pm at Wilson Robinson Park. Please mark your ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Wilson Robinson Park 13975 SW 174th St, Archer, FL 32618
  • Cost: Free Entry, everyone is welcome!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

City of Williston Movie in the Park

Looking for an alternative to Trick or Treating. Join us Friday, October 31st, from 6-8 for "Movie in the Park". It's ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Heritage Park Pavillion 116 N. Main Steet, Williston, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Countryside Christian School Trunk-or-Treat

Join Us for a Fun-Filled Fall Trunk-or-Treat! We’re inviting individuals, families, small groups, and local businesses to take part in ...

  • 6:00 pm -  7:30 pm 
  • Location: CCS Parking Lot 10926 NW 39th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32615
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

First Baptist Church of Waldo Fall Festival - Halloween Alternative

Enjoy food, snacks, candy, prizes, along with Fun activities including games, cake walk, bounce house, face painting, and more!

  • 6:00 pm -  8:30 pm 
  • Location: 14370 Kennard Street (SR-24), Waldo, FL 32694
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Fort White Trunk Or Treat

Make Plans To Prepare Your Trunk And Join The Fun On Friday, October 31, from 6 pm-9 pm On The ...

  • 6:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: Next to Fort White Community Center 17579 FL-47, Fort White, FL 32038
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Keystone Heights Boo on the Boulevard Trick or Treat

Food trucks, live music by Second Chance, photo booth, haunted trail, and more!

  • 6:00 pm -  9:00 pm 
  • Location: 555 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights, FL
  • Cost: Free entry
  • Website: www.keystoneheights.us
  • Category: Free

Mistletoe Subdivision Trick or Treating

Join us for our annual neighborhood trick-or-treat event! Bring the whole family and enjoy seeing the Halloween decorated homes and ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:30 pm 
  • Location: Mistletoe, right off Hwy 129, Follow Signs, Trenton, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Muñecas Downtown Casper Halloween Movie Night

Grab your "Boo" and the Kiddos and come watch Casper at 6 pm and 8 pm at the Food Park ...

  • 6:00 pm 
  • Location: 317 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Sheep Shed Ministries: HolyWeen Night

Join us for a safe and family-friendly night of fun at HolyWeen Night! Bring the whole family out for an ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Criswell Park 15490 NW 133rd Terrace, Alachua, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Trick or Treat at Tioga Town Center

Join us on Halloween Night, Friday October 31st, at Tioga Town Center from 6:00-8:00pm! Come Trick-or-Treat, say “hi” to neighbors, ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: Tioga Town Center, 13085 SW 1 Ln, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Trunk or Treat at Homestead Park

Join us for a Trunk or Treat at Homestead Park. This is a free, family-friendly event where you can enjoy ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: Homestead Park Williston 1050 NE 6th Blvd, Williston, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Turkey Hollow Farm Haunted Hayride

Turkey Hollow Farm becomes Haunting in the Hollow Haunted Hayride Revised dates: Friday/Saturday October 17 & 18, Friday/Saturday October 24 & ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 19890 SE 62nd Place, Morriston, FL
  • Cost: Free (donations appreciated)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

White Springs Trunk or Treat

Join us for some spooky fun! Games, prizes, hot dogs, chips, drinks, bounce house and slide, face painting, car decorating ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: Bridge Street and Hamilton Ave, White Springs, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

High Springs Church of Christ Trunk-Or-Treat

It's that Spooky time of year again. All invited! Candy, popcorn, games, and more!

  • 6:30 pm -  8:30 pm 
  • Location: 18567 NW US Highway 441 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

GFAA Exquisite Corpse Art-A-Thon Reveal

Presenting the Exquisite Corpse Art-A-Thon: See artists at work, come to the unveiling of surprise collaborative works (on Halloween night!), ...

  • 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 1314 South Main Street Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

UF Carillon Annual Halloween Spooktacular

Please join us for our annual Halloween Spooktacular on Friday, October 31st! The organ portion of the program will start ...

  • 7:20 pm 
  • Location: University Auditorium 333 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

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: astro.ufl.edu
  • Category: Free

Chiefland Farmers Flea Market: Free Haunted House & Treats

A walk-through Haunted House for all ages; costumes are requested but not required. Free Candy for the kiddies. Admission is ...

  • 9:00 am -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: Chiefland Farmers Flea Market 1206 N Young Blvd (US19/98), Chiefland, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Living History Saturday at Morningside Nature Center

First Saturday of the month September–May, from 9 am–1 pm at the Living History Farm. Step back in time at ...

  • 9:00 am -  1:00 pm 
  • Location: Morningside Nature Center 3540 E. University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Micanopy Fall Festival

Micanopy is the town that time forgot. This quiet little town bustles with activity as the vendors pour into town ...

The Cross Church Fall Festival

Arts, crafts, food, and more!

  • 9:00 am -  2:00 pm 
  • Location: 12518 South Hwy 441 Lake City, FL 32025
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Trek Bicycle Gainesville Halloween Treats and Deal

Bring the kids by this Friday and Saturday, October 31st and November 1st, for some Halloween treats! Any adult who ...

  • 10:00 am -  6:00 pm 
  • Location: 1700 NW 13th St Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Millhopper Branch: Biannual Book Club for Kids

Join us for a 3-month book club for kids! Copies of each book are available in print and digital format ...

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Millhopper Branch Library (Children's Area) 3145 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

High Springs Veterans Day Celebration

Join us as the community comes together to honor those who have fought for our freedom. We will have a picnic ...

  • 11:00 am -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Catherine Taylor Park 18100 SE Douglas St, High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Library Partnership Family Resource Center: Fall into Health Festival

Join us for the Library Partnership Family Resource Center’s annual health fair/fall festival. There will be family-friendly games and activities, ...

  • 11:00 am -  1:00 pm 
  • Location: Library Partnership Branch 912 NE 16th Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

National Author’s Day Showcase

Join us on Saturday, November 1st from 11 AM to 4 PM at The Luxe Creative Space for a one-of-a-kind ...

  • 11:00 am -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: The Luxe Creative Space 2444 NE 1st Blvd. Suite 800, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Free Admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church Saturday Academy

Free Saturday sessions from 11:30 am-1:30 pm (when school is held on Fridays). Starting on September 13, 2025-May 16, 2026 What ...

  • 11:30 am -  1:30 pm 
  • Location: Mount Carmel Baptist Church 2505 NE 8th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Gainesville Pride Parade and Festival

This day-long celebration at Bo Diddley Plaza features a variety of local vendors and artists, allied non-profits, food trucks, and ...

  • 12:00 pm 
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Sequential Artists Workshop SAW Draw Jam

Join us for SAW's IN-PERSON Draw Jam hosted at the SAW Oasis. This is a FREE event that occurs on ...

  • 2:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: 1314 South Main Street #2, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

The Ice Cream Vault Dirty Dawg Pop Shop and Teen Hangout

Upstairs every Friday and Saturday from 4 pm-11 pm. Dirty Dawg Pop Shop and teens. Hangout area for the TEENS ...

  • 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm 
  • Location: 14841 Main Street Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: See menu for details!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Bass Pro Shops Santa's Wonderland Parade & Tree Lighting

Bring the whole family to Bass Pro Shops and enjoy the magic of Santa’s Wonderland with a FREE Santa’s arrival ...

  • 5:00 pm 
  • Location: 2650 Bass Pro Shops Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Trek Bicycle Gainesville Halloween Ride

Join us for a family-friendly afternoon Halloween-themed ride along the Hawthorne Trail. The group will meet at the main parking ...

  • 5:00 pm 
  • Location: Depot Park 874 SE 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Newberry United Methodist Church Trunk or Treat

Come out for the final night of the Pumpkin Patch and our Annual Trunk or Treat, now on October 32nd*! ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: 24845 W Newberry Rd, Newberry, FL, 32669
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Turkey Hollow Farm Haunted Hayride

Turkey Hollow Farm becomes Haunting in the Hollow Haunted Hayride Revised dates: Friday/Saturday October 17 & 18, Friday/Saturday October 24 & ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm 
  • Location: 19890 SE 62nd Place, Morriston, FL
  • Cost: Free (donations appreciated)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Chiefland Farmers Flea Market: Free Haunted House & Treats

A walk-through Haunted House for all ages; costumes are requested but not required. Free Candy for the kiddies. Admission is ...

  • 9:00 am -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: Chiefland Farmers Flea Market 1206 N Young Blvd (US19/98), Chiefland, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Micanopy Fall Festival

Micanopy is the town that time forgot. This quiet little town bustles with activity as the vendors pour into town ...

CampusView Church Fall Festival

Come enjoy the fall weather this Sunday at our Fall Festival! We’ll have worship, games, food, and a bounce house ...

  • 10:00 am 
  • Location: 20638 NW 78th Ave, Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Gainesville: Pumpkin Destruction Messy Playdate

Annual Pumpkin Destruction Messy Playdate! Bring your leftover pumpkins, jack-o’-lanterns, and any other fun supplies you’d like to share, and join ...

  • 10:00 am 
  • Location: 4225 NW 34th St, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Board Games Open Play at Coliseum of Comics Gainesville

Board Games Open Play at Coliseum of Comics Gainesville

  • 12:00 pm -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: 4401 NW 25th Place, Suite G - Gainesville FL 32606
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Gainesville Oddities Market

Join us at the iconic Bo Diddley Plaza for a free, all-ages event that promises a delightfully strange and unforgettable ...

  • 12:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Holy Faith Catholic Church Family Fall Festival

Join us for a day of fun, food, games, prizes, and lots more... Event Highlights: • Bounce Houses • Face Painting • Food for ...

  • 12:00 pm -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: Holy Faith Family Center 747 NW 43 Rd St., Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

GNV Arts: Gainesville Steppin’ Into Dance

Learn and dance a variety of dance styles including Line Dance, Chicago Swing and Urban Ballroom. First, second and fourth ...

  • 4:00 pm -  7:00 pm 
  • Location: Rosa B. Williams Center 524 NW 1st St, Gainesville 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Elementary Book Club at Headquarters Branch

Please join a group from the University of Florida as we read and discuss popular books at the 3rd-5th grade ...

  • 3:00 pm -  4:00 pm 
  • Location: Headquarters Library Storywoods Room 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Alachua Branch: Sensory Adventures

Each week, we will have fun and learn through play that stimulates the babies' and toddlers' senses of touch, hearing, ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am 
  • Location: Alachua Branch (Meeting Room) 14913 NW 140 Street Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Bass Pro Shops Christmas Tales with Santa

Christmas Tales with Santa! Every Tuesday, starting November 4th! One reservation is needed per family.

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

Josh’s Place, Inc. Community Outreach

Make sure to visit Josh's Place a community outreach for people to feel welcome and safe. It is a place ...

  • 6:00 pm -  8:00 pm 
  • Location: First Baptist Church of Alachua 14005 NW 146th Ave, Alachua, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Park Play Pals

Join the fun with this FREE playgroup tailored for awesome youth with special needs, led by our pals from Alachua ...

  • 1:30 pm -  3:00 pm 
  • Location: see description for exact locations, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: alachua.recdesk.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Archer Branch: Artful Adventures and Hidden Clues

It's early release day. Are you looking for adventure? Visit the Archer Branch Library each Wednesday afterschool to search for ...

  • 2:00 pm -  6:00 pm 
  • Location: Archer Branch,13266 SW State Road 450, Archer, FL 32618
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Matheson History Museum Florida: A History in Pictures

If you’re on Facebook and you love the history of Florida through photographs, then you have probably heard of the ...

  • 7:00 pm 
  • Location: Matheson History Museum 513 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free
October 30 - November 5