City of Gainesville Perspectives in the Parks: FrogWatch USA
Learn how you can become a community scientist by identifying calls of local frogs in your own backyard. FrogWatch USA is ...
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
- Location: Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park, 1500 Northwest 45th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32605
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- 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 Music and Movement - Tower Road Branch
Please join us for Music and Movement where you can jam out and dance to some fun songs with your ...
- 10:30 am - 11:00 am
- Location: Tower Road Branch 3020 SW 75th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Story Time - Millhopper Branch
It's Storytime! Interactive fun with books, stories, songs and other activities. Perfect for preschoolers and toddlers.
- 10:30 am - 11:00 pm
- Location: Millhopper Branch (Combined Meeting Room) 3145 NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Waldo Branch: Story Time
Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. ...
- 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
Alachua County Library Music and Movement - Newberry Branch
Get ready for a musical extravaganza! Kids can sing and dance while learning early language skills. This program uses music to ...
- 11:00 am - 11:30 am
- Location: Newberry Branch 110 South Seaboard Drive Newberry, FL 32669
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Archer Farmer's Market and Train Museum
Farmer's Market will be held every Tuesday from 2 pm- 6 pm at the Archer Historical Society Railroad Museum - ...
- 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
- Location: 16994 SW 134 Avenue, Archer, FL
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
Partnership for Strong Families, Inc. Foster and Adoptive Parent Training Classes
We are now enrolling families in our 2026 classes! This training fulfills the state requirement for all foster and adoptive ...
- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Online Event
- Cost: free
- Website: www.pfsf.org
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library: Read with a Dog at Alachua Branch
Our therapy dogs love to hear a good story! Children will have fun reading to a dog and will feel more ...
- 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm
- Location: Alachua Branch (Snuggle-Up Center) 14913 NW 140 Street Alachua, FL 32615
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Tower Road Branch: Make Your Own Winter Snow
Come join us as we create a snowstorm in Florida. We will be doing two science and art projects. The ...
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location: Tower Road Branch 3020 SW 75th Street, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Alachua Branch: Whatchamacallit Wednesdays
Join us every Wednesday afternoon for fun activities for kids. We'll do something different each week: arts & crafts, MakerSpace, ...
- 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
- Location: Alachua Branch (Meeting Room) 14913 NW 140 Street Alachua, FL 32615
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Alachua Branch Story Time
Children and caregivers can read, laugh, and sing at story times led by library staff in the Alachua Branch Library. ...
- 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
Alachua County Library Headquarters Branch: After School Art Club
Come make art with us! We’ll be doing a new art activity twice a month exploring the rich world of ...
- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Location: Headquarters Library Branch HQ Makerspace Room 401 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library Artspace - Waldo Branch
Join us every Thursday and Saturday to learn about different artists, art techniques, or crafts for ages 5 and up. ...
- 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Location: Waldo Branch 15150 NE US Highway 301, Waldo, FL 32694
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Harn Museum Art After Dark Museum Nights
The Harn galleries are open every Thursday evening until 9 pm, providing an opportunity to browse current exhibitions on a ...
- 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: Free
- Website: harn.ufl.edu
- Category: Free
Partnership for Strong Families, Inc. Foster and Adoptive Parent Training Classes
We are now enrolling families in our 2026 classes! This training fulfills the state requirement for all foster and adoptive ...
- 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
- Location: Online Event
- Cost: free
- Website: www.pfsf.org
- Category: Free
UF Gators Swimming and Diving vs Louisiana State University
Come watch your Florida Gators Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams!
- All Day Event
- Location: Natatorium at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center, Gainesville FL
- Cost: free
- Website: floridagators.com
- Category: Free
City of Gainesville Downtown Winter Market Series
In time for the holidays and into the new year, The Streatery will be the site of Gainesville’s new Downtown ...
- 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Location: SW First Avenue, Gainesville, FL
- Cost: free
- Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
- Category: Free
Alachua County Library: Saturday Story Time at Hawthorne Branch
Read, laugh, and sing with us! Join us for fun activities for children ages 5 and under and their caregivers. ...
- 11:00 am - 11:30 am
- Location: Hawthorne Branch Meeting Room 6640 SE 221 Street, Hawthorne, FL 32640
- Cost: free
- Website: attend.aclib.us
- Category: Free
Barnes & Noble Kid's Saturday Storytime
Join us for our weekly children's storytime event at 11 AM every Saturday morning! We will read a favorite picture ...
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: 3728 SW Archer Rd Gainesville, FL 32608
- Cost: free
- Website: www.facebook.com
- Category: Free
FREE College Readiness Workshops
Are you ready to take charge of your future? Join us for FREE College Readiness Workshops hosted by Oak Hall School, ...
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: 1700 SW 75th St, Gainesville, FL 32607-3426
- Cost: free
- Website: www.oakhall.org
- Category: Free
Guitar Center New Student Day
Kick off your year with music. Start learning to play at New Student Day, January 4 & 11, and sign ...
- 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
- Location: 3210 SW 35th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608-2415
- Cost: Free
- Website: www.guitarcenter.com
- Category: Free
High Springs Museum Open Day
The High Springs Historical Society Museum is open every Saturday 11 am to 4 pm. The museum is located behind ...
- 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
Taco Takeover
Taco lovers, music enthusiasts, and weekend warriors — this one's for you! Get ready for Taco Takeover — Gainesville's ultimate taco ...
- 1:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Location: Oaks Mall 6419 Newberry Road Gainesville, Florida 32605
- Cost: Free Admission
- Website: www.facebook.com
- 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
City of Gainesville Downtown Winter Market Series
In time for the holidays and into the new year, The Streatery will be the site of Gainesville’s new Downtown ...
- 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
- Location: SW First Avenue, Gainesville, FL
- Cost: free
- Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
- Category: Free
Jazz on the Green at Celebration Pointe
Enjoy some smooth sounds of our talented musicians the second Saturday of each month for Jazz on the Green. Grab ...
- 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
