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November

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Rooterville Animal Sanctuary Pumpkin Smashing Party

It's a pumpkin feast for the animals at Rooterville! With your help, we'll round up left over pumpkins from area ...

  • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Location: Rooterville Animal Sanctuary 1208 N County Road 315 Melrose, Florida 32666
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Help Me Grow Alachua: Story time, Screenings and Parent Workshops

Is your child struggling with their communication skills? Do you have any concerns with the way your child expresses themselves? Join us ...

  • 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Madison Cove Apartments (Clubhouse) 5500 SW Archer Road, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

La Leche League Breastfeeding In Person Meeting

Join us for breastfeeding support, friendship, and community building! First Wednesday of every month from 9:30 am at One Love Cafe If ...

  • 9:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: One Love Cafe 4989 NW 40th Pl, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Riverside Christian School Fall Festival

Music, food, fun booths, chili cookoff, photo booth, bounce house, hay ride, drawing prizes. Everyone is welcome!

  • 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Location: Riverside Christian School 8149 SW CR 341, Trenton, FL 32693
  • Cost: $5 admission includes most booths
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Gainesville Opportunity Center Fall Festival

The Gainesville Opportunity Center will host its second annual Fall Festival on Friday, November 4. There will be food, friends, ...

Wilmot Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale

Please join us for family fun at the 2022 Fall Plant Sale at Wilmot Botanical Gardens. We will have a ...

The BASH Music Festival

The BASH is Gainesville’s FREE music festival featuring national, regional, and local artists and showcasing hometown heritage through art, music ...

XGLOsive Pickleball and Tennis Event

Join Play Tennis Gainesville & City of Gainesville for a night of glow in the dark Drop-In Pickleball, Tennis, Music, ...

  • 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Location: Tom Petty Park 501 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: $25 Entry
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Ocklawaha River Raid Civil War Re-enactment Living History Weekend

See the past come to life at this Civil War re-enactment and Living History Weekend commemorating the only Civil War ...

  • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Florida Horse Park 11008 South Highway 475, Ocala, FL 34480
  • Cost: $10 donation per carload
  • Website: allevents.in
  • Category: Family Fun

Wilmot Botanical Gardens Fall Plant Sale

Please join us for family fun at the 2022 Fall Plant Sale at Wilmot Botanical Gardens. We will have a ...

The Arc of Alachua County Arts and Crafts Expo

The Arc's First Ever Arts & Crafts Expo Is Coming To Our Main Campus on Saturday, November 5! This event ...

  • 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.arcalachua.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Girls in Aviation Day

Girls in Aviation Event, time to introduce women/girls to the aviation industry. We will have speakers, food trucks, and activities!

  • 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Location: University Air Center 4701 NE 40th Ter, Gainesville, FL 32609-1680
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Pumpkin Destruction Day at Amber Brooke Farms (formerly Red White and Blues Farm)

Amber Brooke Farms in Williston is happy to welcome you to our 2nd Annual Fall Festival! Come and enjoy all ...

  • 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Red White & Blues Farm, 3250 NE 140th Avenue, Williston, Florida 32696
  • Cost: $13 in advance, $15 at the door (Kids 2 yrs & under – Free!) Fall Festival Season Pass for only $35/person. The season pass is good for one entry per person each day of our Fall Festival.
  • Website: amberbrookefarms.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Ocklawaha River Raid Civil War Re-enactment Living History Weekend

See the past come to life at this Civil War re-enactment and Living History Weekend commemorating the only Civil War ...

  • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Florida Horse Park 11008 South Highway 475, Ocala, FL 34480
  • Cost: $10 donation per carload
  • Website: allevents.in
  • Category: Family Fun

Sensory Sundays at Defy- called 9/11/23 No Longer Offer

Enjoy the freedom of sensory-friendly jumping. During sensory time, the music is quieter, the club lights are off, the environment ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: 6250 NW 23rd Street, Suite 8, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: Weekend $17.99 | Weekend (4 & Under) $13.99
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Civil Engineering at the Cade

UF ASCE presents Civil Engineering Day at the Cade! Join us at the Cade Museum on November 6th from 10 ...

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

Sea Turtle Day at Swamp Head Brewery

Celebrate the release of Loggerhead Lager with Sea Turtle Day at Swamp Head Brewery! The Sea Turtle Conservancy (STC) will ...

  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Swamp Head Brewery 3650 SW 42nd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

International Food Truck Rally at First Magnitude

First Magnitude Brewery and MA Latin Entertainment are partnering up to bring you a weekend-long Food Truck Rally! Join us on ...

  • 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Location: First Magnitude Brewing Company: 1220 SE Veitch St., Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Run with the Cops at Santa Fe College

This year's “Run With The Cops” will be Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 9:30 am at the Santa Fe College ...

  • 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Santa Fe College Track, 3000 NW 83rd Steet, Gainesville FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Help Me Grow Alachua: Story time, Screenings and Parent Workshops

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER What are gross motor skills? Gross motor skill development involves the large muscles in the arms, legs, ...

  • 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Great Bethel AME Church 701 SE 43rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Rex and Brody Foundation Angels Among Us Fall Festival

POSTPONED UNTIL THE SPRING, DUE TO WEATHER Games, Food and Music

  • 6:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Track 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Museum Nights: New Perspectives

CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Explore the museum and our highlighted exhibition Global Perspectives: Highlights from the Contemporary Collection in unexpected ways. ...

  • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Harn Museum of Art 3259 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: free
  • Website: harn.ufl.edu
  • Category: Family Fun

Newberry Veterans Day Event

• Police vehicle display • Fire vehicle display • Car show display • Education Information Booths • Military Items on Display • Food Trucks • Mini ...

  • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Location: Easton-Newberry Sports Complex, 24880 Northwest 16 Avenue, Newberry, Florida 32669
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Levy County Veterans Day Parade

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER The City of Williston will be hosting the Levy County Veterans Day Parade on Friday, November 11, ...

Skate Station Veteran's Day School's Out Skate!

Veteran's Day School's Out Skate!

  • 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

the pARTy at First Magnitude Brewing Company

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

  • 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Location: First Magnitude Brewing Company 1220 SE Veitch St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Donations at the Door
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Tioga Outdoor Movie Night Series - Elf at Tioga

Join us for our Tioga Movie Night Series! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and come enjoy 'Elf' under the ...

  • 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
  • Location: Tioga Town Center, 133 SW 130th Way, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

GROW HUB Fall Pop Up Shop

GROW HUB will host a Fall Pop Up Shop on Saturday, November 12, 2022. GROW HUB (Growing Real Opportunities to ...

Family Friendly Bike Ride

Join us for a Family Friendly Bike ride at 9:00 am on Saturday, November 12. We meet at the Depot ...

  • 9:00 am - 10:00 am
  • Location: Depot Park 874 SE 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: gccfla.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Trenton’s Thankful Farm Festival at Douberly Farms

Premier event for vendors and spectators! November 12th from 10-4 at our new event location! Expect a kid zone, vendors, food trucks, ...

Homestead Park Williston: Give Thanks Music Festival

This event will honor and celebrate the brave men, women, and families who have fought and sacrificed for our liberty ...

  • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Homestead Park Williston 1050 NE 6th Blvd, Williston, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Duckpond Porch Music Festival

Enjoy live, local music on the porches of some of Gainesville's most beautiful historic homes this fall during The Duckpond ...

  • 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • Location: Thomas Center 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Sensory Sundays at Defy- called 9/11/23 No Longer Offer

Enjoy the freedom of sensory-friendly jumping. During sensory time, the music is quieter, the club lights are off, the environment ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: 6250 NW 23rd Street, Suite 8, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: Weekend $17.99 | Weekend (4 & Under) $13.99
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

VyStar Credit Union Good is Everywhere Free Admission to Cade Museum

Looking for something FREE to do with your family? VyStar Credit Union is proud to celebrate good in the community ...

  • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention 811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: info4.vystarcu.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Kidpreneur Pop Up Shop hosted by Trinity's Day Spa

Save the Date! Join us at this event where kids ages 5-18 can showcase their business. We at Trinity's Day ...

  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Gainesville/Alachua County Senior Recreation Center 5701 NW 34th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: $15
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Holiday Season Art Market

Get a jump start on your Holiday shopping! Local artists & creative artisans on our porch and in our yard, ...

  • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Artisans' Guild Gallery 224 NW 2 Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

TCM Big Screen Classics Presents To Kill A Mockingbird 60th Anniversary

Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird. Screen legend ...

  • 1:00 pm
  • Location: Regal Butler Town Center 14: 3101 SW 35 Boulevard Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: $14.98
  • Website: www.fathomevents.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Help Me Grow Alachua: Story time, Screenings and Parent Workshops

Important Social Skills for kids: -Sharing -Cooperating -Using Manners -Listening -Following Directions Want to enhance your child’s personal- social skills? Join us for a night of activities ...

  • 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Sweetwater Square Apartments (Village Green) 3501 NE 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Cade Museum Living Inventor Series

Join us for our monthly Living Inventors Series program. Come meet inspiring inventors from Florida's leading companies, universities, and incubators! ...

  • 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention, 811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Monthly sessions are $20 per session and include pizza
  • Website: www.cademuseum.org
  • Category: Family Fun

Story Time at the Zoo

Join the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and the Alachua County Library every 3rd Wednesday of the month for Story ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo 3000 NW 83 St, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Story time is free. Zoo visit after story time cost: $8 for adults, $5 ages 4-12 | Free Seniors 60+ & ages 3 & under.
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

TCM Big Screen Classics Presents To Kill A Mockingbird 60th Anniversary

Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird. Screen legend ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Regal Butler Town Center 14: 3101 SW 35 Boulevard Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: $14.98
  • Website: www.fathomevents.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Super Hero Day at Bouncers

Show us how strong and fast you are! Complete super hero tasks! Socks and waivers are required.

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Bouncers: 3401 NW 34 Street, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: Members free, nonmembers $15 per child
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun
  • 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Mama's Sweet Blessings: Thanksgiving Cookie Decorating Class

Join me in decorating a fun set of Thanksgiving-themed cookies! You'll go home with a half dozen of beautiful decorated-by-YOU ...

Alachua County Farm Bureau Food and Agriculture Festival

Join us FOR FREE at the Cade Museum on November 19 to enjoy family fun, food trucks, vendors and much ...

  • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention 811 S Main St, Gainesville, Florida 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Crystal Tractor Chiefland - Customer Appreciation Harvest Festival

Come join us at Crystal Tractor Chiefland on November 19th for our Customer Appreciation Harvest Festival! Up to $1,000 in ...

  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Crystal Tractor of Chiefland 14811 US 19 Chiefland, FL 32626
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Dillard's Gainesville National Princess Day

Fun princess themed activities. Princess makeup. Princess coloring station. Princess photo station. Raffle to win baskets.

Light Up Ocala

Light Up Ocala is a longstanding community tradition to kick off the holidays that attracts thousands to downtown Ocala. This ...

Sensory Sundays at Defy- called 9/11/23 No Longer Offer

Enjoy the freedom of sensory-friendly jumping. During sensory time, the music is quieter, the club lights are off, the environment ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: 6250 NW 23rd Street, Suite 8, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: Weekend $17.99 | Weekend (4 & Under) $13.99
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Thanksgiving In The Park

MOVED DUE TO WEATHER! Thanksgiving in the park has been moved to CLF Church due to the rain! You are invited ...

Impact Autism at UF Kids Day Out

Come out to the park for a fun and relaxing Kids Day Out! - Make sure to register your child through ...

Newberry Community Thanksgiving Fest

You’re invited! Community Thanksgiving Fest

  • 3:00 pm
  • Location: MLK Community Center 25515 NW 6th Ave, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Party Time Thanksgiving Break at Bouncers

Hide and seek, free popcorn. Dance off with Cookie Monster. Balloon Games. You bring the kids, Bouncers will bring the ...

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Bouncers: 3401 NW 34 Street, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: Members free, nonmembers $15 per child
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Skate Station Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees

Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees!

  • 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Skate Station Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees

Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees!

  • 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Thanksgiving Break at Bouncers

Bring your flashlight for hide and seek in the dark. Free popcorn. Thanksgiving egg hunt, yes you read that right. ...

  • 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Bouncers: 3401 NW 34 Street, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: Members free, nonmembers $15 per child
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Skate Station Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees

Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees!

  • 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Pre-Thanksgiving Celebration at Spurrier's Gridiron Grille

We're so excited to announce that we will be having a pre-Thanksgiving celebration at Spurrier's! We're inviting you and yours to ...

  • 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Location: Spurrier’s Gridiron Grille 4860 Steve Spurrier Way, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: $45 per person, $20 per child under 12 (plus tax and gratuity)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Trinity Episcopal Church Melrose: Thanksgiving in the Park

“To Go” Thanksgiving Meals will be passed out in Heritage Park from 11 am- 2 pm or until gone. Music, ...

  • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Location: Melrose Heritage Park 300 FL-26, Melrose, FL 32666
  • Cost: Free to all, everyone is welcome
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

High Springs Lions Club Thanksgiving Feast

You have been invited to Join us at The High Springs Lions Club for a Thanksgiving Feast. We will be serving ...

  • 1:00 pm
  • Location: High Springs Lions Club 26900 West US Hwy 27 High Springs, Florida 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Skate Station Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees

Thanksgiving Holiday Matinees!

  • 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Kirby Family Farm's Christmas Train

We welcome you to the 2022 Christmas Train at Kirby Family Farm! It’s our 11th year hosting this Holiday fun ...

  • 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Location: 19630 NE 30th St. Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: $15.99 contribution per person in advance, ages 10 and up, $20 at the gate if available. Children ages 3-9 are $10.99 in advance and $15 at the gate if available. Children 2 and under are FREE, no contribution is requested.
  • Website: www.kirbyfarm.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Keystone Shop Small Saturday

This Saturday, November 26 from 8 am- 10 am, start your morning off at the Keystone Heights Beach Pavilion with ...

  • 8:00 am
  • Location: Keystone Heights Beach Pavilion 565 S Lawrence Blvd, Keystone Heights, FL 32656
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

A Fresh Journey Young Artists Showcase

JL Lucas Enterprises, LLC presents A Fresh Journey Young Artists Showcase. Join us as we highlight the talents of young ...

  • 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Cypress & Grove Brewing Co. 1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun
  • 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location: 1311 NW 76th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Admission starts at $13.95
  • Website: funworks.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Holiday Market at The Vineyard North

Save the date for The Vineyard North's Holiday Market on Shop Small Saturday! We will have our first annual Christmas ...

  • 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: The Vineyard North 14365 US-19, Chiefland, FL 32626
  • Cost: Free admission
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Studio TM Ceramics Menorah Making Hanukkah Party

Join us for a hands on clay activity, making your very own Hanukkah Menorah! This event can be scheduled for ...

Sensory Sundays at Defy- called 9/11/23 No Longer Offer

Enjoy the freedom of sensory-friendly jumping. During sensory time, the music is quieter, the club lights are off, the environment ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: 6250 NW 23rd Street, Suite 8, Gainesville, FL 32653
  • Cost: Weekend $17.99 | Weekend (4 & Under) $13.99
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun

Help Me Grow Alachua: Story time, Screenings and Parent Workshops

Learning how to approach and solve problems, both at home and at school, can affect the quality of a child’s ...

  • 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Archer Community Center 16671 SW 137th Avenue, Archer, FL 32618
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Family Fun