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Gainesville Family Events Calendar

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High Springs Playhouse presents The Jungle Book

One of literature's most enduring classics is brought vividly to the stage in this exciting adventure of Mowgli, the Indian ...

Head Over Heels at Buchholz High School

Get Up and Go to Head Over Heels at Buchholz High School. Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy ...

Tioga Concert Night - Nameless Faces

Join us for our Concert Night Series, featuring Nameless Faces! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and come enjoy the ...

Free Friday Concert Series

The Free Fridays Concert Series is back with a great lineup of local and regional bands.

Archer Mother’s Day Weekend Cultural Arts Festival

ACPO’s 40th Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Cultural Arts Festival Live performance by Little Jake & the Soul Searchers. Dancing Divas & ...

Gainesville Youth Chorus Annual Spring Concert

Gainesville Youth Chorus performs their Annual Spring Concert. It is an afternoon filled with beautiful music by an amazing group ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium - Space Park 360 Geodesium Edition

SpacePark360: Geodesium Edition is an immersive entertainment show for fulldome theaters -- an amusement park with its rides placed throughout ...

  • 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Show - Eclipse

You see the moon all the time, but do you know its story? Why is it there, why does it ...

  • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Gainesville Community Band: Mother's Day Concert

Come join the Gainesville Community Band for the last concert of the season (we do have the Fanfare & Fireworks ...

  • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Highlands Regional Ministry Center 1001 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, Florida, 32601
  • Cost: We request a $5 donation at the door. Please donate what you can!
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Symphony Under the Stars in Ocala

This Mother's Day, come enjoy the Ocala Symphony Orchestra directed by Maestro Matthew Wardell. The Symphony Under The Stars is ...

  • 3:00 pm
  • Location: Ocala Golf Club 3130 East Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, FL 34470
  • Cost: Adults $20 in advance/$25 at the gate, Children 17 and under free
  • Website: fafo.org
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Annasemble Orchestra Spring Concert

Annual Concert by The Annasemble Community Orchestra of Gainesville, featuring music of a variety of styles with the theme: Finding ...

Dance Alive National Ballet and Pofahl Studios present The Next Generation’s Mother’s Day Concert

The perfect way to celebrate Mother’s Day for these amazing young performers. It is their gift to the women in their ...

Free Friday Concert Series

The Free Fridays Concert Series is back with a great lineup of local and regional bands.

Star Center Theatre and Caring and Sharing School present The Little Mermaid, Jr.

In a magical underwater kingdom, the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, longs to leave her ocean home — and her fins ...

  • 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm
  • Location: Phillips Center 3201 Hull Road Gainesville, FL 32611
  • Cost: General Admission: $17.00 | Children 12-3: $12.00 | Infants: Free (tickets only available at the box office)
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Revised)

University of Florida Performing Arts Driveway Theater Project Presents: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged (Revised) A 50-Minute Comedic Tour de ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium - Space Park 360 Geodesium Edition

SpacePark360: Geodesium Edition is an immersive entertainment show for fulldome theaters -- an amusement park with its rides placed throughout ...

  • 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Gala of the Royal Horses

Royal Horses is created, produced and led by world-renowned riding master Rene Gasser, who with the experiences of seven generations ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Alachua County Equestrian Center 23100 West Newberry Road, Newberry FL 32669
  • Cost: Child 12 & Under $15 | Adult $40 | Senior $30 | VIP Child 4-12 $25 | VIP Adult $50
  • Website: galaoftheroyalhorses.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Show - Eclipse

You see the moon all the time, but do you know its story? Why is it there, why does it ...

  • 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Regal My Way Matinee: Sensory-Friendly Movies

Regal’s My Way Matinee gives everyone the opportunity to experience a movie with the lights turned up and the volume ...

  • 12:05 pm
  • Location: Regal Royal Park 3702 W Newberry Rd, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: Child $10.64, Matinee Adult $12.13, Senior $10.64, Student $12.13
  • Website: www.regmovies.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Reggae Concert featuring Christafari

Bring your own lawn chairs and picnic blankets and come enjoy a free concert on the back lawn, featuring Christafari. ...

Live and Local Spring Concert Series

Live & Local is a free, all ages concert series featuring Gainesville's best and brightest emerging talent! The City of ...

Third Friday Concert Series

The 3rd Friday series is a music series at St Patrick Catholic Church and is free. Donations are welcome. Doors open ...

Free Friday Concert Series

The Free Fridays Concert Series is back with a great lineup of local and regional bands.

Alachua Movie in the Park

***Tonight’s Movie in the Park is moving inside our Hal Brady Recreation Complex gymnasium due to a forecast that calls ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium - Space Park 360 Geodesium Edition

SpacePark360: Geodesium Edition is an immersive entertainment show for fulldome theaters -- an amusement park with its rides placed throughout ...

  • 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Two Hawk Hammock Two Hawk Hammock presents Harmonia

Two Hawk Hammock Presents: Harmonia, an original "under the sea" musical for all ages. Written & directed by Heidi Schwiebert, ...

Two Hawk Hammock Happy Hour in the Barnyard

Live Music Venue in a relaxed Outdoor Dog / Kid Friendly Environment. Food/Beer/Wine/Soft Drinks available for purchase. Barnyard Animals to meet ...

2022 Gainesville Dance Academy Recital “Golden”

Join us for the Gainesville Dance Academy 2022 Recital “Golden.” A free Irish dance production. All ages, all welcome.

Young Annasemble Orchestra Spring Concert

Annasemble's youth orchestra will hold their end of the season Spring concert on May 23rd. The Young Annasemble Orchestra is ...

Tioga Concert Night - Jamie Davis

Join us for our Concert Night Series, featuring Jamie Davis! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets, and come enjoy the ...

Journey to Juneteenth The Lee Boys Performance

Journey to Juneteenth The Lee Boys Performance

Free Friday Concert Series

The Free Fridays Concert Series is back with a great lineup of local and regional bands.

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium - Space Park 360 Geodesium Edition

SpacePark360: Geodesium Edition is an immersive entertainment show for fulldome theaters -- an amusement park with its rides placed throughout ...

  • 3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
  • Location: Kika Silva Pla Planetarium at Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: $7.19 for Adults (13-59), $6.17 for Children (4-12), Seniors (60+), UF Affiliates, Military and First Responders
  • Website: www.showpass.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

TCM Big Screen Classics Presents Smokey and the Bandit 45th Anniversary

Starring Burt Reynolds, Jackie Gleason, Sally Field and Jerry Reed, Smokey and the Bandit delivers outrageous laughs in one of ...