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Gainesville Family Events Calendar

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Florida Gators Soccer vs. USF

Help cheer on the Gators Soccer team!

Frogs and Friends Friday at Morningside Nature Center

FREE. Every 1st Friday of the Month at 2 pm at Morningside Nature Center’s picnic pavilion (Screened pavilion located at ...

  • 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Location: 3540 E. University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32641
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Friday Concerts in the Park in Williston

Join us the first Friday of every month through September for an evening of entertainment. Miller Concessions of Williston will be ...

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Dr. Kenneth A. Schwiebert Pavilion, NW 1st Ave, Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Free Friday Concert Series

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

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Joann Take It and Make It

Time for kids to create & explore with our Take It & Make It events! For the first Saturday of ...

  • All Day Event
  • Location: Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft 3202 SW 35th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.joann.com
  • Category: Free

Charlie's Snow Shack: Free Shaved Ice Day

Free Shaved Ice Day at Charlie's Snow Shack!

  • 12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: Charlie's Snow Shack 14 NW 7th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Family-Friendly Welcome Party at Alumni Hall!

Join Alumni Hall this Saturday to celebrate their brand new extension! Enjoy a family-friendly game of cornhole, shoot some hoops ...

  • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Location: 3730 SW Archer Rd, Ste 220, Gainesville, FL
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Perspectives in the Park Speaker Series

Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Park is pleased to start our Perspectives in the Park speaker series! On the first Sunday ...

  • 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Location: Hogtown Creek Headwaters Park 1500 NW 45th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Soccer vs. Florida State

Help cheer on the Gators Soccer team!

Kidical Mass GNV

Let’s celebrate the fact that kids have the right to ride their bikes safely and happily! Kidical Mass GNV aims ...

  • 10:00 am
  • Location: Roper Park Playground 401 NE 4th Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Baby Time at Headquarters Branch

Join us for a story time filled with rhymes, songs, bounces and more geared for babies and their caregivers. Babies will ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Headquarters Library Youth Services Area 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Tinkergarten Free Trial

Join me for a FREE Tinkergarten class! Fall season is right around the corner, and now is your chance to ...

  • 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  • Location: Greenhouse Church, 11200 NW 39th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: tinkergarten.com
  • Category: Free

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: Free

O2BKids Homeschool Wednesday Program

Homeschool Wednesdays are back! The homeschool program is FREE to O2B Kids Family Members. They will enjoy meet-ups with other members ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: O2B Kids Supercenter 7383 SW 17th Road, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: FREE to O2B Kids Family Members
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Story Time - High Springs Branch

Children and caregivers can read, laugh, and sing with us at our weekly story times: Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: High Springs Branch 23779 W US HWY 27 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Cone Park Branch: Buttons for Backpacks

Create your own buttons or choose from some premade designs Come make some buttons to decorate your backpacks as we get ...

  • 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Cone Park Branch Meeting Room 2801 E. University Avenue, Gainesville FL 32641
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Japanese Calligraphy and Language Club at Hawthorne Branch

Learn more about this Far East country from our most eastern library branch! Konnichi-wa! Or as we say in English, hello! ...

  • 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Hawthorne Branch Meeting Room 6640 SE 221 Street, Hawthorne, FL 32640
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Harn Museum Nights: Wall Talk

Second Thursday of Every Month at 6 pm Join us for this once-a-month event taking place at the museum. Speakers and ...

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

Florida Gators Volleyball vs. Georgia Southern

Help cheer on the Gators Women's Volleyball team!

  • 10:00 am
  • Location: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
  • Cost: $2.50 for children | $5 for adults
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

Free Friday Concert Series

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

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Volleyball vs. Florida Gulf Coast University

Help cheer on the Gators Women's Volleyball team!

  • 7:30 pm
  • Location: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
  • Cost: $2.50 for children | $5 for adults
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

Family Friendly Bike Ride

Join us on the second Saturday of the month at 8:30 am at the Depot Park parking lot for a ...

  • 8:30 am - 9:30 am
  • Location: Depot Park Parking Lot 874 SE 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Deeper Purpose Community Church: On Your Mark, Get Set, READ!

DPCC will be hosting our very first Reading Saturday. Spots are limited, so we need to know whose coming, for ...

  • 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Deeper Purpose Community Church 19930 N US Hwy 441 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Trenton’s Almost Fall Festival

Featuring local businesses, food trucks, and more!

  • 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: 830 SR-47, Trenton, FL 32693-3742
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Paleontology in the Park

Calling fossil-lovers of all ages! If you love paleontology and all things fossil-related! Complete a fossil-finding expedition with the help ...

  • 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  • Location: Depot Park, 870 SE 4th St. Gainesville FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Volleyball vs. VCU

Help cheer on the Gators Women's Volleyball team!

  • 4:00 pm
  • Location: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
  • Cost: $2.50 for children | $5 for adults
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

September 11 Memorial Event and Stair Climb

The City of Gainesville and Alachua County are observing the anniversary of the September 11th attacks with the annual stair ...

  • 8:30 am - 10:30 am
  • Location: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium 157 Gale Lemerand Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Baby Time at Headquarters Branch

Join us for a story time filled with rhymes, songs, bounces and more geared for babies and their caregivers. Babies will ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Headquarters Library Youth Services Area 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Volleyball vs. FSU

Help cheer on the Gators Women's Volleyball team!

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
  • Cost: $2.50 for children | $5 for adults
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

O2BKids Homeschool Wednesday Program

Homeschool Wednesdays are back! The homeschool program is FREE to O2B Kids Family Members. They will enjoy meet-ups with other members ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: O2B Kids Supercenter 7383 SW 17th Road, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: FREE to O2B Kids Family Members
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Story Time - High Springs Branch

Children and caregivers can read, laugh, and sing with us at our weekly story times: Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: High Springs Branch 23779 W US HWY 27 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Waldo Branch: Waldo Teen Book Club

Join us for our first meeting of the Waldo Teen Book Club. Our first meeting will be to talk about ...

  • 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

Story Time at Depot Park

Join us for story time in the park - we'll see you on the main stage inside the playground! Weather ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Depot Park, 874 SE 4th Street, Gainesville FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Free Friday Concert Series

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

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Soccer vs. Tennessee

Help cheer on the Gators Soccer team!

Alachua Conservation Trust Morning Bug Walk at Tuscawilla Preserve

Join Dr. Jiri Hulcr and Dr. Andrea Lucky for this family-friendly bug ID event at Tuscawilla Preserve!

  • 9:00 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Micanopy Native American Heritage Preserve 406 Southeast Tuscawilla Road, Micanopy, FL 32667
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.alachuaconservationtrust.org
  • Category: Free

Willow Gardens One Year Anniversary Celebration

Willow Gardens One Year Anniversary! Come see how much we’ve grown. Music, Raffles, Complimentary pizza from 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm, Free ...

  • 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Willow Gardens 8304 NW SR45, High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library High Springs Branch Chess Club

Chess club at the High Springs Branch Library on Saturdays from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Join us for fun ...

  • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
  • Location: High Springs Branch 23779 W US HWY 27 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Citizen Science Sunday for Kids! Spectacular Spiders!

Want to be a scientist? Join us for our Citizen Science Sundays for Kids! Middle School-aged kids (accompanied by an ...

  • 10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: Hogtown Creek Headwaters Park 1500 NW 45th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32605
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Greater Gainesville International Festival and Longest Table

You're invited to the Greater Gainesville International Festival and Longest Table, celebrating our diverse community and international connections! Join us Sunday, ...

  • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center 1028 NE 14th Street, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

UF Carillon Studio Recital

The UF Carillon Studio Concert Series offers a chance to hear the UF Carillon during a fifty-minute recital. Listeners are ...

  • 1:55 pm
  • Location: Century Tower Carillon, 375 Newell Dr, Gainesville, FL 32611
  • Cost: free
  • Website: arts.ufl.edu
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Headquarters Branch: Talk Like a Pirate Day

Join us for a fun story time and craft to celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day. This program will include some ...

  • 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  • Location: Headquarters Library Meeting Room B: 401 East University Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Yo-ho-ho it’s Pirate Day in the Parrrk!

Avast ye matey! Arrrrgh ya ready to talk like a pirate? We've decked out the play area and arrrgh preparing ...

  • 5:30 pm
  • Location: Depot Park 874 SE 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Baby Time at Headquarters Branch

Join us for a story time filled with rhymes, songs, bounces and more geared for babies and their caregivers. Babies will ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Headquarters Library Youth Services Area 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Hawthorne Branch: Talk Like A Pirate Day

Ahoy, matey. Join us for pirate fun! Discover your pirate name, craft a parrot to ride on your wrist, search for ...

  • 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
  • Location: Hawthorne Branch Meeting Room 6640 SE 221 Street, Hawthorne, FL 32640
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

O2BKids Homeschool Wednesday Program

Homeschool Wednesdays are back! The homeschool program is FREE to O2B Kids Family Members. They will enjoy meet-ups with other members ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: O2B Kids Supercenter 7383 SW 17th Road, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: FREE to O2B Kids Family Members
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Story Time - High Springs Branch

Children and caregivers can read, laugh, and sing with us at our weekly story times: Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: High Springs Branch 23779 W US HWY 27 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Volleyball vs. Alabama

Help cheer on the Gators Women's Volleyball team!

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center
  • Cost: $2.50 for children | $5 for adults
  • Website: floridagators.com
  • Category: Free

Girl Scout Troop Open House

Come find out more about Girl Scouts and the fun plans we have for the year!

  • 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
  • Location: First Baptist Church of Alachua 14005 NW 146 Ave, Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Oktoberfest at Cypress and Grove

Come and enjoy a Friday and Saturday full of Oktoberfest fun! We'll have live music, festive food, and new beers! ...

  • 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Location: Cypress and Grove Brewery,1001 NW 4th St, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free entry - menu items available for purchase
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Free Friday Concert Series

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

  • 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E. University Ave Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.gainesvillefl.gov
  • Category: Free

2022 Alachua County Heart Walk

Heart Walk, our signature community event, unites employees and community members in celebrating health and honoring survivors. Through this signature ...

  • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83 Street Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: AlachuaHeartWalk.org
  • Category: Free

Wild Reading Safari

Join Episcopal Children's Services for a Wild Reading Safari Come enjoy a day of great family fun, literacy, and community! Enjoy ...

  • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo: 3000 NW 83rd Street, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Free but registration is required
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Apex Predators Family Field Day

We will do soccer, kickball, flag football, basketball, food and other games. Come out and have some fun!!!! Please share!!! ...

  • 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
  • Location: City of Chiefland Eddie Buie Park 1102 SW 5th St, Chiefland, FL 32626
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Williston Fiesta

Come and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the City of Williston at Williston's Heritage Park in Downtown Williston; complete with ...

  • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Heritage Park Williston NW 1st Ave, Williston, FL 32696
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Gamesville Tabletop Flea Market

Gamesville Tabletop is hosting a gaming flea market on Saturday, September 24th. If you're looking to load up on used ...

  • 11:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Location: Gamesville Tabletop, 4401 NW 25th Place, Suite G, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: FREE
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Race to Hear presents Engineering for Kids

Come build your own wooden race car and learn pre-engineering skills using the concepts found in race cars and go-karts. ...

  • 1:00 am - 3:00 pm
  • Location: Millhopper Branch 3145 NW 43rd Street Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: Free
  • Website: racetohear.com
  • Category: Free

Studio TM’s Fall Artists Pop-Up

This Sunday! We’ve got over 25 vendors lined up for you to shop! Stop by for an afternoon of arts, ...

  • 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
  • Location: Studio TM Ceramics 2618 NE 18th Terrace, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Florida Gators Soccer vs. Georgia

Help cheer on the Gators Soccer team!

Family Health and Fitness Day

We’re excited about our upcoming Family Health & Fitness Day! This year, we will have family games with awards, amazing guest ...

  • 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: C Bar Ranch and Organics 22889 North State Road 121, Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.eventbrite.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library: Baby Time at Headquarters Branch

Join us for a story time filled with rhymes, songs, bounces and more geared for babies and their caregivers. Babies will ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:00 am
  • Location: Headquarters Library Youth Services Area 401 E University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

O2BKids Homeschool Wednesday Program

Homeschool Wednesdays are back! The homeschool program is FREE to O2B Kids Family Members. They will enjoy meet-ups with other members ...

  • 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • Location: O2B Kids Supercenter 7383 SW 17th Road, Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: FREE to O2B Kids Family Members
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Alachua County Library Story Time - High Springs Branch

Children and caregivers can read, laugh, and sing with us at our weekly story times: Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Join us ...

  • 10:30 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: High Springs Branch 23779 W US HWY 27 High Springs, FL 32643
  • Cost: free
  • Website: attend.aclib.us
  • Category: Free

World of Beer Newberry-Tioga Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest comes to World of Beer - Tioga on Friday, September 30th at 6 pm. Lots of German Fest Beers, ...

  • 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Location: World of Beer Newberry-Tioga 140 SW 128th St, Ste B, Newberry, FL 32669
  • Cost: free entry
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Free

Family Health and Fitness Day

We’re excited about our upcoming Family Health & Fitness Day! This year, we will have family games with awards, amazing guest ...

  • 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
  • Location: C Bar Ranch and Organics 22889 North State Road 121, Alachua, FL 32615
  • Cost: free
  • Website: www.eventbrite.com
  • Category: Free