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October

Family friendly shows and concerts

 

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UF School of Music presents Jacare Brazil Meets the Community

Vocal, Instrumental & Guitar, Bossa Nova, Samba-Jazz, Choro, Waltz

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Santa Fe College Winds and Classics

Winds & Classics will showcase our Concert Band who will perform classical works by some of the most prolific composers ...

Fathom presents Spider-Man

Average teenager Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) is transformed into an extraordinary superhero after he is accidentally bitten by a radioactive ...

Troupe 88521 Bishop and Lincoln Middle Schools presents Mean Girls Junior

Come enjoy a performance of Mean Girls Jr., put on by Troupe 88521 from Bishop and Lincoln Middle Schools! October 3, ...

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Star Center Youth Theatre presents Akeelah and the Bee

Join us for our first youth performance of our 25th Anniversary Season! Akeelah, an 11-year-old from South Los Angeles, discovers a ...

  • 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
  • Location: Star Center Theatre 11 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Adults $18, Seniors/Military $15, Students 18 and under $12
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

St Johns River Center Movie Night on the Lawn featuring Luca

Free movie night coming up on October 3rd! Bring a blanket or chair to watch a movie in our courtyard. ...

Regal My Way Matinee: Sensory-Friendly Movies Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie

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

Fathom presents Spider-Man 2.1

The second installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man movie series (based on the classic Marvel Comics hero) has the web-slinging superhero ...

Annual Gainesville Art Circus at Heartwood

An art circus themed night dedicated to the heart & soul of the Gainesville art & music scene. Arts & ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Show: Tales of the Maya Skies

Tales of the Maya Skies is a digital fulldome show that immerses the audience in Mayan astronomy, art and culture ...

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 2:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Troupe 88521 Bishop and Lincoln Middle Schools presents Mean Girls Junior

Come enjoy a performance of Mean Girls Jr., put on by Troupe 88521 from Bishop and Lincoln Middle Schools! October 3, ...

Star Center Youth Theatre presents Akeelah and the Bee

Join us for our first youth performance of our 25th Anniversary Season! Akeelah, an 11-year-old from South Los Angeles, discovers a ...

  • 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
  • Location: Star Center Theatre 11 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609
  • Cost: Adults $18, Seniors/Military $15, Students 18 and under $12
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Fathom presents Spider-Man 3

Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City ...

North Central Florida Blues Challenge

The North Central Florida Blues Society is an affiliate of the Blues Foundation, which holds the International Blues Challenge every ...

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer

Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Gainesville. ...

IMPACT GNV: On Sight

Join IMPACT GNV on World Mental Health Day for a live one-person show by Dr. Micah Johnson. The core of ...

City of Gainesville Movie Night at Bo Diddley Plaza featuring Wicked

The city of Gainesville presents Movie night at Bo Diddley Plaza featuring Wicked Film will begin at 7 p.m. Come enjoy a ...

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 7:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Bridge City Sinners - Outdoor Show at Heartwood

From the misty, pine-covered hills of the Pacific Northwest hail the Bridge City Sinners. Dark Folk? Americana? Folk Punk? Pre-war ...

North Florida Rocktoberfest

The 2025 North Central Florida Rocktoberfest is set to be an electrifying day of music, brews, and fun! Bands from ...

Alachua County Library Fall Teen Art Show at Headquarters Branch

The Alachua County Library District is pleased to announce the 2025 Fall Teen Art Show on Saturday, October 11, and ...

Gainesville POPS Fall Concert

Join us for our first concert of the 2025-2026 season - Opening Night on Broadway! The Gainesville Pops will be ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Show - Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity

Once in distribution to more than 25 fulldome theaters worldwide, narrated by Academy-Award nominated actor Liam Neeson, Black Holes: the ...

Kika Silva Pla Planetarium Show - Phantom of the Universe

“Phantom of the Universe” is a planetarium show that showcases an exciting exploration of dark matter, from the Big Bang ...

Thriller Dance Performance and Market

Join us for this Fall Fest featuring two showtimes of a Thriller Dance Performance with zombies galore! Also check out ...

Alachua County Library Fall Teen Art Show at Headquarters Branch

The Alachua County Library District is pleased to announce the 2025 Fall Teen Art Show on Saturday, October 11, and ...

Gainesville Big Band presents Jazztober

The Gainesville Big Band kicks off their 2025-2026 concert season with Jazztober! Featuring big band standards and vocals.

Buchholz High School Drama Players Presents Six the Musical: Teen Edition

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone ...

  • 2:00 pm
  • Location: Buchholz High School Auditorium 5510 NW 27th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32606
  • Cost: General admission $15 online, $17 at the door | Student tickets $12 online, $15 at the door | Group tickets $10 online | Free for Buchholz High School faculty
  • Website: www.buchholzdrama.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

Fathom presents The Dark Crystal

Another world, another time… in the age of Wonder. From genius filmmaker Jim Henson comes The Dark Crystal, a masterful ...

UFPA presents Pilobolus! School Performance

UFPA presents Pilobolus! FREE School Performance for Middle School Students (Alachua County Students and Homeschool Students, etc.) Pilobolus’s performances for ...

UF Performing Arts presents Pilobolus: Other Worlds

Witness the extraordinary! This Emmy-winning company returns to Gainesville, transforming the stage into a living canvas with powerful movement and ...

Campus USA Credit Union Movie on the Lawn Event

CAMPUS USA Credit Union presents the 14th Annual Movie on the Lawn! Bring the family and enjoy a movie under ...

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

Acrosstown Repertory Theatre presents The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon

Christmas: a time for magic. A time for the traditions we cherish. A time to watch as many original TV ...

  • 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
  • Location: 3501 SW 2nd Ave, Suite O , Gainesville, FL 32607
  • Cost: $10 preview performance on Thursday, October 16th, at 8 PM.
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Interlachen American Legion Post 293 Pumpkin Patch Spooky Movie Night

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

St Patrick Catholic Church: Third Friday Concert Series

Featuring: Gainesville Harmony Show Chorus Evening prayer at 6:40 pm Concert begins at 7:00 pm A free will offering will be accepted for ...

  • 6:40 pm
  • Location: St Patrick Catholic Church 500 NE 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL 32601
  • Cost: All concerts are FREE to the public.
  • Website: spccgnv.org
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Iberian Horse Spectacular

Where Legends Come to Life! A breathtaking fusion of magnificent horses, theatrical brilliance, and choreographed pageantry. Two Momentous Nights Only!

Concert Series with KISS 105.3 at Celebration Pointe

Get ready for a night of incredible live music at Celebration Pointe. Co-hosted with KISS 105.3 FM, Gainesville’s No. 1 ...

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

City of Chiefland Music Festival

Food trucks and more! All proceeds will benefit the Friends of Chiefland Police Department to purchase Christmas gifts for children ...

Iberian Horse Spectacular

Where Legends Come to Life! A breathtaking fusion of magnificent horses, theatrical brilliance, and choreographed pageantry. Two Momentous Nights Only!

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

Rum 138 Fungi Fest

Rum 138 Fungi Fest 2025–RUM 138's 4th annual North Florida Fungi Fest. Rum 138's kid-friendly festival celebrates the beauty of ...

  • 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
  • Location: RUM 138: 2070 SW County Rd 138, Ft. White, FL 32038
  • Cost: See website for details, Children 12 and under are FREE with an adult
  • Website: www.facebook.com
  • Category: Shows, Movies & Concerts

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

Heartwood Soundstage presents BobFest

Join us for a concert celebrating the music of our dear pal Bob McPeek. Bob was an original co-founder and ...

Teen Open Mic Night at Heartwood Soundstage

Calling all teen musicians, poets, and performers (ages 13–19) — take the stage and share your talent at Heartwood! Bring ...

UF Driveway Theatre Project presents Dracula

Dracula, Adapted from the Bram Stoker novel & Directed by Derek Wohlust The UF Driveway Theatre Project proudly presents the legendary ...

P.K. Yonge Presents Harry Potter and the Cursed Child High School Edition

Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure–this time, ...

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

P.K. Yonge Presents Harry Potter and the Cursed Child High School Edition

Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure–this time, ...

The Fest at Bo Diddley Plaza

October 24-26, 2025! THE FEST is an independent multiple-day, multiple-venue underground music festival held annually in Gainesville, Florida. Bo Diddley ...

Playlist at Celebration Pointe

Kick off the weekend with Playlist at the Pointe, our monthly concert series happening every fourth Friday! From crowd-favorite cover ...

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

International Car Show at Butler Town Center

Butler Enterprises is excited to announce the Fifth Annual International Car Show! The show will feature over 120 cars and ...

Alachua County Library Alachua Branch: Spooktober Movie Marathon

Join us for PG rated scary movies. 10:30AM: The Black Cauldron In the land of Prydain, lowly pig herder Taran dreams of ...

P.K. Yonge Presents Harry Potter and the Cursed Child High School Edition

Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure–this time, ...

Oak Hall School presents Into the Woods

Don’t miss Oak Hall’s fall production of Into the Woods! Join us for an unforgettable performance filled with magic, music, ...

Fathom presents ParaNorman

From the visionary makers behind Coraline, ParaNorman returns to theatres this Halloween in stunningly remastered 3D! Celebrate the 13th anniversary of ...

P.K. Yonge Presents Harry Potter and the Cursed Child High School Edition

Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure–this time, ...

Chief Theatre presents Footloose The Musical

When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment ...

Fathom presents ParaNorman

From the visionary makers behind Coraline, ParaNorman returns to theatres this Halloween in stunningly remastered 3D! Celebrate the 13th anniversary of ...

The Fest at Bo Diddley Plaza

October 24-26, 2025! THE FEST is an independent multiple-day, multiple-venue underground music festival held annually in Gainesville, Florida. Bo Diddley ...

Fathom presents ParaNorman

From the visionary makers behind Coraline, ParaNorman returns to theatres this Halloween in stunningly remastered 3D! Celebrate the 13th anniversary of ...

Fathom presents ParaNorman

From the visionary makers behind Coraline, ParaNorman returns to theatres this Halloween in stunningly remastered 3D! Celebrate the 13th anniversary of ...

Gainesville Orchestra presents Harvest Gold and Halloween

Gainesville Orchestra and Evans Haile presents: Harvest Gold-Our SEASON OPENING with Tchaikovsky's powerful "Fifth", Florence Price and Halloween spooks like ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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!), ...

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 ...