Gainesville Arts Events

2026 Gainesville Pride Festival

Bo Diddley Plaza 3 Oct 2026

41st Annual Fall Arts Festival at The Shoppes at Thornebrook

2441 NW 43rd St, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32606 3 Oct 2026

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons

The Hippodrome Theatre 3 Oct 2026

HALLOWEEN FEST 👻🎃

Downtown Gainesville 30 Oct 2026

Fall Food Truck Festival @ Gainesville

Oaks Mall Gainesville 10 Oct 2026

10/8 Infinity Song World Tour II Continues… at The Wooly in Gainesville!

The Wooly 8 Oct 2026

The Great Pumpkin Bash at Bo Diddley Plaza

111 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 17 Oct 2026

Candlelight: Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More | Gainesville

Hippodrome Theatre 3 Oct 2026

45th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show

Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E University Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601 14 Nov 2026

Dance Alive National Ballet - Rock On America! A Tom Petty Tribute Ballet at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 16 Oct 2026

Flamingosis in Gainesville

Heartwood Soundstage 3 Oct 2026

An Evening with Renée Elise Goldsberry

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 6 Nov 2026

Renee Elise Goldsberry at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 6 Nov 2026

6th Annual Treat Yourself Event

Sweetwater Branch Inn Lodging & Events, East University Avenue, Gainesville, FL, USA 4 Oct 2026

Six One Five Collective

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 2 Oct 2026

The Brook & The Bluff: The Werewolf Tour

619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 6 Nov 2026

Downtown Event & Art Show

32601 14 Nov 2026

Into the Woods - Gainesville

Constans Theatre 18 Oct 2026

Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac

The Hippodrome Theatre 6 Nov 2026

Jordan Burchel, The Moth & The Flame in Gainesville

The Bull 18 Oct 2026

Mighty Mystic Live

404 SE 2nd St, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 11 Oct 2026

Clay Brooker & Cliff Dorsey: Kickoff to Deep Creek Folk Fest

The Barn at Deep Creek 23 Oct 2026

UF Symphony Orchestra with Aubree Oliverson, violin

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 30 Oct 2026

Deep Creek Folk Fest and Market

The Barn at Deep Creek 24 Oct 2026

Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings

The Hippodrome Theatre 18 Dec 2026

The Nutcracker at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 18 Dec 2026

Grateful Gainesville Fall Boogie 2026 live at Heartwood Soundstage

619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 7 Nov 2026

Powerful Voices Open Mic Show - Live Music, Comedy, Poetry+ More!

Gainesville 14 May 2026

Candlelight: Christmas Classics

The Hippodrome Theatre 18 Dec 2026

GramFest 2026: Gainesville's Gram Parsons Tribute

619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 1 Nov 2026

A Wilhelm Scream in Gainesville

Multiple Venues 23 Oct 2026

Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA

The Hippodrome Theatre 3 Dec 2026

Pumpkins & Pilates: Reformer + Pumpkin Night

Club Pilates Gainesville 18 Oct 2026

6th Annual Treat Yourself Fall Fundraiser Event

Sweetwater Branch Inn 4 Oct 2026

Candlelight - Coldplay & Imagine Dragons at Hippodrome Theatre

Hippodrome Theatre 3 Dec 2026

FOODEESFEST Gainesville, Florida (40+ food trucks and craft vendors!)

The Oaks Mall 15 Jan 2027

Listening Room: Zak Toscani

The Bull 7 Nov 2026

Six The Musical at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 2 Mar 2027

Davin Youngs – THE RESET

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 18 Oct 2026

Kings Return at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 3 Dec 2026

80s & 90s Over 30s Daytime Clubbing – GAINESVILLE

Capones GNV 14 Nov 2026

Dance Alive National Ballet - Class with Clara at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 19 Dec 2026

"Terra Nova" by Ted Tally

Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall at Santa Fe College 7 Oct 2026

Painting Classes Gainesville: Ceramic Plates & Bowls

Hilton Garden Inn Gainesville 14 Nov 2026

Gainesville, FL - Micro Maidens: The Show @Vivid Music Hall "Life's Too Short to Miss This!"

Vivid Music Hall 13 Dec 2026

Behind the Lines - A 9/11 Story at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 10 Nov 2026

Mike Baggetta, Eli Winter, & Baby Arms at Looseys

Loosey's Downtown Gainesville 4 Nov 2026

Dance Alive National Ballet - Robin Hood at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 27 Feb 2027

Life Afterlife: Medium Travis Holp Live

7 SW 1st St, Gainesville, FL 32601-6242, United States 18 Dec 2026

In Here Now: Gregg Jones. Pretender to professional; a living memoire of my life in stories.

619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 5 Nov 2026

High Bridge Encore at the Theatre of Memory

Theatre of Memory 9 Oct 2026

Dance Alive National Ballet - Swan Lake at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 11 Mar 2027

Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons | Gainesville

Hippodrome Theatre 20 Feb 2027

Dance Alive National Ballet - Firebird at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 23 Jan 2027

Ten-Minute Plays: An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Weber

Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall at Santa Fe College 5 Feb 2027

Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Conrad Tao, piano

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 24 Feb 2027

King Lear at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 4 Feb 2027

Candlelight: Tribute to Adele

The Hippodrome Theatre 16 Jan 2027

Christone Kingfish Ingram at Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts 28 Jan 2027

Free Online Paint Nite For Adults - Gainesville

Palak StudioInk 26 Feb 2022

Free Online Art Class For Kids & Teens - Gainesville

Palak StudioInk 12 Feb 2022

The Invention of Science in Hebrew

Judaica Suite, Smathers Library 21 Oct 2026

Listening Room: Jennifer Castle

The Bull 21 Feb 2027

Mama's Broke with Nathan Evans Fox live at Heartwood Soundstage

619 South Main Street, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 2 Dec 2026

Manual Cinema’s The 4th Witch

3201 Hull Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32611 25 Mar 2027

Meet the Author: Lizzie R. Jenkins: Black America Series: Alachua County

A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center 19 Nov 2026

Poetry & Art Night

4104 NW 13th St, Gainesville, FL 32609-1807, United States 13 Oct 2026

16th Annual Memorial Celebration

7204 SE County Road 234, Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32641 1 Nov 2026

Listening Room: An Evening With Mariee Siou

The Bull 19 Dec 2026

Meet The Author: Dr. Vincent Adejumo - "Seminoles of African descent in Florida

A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center 21 Jan 2027

The Revolutionists

3501 SW 2nd Ave, Suite O , Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32607 25 Feb 2027

Meet the Author:" Candace Webb - A Reading "Flow Meditations on Living Water"

1013 NW 7th Ave., Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 15 Oct 2026

SKIN AND BONES - a group art exhibition

10 N Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601-5322, United States 30 Oct 2026

Meet the Author: Lola Haskins - A Reading Like Zeros Like Pearls

1013 NW 7th Ave., Gainesville, FL, United States, Florida 32601 18 Mar 2027