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Monday, March 02, 2026

Fill your calendar with this week’s Gainesville music events

Concerts and music events the week of March 2

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The first week of March holds an anti-ICE festival, a battle of the bands and everything in between. Here's what music events are going on in Gainesville the week of March 2.

Monday Mar 2
Salvation the Punk Rock Show Civic Media Center 5:30 PM Free Hosted by Leigh from WGOT 100.1 FM, the CMC hosts its weekly live show.
Open Mic Night The Bull 7:00 PM Free Signups start at 6 PM for the event held every Monday.
Tuesday Mar 3
X Dirty Fingers, Cooper! and Weaver Nightjar 7:00 PM $10 X Dirty Fingers, a central Florida folk punk band, headlines with an all-acoustic set.
VOCES8 Phillips Center 7:30 PM $12-$45 VOCES8 is an a cappella octet from England, and it performs contemporary pop covers to timeless and classical works.
Jazzology The Bull 9:00 PM Free Gainesville’s longest standing weekly jazz night is free to the public.
Wednesday Mar 4
Open Mic Night Lightnin' Salvage Enterprises 6:00 PM Free Lightnin' Salvage hosts Gainesville's longest running open mic night on the first Wednesday of every month.
Daikaiju with The Mermers The Ox 8:00 PM $20 Daikaiju, a metal surf rock band from Huntsville, Alabama, plays The Ox with local psychedelic surf-horror group The Mermers.
Thursday Mar 5
Eli Tragash Bingo Deli & Pub 6:00 PM Free Bingo Deli & Pub hosts the acoustic solo artist.
Luna Worldcast, Cathluina and Then There Were Blackbirds Loosey's 8:00 PM Free The weekly Indie Demolition Night event hosts local indie and alternative folk talent.
Vincent Mason Vivid Music Hall 8:00 PM $32 The Monster Energy Outbreak Tour presents the country singer and guitarist.
Friday Mar 6
Al Olender, Jordan Burchel and Ab & Ahna The Bull 7:00 PM $20 New York based songwriter Al Olender headlines The Listening Room event.
Hong Kong Fuck You, Ca$h Grab, Found Dead and Orca The Ox 8:00 PM $15-$20 The hardcore bands play the Respite Events show and celebrate the release of Ca$h Grab's new EP.
Bli & the Miles, Lizard Queen and Glizzy Gillespie Loosey's 8:00 PM $10 Bli & the Miles, a "Southern-fried alt-rock/indie rock" group, headlines the Loosey's show.
Normal Ham, Misty Moon, Left On Red and Dumpster The Sl8 Gallery 8:30 PM Free Local indie and ska punk bands play the free show at the art gallery.
Pop Punk Emo Night Signal 9:00 PM $15 The "March Sadness" event has hours of pop punk and emo DJ sets.
Saturday Mar 7
NEAT: No Ice Festival Loosey's, The How Bazar and The Bull 1:00 PM $25 The Neighbors Empowered Against Tyranny festival benefits the local immigrant safety fund and hosts 20 bands, including Buboy, Gnomes of Neptune and Mouthfeel.
Orbiter, Crucial Fix, Dead Sea Lords and The Caution Children Geeks 7:00 PM Free The toy store hosts a free night of heavy post-rock and shoegaze emo music.
ATLUS and Kaleb Sanders Signal 7:00 PM $23 Denver-born singer and songwriter ATLUS is joined by hippie redneck artist Kaleb Sanders.
Kevin PM, Weaver and Lynna Corinne Ole Barn 7:00 PM Free Folk artist Kevin PM headlines the Roadhouse event with his full band.
PeZ, Fixed Game, Soul on Fire and Step 2 This The Ox 7:00 PM $10 Hardcore bands play at The Ox.
Bad Drivers, Stellus, Maisy and The Liszt Message @rowdymagazine or @swamprecords on Instagram for the address. 8:00 PM $10-$12 Indie and alternative bands play at Rowdy Magazine and Swamp Records "Battle of the Bands" event.
Lyrics for Life Phillips Center 8:00 PM $99-$125 Southern rock band Sister Hazel and John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls play at the charity event which aims to raise money for curing cancer.
Congress, Rohna and Tucker Wyatt Heartwood Soundstage 8:00 PM $33 Congress, a Charleston-based indie rock band is joined by Tampa's alternative rock group Rohna and Virginian singer Tucker Wyatt.
Pondscum, TanamaTV, Crimson and Tapewerm Civic Media Center 8:30 PM Donations The CMC hosts the Gainesville FoodNotBombs Benefit Show with experimental and folk bands, and also features a "anarchic puppet theater troupe."
Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers The Wooly 9:00 PM $25 Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers is a high-energy and piano-driven roots rock band from Austin.
Cosmic Bass Rave Arcade Bar 10:00 PM Free DJ Winelights spins tunes at the 21 and over event.
Sunday Mar 8
Girl Disease, The Florals and Toro Loosey's 5:00 PM $10-$20 We Rock Gainesville hosts young local musicians at its benefit concert.
Antro Banks, Hannah Stokes and Thomas Allain The Bull 6:00 PM $5-$20 Thomas Allain's project Songs of Tap present himself and other musicians at the "Songwriters in the Round" event.
Zac Clark and Collin Whitlock Gainesville Fine Arts Association 7:00 PM $25 Zac Clark is a classic pop artist, formerly a member of Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness.
12Eleven The Atlantic 7:00 PM TBD 12Eleven are an Atlanta-based pop and R&B band.

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Isabel Kraby

Isabel is the The Alligator's Spring 2026 music reporter. She is a junior studying journalism at UF and is from Ormond Beach, FL. In her spare time, she loves going to concerts, crafting and practicing guitar. 


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