Gainesville mayor presents Key to the City to punk rocker Laura Jane Grace
By Zoey Thomas | Oct. 30, 2023The Fest, one of the world’s largest punk-rock music festivals, kicked off its 2023 festivities in an unexpected location. Festival goers clustered in the Gainesville City Hall courtyard instead of a strobe-lit stage, listening to Mayor Harvey Ward rather than moshing to Gorilla Biscuits.