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Falls Into Place: Mason Ramsey’s rescheduled night in Gainesville
By Tanya Fedak | Jan. 24, 202518-year-old country singer Mason Ramsey performed at Gainesville's Heartwood Soundstage Thursday.
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Twin indie-folk duo Lighthearted talks Playground and new single
By Juliana DeFilippo | Jan. 21, 2025The 24-year-old identical twins are the founding members of the Athens, Georgia, based indie-folk duo Lighthearted, and they released their single “Borrowed” Jan. 3. Although they formed the band in 2019, the two have been playing music together since childhood.
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Now in style: The rise of house music
By Autumn Johnstone | Jan. 19, 2025With a deafening bass and hues of neon colors dancing across the walls, Gainesville locals celebrated the end of syllabus week with a bang.
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Organized chaos: Gainesville punk scene draws on history and community
By Autumn Johnstone | Jan. 10, 2025Respite Events hosted a concert Wednesday at How Bazar, located at 60 SW 2nd St., aiming to showcase three punk rock bands and a performance from drag artists, “The Boheme Coven.” In downtown Gainesville, where energetic nightclubs and lavish restaurants meet, lies a passion for punk rock not only as a genre, but as a way of life.
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Drag musician Flamy Grant discusses religious trauma with new album “Church”
By Juliana DeFilippo | Dec. 6, 2024Grant released her most recent album, “Church,” in October and performed at the United Church of Gainesville 一 1624 NW Fifth Ave. 一 as a part of her No More Drama tour Tuesday night. Grant described her new album as truly her own.
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A glimpse backstage with stars of “The Music Man” as they prepare for closing weekend
By Tanya Fedak | Nov. 4, 2024From Oct. 16 to Oct. 27, the UF School of Theatre and Dance put on a nine-show run of the musical, which follows traveling conman Harold Hill, played by Ethan Garrepy, who goes from town to town persuading citizens of his “plan” to form a boys marching band. After collecting payments for instruments and uniforms, he skips town, starting his pursuit of his next victims. But this time, it’s a little different.
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Swamp Records and #UNLITTER kick off Halloween with R.I.P. Rockfest
By Juliana DeFilippo | Oct. 25, 2024Swamp Records collaborated with #UNLITTER to host four bands its R.I.P Rockfest show Wednesday night. This is the second year the nonprofits have worked together on the show, aiming to raise money for their organizations.
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Gainesville Indie Night welcomes audiences after Hurricane Helene
By Juliana DeFilippo | Sep. 29, 2024Gainesville Indie Night welcomed audience members Sept. 27 for a themed event that aims to highlight local indie bands and draw in new audiences.
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Jazz on Main Street Gainesville fuses music and art
By Juliana DeFilippo | Sep. 21, 2024Jazz on Main Street hosted a jam session at GFAA Gallery Sept. 19 to encourage community building and support for the arts through musical improvisations.
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Midnight Underground hosts monthly themed ‘Dark Dance Parties’
By Sara-James Ranta | Aug. 30, 2024Monthly "Dark Dance Parties" at Gainesville's Midnight Underground bar attract a plethora of locals looking for a sense of community in the themed events.
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Rain won’t stop the rage: punk metal show moved to How Bazaar after rain-out
By Sabrina Castro | July 22, 2024After landing in Gainesville three years ago, 24-year-old Christian “Cloud” Casey quickly discovered two things: the collaborative community of musicians in Gainesville and the opportunity to grow the city’s goth metal music scene.
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A Cannes-do attitude: Why you don’t need a music degree to make music
By Noor Sukkar | July 15, 2024It’s 2003. John Fulford’s bachelor’s degree in finance stares back at the phone that never got a call back for a second interview at the bank. He instead tunes his guitar, scrabbles some more lyrics and burns another CD. It’s 2006. His master's degree in international business is itching to make it out of Gainesville. Instead of waiting on that phone to ring, he rings TV producers in Los Angeles pitching his abundant cache of music. It’s 2024. Comedy-drama film “Anora” wins the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival — the Palme d’Or. His music is in the soundtrack, and his career is at its peak.
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Rate and review: ‘BRAT’ by Charli XCX
By Bonny Matejowsky | June 17, 2024Whether it’s the chart-topping queer pop of Chappell Roan or the catchy songwriting of Sabrina Carpenter, it’s safe to say this summer has proved that pop is in good hands. But a certain lime green album shines above the rest.
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DIY venue The Roadhouse closes after four years
By Ben Nielsen | June 3, 2024The venue, located in Grove Street, announced in an Instagram post it will host its final show this summer, July 27. The decision to close arrived when its owners, event coordinator Bri Reed and their husband Justin Reed, decided to move away from Gainesville.
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Final curtain call: High Dive’s swan song draws crowd of Gainesville’s music lovers
By Sabrina Castro | May 20, 2024On May 19, the historical hot spot for local music, High Dive, hosted a final show before shutting its doors for good.
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Over thirty years of music packed up in 30 days: High Dive closes its doors
By Sydney Johnson | May 13, 2024High Dive, a popular venue and staple in Gainesvilleu2019s music scene, is disappearing from its familiar spot on Second Avenue, as announced by owner Pat Lavery in an Instagram post. The music hall, which hosted live events since the 90s, gained notoriety for giving local musicians a starting point.
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Gator Swifties ‘sink into the swamp’ at 'Tortured Poets Department' listening party
By Zoey Thomas | Apr. 20, 2024If there was a better place than the UF football stadium to hear the lyrics, “in my mind, they sink into the swamp” for the first time, Gator Swifties say it has yet to be found.
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Big: Culture and Arts Festival transforms downtown Gainesville into artistic epicenter
By Benjamin Miller and Alexandra Burns | Apr. 15, 2024Gainesville residents and music enthusiasts gathered outdoors at a renovated lot between Porter’s Community and South Main Street Saturday to celebrate “Big: Culture and Arts Festival.” Produced by How Bazar and Dion Dia Records, the festival featured local businesses and more than 50 solo artists and musical collectives playing between two individual stages.
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Uplift GNV: Benefit concert raises funds for free therapy to local musicians
By Emilia Cardenas-Perez | Apr. 1, 2024Uplift GNV’s aim is to raise funds for Upbeat’s Musicians Therapy Scholarship, which covers mental health counseling costs for musicians. Recipients of the scholarship can use the funds to cover eight private therapy sessions at Gainesville Community Counseling Center, Klausner said.
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Indie Night packs High Dive full of music and music-lovers alike
By Benjamin Miller | Mar. 24, 2024On Saturday night, local bands Half Gone, Quail Hollow, Rohna and Madwoman energized a colorful crowd of indie music fans in an exhilarating concert as part of the Indie Nights Florida tour. Indie Night, established in 2021 by Rohna bassist Andres Hernandez, seeks to bring local music together all across Florida.
