Have a late final and hanging around the ‘ville this weekend? Before you head home for the last bit of summer, here are some things to check out around town this weekend, from food to music to.
It’s been a little over a month since my last hip-hop roundup, so there’s some catching up to do. With albums from Schoolboy Q, Gucci Mane, Lil Uzi Vert and others, the last month has given us some quality music that continues to prove 2016 has been one of the best years ever for hip-hop. Catch up with these latest releases:
For those looking to explore music with a darker tone, Gainesville band GAUL is worth a listen. The band, which describes its sound as “blackened doom” and is composed of Derek (guitar/vox), Chris Hencher (bass) and Chris Vigilante (drums), is playing at the Atlantic this weekend. I sat down with Hencher to talk about the band’s experience.
From producing music and video content for artists in their Swamp Sessions, to hosting an annual showcase of Gainesville artists, Swamp Records has worked closely with the local music scene for the past three years.
Editor’s note: This story contains Harry Potter plot spoilers.
We hear clichés all the time. Sweet as pie, a truckload, hot as hell (Who even really knows if hell is really hot or if hell exists at all?). Another classic cliché is, “You are what you eat.” From that, a spinoff has been born into a world where first impressions are often last impressions and you are what you wear.
Last month, a shooter murdered 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub. Kelly O’Brien said she showed support for her friends in Orlando the only way she knows how.
Looking for something to keep you busy as you wish away the Saturdays until football season? The Avenue is here to help you out with the best places to get drinks, hear local music and get artistic this weekend.
New to Gainesville’s music scene is Just Neighbors, a rock band composed of Justice Diamond (guitar/bass), Dan Lohr (guitar), Jarrett Haines (keyboard/guitar/bass) and Reid Casey (drums). While they are new, the band is quickly making an impression on locals and are becoming regulars at clubs and bars around town. I sat down with Diamond to talk music and what’s next.
This is part two of a two-part interview with Logic. To read part one, check out last week’s Avenue.
No. 9 Productions, Inc. is filming the pilot episode for a new show based in Gainesville on Saturday at the Squitieri Studio Theatre at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
A UF student and local app creators have collaborated to form a bar crawl through Midtown to catch Pokemon on Friday night.
High Dive will celebrate the second annual Art Attack on Friday night with art, music and possibly a mermaid.
Dream Quilt Production Company will be hosting the Zombieville Variety Show and Film Fest at the Atlantic this Saturday. The show will feature many different performers, films and even a training session for those who want to prepare for the zombie apocalypse.
Logic is currently on The Endless Summer Tour with G-Eazy, Yo Gotti and YG. At their show in Tampa this past Sunday, I, along with my good friend David Spreen, were able to sit down with Logic on his tour bus and talk about his latest project “Bobby Tarantino,” tour life, new music, traveling and more. Check out the highlights from my interview with Logic.
Christina Holder, known by her performance persona The Leonine Queen, is one of Gainesville’s top jazz singers and known for her range of musical styles. Formerly of popular Gainesville band Savants of Soul, Holder recently broke out on her own to do solo jazz shows all across town. I sat down with her to talk her upbringing in classical music and her solo debut.
Gainesville’s Hippodrome State Theatre will celebrate Pride Night and raise funds for victims of the Pulse Orlando shooting with its show Friday.
The Florida Sea Grant College Program and Beneath the Waves will host an ocean-themed film festival at the Reitz Union on Saturday.
A Grammy-nominated singer makes a stop in Gainesville this weekend as part of her 2016 tour.
The Atlantic and the Top are revving up their engines for a three-day-long block party starting this Friday.
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