Less Than Jake's annual Wake & Bake weekend and the Gainesville Guitar Festival are among this week's music events.
The two-story venue, which opened this spring, offers a different atmosphere from many of the dance and cocktail bars lining the downtown strip.
The genre-defying festival takes place March 19 to 22 at Sunshine Grove, about three hours southeast of Gainesville.
About 25 UF students gathered in the small space off Museum Road to learn about mastering basic cooking techniques from a retired chef.
Not all social media content creators and “it” girls live in Los Angeles or New York City; some of them do workouts at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium and make coffee runs at Daydreamer Cafe.
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.
World Famous, a South Florida-based Asian fusion egg roll business, serves up inventive, sometimes decadent twists on the classic dish.
The alternative indie pop artist’s newest song, released Feb. 27, marks the first time Garcia has collaborated with her band to record a track.
The organization cited a 2023 Florida bill as the primary cause for the cancellation. The bill restricts university spending of state funds on programs or campus activities that “advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, or promote or engage in political or social activism.”
Vivid Music Hall no longer guarantees line dancing every Thursday, replacing some nights with other events and leaving regulars double-checking the schedule before they practice their two-step.
Glen Powell levels up again in “How to Make a Killing,” a confident dark comedy that leans into his evolving movie-star persona.
Initially formed in 2010, the free event featured 28 local artists, over double the number it hosted in its first year. About 700 people attended the festival, an increase from last year’s estimated 600.
Located at 3117 SW 34th St. in the same plaza as Enson Market, Rice & Shine began its soft opening phase on Feb. 7, which means an expanded menu will come in early March.
February wraps up with the New Horizons festival, Gainesville Indie Night and more. See what's happening throughout the week, starting Feb. 23.
While the events serve the economic purpose of speeding up otherwise slow business days for the bars that run them, these weekly traditions have also become a place where friends gather to share drinks and laugh at themselves.
The first annual New Horizons festival, dedicated to jazz and adventurous music, will take place Feb. 23 through March 1 at various locations in downtown Gainesville.
“This is one of those Gainesville stories that’s just been hiding in plain sight,” said Mark Enting, the 59-year-old President and CEO of the Myers & Briggs Foundation.
Another local LARP group, Gainesville by Night, hosts games featuring vampires, werewolves and mages in an alternate Gainesville universe.
Brew & Root plans to do more event nights in the future, including a kava bar staple: open mic nights. It’s open from 8 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily.
Kish, the 42-year-old manager and guitar repairer at Funky Music, has always dreamed of working at a mom-and-pop music store, much like the one where he worked to raise money for guitar lessons when he was young. He shared that dream with Funky Music’s owner, Mike Hetrick, a longtime member of the local music scene.
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