The Avenue General Assignment reporter 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.
It was flipturn’s Destination Okeechobee set that made the difference, and the competition’s new wave of winners are already feeling its impact.
“Risk Arena” released Thursday and marked the rapper’s sixth EP, joining his lengthy existing discography of seven albums and over two dozen singles. The record’s two singles, “Slowburn (Air it Out)” and “Love4Sale,” were released in February.
Less Than Jake's annual Wake & Bake weekend and the Gainesville Guitar Festival are among this week's music events.
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.
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.
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.
February wraps up with the New Horizons festival, Gainesville Indie Night and more. See what's happening throughout the week, starting Feb. 23.
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.
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.
A free downtown festival returns, a local punk band plays its last show and The Wooly celebrates a pop star's birthday — just a few of the many upcoming music happenings in Gainesville. Check out what concerts are going on this week.
Rayvon Rollins, otherwise known as Purple Kloud, performs outside The Bull at the Downtown Market Series on Friday, March 6, 2026, in Gainesville, Fla.
A regular at the Haile Farmers Market, held Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Arianna León Uberti offers her colorful and cartoonish designs on stickers, magnets, water bottles, shirts and more.
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