Events

Serenity: Art in Meditation Exhibit at the Thomas Center Galleries

24 Jul 2025 Friday, June 27 - Saturday, Aug. 30
The exhibition explores how the creation of art is used to promote mind, body and spirit in various forms of meditation.

Historic Thomas Center Galleries, 302 NW Sixth Ave.,  32601

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Music and Movement

24 Jul 2025 Come jam out and dance with your little one!

Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Center, 1500 NW 45th Avenue,  32605

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Food Trucks at Cornerstone

24 Jul 2025 Every Thursday from 7 a.m.-3 p.m., the GCRA is hosting food trucks at GTEC (2153 SE Hawthorne Rd.)! Each week, a variety of food trucks will be at GTEC for the lunch hour and beyond!

Cornerstone, 2153 SE Hawthorne Rd.,  32641

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Gainesville Swing Dance

24 Jul 2025 GNV Arts: Gotta Dance! Beginner and intermediate swing dance lessons followed by an evening of social dancing to lively vintage tunes—learn new moves, then dance the night away! Thursdays at Rosa B. Williams Center.

Rosa B. Williams Center, 524 NW 1st,  32601

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Free Fridays Concert Series

25 Jul 2025 The region’s longest-running and largest free outdoor concert series features local and regional musical talent at the Bo Diddley Plaza. Our concerts under the stars showcase diverse musical acts sure to delight music lovers with classic rock, reggae, R & B, soul, ska, funk, blues and more.

Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E. University Ave.,  32601

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Steppin’ Into Dance with Smooth Flava

27 Jul 2025 GNV Arts: Gotta Dance! Learn and dance a variety of dance styles including Line Dance, Chicago Swing and Urban Ballroom. First, second and fourth Sundays at Rosa B. Williams Center.

Rosa B. Williams Center, 524 NW 1st,  32601

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Dance Camp: Dances of the Balkans

28 Jul 2025 GNV Arts: Gotta Dance! Learn ethnic line dances mostly from the Balkans and the Middle East Mondays at Rosa B. Williams Center.

Rosa B. Williams Center, 524 NW 1st,  32601

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Eco Buddies

30 Jul 2025 Come learn through play about the wonderful world of nature all around us with rotating weekly themes!

Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Center, 1500 NW 45th Avenue,  32605

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Gainesville International Folk Dance

30 Jul 2025 GNV Arts: Gotta Dance! Learn and dance ethnic dances from around the world Wednesdays at Rosa B. Williams Center.

Rosa B. Williams Center, 524 NW 1st,  32601

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