North Central Florida Festivals

AREA FESTIVALS and MUSIC SERIES

AUGUST

Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  08/05/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, Dion Dia Presents (Hip Hop) 7–9 PM
Lit­tle Mike and the Tor­na­does, 08/11/22, One Love Cafe, Gainesville, 6–9 PM
Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  08/12/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, De Lions of Jah (Reg­gae) 7–9 PM
Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  08/19/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, Savants of Soul (Soul) 7–9 PM
She­ba the Mis­sis­sip­pi Queen, 8/20/22, A. Quinn Jones Muse­um and Cul­tur­al Cen­ter 6:30 PM
NCFBS Acoustic Blues Open Mic, 08/25/22, Top Hog Kana­pa­ha 7 PM
Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  08/26/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, Matcha (Funk Rock) 7- 8 PM
Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  08/26/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, Sooza Brass Band  7- 8 PM
Com­pas­sion­ate Music Singers Sum­mer Finale 2022 8/27/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, 6–8 PM

SEPTEMBER

Free Fri­day’s Con­cert Series:  09/02/22 Bo Did­dley Plaza, FEST 2Oth Anniver­sary Show­case, 7- 9PM  Stephen Fos­ter Old-Time Music Week­end Sept 9–11, 2022
Lati­no Film Fes­ti­val Gainesville

OCTOBER

But­ter­fly Fes­ti­val
Thorne­brook Arts Show (36th 2022 Annu­al)
HVMF 2022 Chili Cookoff & Music Fes­ti­val, Mel­rose
River­Fest 10th Annu­al:  Singer/Songwriting con­test and fundrais­er 
High Springs Fall Fes­ti­val & Car Show (No Cur­rent Dates Avail­able)
Tom Pet­ty Week­end, Gainesville
Annu­al Cedar Key Seafood Fes­ti­val, Cedar Key
Boo at the Zoo
The Fest (Gainesville)
Corn Maze (New­ber­ry)  

NOVEMBER

Micanopy Fall Fes­ti­val, Micanopy
Down­town Free Blues Show Pro­duced by the NCFBS
Main Street Fall Fes­ti­val (Alachua)
Down­town Fes­ti­val and Art Show
New­ber­ry Fall Fes­ti­val (12th Annu­al)
Yan­kee­town Seafood Festival

DECEMBER 

Fes­ti­val of Lights, Stephen Fos­ter
Christ­mas on the Square (Live Oak)
Down­town Con­cert and Count­down Dec 31
Sparks In the Park  Dec 31

TREE LIGHTING SCHEDULE:

Thorne­brook Vil­lage:
City of High Springs:
Tio­ga:
Haile Plan­ta­tion:
Fes­ti­val of Lights, Stephen Fos­ter -
City of Alachua:
City of Gainesville: (Thomas Cen­ter) Usu­al­ly 1st week­end
Duck Pond:
City of Willis­ton:
Shops at Butler:

JANUARY  2023

Hogge­towne Medieval Faire — 

FEBRUARY 

Gainesville Veg Fest (Gainesville)
Bat­tle of Olus­tee Reen­act­ment (Olus­tee)
Cin­e­ma Verde Film Fes­ti­val (Gainesville)
Her­itage Day Fes­ti­val (Brooksville)
Flori­da Blue­grass Clas­sic  (Brooksville)
Heart­wood Music Fes­ti­val  (Heart­wood)

MARCH

Wild Game Feast (Gainesville) for Boys & Girls Club
White Springs Wild Aza­lea Fes­ti­val (First Sat­ur­day in March)
Ocala Straw­ber­ry Fes­ti­val — (McPher­son Com­plex, Ocala)
Flori­da Aza­lea Fes­ti­val (Down­town Palat­ka)
Suwan­nee Spring Reunion -(Spir­it of the Suwan­nee Music Park)
Gainesville Race­way (Gainesville) NHRA Gator­na­tion­als
San­ta Fe Audubon Fes­ti­val
Spring Gar­den Fes­ti­val (Kana­pa­ha Botan­i­cal Gar­dens)
Gainesville Native Amer­i­can Fes­ti­val (Alachua Coun­ty Fair­grounds)
2020 EMS Spring Fest  (Brooksville)
Old Flori­da Cel­e­bra­tion of the Arts (Cedar Key)
San­ta Fe Spring Arts Fes­ti­val (Gainesville)
River­Fest 2022 — Rum 138

APRIL

Levy Coun­ty Fair (Willis­ton)
Annu­al O’Leno Chili Cookoff (Oleno State Park)
Spring­ing in the Blues — Jack­sonville -
Brad­ford Coun­ty Straw­ber­ry Fes­ti­val (Starke)
Swal­low­tail Farm Spring Fes­ti­val (Alachua)
Jest Fest  (Gainesville)
West­Fest  (New­ber­ry)  April
The Alachua Car Show (Alachua)
Fifth Avenue Arts Fes­ti­val — (Gainesville)
Ocala Bike Fest — (Ocala)
Brooksville Blue­ber­ry Fes­ti­val (Brooksville)
Lees­burg Bike Fes­ti­val (Lees­burg)
Pio­neer Days (High Springs) (4th Week­end in April)

MAY

Gainesville Free Jazz Fest (New­ber­ry — Tio­ga Town Center)

Annu­al Gar­den Show and Spring Fes­ti­val (Willis­ton) Cedar Lakes Woods and Gardens

Noche De Gala -

Shim­my Mob — World Bel­ly Danc­ing Day  (2nd Sat­ur­day in May)  (Thorne­brook Village)

St Augus­tine Jazz and Blues Festival -

NCFBS Women In Blues Showcase

Wind­sor Zuc­chi­ni Fes­ti­val (Wind­sor)

76th Annu­al  New­ber­ry Water­mel­on Festival

Flori­da Folk Fes­ti­val (Stephen Fos­ter, White Springs) Memo­r­i­al Day Weekend

JUNE

Chiefland Water­mel­on Fes­ti­val, Chiefland (1st Sat­ur­day in June)

JULY

Fan­fares and Fire­works,  Flavet Field Gainesville, July 3rd 7 PM

City of Alachua Fire­works, Lega­cy Park, July 4th , 6–10 PM

Micanopy Annu­al July 4th Parade and Fireworks