Gainesville Cars & Coffee at Tioga

Tioga Town Center 13085 SW 1st Lane, Newberry, FL, United States

Cars & Coffee at Tioga, local automotive enthusiasts can get together and enjoy a cup of coffee while looking at everyone’s vehicles! All cars are welcome, regardless of whether they are imports, exotics or classics. This event happens the first Saturday of every month. 

UF Bike Rodeo Safety and Health Fair

UF Health Professional Park 3300 SW Williston Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

At the 2024 UF Bike Rodeo Safety and Health Fair, UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital, UFPD and other community partners will teach you how to help your child stay safe and healthy this summer. Kids can do a bicycle obstacle course, interactive games and other activities!

Party for the Planet

Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo 3000 NW 83 St., Gainesville, FL, United States

At Party for the Planet, you can explore the zoo and participate in fun activities such as games, crafts, training demonstrations, keeper talks, animal encounters, and more! There will be food trucks. Tickets purchased on the day of the event.

Event Series Living History Days

Living History Days

Morningside Nature Center 3450 E University Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States

At Living History Days, travel back in time to feel what it was like to live on a farm in the 1870s. Experience a rooster waking you up instead of an iPhone alarm and enjoy nature alongside a few farm animals.

UF Vet Med Open House

UF College of Veterinary Medicine 2015 SW 16th Ave, Gainesville, FL, United States

At the UF Vet Med Open House, people of all ages can have fun while learning about the UF Vet School. There will be hospital tours and demonstrations, law enforcement equine and K9 units, games and prizes for kids, a teddy bear clinic and food trucks! Learn more here.

Cade Museum Maker Workshop Series

Cade Museum 904 S Main St, Gainesville, FL, United States

Visit the Cade Museum every Saturday for its Maker Workshop Series! This is an innovative program for kids ages 9 and up to participate in hands-on "maker sessions" to build and create using different materials, electronics and coding platforms. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.

$5

Old Florida Celebration of the Arts in Cedar Key, FL

Historic 2nd Street 457 2nd Street, Cedar Key, FL, United States

The Annual Spring Arts Festival in Cedar Key April 6 & 7, 2024 is a juried Fine Arts event which has been named one of the Top Small Town Art Fairs in America. The venue welcomes only 100 fine artists and craftsmen to keep the focus on art and allow for plenty of room for

Free

35th Annual Fantasy Event: Masquerade Ball

Reitz Union 686 Museum Rd, Gainesville, FL, United States

At this 35th Annual Fantasy Event: Masquerade Ball, dress up for a night full of cocktails, music, dance and a silent auction! Come have fun and make a change in children’s lives and a difference in childhood cancer research!