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What arts and theatre events are happening in Gainesville, FL? 375 arts and theatre events across Alachua County, Oct 18 to Jul 15, each with its venue and start time.

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Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention94
Artisans’ Guild Gallery37
Hippodrome Theatre25
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre23
Downtown High Springs23

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Arts and theatre in Gainesville, FL

What arts and theatre events are happening in Gainesville, FL? 375 arts and theatre events across Alachua County, Oct 18 to Jul 15, each with its venue and start time.

Venues with upcoming arts and theatre events

Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention94
Artisans’ Guild Gallery37
Hippodrome Theatre25
Acrosstown Repertory Theatre23
Downtown High Springs23

United Church of Gainesville16

Dirty Bird Art Co15

Hippodrome Cinema14

Phillips Center for the Performing Arts14

High Springs Historical Society Museum12

Star Center Theatre12

Art Collective, A Curated Project of Art by Lale6

Harn Museum of Art6

The Wooly6

430-B North Main Street5

Friends of the Library5

Ripple Theatricals5

Matheson History Museum4

Santa Fe College4

Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts3

Gainesville Fine Arts Association Gallery3

Headquarters Library3

Heartwood Soundstage3

Multiple Locations3

Tioga Town Center3

Bo Diddley Plaza2

First Magnitude Brewing Company2

Nadine McGuire Theatre and Dance Pavilion2

Signal2

Squitieri Studio Theatre2

UF School of Music2

Unique Notions2

A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center1

Alachua County Sports and Event Center1

Curtis M Phillips Center for Performing Arts1

Downtown Gainesville1

Fair Oaks1

Fine Arts Building B (FAB)1

Florida Museum of Natural History1

Gainesville Community Playhouse1

Lake Alice1

Mcguire Pavilion Black Box Theatre1

Millhopper Branch Library1

St Bartholomew’s Church Hall1

Uniqe Notions1

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Timucua Spiritual Practices in Colonial Florida

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