Category Archives: Local Parks & Recreation

Cedar Key’s 48th Annual Old Florida Celebration of the Arts 2012

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Cedar Key’s 48th Annual Fine Arts Festival is next weekend on April 28th and 29th, 2012, from 10 am to 5 pm is hosted by the Cedar Key Arts Center and sponsored by the Tourism & Development Council.  Mark your calendars & make plans to head west this weekend!  It’s my job to keep you…

2012 Spring Garden Festival at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens

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Mark your calendars!  Here’s a Gainesville event you won’t want to miss.  It’s the Spring fling to do in Gainesville!  Kanapaha Botanical Gardens  located in southwest Gainesville, presents The 2012 Spring  Garden Festival.  This is Gainesville’s premier horticultural event every year.  The Spring Garden Festival features about 200 booths offering plants, landscape displays, garden accessories, arts…

It’s March in Gainesville! That Means Gatornationals!

Auto Plus Raceway at Gainesville

If you are a fan of NHRA and Gatornationals you know this Gainesville Event is right around the corner!  Every year Gainesville is home to the Tire Kingdom Gatornationals. Our Gainesville Raceway held the first NHRA Gatornationals in 1970 and is considered to be one of the fastest tracks on the NHRA circuit.  There is…

Gainesville’s 26th Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire

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It’s that time again for Gainesville’s annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire! Historic Days and Medieval Knights Experience a world of medieval magic, where jousting knights, dancing gypsies and historic heroes mingle with visitors at the 26thAnnual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. During the last weekend in January and the first weekend in February, on Jan. 28 and 29…

Boo at the Zoo! Family Fun on Halloween

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The Teaching Zoo at Santa Fe College provides Gainesville FL with a wonderful family tradition….Boo at the Zoo on Halloween.  This will be the 17th Annual Boo at the Zoo! On Halloween day, October 31st, you can come to the Teaching Zoo starting at 3:00pm to 7:30.   Bring your little ones in their costumes…