2012 Fall Festival Calendar for Gainesville
My blog post last year about the Gainesville area festival calendar was such a big hit – we had to get this year’s calendar up for you to use and make plans for our 2012 Festival Season.
So mark your calendars with all of these great events & THINGS TO DO in and around beautiful GAINESVILLE, FL.
It’s Fall Festival Time 2012! And I’ve done some research to gather all the WHEN, WHERE, and WHAT on most of them and put them all into a great list for easy reference! So, Let’s get some “fall weather” and plan to attend all these great events in Gainesville, Alachua, High Springs, Williston, Micanopy, McIntosh and more.
September 29-30, 2012 – THORNEBROOK ART FESTIVAL
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The Art Festival at Thornebrook is a two day festival of juried fine arts and fine crafts under the covered walkways and on the grassy areas and plaza of Thornebrook Village on NW 43rd St. Fine Arts, crafts, Food, Music, Entertainment.
Location: Thornebrook Village -Gainesville FL 10am to 5pm Info: www.thornebrookart.org
October 1, 2012 – 24th Annual Central Florida Harvest & Peanut Festival
The Central Florida Peanut Festival takes place the first Saturday of October each year in Williston’s Linear Park. Location: 9am to 4pm Linear Park, Williston, FL Info: www.willistonfl.com Food, Crafts, Entertainment and Event Web Site.
October 13 & 14- THE 31st ANNUAL DOWNTOWN ARTS SHOW & FESTIVAL – GAINESVILLE
Location: Downtown Gainesville 10am to 5pm Info: www.gvlculturalaffairs.org
The nationally recognized Downtown Festival & Art Show transforms downtown Gainesville into a venue for award-winning artists and draws a crowd of more than 100,000. Art, Jewelry, Ceramics, Photography, from over 250 Artists. Live Music, Entertainment, Food & More!
October 20 & 21, 2012 THE 38th ANNUAL MICANOPY FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL
This quiet little town bustles with activity as the vendors pour into town and fill Cholokka Boulevard. Many local artists, crafters, and musicians participate in the festival, as well as other artists from across the southeast. Location: Downtown Micanopy 9am to 5pm Info: www.micanopyfallfestival.org
Local Artists, Crafts, Food, Live Music, Entertainment
October 27, 2012 – McINTOSH 1890′s FESTIVAL
The first festival was held on Oct. 19, 1974 as a fund raiser and originally called the McIntosh Gay Nineties Festival. It had an attendance of approximately 4,000 people. It has since grown and the Festival now hosts over 250 vendors and an estimated 35,000 visitors Location: City of McIntosh, FL 8am to 5pm Rain or Shine!! Info: www.friendsofmcintosh.org
November 11th, 2012 – The 10th ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL – Downtown Alachua
All along Main Street in Downtown City of Alachua, Exit 399 off I-75 (13 Miles North of Gainesville). SUNDAY 11AM — 5 PM: Twice a year since 2003, residents, visitors, and 200 vendors come together for a leisurely afternoon of music on two stages, lots of fun food, and many free child-friendly activities.
Location: Main Street City of Alachua 11am to 5pm. Arts, Crafts, Music, Food, Shopping More info: www.alachuabusiness.com/festivals
November 17 & 18th, 2012 – The 31st Annual Yankeetown Arts, Crafts & Seafood Festival
Held on the tree-lined boulevard of Riverside Drive in Yankeetown an old Florida coastal village on Floridas Nature Coast. Free admission and family fun. More info at Yankeetown Seafood Festival web site.
November 17 & 18th, 2012 – St. Johns Blues Festival in Palatka
The “2012 St. Johns River Blues Festival”, sponsored by The St Johns River Blues Festival, Inc., a Not For Profit organization with the goal to provide scholarship funds for fine arts students of Putnam county, 714 St Johns Ave, Palatka, Florida, is seeking Competition Blues Bands for a two day festival and competition.
If you are looking for a Festival, and it’s not on my list. Please check this Craft Events & Festivals source at MY FAIRS & FESTIVALS. You can search by city, zip code, and event name.
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