Fan Convention with Guest Speakers, Contests and More at Fandomonium

Alachua County Library District Headquarters 401 E University Ave., Gainesville

Celebrate the comic books, games, shows and movies you love at Fandomonium. Enjoy a fan art show, workshops, trivia and cosplay contests and more. Special guests sessions include Emamanuel Payne "Comics Creation Workshop with a Local Illustrator," Margaret Galvan "A Prideful Print History: LGBTQ+ Cartoonists from 1980s to Now" and...

Gainesville Reads Keynote: Edwidge Danticat

Bo Diddley Plaza 111 E University Ave., Gainesville

Join the culminating event of the 2025 Gainesville Reads festival featuring Edwidge Danticat in conversation with Lauren Groff and Leah Rosenberg. Gainesville Reads features the collection of essays "We're Alone" by Edwidge Danticat with connected workshops, lectures, concerts and additional free programming. Edwidge Danticat is a Haitian-American writer whose work...

Rock with The Hails at Vivid Music Hall

Vivid Music Hall 201 W University Ave., Gainesville

Rock with the unique indie-pop rock sound of The Hails with Edgehill, Oceanic and Jupiter Bloom. GA and balcony seating available. Ages 18 and up. Following a string of encounters too strange to be coincidence, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar and Zach Levy came together to form...