North Central Florida Events & Things to Do

The Synapse Summit is a live, 2-day celebration of innovation, where visionaries, doers, and success-makers connect with the latest transformational innovations across all industries.

Join us for New Year's Eve 2020, Tampa's most exclusive New Year's Eve party at The Gathering in Armature Works.

The ultimate New Year’s Eve party in Tampa Bay is at Club Prana featuring 5 parties in one with a variety of music on every level, champagne toasts at midnight and the fireworks view from the rooftop sky bar.

There are no sad songs, no Depends® jokes and no f-bombs in Assisted Living: The Home For The Holidays ®. Everyone there is having way too much fun for that!

FREE admission and FREE & plentiful parking! Why pay for comedy when you can enjoy it for FREE! Full bar open all evening and the Plaza Cafe' will be serving up the BEST burgers ever starting at 6:30 PM.

Silent auction featuring artwork from the MCCA Art Program at West Port High School.

Friday, December 13th 6 PM to 9 PM, $10 at the door, under 12 free $7 in advance – Order on-line at www.hailehomestead.org – click on the Donate button or purchase from any docent.

Mix and mingle, join us for cocktails and nibbles. Gather around the fire, and celebrate the season with friends, music and good cheer.

The Professional Firefighters of Lake County invite you to a night of honor, tradition and respect.

The Ocala Downtown Market (ODM) is the place where a diverse array of farmers, artisans, craftspeople, and food trucks come together to sell their products to customers from Ocala, Marion County, and beyond.

get your holiday shopping done in the very best way - by shopping LOCAL! we'll have lots of great vendors set up in our outdoor market area, and tons of fun inventory inside the shop

Visit gainesvilleharley.com for details....

Give a rescue a home before the holidays! In collaboration with local rescue shelter, Plenty of Pit-bulls, we are hosting an event to get an adoptable dog (or two or three) a home before the holidays!

You're in luck! This year we are bringing not one, but THREE holiday nights to Tioga Town Center! Check out the line up:

Join the Gainesville Alphas for the biggest celebration of 2019, the unforgettable Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Black & Gold Masquerade Ball! Experience a decadent evening with the Gainesville Alphas that includes dinner, dancing, entertainment and special surpri

Join us in the Great Hall for an amazing evening of "all things Harry Potter" as the Queens of Broadway dazzle you with their parody of Harry Potter.

Through a Christmas Darkly” – from the Austrian tales of the mythical Krampus to the haunting (and sometimes humorous) Ghost stories of the Victorian era and beyond.

Journeyman is the ONLY nationally touring tribute to the one and only ERIC CLAPTON!

You don't want to be a cotton-headed ninny-muggins and miss this free showing of Elf on the big screen!

Christmas Symphony Singers

An evening of shopping and fun. Travel from shop to shop and enjoy a beautiful evening of specials, snacks and prizes. The Shops on the Hill will be open and full of Christmas Spirit.

Things are going to get UGLY! Join us for our 3rd Annual Ugly Sweater Day Contest Thursday Dec 19th. Winners will be announced at 8PM (Must be present to win).

The third year of Phantasmagoria’s acclaimed adaptation of Dickens immortal classic - Phantasmagoria’s “A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas”

Become entranced by the beauty of the Sugar Plum Fairy and her dazzling Court, enchanted by the swirling snowflakes and breathtaking snow, and cheer for the tiny toy soldiers and their leader, the handsome Nutcracker Prince.

Come join us this December for our "Cookies for Santa" event where each toddler will have the chance to make their very own cookies for Santa Claus.

Our choir will be bringing the Sounds of Christmas to The Oaks Mall on Saturday, December 20th starting at 6PM.

Celebrate the 2019 Holiday Season as the Victorian Troupe, Phantasmagoria, returns to the stage with its own uniquely dark adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale “A Christmas Carol, A Ghost Story of Christmas”.

FLORIDA CRACKER CHRISTMAS: The Bellamy Brothers w/special guest Lance Carpenter

What's on your Christmas list? Wizard crackers, an invisibility cloak or a handmade Molly Weasley sweater...

Tickets on sale for general public Friday, Aug. 30 at 10AM. Tickets on sale for members Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 6AM.

Signature Saturday’s & The Browns have came together to give you one of the Biggest Christmas parties Gainesville has ever Seen!!

The Tipsy Elf Bar Crawl is back for the 5th year!  

We welcome you to attend our Christmas Day Service on Wednesday, December 25th from 6PM to 7PM.

Classic Albums Live performs The Beatles Album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" note for note, cut for cut. Featuring hit songs "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds," "With a Little Help from my Friends," and "Good Morning Good Morning."

With all the classic young Elton antics, audiences are in for a night of nostalgia, singing, laughing & participation.

We will be hosting a Christmas Light tours around the Gainesville community that highlight the best light displays in town!

The ultimate New Year’s Eve party in Tampa Bay is at Club Prana featuring 5 parties in one with a variety of music on every level, champagne toasts at midnight and the fireworks view from the rooftop sky bar.

Get ready to Rock & Ring in the New Year with Heavy Petty!

Join us for New Year's Eve 2020, Tampa's most exclusive New Year's Eve party at The Gathering in Armature Works.

PIG ROAST

Welcome to Bayfront Baby Place Spring Hill! Our teams of physicians, midwives, specialty nurses, along with many other professional staff members, strive to make your birth experience a happy and safe one.

Finalists from our 29th annual Young Artist Competition will compete with their accompanists in front of our live audience.

Hank Whittier, Veternas Helping Veterans USA, Inc. and Jinky Diaz, Caliber Home Loans, Inc.invite you to the 6th Annual Magical NEW YEAR CASINO ROYALEwith nothing but open hearts, a magical evening, and blessings to share.

Grammy-nominated acoustic guitarist will be returning to the Reilly for an evening of great music! Known for his fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies;

Join Raymond Chobaz and the OSO as we study and perform three incredible works created while walking the tight rope of this harrowing period in history.

Assia – Live in Concert A Music Extravaganza As Seen on Public Television Take a journey across a world of genres with Assia Ahhatt and find yourself captivated by her magical prowess

The '80s are invading Thanksgiving

The Florida Trail Association (FTA) is proud to present: the 3rd Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival (WSFF).

They capture the energy, guitar technique and vocal harmonies of the Eagles to an art; five voices blending together that will please even the most critical of Eagles fans.

The band is best known for their successful multi-million selling record and dance phenomenon, Peppermint Twist. With Joey Dee at the helm,

A singer, composer and actor, Lyle Lovett has broadened the definition of American music in a career that spans 14 albums.

Majesty of Rock faithfully re-creates the exact sounds and nuances of the super group, Journey. They pay special homage to Journey’s best years (1977-1998) when Steve Perry fronted the band.

The Highland Craft Brew Festival hosted by the Rotary Club of Inverness is "must do" event for anyone who loves beer and having fun.  Our craft beer event will feature home brewers as well as craft breweries from the region and around the state.