THIS WEEK
Big Sky
Big Sky burst out of Gainesville’s college scene in the early ’90s with a commitment to all-original music, skipping the usual cover band route and diving straight into high-energy live shows. They quickly built a devoted grassroots following alongside jam-band heavyweights like Phish and Dave Matthews Band. Gainesville residents are invited to see a reunion of this Gainesville group 32 years later at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at Heartwood Soundstage, located at 619 S. Main St. Tickets are $19.99 for standing room in advance, $23.59 for standing room the day of the show and $29 for seated tickets the day of the show. For more information, visit heartwoodsoundstage.com.
‘Free Fridays’ Concert
Catch the next performance of the city’s popular “Free Fridays” concert series from 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Bo Diddley Plaza downtown amphitheater, located at 111 E. University Ave. The free concert series highlights a different act each week, with Alex Kaufman Big Band performing this week. Attendees are encouraged to bring their blankets and lawn chairs to Bo Diddley Plaza to enjoy the concert under the stars. For more information, including a list of upcoming performances, visit gainesvillefl.gov/Events-directory/Free-Fridays-Concert-Series. Future performances include Fest 24 Showcase on Sept. 12; Uncle Morty’s Rhythm Cream performing R&B, soul and rock on Sept. 19; and Morningbell performing psychedelic rock and soul on Sept. 26.
Tailwhip Comedy’s Stand Up Showdown
Tailwhip is set to present their second annual competition, where comedians from all over have been hand-selected to compete in a live filming of a comedy competition, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 5. The live audience will vote to keep their favorite comedians in the next round of head-to-head comedy face-offs. The comedians are competing for a cash prize and a filmed Tailwhip Comedy special. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased at multipass.com/susd1. The event will be held at CordaRoy’s Showroom, located at 3417 W. University Ave. A future performance is set for Sept. 12 ($20 per ticket).
Lao Tizer Band
The Lao Tizer Band, a “Jazz Group of the Year” nominee, is set to perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5 at Santa Fe College’s Jackson N. Sasser Fine Arts Hall, located at 3000 NW 83rd St. The band is releasing its new album and video, “AMPLIFY.” The Lao Tizer Band performs a variety of styles with Lao Tizer, a former “Best New Jazz Artist” nominee on piano and keys; Elliott Yamin, an “American Idol” star, on vocals; Danny Janklow on saxophone and flute; Cheik N’Doye, a Senegalese bassist; and Gene Coye, a Grammy Award-winning drummer. The new album includes nine original songs with five vocals and four instrumentals, and it features Yamin for vocals. Tickets are $20 for adults, $12 for seniors and military, $10 for students, and free for Santa Fe students and staff with ID. For more information about tickets, contact the Box Office at 395-4181. To purchase tickets online, visit show.ps/l/54e15832.
‘Clover Road’
Find out what happens when a desperate mother tries to reunite with her runaway daughter in the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre’s newest production, “On Clover Road.” At an abandoned motel on a desolate American road, a mother meets with a cult deprogrammer, believing she will be reunited with her daughter. What happens instead in this smart, harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller is something that will shock her to her core. What will a mother do to get her daughter back? Whatever it takes. Tickets are $25 for adults or $20 with the students, seniors and heroes discount. Shows are set for 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays plus 2 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 5-21. The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is located at 3501 SW Second Ave., Suite O. For more information, visit acrosstown.org.
Gainesville Cars and Coffee
Car lovers of all ages can join Gainesville Cars and Coffee, a family friendly gathering that is open to all automotive enthusiasts. Get together for a cup of coffee and show off each other’s vehicles regardless of if it’s an import, exotic, classic or jalopy, from 9 to 11 a.m. Sept. 6 at Tioga Town Center, located at 13085 SW First Lane in Newberry. The event is free. For more information, visit gainesvillecarsandcoffee.com.
Guided Walks at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
Kanapaha Botanical Gardens offers a guided tour of the gardens on the first Saturday of every month, starting at 10 a.m. This month’s event is scheduled for Sept. 6. Kanapaha Botanical Gardens is located at 4700 SW 58th Drive. Entrance is free for members, $12 for general admission, $7 for ages 5-13 and free for ages 4 and younger when accompanied by a parent. For more information, visit kanapaha.org.
The Savants
The Savants are a southern soul group from Gainesville. They perform original soul music inspired by the Muscle Shoals Sound and the output of Stax Records and Atlantic Records during the 1960s and 1970s, with some heavy dashes of early New Orleans funk. The group settled into its current lineup around after their self-titled album in 2020. See them perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 6 at Heartwood Soundstage, located at 619 S. Main St. Tickets are $16.38 in advance or $19.99 the day of the show. For more information, visit heartwoodsoundstage.com.
Perspectives in the Parks Series
Join the city of Gainesville at Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Center on the first Sunday of each month for Perspectives in the Park, a monthly program featuring experts in their field sharing information on a variety of topics including science, nature, history and art. This month’s event will focus on how restoring historic African American cemeteries in Florida reclaims sacred landscapes that have been neglected or abandoned, returning dignity to those who came before us. This vital work recovers invaluable genealogical records, cultural traditions, and community stories essential to understanding Florida’s complete history. The talk by Nigel Rudolph will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Sept. 7. Hogtown Creek Headwaters Nature Center is located at 1500 NW 45th Ave. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/pitp25a.
Birds and Brews
Birds and Brews are free monthly bird walks led by volunteers from the Alachua Audubon Society to identify birds at Depot Park. Some binoculars and bird guides are provided, but feel free to bring any other equipment you wish. This month’s walk will be held from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Sept. 7 at First Magnitude Brewing Company, located at 1220 SE Veitch St. For more information, visit facebook.com/FirstMagnitudeBrewing/events.
Gainesville Latino Film Festival
The Latina Women’s League has announced the 21st annual Gainesville Latino Film Festival, taking place Sept. 11–28 across multiple venues. This year’s festival celebrates the theme “Enriching Cultures, Empowering Communities” and honors Colombia as part of Hispanic Heritage Month. The festival celebrates the richness of Latin American film, culture and community. For more details and a full program schedule, visit gainesvillelatinofilmfestival.com.
Will Moseley
A proud small town Southern country boy who spends a lot of time outdoors, Will Moseley doesn’t stay on his cell phone a lot — and when the handful of Instagram and TikTok videos he had posted caught the attention of “American Idol” producers looking for talent on social media, the Hazlehurst, Georgia, singer/songwriter’s first response was, “These folks don’t have anything for me, I’m not the right fit.” Agreeing to listen to the encouragement of his ever-supportive buddies who kept telling him to give it a shot, he committed to the audition process, starting with five rounds of Zoom calls, then singing for the judges in person. A few months after Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan exclaimed, “Welcome to Hollywood” and gave him the coveted Golden Ticket at his live audition in Bryan’s hometown of Leesburg, Georgia, Moseley was the last man standing. To his great surprise, his growing legion of fans across the country voted him through round after round, week after week, until his triumphant finish as Season 22 runner-up to Abi Carter. In the months since “American Idol,” Moseley has released multiple singles that have given fans a taste of his versatility and artistic vision, blending nostalgia with a down-to-earth Southern vibe and charm. See him perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at Heartwood Soundstage, located at 619 S. Main St. Tickets are $25.99 for standing or $38 the day of the show. For more information, visit heartwoodsoundstage.com.
ONGOING
Annasemble Community Orchestra
Musicians of all skill levels are invited to join the Annasemble Community Orchestra. There will be no auditions. Adults and students in high school and college may join. Rehearsals began Aug. 24 and run from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Meadowbrook Clubhouse, located at 3111 NW 105th Blvd. For more information, visit annasemble.org or email [email protected].
‘French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850 – 1950’
The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is presenting a major exhibition, “French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950.” The blockbuster exhibition, chosen for display during the Harn’s 35th anniversary, showcases more than 55 paintings, drawings and sculptures from the Brooklyn Museum’s esteemed collection of European art. Ranging widely in scale, subject matter and style, and encompassing the key avant-garde movements that emerged in and around Paris from 1850 to 1950, the works on view were produced by some of the era’s leading artists. The exhibition is on view through Jan. 4, 2026. The works of art in French Moderns span the era between the Revolution of 1848 and the conclusion of World War II — a period marked by significant social, intellectual and political upheaval in France. This era saw the emergence of avant-garde artistic movements, including Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and Surrealism, that left a lasting impact on the Western artistic tradition. These key movements are represented in the exhibition through examples by the era’s leading artists, including Pierre Bonnard, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Gabriele Münter, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin and others. The exhibition is organized into four sections: Landscape, Still Life, Portraits and Figures, and The Nude. Beginning with the landscapes of Corot and the birth of plein-air (outdoor) painting, the exhibition surveys the innovative styles and techniques developed by artists from the Realism of Courbet to the light and atmosphere of Monet and the Impressionists, to the Surrealism of Yves Tanguy. “French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850–1950” is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue including thematic essays and interpretive object entries by the exhibition’s co-curators. For more information, visit harn.ufl.edu/frenchmoderns. Admission is free. The Harn Museum is located at Southwest 34th Street and Hull Road.
Horse Feeding
The Retirement Home for Horses provides lifetime care to elderly horses seized by law enforcement agencies, rescued by the SPCA or humane societies, as well as horses retired from government service such as police patrol or state and federal parks. They allow visitors to tour the property and feed treats — carrots, apple slices and bananas provided by the visitors — from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday. Mill Creek Farm Retirement Home for Horses is located at 20307 NW CR 235A in Alachua. For more information, or to support the nonprofit, visit millcreekfarm.org.
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