We hope to see some scary good voter turnout this midterm season, and we hope to see YOU at Vote-O-Ween, our (completely non-partisan 👻) Halloween bash for the polls! Follow vote.o.ween for all info!!

October 24th, 2–7PM at First Magnitude Brewing Co.

We’ll have free rides to early voting running every 20 minutes, plus live music, food trucks, a costume contest & raffle (open to all attendees, cash prizes!), crafts, face painting, local orgs tabling, and more.

So bring a friend, wear your best costume, and come ready to have a great time 🎃Free, family friendly, open to the public. See you there!

Join the Florida Native Plant Society on Sunday, October 18, from 1–5 PM at First Magnitude Brewing Co. for the Florida Forever Festival!

This community event will raise awareness and support for FNPS’s advocacy work to ensure funding for the Florida Forever program in 2027. Enjoy an afternoon of live music, speakers, food trucks, local vendors and makers, environmental organizations, and a native plant sale. Come celebrate native plants, connect with the community, and help support the future of Florida’s natural lands!

Join us for a Brewery Tailgate and watch party as our Gators take on the Texas Longhorns! We'll have food trucks, tailgate games, and delicious beer! FOOD TRUCKS: Stubbies + Taino Roots Come out and watch UF secure a win against Texas Longhorns on the biggest screen in town! Come on Gators, get up and go!

• Build a charcuterie board, enjoy a beverage, and support breast cancer research!
• Lizbeth Califf of L Bee Boards will walk you through how to build a beautiful board from scratch. You'll leave with your own personal charcuterie board and a drink from First Magnitude.
• 100% of proceeds go to the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund in support of Emily Butler, who is running the 2026 NYC Marathon in honor of her Aunt Joy.

DETAILS:

• Sunday, September 27
• 5:00 - 6:00 PM
• First Magnitude Brewing Co., 1220 SE Veitch St, Gainesville, FL
• Ticket includes materials, personal board, and one First Magnitude Beverage
• Get Tickets here!

Join Rebuilding Together North Central Florida as they celebrate 21 years of Repairing Homes, Revitalizing Lives, and Rebuilding Communities! 🏡💚

📍 Live Muisc

🎨 Live Art Walk

🍻 Great people, yummy food & birthday fun!

Come celebrate with the ReBuilding together team, community partners, supporters, and friends as we look back on 21 years of impact and look ahead to what’s next!

Dust off your dirndl, lace up your lederhosen, scrub out your stein; it’s Oktoberfest time! 🍻

Magtoberfest, our Oktoberfest celebration, returns to The Source on Saturday, September 19th, 12–11 PM.

The beer lineup leans full German fest mode: Magtoberfest Märzen, Fest Bear Festbier, Zugspitze Bavarian Cold IPA, This Weizen’s on Fire Smoked Dunkelweizen, Pumpernickel Rye Porter, and Wakulla Hefeweizen. Basically six ways to say PROST!

Live music runs 12–7 PM with traditional Oktoberfest vibes from The Klezmer Katz and Oktober Festers. Food trucks Stubbies, Mayflower, Vegan Gator, and Verde Spice are covering every craving. And once the brass winds down, the big screen takes over for UF vs. Auburn at 7 PM.

Prost, Gainesville. It’s going to be wunderbar. 🤙

Come on out for the 2026 Back to Swamp Bash benefiting the 3rd year of the Old Florida Vibes Scholarship.

Join us for Conservation Conversations, Live Music, Art Market, A Reptile Preservation Institute experience, Old Florida Vibes studio sale, Sausage for Scholars by Register Sausage.

The Old Florida Vibes Back to Swamp Bash 📅 Saturday, August 29th 📍 First Magnitude Brewing Co. @fmbrewing 1220 SE Veitch Street, Gainesville, FL ⏰ 4pm - 10pm

Featured Speakers for the Conservation Conversations: @floridawildwoman @josephrickettsphoto @clean_water_coalition @the_fl_excursionist @floridaspringscouncil @wakullaspringslabfsu @kylekellersongs

Featured Artists: @ariuberti @karen_tharp_ @Lachuaartco @oldcityprintmakers @jennhartzceramics @earthtonix @askewgoods @jessielea_intothewildernessart @floridaspringspassport @wildwithinflowers @theglassonionstudio @secondrodeostitching @katscales86 @ant_verdi @flowerfibersgnv @glass.scythe @artsy.tanyaav @oldfloridavibes

Live Music by:

• The Hulagans
• Uncle Mosie
• Daryl Hance
• The Tom Smith Band

Join Lauren Groff, The Lynx team, and community partners for a night of celebration, anticipation, and community-building as we fundraise for the THIRD annual Gainesville Reads! This event is come-and-go to support as you can, with programming from Lauren Groff scheduled to start at 6 p.m. We will be announcing our Gainesville Reads calendar and partners, as well as our (very!) special keynote speaker, at this event.

For a suggested donation of $10, you'll receive a wristband good for $1 off pours from the bar all evening long. All proceeds go directly to The Lynx Watch, Inc., in support of providing accessible programming during our month of Gainesville Reads.

Live Music from: Thomas Allain

Food Truck: Vegan Gator

Community partners joining us at this event include:

• Working Food/The Giving Garden
• The Center for Humanities in the Public Sphere
• Prairie Creek Conservation Cemetary
• Alachua Conservation Trust
• Florida Springs Council

Gainesville Reads is The Lynx's Bookstore's annual month-long reading festival, centering the community around a selected text and featuring a visit from that book's author at the end of the month. Our festival will be held throughout the month of October this year and we can't wait to share our VERY exciting keynote speaker with you - to be announced at this event!