Don't Forget This Weekend Is Downtown Festival & Art Show

Festival of hues and blues

Gainesville Sun

Published: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 11:42 a.m.

Last Modified: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 11:42 a.m.

Downtown Festival & Art Show

 

What: 31st annual with 250 artists, live entertainment, food and children's activities
When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Where: Downtown Gainesville along Southeast First Street
Cost: Free
Info: 334-ARTS (2787), www.gvlculturalaffairs.org

Downtown Blues Concert
What: Idaho-native blues singer/harmonica player John Németh, The R. Mutt Blues Band and Terraplane Blues Band appear in concert presented by the North Central Florida Blues Society
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Bo Diddley Community Plaza, 111 E. University Ave.
Cost: Free

Entertainment Schedule:
PLAZA STAGE: MC — Bill Hutchinson
Saturday
10 a.m.: Lost Safari Drummers
11 a.m.: Santa Fe Brass — brass band
12 p.m.: Quartermoon — country and roots
1 p.m.: Blues Lightning — blues
2 p.m.: Cracker the Box with Anthony Kavouklis
3 p.m.: Orquesta SalSumba D'Gville — salsa
4 p.m.: Gainesville Community Jazz Band
Sunday
11 a.m.: Mystic Waters — healing pop
12 p.m.: Find Your Truth — pop rock
1 p.m.: Talking Stick — original pop
2 p.m.: Sun Country Dance Theatre
2:30 p.m.: Next Generation — ballet, jazz
3 p.m.: Danscompany — modern, jazz
3:30 p.m.: Gainesville Ballet Theatre
4 p.m.: Patti Markoch Band — jazz

SOUTH STAGE: MC — Shannon Singley
Saturday
11 a.m.: Bill Hatfield — piano
12 p.m.: Leadon Family Band — Americana
1 p.m.: People's Band — Americana
2 p.m.: Amanda & Scott Anderson — bluegrass
3 p.m.: Foggy Creek Band — bluegrass
4 p.m.: Stava Mala —
eclectic acoustic
Sunday
11 a.m.: Doug Clifford — 12 string and songs
12 p.m.: Shade Tree — acoustic variety
1 p.m.: Middle Ground — eclectic acoustic
4 p.m.: Alan Height —
guitar and harmonica

IMAGINATION STATION: MC — Lynn Polke
Saturday
11 a.m.: Hoop & Health
11:30 a.m.: B-Magic
12 p.m.: Rainbow Tiger
12:30 p.m.: Hoop & Health
1 p.m.: Drenched in Chocolate
1:30 p.m.: B-Magic
2 p.m.: Rainbow Tiger
2:30 p.m.: Hoop & Health
3 p.m.: B-Magic
3:30 p.m.: Rainbow Tiger
Sunday
11 a.m.: Rainbow Tiger
11:30 a.m.: Hoop & Health
12 p.m.: B-Magic
12:30 p.m.: Rainbow Tiger
1 p.m.: B-Magic
1:30 p.m.: Hoop & Health
2 p.m.: B-Magic
2:30 p.m.: Drenched in Chocolate
3 p.m.: Hoop & Health
3:30 p.m.: Rainbow Tiger