Florida Theater Gainesville

10/07/2025

https://www.gainesville.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/10/07/gainesville-florida-walk-of-fame-would-honor-musicians-like-tom-petty/86546806007/

Several local music stakeholders are looking to commemorate some of Gainesville's most iconic musicians and songwriters.

09/22/2025

https://www.wuft.org/entertainment/2025-09-20/gainesville-walk-of-fame-to-honor-alachua-county-musicians

Tom Petty, Bo Diddley and Against Me! are among a long list of names Telg and Caplan hope to see honored in the Walk of Fame. Others include Stephen Stills (of Crosby, Stills & Nash), Hot Water Music, Sister Hazel, Linda Lyndell and flipturn.

08/28/2025

Check out this new project organizing a walk of fame to commemorate Gainesville's rich music history downtown

Be a Part of it!

05/04/2025

Who is behind the great rock’n’roll ripoff? How Ticketmaster swallowed the live entertainment scene

From grassroots gigs to stadium shows, there’s no escaping the ticketing giant, making billions from hiking up prices (and whacking on fees)

04/30/2025

https://dischord.com/fugazi_live_series/gainesville-fl-usa-21793

02/07/2025

https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Gainesville-City-Commission-moves-to-place-Florida-Theater-on-the-Local-Register-of-Historic-Places.html?soid=1112062459615&aid=1624AhbmZa0

Email from City of Gainesville The downtown theater originally opened in 1928 as the city's only movie house. View as Webpage     Gainesville City Commission moves to place Florida Theater on the Loca

02/04/2025

https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/local/2025/02/04/owner-of-florida-theater-in-gainesville-hopes-to-reopen-iconic-venue/78182171007/

Owner Bill Bryson believes renovating and reopening the iconic music venue on West University Avenue will bring new life to downtown Gainesville.

12/26/2024

https://www.mainstreetdailynews.com/news/historic-designatin-florida-theater

City Commission to finalize decision.

09/11/2024

On the 96th anniversary of the theater's opening the Gainesville Historic Preservation Board approved the application for local historic designation status. Final step is approval by the city commission. Thanks to Kathleen Kauffman, Mayor Harvey Ward and many others for their ongoing support and efforts.

09/10/2024

The Florida Theatre (Theater) opened September 10, 1928. 96 years ago today. I changed the spelling from Theatre to Theater to avoid confusion with The Florida Theatre in Jacksonville.