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The theme of this year’s 5th Avenue Arts Festival will be “Continued Community Growth.” The festival will be held Saturday-Sunday in Gainesville.

The wine bar next to Daft Cow Brewery was honored by Wine Spectator magazine in August and features 140 wines from around the world.

Whats Happening: Your 10-day forecast for May 19-28, 2023, includes Sunday Assembly, "Clue," "Lets Go to the Movies" and more.

First Night at Hogtown Opry kicks off at 7 p.m. May 20 at the historic University Auditorium on the University of Florida campus.

Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, some of Dylans biggest hits include "Blowin in The Wind"and "Mr. Tambourine Man."

Whats Happening: Your 10-day forecast for May 12-21, 2023, includes "Lets Go to The Movies," First Night of The Hogtown Opry and more.

A central figure in Gainesville’s music scene for more than 40 years, Bob McPeek worked with Sister Hazel, Bo Diddley, Less than Jake and others.

Readers comment on Gainesville development, the State of the Union address and more

NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals OPINION Todays letters: Readers comment on Charlie Crist switching parties, city trash policies and cigarette butts on roadways The Gainesville Sun Good reasons to leave GOP  I was enjoying Bill Cotterrell’s take on Charlie Crist being a likely opponent for Ron DeSantis, until he got to the “flip flop” phrase regarding Crist’s change in political parties.  As a former Republican, Crist had many good reasons fo...

Gainesville artists gaze toward the Other Side Bill Dean It’s been a year now since the COVID-19 shutdown began an extremely bleak period for Gainesville musicians, who along with the rest of the country suddenly found themselves facing new realities unique to their own livelihoods and prospects, or lack thereof. Despite the mass cancellations of gigs and a general unplugging of all live performances at the time, some musicians explored other ways of coping, including playing livestream sho...