Previous events

DJ Robzilla's End Of Summer Hip Hop Bash at SwampCity Gallery Lounge featuring live performances, beatboxing, turntablism, dancing, drinking, laughing, fun, dopeness & so, so, so much more!!

The featured artist for the night is Florida-based MC Jon Ditty who is stopping in Gainesville as part of his Better Late Than Never Tour!!

Also performing:

Marley The Messenger & Dorion James (Hip Hop/R&B)

www.marleyanddorion.com

Rayvon PurpleKloud Rollins (Hip Hop/Experimentall

www.facebook.com/PyroFuzzpro/videos/547288785412000

Music & Turntablism by: DJ Robzilla

www.djrobzilla.net

*** MORE INFO COMING SOON!

Marley The Messenger & Dorion James Live at Gator Stompin' 2019. More info & performance times coming soon!

"Ranked #1 out of the Top 10 things to do while at the University of Florida"

The Gator Stompin'® pub crawl and music festival has been a rite of passage in Gainesville for over 30 years. At the end of every Spring semester, thousands of people come together to celebrate being part of the Gator Nation. The Official Gator Stompin' T-Shirt grants you access to some of Gainesville's best nightclubs, bars and restaurants where you can enjoy amazing drinks, delicious food and live music! Don’t miss what the Independent Florida Alligator ranked as the #1 thing to do before leaving Gainesville. GO GATORS!

18+ to attend*, 21+ to drink.

Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/2046460892078289

Marley The Messenger & Dorion James live with DJ Mellow Blendz.

Show is 5-7pm! Event is Free and open to the public!!

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/794745410881877/

Read/Learn More about the event at: www.gnvurbanart.com/art-at-springhill-suites/?fbclid=IwAR1MvVnMEXUlcg0K9TmuTeg-mYj2_FeNaS4MaYmrFJjJvkbR2bmxKEI3lE4

Marley The Messenger, Dorion James & DJ Mellow Blendz Live in Jax, FL

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1276 Adams St. W, Jacksonville

Join us on Thursday, April 18th, 5-7pm as we celebrate the completion of more beautiful artwork/murals in Jacksonville, FL.

Come enjoy art and live music at this unique community gathering!

Performing Live: Marley The Messenger & Dorion James (www.marleyanddorion.com) w/DJ Mellow Blendz.

Presented by: GNV URBAN ART (www.gnvurbanart.com)

This is a FREE EVENT, family friendly and open to the public!!

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/630430054065981

Courageous Young Voices

The Historic Thomas Center, 302 NE 6th Ave, Gainesville

ARTSPEAKS Presents: "Courageous Young Voices." Celebrating 5 years of showcasing local area High School students through the art of poetry and spoken word.

Performing Live: Marley The Messenger, Dorion James & DJ Robzilla.

Time: 4pm-7pm

Cost: FREE!

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/342806696539911

ARTSPEAKS is Co-Sponsored by The City of Gainesville Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs.

Description:

A Monumental Celebration of the Creativity In Music & Art Over 140 Acts Performing on 17 Stages throughout Main St from A-1-A to Peninsula Dr. Participating Venues Include: The Bank & Blues Club, Full Moon Saloon, Dirty Harry's, Froggy's Saloon, Main Street Station, Boot Hill Saloon, Crusin Cafe Johnny's Rock In Ride, SunSetters, Neptunes, and others.

*More info TBA

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/298457410787693

Event Website: www.ssa.cc/mainstreetlive.html

3rd Annual Feathr & Friends Wintr Ball

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The Warehouse Restaurant and Lounge, 502 S Main St, Gainesville

Feathr's annual event to welcome all members of Gainesville to enjoy music, dancing, and socializing with members of the startup/tech community in Gainesville! It's also the perfect excuse to throw on a tie, gown, and beads.

Oh, did we say beads? That's right, because this year's theme is... drum roll, please... Masquerade Mardi Gras! So come "party gras" with Feathr at The Warehouse on January 25th, and don't forget your mask and beads!

Feathr will donate a portion of the Wintr Ball proceeds to Never-Say Never-Foundation, which was started in 2009 by "Big Nick" Stilwell & Regas Woods to help assist disabled youth with limb-loss or limb-difference. Check out their Facebook page for more info!

Musical guests include The Savants of Soul, DJ Robzilla, Dorion James, and Marley The Messenger!

Gainesville & Orlando, Florida join forces for this Florida-artists only Hip Hop show featuring the following acts:

Marley The Messenger feat. Dorion James & DJ Robzilla (Gainesville); Everybody Gaines (Gainesville); Drex Carter (Orlando); and GabrielKnowsEverything (Orlando).

*More info TBA

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/548247635648881

Performing Live: Marley The Messenger, Dorion James & DJ Robzilla

Performance Time: 11pm

Event Description:

The 18th Annual DeLand Original Music Festival will take place on Saturday Nov 3rd from 1pm-1am. This monumental event will feature original music from over 150 local and regional acts on 26 stages held throughout the Historic Downtown DeLand District. Downtown DeLand provides a perfect backdrop to showcase these acts at one of the nations top award winning historic downtown districts. The event is the largest one-day independent music festival in the southeast. The event will also host the 2018 SSA Music Awards which will consists of honoring the SSA's Songwriter of the Year, Band of the Year, Song of the Year, Instrumentalist of the Year and Most Unique Style of the Year

The festival features a wide array of musical styles from mostly local and regional acts for all ages to enjoy consisting of Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country, Bluegrass, Hip Hop, Electronica, Industrial, Folk, Christian Rock, Metal, Reggae and more. Other activity's include an Art Show consisting of over 30 area artists as well as a wide variety of various vendors. There will also be a community drum circle in which the public is welcomed to participate at and a family friendly kid zone located in front of the Historic Court House on W Indiana Ave. .

Discounted Advanced Tickets can be purchased online at www.ssa.cc or at Steve's Downtown Music in DeLand and Atlantic Sounds in Daytona Beach. Discounted Tickets are $10 Advance or $15 at the Gate. (Children ages 12 & under FREE) The Event is held RAIN OR SHINE. The event is presented by the Songwriters Showcases of America who also produces Daytona's MainStreet Live in February as well as Delandapalooza in April. The event is sponsored by Backstage Pass Magazine, Yuengling, 95.7 WHOG and Deland Beacon Newspaper. For more information on the event go to: www.ssa.cc

Insane51 Mural Completion Celebration

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Florida Theater, 233 W University Ave, Gainesville

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/1862878477160887

Event Description: Another world-class mural is being installed in downtown Gainesville. GNV Urban Art LLC Iryna Kanishcheva has made arrangements for a new interactive mural by artist, Insane 51, at the Florida Theater Gainesville located at 233 West University Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601. The mural will have a double exposure 3D effect that reveals different artworks when viewed through the red/blue lenses of 3D glasses. An official celebration of the completed project will be on Sunday, October 21 at 5 pm. The first 35 visitors of the event will receive FREE 3D glasses signed by the artist.

Performing Live: Marley The Messenger and Dorion James with DJ Robzilla *Gainesville, Florida-based Hip Hop/R&B Duo featuring turntablism

About The Artist: Insane 51, 26, is from Athens, Greece. He has garnered worldwide recognition for his ‘double exposure 3D style’ murals. His specialty is realism and photorealistic portraits combined with 3D and illusion effects. Since 2007, Insane51 has been traveling the globe, painting walls at various street art festivals and exhibitions. His work can be viewed on his Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/insane51/

About The Organizer: Iryna Kanishcheva curates murals independently under GNV Urban Art LLC. She was the founder and former curator of 352walls/ The Gainesville Urban Art Initiative, the first urban art program in North Central Florida. The inspiration, passion, international networking and years of experience led her to establish innovative projects in Florida and her home country, Ukraine. The Gainesville based GNV URBAN ART LLC works to build creative and cultural communities throughout Florida and all around the world, inspire vibrancy in neighborhoods, and to celebrate positive social change through contemporary art.

About the sponsor The mural is sponsored by Bill Bryson, the new owner of The Florida Theater, who’s committed to bringing new art and cultural experiences to Gainesville through his various endeavors.

For more information, contact: Iryna Kanishcheva ‭(352) 328-0960‬ kanishcheva.iryna@gmail.com‬‬ Bill Bryson 352-219-0145 bryson66@gmail.com

Gainesville Food Fest 2018

Celebration Pointe, Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/718591171816806

Short Description: Food festival featuring over 40 restaurants & other local businesses. *Marley The Messenger will be set up with a booth at the event, answering questions, selling merchandise & engaging with the community. Stop by!

Full Description:

Come enjoy great food from over 40 of Gainesville's best restaurants all in one location. The 3rd Annual Gift Certificates and More Gainesville Food Fest will take place on Thursday, October 18th from 5pm - 9pm, presented by Our Town Magazine.

This year we have teamed up with Celebration Pointe and are looking to host our biggest and best food festival yet. We are closing Celebration Point Avenue in front of the Nike store and the Tommy Hilfiger store.

  • Admission to the 2018 Food Festival is free.
  • To ensure our Festival is accessible to all audiences, meal tickets will be sold a la carte for only $2 each. *Each ticket can be redeemed for one meal.

Here are some of the participating restaurants:

Texas Roadhouse | Moe’s | 4 Rivers |Longhorn | Olive Garden |Maple Street Biscuit | Piesanos | Gator’s Dockside | Buffalo Wild Wings |Chili’s | Red Rice Kitchen | OGGI | Dunking Donuts | Tropical Sno | Wahoo Seafood | Taziki’s | 17. 1000 Degrees | Neapolitan Pizza | Big Mill’s | Cold Stone | Beef ‘O’ Brady’s | Pomodoro 22 | Adam’s Rib Co. | Chophouse | Vale 25 | Bagel Bakery 26 | Cilantro Tacos |I love NY Pizza |Burrito Famous | Relish | Bolay | Culver's | Chick-Fil-A | World of Beer | MidiCi Neapolitan Pizza | Krispy Kreme | WZ Eats | Bonefish Grill | Coke | Mi Apa | Gator BTW | Cicis Pizza| Wing House | And more!!

Come out for a night of great food, music and fun!

Natural Mystic // Live Hip Hop // Roots Reggae

Visionary Crossfit, 716 N Main St, Gainesville

Facebook Event Page: www.facebook.com/events/174999416700782

Set Time: 10:30pm-11:30pm (Marley The Messenger & DJ Robzilla Feat. Dorion James)

Full Details:

Visionary FAM Presents An All Ages, Family Friendly Event Featuring Visionary Art, Sculptures And Installations, Fire Performances, Live Artists, Live Music & More!

Natural Mystic // Landscape Exhibit // Live Music Showcase.

(hosted by) Marley The Messenger

(featuring sounds by) 08:00PM > The Easy Crew (roots reggae takeover!!) 10:30PM > Marley The Messenger w/ DJ Robzilla (live hiphop & turntablism!!!) and featuring Dorion James (r&b!!) 11:30PM > LZRKMMNDR (a serious ting!!) 12:30AM > DJ Robzilla (latenight dj set!!)

(visionary gallery featuring works by) Tim Malles Carrie Martinez Samantha Simons Tracy Kunce-McDurmon Judi Cain Breanna Rodriguez Turbado Marabou Melissa West Amanda Higley

(3D blacklight gallery featuring works by) Melissa West Molly Kernan Ras Justo Luis Jah Seck 37 Keith Ryan Peterson

(live art by) Carrie Martinez Sarah Whitmire Melissa West

(catering by) Soul Spice LLC // Luis C Agosto

(star gazing / telescope in the courtyard with) Tim Malles

(visual projections by) Snacktime Laboratories

Sat Sep 8, 2018 from 9pm to 2am at Visionary CrossFit, 716 N Main St, Gainesville, FL

$8 admission after 9pm.

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1976087942401259

Set Time: 8:25-8:50pm (Marley The Messenger & DJ Robzilla)

Full Description:

Flow Space is turning 2!! We wouldn't be what we are without YOU, Gainesville fam. So, in celebration, we've planned a free, jam-packed day of fun for our flavorite community. Come and go as you please to feast your senses on the plethora of movement art classes and performances, live music, food, drank, and art installations! All ages are encouraged to join this all-day-and-night extravaganza. We invite you to bring YOUR unique offerings, gifts, and oddities to enhance the experience. Local craft beer available with novelty Flow Space cups on site.

MOVEMENT:

2:30-4pm Kickoff Yoga & Sound Healing with Instructor Maggie Rose, Handpan with Corwin Klein, Cello with John David Eriksen, and Singing Bowls with Ambrosia De La Esperilla! 4:30-5pm ~ Intro to Acro Yoga 4:30-5:30pm ~ Acro JAM!

PETTING ZOO: During the day with Whiteacre's Dairy Goats!

MUSIC LINEUP:

~INDOOR STAGE~ MC: Nomes (Naomi Langley) 5:45-6:45pm ` The Mother Ruckers (Maggie Rucker, Janet Rucker, & Ben Grier) 7:00-8:00pm - Flint Blade 8:30-9:30pm - Captive Eddies 10-11pm - Locochino

~ OUTDOOR STAGE ~ Tyler Hale's VARIETY SHOW: 4:15-4:40pm - MC Tyler's Opening Skit 4:40-5:05pm - Sweet Irene Baritone Ukelele 5:10-5:25pm - Naomi Langley Interactive Freestyle 5:30-5:55pm - Tristan James Harvey HipHop 5:55-6:10pm - MC Tyler's Skit 6:10-6:35pm - Caitlyn Vinci Ukelele/Banjo 6:40-6:50pm - Eric Lowridah Baez Juggling 6:55-7:15pm - Corwin Klein Handpan 7:20-7:35pm - Caty Macfarlane Belly Dance 7:35-7:50pm - MC Tyler's Skit 7:50-8:05pm - Mahadev Robert Sean Ferry Guitar 8:10-8:20pm - Aye Jay Staff 8:25-8:50pm - Marley The Messenger & DJ Robzilla 8:55-9:10pm - Sebby YoYo & Comedy 9:10-9:25pm - MC Tyler's Skit 9:25-9:50pm - William Robert Bethea & Ricky Cagno of Whale Feral 10pm - Fire Spinning Circle opens

SILENT DISCO: Late night~Get ready! Losa Fólk Holden Howard Nick Natural More TBA

VENDORS: Soul Spice LLC (Tacos) Bobby Foxx (Jewelry/Art) Future Music Makers Wellspring Kombucha First Magnitude Brewing Company Kristen Crisp (Cacao) Wanna vend? Hit us up!

PRODUCTION: AY Production Jeremy French Lucid Nightlife

ART/INSTALLATIONS: The Zensory Experience Nimbus Labs Eclectic Electric Deep Sea Creature Orphic Visionary CrossFit / Jah Seck Carrie Martinez Ambrosia De La Esperilla

VOLUNTEERS: Reach out to us if you'd like to help out! We need action-hippies to make things go down smoooooth. Free yoga passes in it for you!

PARKING: Carpool/walk/bike/park down the road. Our parking lot is itty bitty and will be used primarily for artists and staff.

KIDS: All ages welcome!

We have a whole sauce world ready to deliver to you babein' creatures. Come as a participant rather than a spectator and we promise you one simmerin' swizzlin' stir of a good time~ 😜#LetsGetZesty

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