Editing Gainesville, Florida (section)

===Annual cultural events===
* The Spring Arts Festival, hosted each year, usually in early April, by Santa Fe College (formerly Santa Fe Community College), is one of the three largest annual events in Gainesville and known for its high-quality, unique artwork.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://springartsfestival.com/|title=Spring Arts Festival - My WordPress Blog|website=Spring Arts Festival|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211150355/http://springartsfestival.com/|archive-date=December 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The nationally recognized Downtown Festival and Art Show, hosted each fall by the City of Gainesville, attracts award-winning artists and a crowd of more than 100,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/DFAS/downtown_art_fest.html |title=Downtown Festival & Art Show |access-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714051007/http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/DFAS/downtown_art_fest.html |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }} "Downtown Festival & Art Show", Retrieved July 7, 2011</ref>
* The Hoggetowne Medieval Faire has attracted thousands of fairgoers for over 20 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/HMF/medieval_index.html |title=Hoggetowne Medieval Faire |access-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714051056/http://www.gvlculturalaffairs.org/website/programs_events/HMF/medieval_index.html |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }} "Hoggetowne Medieval Faire", Retrieved July 7, 2011</ref>
* [[The Fest]], a multi-day, multiple-venue underground music festival held annually in Gainesville since 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thefestfl.com/history//|title=The Fest 16 » History|last=@thefestfl|website=The Fest 16|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gainesville.com/entertainment/20161026/fifteen-years-of-fest|title=Fifteen years of Fest|work=The Gainesville Sun|author=Levi Bradford|date=October 26, 2016|access-date=May 4, 2017}}</ref>