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Sarah's Sweetwater Greenway Loop Festival

Festival February, 2023

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    • Day 1- Springhill
    • Day 2- Power District
    • Day 3- Pleasant St. / 5th Ave.
    • Day 4– S.E. Historic District
    • Day 4– Duckpond
    • Day 5- Grove St.
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Festival Day 3

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Day 3. Saturday, February 18, Pleasant St. / 5th Ave.

507 NW 5th Ave

 

  • 2:00 Live Painting with Porter’s Folk Artist Alyne Harris
    • Location: 822 N.W 5th Street – what once was Sarah’s Place! Ms. Sarah McKnight’s restaurant.
  • 2:00-2:05 Welcome Speaker @ SFC Festival Field
    • Community Input Board + Festival Artist Installations from Spatially-Fed, Thriving Cities, and the Community Foundation of North Central Florida
    • Book signings from local authors! Do you know your neighborhood writers?

    • O2B Kids! Bounce House and Face Painting

    • Stephanie’s Quick Bites – pickled eggs, hamburgers, and chips – come and get it!
    • Collaborative exhibition at Old Mount Carmel: “Prayers by Faith Ministries x UF Historic Preservation Program”
      • Explore historic images of the civil rights movement in Gainesville
    • Open House Gallery + tours of SFC Blount Hall’s latest art exhibition on Ms. Alyne Harris
    • Sign up and packet pick up for Sunday’s FREE Fun Run/Walk, which takes you through three of the northern neighborhoods on the Sweetwater Loop Festival Route – including Pleasant Street!
  • 2:05-3:30 Entertainment at the Festival Field Performance Stage
    • Poetry reading by Terri Bailey + BLAAC 2 Basics

    • Star Center Theater

    • R&B with Lanard Perry

  • 3:00 First Neighborhood Tour Begins; 4:00 Second Neighborhood Tour Begins
    • William’s Temple
    • Heritage Trail (click here for more info)
  • 5:30 MIT Guest Speaker Garnette Cadogan on Urbanism (at Old Mount Carmel)
  • 6:15 “Sarah’s Place” + Neighborhood Talkback (at Old Mount Carmel)
  • 7:30-8 Closing
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