Viva Europe

04/01/2024

Viva Europe will have free activities for kids, including making popsicle soldiers, windmills, bookmarks, flags, and more! Kids can collect stickers in their Viva Passport for a prize. Saturday, April 6th, 1-4pm, Bo Diddley Plaza Center for European Studies at the University of Florida

03/25/2024

We're looking forward to the amazing performances at Viva Europe this year! Gainesville Dance Academy Stevens Puppets, and Greek - American Students Association (GASA). Be sure to come by Bo Diddley Plaza on Saturday, 4/6, 1-4pm.

Center for European Studies at the University of Florida

03/19/2024

Excited about the food at Viva Europe this year! Stubbies Pop-up Sausages and Join us on Saturday, 4/6, 1-4pm, Bo Diddley Plaza

Center for European Studies at the University of Florida

04/15/2023

Free Caricatures & kids’ activities plus bags & pins & cookbooks to buy. Also the Kielbasabus with yummy Polish good for sale

04/15/2023

1:00 - Rumpelstiltskin - puppet show
1:30 - Hot Club Devile
1:55 - Ali & Gosia
2:30 - Rumpelstiltskin - puppet show
2:55 - student monologues
3:10 - UF fencing club demonstration
3:30 - Rumpelstiltskin - puppet show
3:50 - Hot Club Devile

04/15/2023

Kicking off Viva Europe! We’re at Bo Diddley Plaza until 4pm. Be sure to stop by for some great music, activities & food!

03/31/2023

03/31/2023

Join the UF Center for European Studies for Viva Europe! This one-day festival will promote awareness of European cultures, including food, music, and kids’ activities – for free. Experience Europe right in Gainesville. Make European crafts. Eat pirogies. See a marionette show.

Saturday, April 15, 2023, 1-4pm. Bo Diddley Plaza, 111 E University Ave, Gainesville.

10/06/2022

Join the Center for European Studies to celebrate European culture with free kids’ activities.

Make Monet water lilies, popsicle soldiers, alpine hats, windmills, and more!

Depot Park pavilions, October 16 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

03/12/2020

We are sad to say that Viva Europe has been postponed. We will reschedule for Fall 2020. More details to come.

03/10/2020

02/05/2020

02/05/2020

03/28/2014

Be sure to check out our ongoing photo exhibit at the Harn Museum of Art with photos by artists Maria Kapajeva and Tomasz Zerek

03/14/2014

Please join us on SUNDAY APRIL 6 for the annual Viva Europe festival at Bo Diddley Plaza. We have a fantastic French Gypsy Jazz Band coming - Impromptu Hot Jazz Ensemble. If you are into music, food, and dancing this is the festival for you!

03/22/2013

We are renting large tents. Everything will be covered in the event of rain so come out to VIVA EUROPE on Saturday

03/22/2013

Come hungry! And ready to dance and sing (if you want). Saturday VIVA EUROPE

03/22/2013

TOMORROW...SATURDAY...VIVA EUROPE. Rain or shine come to Bo Diddley plaza from 11-4 for all fun!

03/21/2013

pretty jewelry from Turkey at VIVA EUROPE this Saturday

03/20/2013

Rain or shine, come out this Saturday to Bo Diddley plaza from 11 to 4.

03/19/2013

new earrings from Turkey--find them at the VIVA EUROPE marketplace this Saturday

03/18/2013

Bring money and an appetite! We'll have French crepes, wood-fired pizza, falafels, and Hawaiian shaved ice!

03/15/2013

Learn some Greek, Turkish, and English country dance steps at VIVA EUROPE on Saturday

03/14/2013

Get ready to sing French, Italian, German, and Spanish folk songs at the top of each hour in front of the stage. We'll give you the lyrics and play the music.

03/13/2013

We are gearing up for viva Europe . Ten days!! Enjoy fun hands-on activities with the Greek, the Dutch, the Albanian, and the French tables. More groups listed tomorrow.

03/13/2013

To introduce VIVA EUROPE next week--THIS Thursday there's a Museum Night devoted to Europe--at the Harn 6-9

03/11/2013

Museum Night on Thursday. Try European-themed activities---music, dance, exhibits, food, lecture, quiz show, poetry. From 6-9 at the Harn. Free!

03/08/2013

Jig Jig the clown will make European balloon shapes for kids!

03/07/2013

Greek American Student Association dance troupe will dance from 3:10 to 3:45 and give lessons!

03/05/2013

The English Country dancers and their band Hoggetowne Fancy will perform at 1:10 and invite folks up on stage for a brief lesson when they are finished dancing!