GCM Food Festival to be held Thursday, April 17, at Celebration Pointe

April 7, 2025

Press release from Celebration Pointe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gift Certificates and More, The Best Restoration, and Comfort Temp have partnered up again to bring you the 10th Annual GCM Food Festival on Thursday, April 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Celebration Pointe. The event is presented by Quality Plumbing, Ben E. Keith, and Cox.

Bring your appetite and come enjoy great food from 50 restaurants all in one location! This year admission to the GCM Food Festival is FREE and Food Tickets are only $2 each. Purchase your tickets on the GCM App or at the GCM Food Festival.

Click here to purchase tickets.

By popular demand, we are bringing back the Kids Zone in which all kids can bounce for free all night long in three different bounce houses provided by Bounce Kings.

The IQ Fiber Beer & Wine Garden will be located in front of the main stage area in The Promenade. Beer and wine tickets will be sold at the IQ Fiber Beer & Wine Garden. Must be 21 to drink.

We welcome back Elio Piedra as our DJ on The Gatorland Toyota Stage located on Celebration Pointe Avenue, and The Ben Carter Band will be playing on the IQ Fiber Stage in The Promenade.

The participating restaurants are:

1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Piesanos
3. Dave & Buster’s
4. Bolay
5. McAlister’s
6. Los Pollos
7. Tacos 352
8. Gators Dockside
9. Dunkin’
10. That Bar & Table
11. Insomnia Cookies
12. Tropical Smoothies
13. Big Mill’s
14. Metro Diner
15. Cold Stone
16. Adam’s Rib Co.
17. Scuola
18. Sweet Berries
19. Papa John’s
20. Culver’s
21. PF Chang’s
22. MidiCi
23. Krispy Kreme
24. Miller’s Ale House
25. Mi Apa
26. Gator BTW
27. Bambuu
28. Marco’s Pizza
29. Linda Vista
30. Sonic
31. Buffalo Wild Wings
32. The Paper Bag
33. Raising Canes
34. Bagel Bakery
35. Jeremiah’s Italian Ice
36. Crafty Bastards
37. Charlie’s Snow Shack
38. Brother Cookies
39. Tyummi Bubble Tea
40. Gigi’s Cup Cakes
41. Gators Den
42. Baskin-Robbins
43. Chicken Salad Chick
44. Another Broken Egg
45. Luke’s Bagels
46. Nothing Bundt Cakes
47. Pomodoro Cafe
48. Jersey Mike’s
49. Tortillas Tex Mex
50. Raining Berries
51. Taziki’s Mediterranean Cafe
52. Primo Hoagies
53. Bageland
54. D’Lites
55. Carvel
56. Moe’s
57. Panda Express
58. Pampy’s
59. Thirsty Gator