BIG: CULTURE & ARTS FESTIVAL Downtown Gainesville, FL — April 2025
Big: Culture & Arts Festival is an annual culture and arts festival held in downtown Gainesville, Florida, produced by Jahi Khalfani and Laila Fakhoury through Dion Dia and How Bazar. In 2025 the festival expanded to eight stages and over 100 artists across three days. I attended as credentialed media press, covering live performances, crowd moments, artist interactions, and festival atmosphere across multiple stages — working within professional press guidelines including pit access and timed shot windows.
