The 2026 Epcot International Flower and Garden Festival features stunning character topiaries, the Garden Rocks concert series, and horticultural displays from March 4 to June 1.Read More →
The city of Orlando continues to be a premier destination for world-class theatre at the state-of-the-art Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. The highly anticipated 2026–2027 AdventHealth Broadway in Orlando season has been unveiled, featuring a blockbuster 10-show lineup that includes the return of global phenomena and several excitingRead More →
The organization formerly known as the Orlando Repertory Theatre (Orlando REP) has officially entered its second century of storytelling under a new name: Orlando Family Stage. As Florida’s premier professional theatre dedicated to young audiences and families, the 2025–2026 season marks a historic Centennial Celebration of 100 years of theatricalRead More →
On the second Thursday of every month, the Enzian Theater and the city of Winter Park transform Central Park into an open-air cinema, inviting residents and visitors alike to gather under the starry sky for a delightful cinematic experience that showcases an outdoor movie at Popcorn Flicks in the Park.Read More →
Leu Gardens, the 50-acre oasis in Orlando’s Audubon Park Garden District just west of downtown, is bringing back the traveling dinosaur exhibit that received so much positive visitor response in 2017. In ” Dinosaur Invasion,” more than 20 of the extinct creatures are placed throughout the sprawling grounds allowing guests toRead More →
Celebrating their 30th year, the Orlando Shakespeare Theater officially kicks off their 2018 and 2019 season with their annual Season Opening Gala on Sunday, September 16th, 2018 at 5 pm at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center in Loch Haven Park. In addition to performing such works as the Tony AwardRead More →
Since 2008, the Winter Park Institute at Rollins College has brought in well-known and intellectual speakers to the campus to engage students, alumni, and the community through public lectures, readings, symposiums, seminars, master classes, interviews, and special-interest sessions that are all free and open to the public. Winter Park InstituteRead More →
When it comes to attending and experiencing theater shows in Orlando, visitors to the area will most likely think of Disney World and it’s large-scale production stage shows like Finding Nemo at Disney’s Animal Kingdom and Beauty and the Beast at Disney’s Hollywood Studios or the dinner shows located in KissimmeeRead More →
Celebrations and drink specials begin early for the true Irishman on St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Orlando, on March 17, 2016. Church Street and Wall Street Two of the biggest venues in Downtown Orlando, Church Street Entertainment and Wall Street Plaza (see picture below) will get the party started earlier in the dayRead More →
A great place to hear bagpipes on Saint Patrick’s Day, Hagan O’Reillys Irish Pub & Restaurant in Winter Garden, will be celebrating the Saint Patrick’s Day holiday on Thursday, March 17th, 2016. St Patrick’s Day in Winter Garden Beginning in the late afternoon and into the evening, Hagan O’Reillys will has liveRead More →
Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant at Disney Springs in Disney World is the missing Ireland pavilion that Epcot never had, with live Irish music and dancing placed in the old Pleasure Island area of Disney Springs. On St Patrick’s Day, Raglan Road goes all out to celebrate the event.Read More →
With a majority of Orlando’s food and wine events happening in the fall, SeaWorld goes in the opposite direction and holds it’s Bands, Brew, and BBQ each spring in the months of February and March that puts the focus on good music and great food in a laid-back atmosphere. SeaWorld Bands Brew &Read More →
Orlando is very fortunate to have several premium art festivals throughout the year to attend and browse great art with the Festival of the Masters at Downtown Disney and the Fiesta in the Park Festival at Lake Eola in Downtown Orlando in the Fall. The Mount Dora Arts Festival isRead More →
With the Florida Strawberry Festival going on in Plant City and the Central Florida Fair taking place in Orlando this week, the Apopka Fair completes the hat trick of having three carnivals and fairs taking place in Central Florida at the same time on Thursday, March 10th through Sunday, MarchRead More →
The Mount Dora Spring Antiques, Collectibles & Crafts Show will take place in downtown Mount Dora on Saturday, March 19th and Sunday, March 20th, 2016 from 9 AM to 5 PM. Mount Dora Spring Antiques, Collectibles & Crafts Show 2016 The Mount Dora Spring Antiques, Collectibles & Crafts Show is held eachRead More →
The month of February signals the season of Spring and the return of Major League Baseball for Orlando and Kissimmee when the Atlanta Braves head over to Disney World at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and the Houston Astros setup camp at the Osceola County Stadium at Osceola HeritageRead More →
There has been a lot of talk in recent years about sustainable farming and eating locally-grown produce of fruits and vegetables. Since 1930, there hasn’t been a place where that has been so true than in Plant City and their celebration of the strawberry at the Florida Strawberry Festival. FloridaRead More →
The Winter Park Road Race 10k (6.2 miles) is the final event of the Track Shack Running Series that takes place in Winter Park each spring and will be held on Saturday, March 12th, 2016 at 7:30 AM with a 2 mile warm-up race held prior at 7 am. IfRead More →
In New Orleans, the celebration of Mardi Gras is defined by the final three days prior to Ash Wednesday, when the lenten season begins leading up to Easter, but at Universal Studios Orlando, Mardi Gras is extended out beginning on every Saturday night and other select event nights beginning on Saturday,Read More →
Diana Ross, Fall Out Boy, 3 Doors Down, and Shawn Mendes highlight an impressive concert lineup for the 2016 Universal Studios Orlando Mardi Gras event that will be held on every Saturday Night and three Sunday nights beginning on Saturday, February 6th, 2016 and continuing through Saturday, April 16th, 2016. Concerts have started atRead More →
On St Patrick’s Day, it’s all about the luck of the Irish, Corn Beef and Cabbage, and Guinness Irish Beer. We’ve already covered the best spots to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in Downtown Orlando, Winter Garden, and the theme parks. This is Orlando Local Guide’s Best Restaurants and Pubs toRead More →
Each year during the springtime on the Sunday that daylight savings time begins, the Orlando Philharmonic puts on a free concert at the Central Park Amphitheater in Winter Park that they call the Spring Pops Concert. The 2015 event will be held on Sunday, March 15th at 6 PM. OrlandoRead More →
Saint Patrick is one of the most recognized Saints to have ever lived being born in Roman Britain in the 4th century and having lived from 387–461 AD. Saint Patrick is best known for spreading the Gospel to Ireland and using the three-leaf clover to help explain the Holy Trinity ofRead More →
The Seminole County Fair is Seminole County’s premier carnival that comes to the Seminole Towne Center Mall area each spring towards the end of March. In years past, the Seminole County Fair was held in the parking lot of the mall but in 2015 the event will be held as theRead More →