Labor Day weekend events, including Dolly Parton film screenings across town, all to celebrate the 9-to-5ers and more. Credit: Dolly Parton/Facebook

Raglan Road’s Great Irish Hooley
Various times Friday-Monday, Sept. 4-7; Raglan Road Irish Pub & Restaurant, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; raglanroad.com, free.
Disney Springs will be very sonically lucky over the long holiday weekend with Raglan Road’s Great Irish Hooley going strong for four days. The Disney Springs pub hosts a score of Irish musicians, step dancers and singers, all accompanied by beverages and snacks from the Emerald Isle. 

Jack Harlow at Orlando’s House of Blues
6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; orlando.houseofblues.com, $50-$233.
Orlando gets Jack Harlow for his only Florida show this weekend. On stage, expect to hear new (sometimes brand-new and unheard) material before familiar tracks like “What’s Poppin’” and “Industry Baby” work their way in. So yes, you’ll get the hits, but House of Blues is also getting a more introspective Harlow than his singles might suggest.

Nosferatu at The Ren
8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Sept. 4-5; Renaissance Theatre Co., 415 E. Princeton St.; rentheatre.com; $42-$66.
The Renaissance Theatre Co.’s annual adults-only Halloween show is back, bigger and bloodier than ever. This year’s Nosferatu: The Citadel summons audience members to the Great Covening, where they’ll leave the mortal realm and become vampires in this 360-degree production that takes over much of the Ren’s Ivanhoe real estate.

Nosferatu: The Citadel opens on Friday and runs through Nov. 7, with the VBar: The Awakening aftershow having already returned like a fell herald last weekend. It’s a home-grown, queer, spooky-season spectacle that draws crowds just as rabid (if not quite as large) as Halloween Horror Nights.

Otto Von Schirach brings the Miami musical filth to Orlando’s Conduit
7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Conduit, conduitfl.com, $15-$20.
Here’s the Otto Von Schirach recipe for becoming a cult music icon. First, cram blender with the most maximal sounds of his native Miami — electronic, bass, Latin and even noise. Next, press pulse just enough to keep the chop rough, wild and colorful. Serve hot and loud.

This weekend, see his brilliant freak bangers live alongside the loaded local lineup of Pressurewave, Plurbal, Polar Boys, Etiosynthesis and Black Wick.


Dolly Parton benefit screenings head to Orlando theaters
Various locations and times
Regal theaters are celebrating the award-winning entertainment and philanthropist’s life and legacy with screenings of Steel Magnolias and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texasnationwide. Tickets are priced at $9.25, to honor Parton’s hit song “9 to 5” (from the movie of the same name). And 100 percent of the ticket sales will go to The Dollywood Foundation, home of Parton’s Imagination Library.

Steel Magnolias screens Sept. 4, 6 and 8. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas screens Sept. 5, 7 and 9.

Labor Day Jazz Festival (and cookout) at Timucua
3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7; Timucua Arts white house, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; timucua.com, $50.
A holiday jazz festival started up in Chicago is moving south this year to Timucua Arts White House to close out Labor Day weekend. The day features sets from heady locals and Windy City jazzers in various trio and quartet lineups, including pianist Jim Holman, guitarist LaRue Nickelson, percussionist Johnbern Thomas, bassist Alejandro Arenas, bassist Mark Neuenschwander and drummer Ian Goodman.

Heading up all the fun is superlative Chi-town saxophonist and hard-bop revivalist Eric Alexander, playing two sets to wind both up and down the evening. The $50 ticket is a bit more expensive than usual for Timucua shows, but this gets you not only a long day of music, but also a cookout and free beer. All your (elevated) holiday needs are covered with this one.

Orlando hardcore band Watts at Will’s Pub
7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 7, Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave., willspub.org, $22.21.
Watts, Orlando’s homegrown hardcore outfit, are hitting the road. But before they venture off into the great unknown via I-95, they’re playing an Orlando show. Promoters The Coop and Montgomery Drive have organized a stellar sendoff, featuring bands from near and far: Life Chord, Zero Mob, Retina and Helvetica. 

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This article appears in Sept. 2-8, 2026.