As spring gradually heats up into summer, it’s the best time of the year to hang out outside. Here’s our guide to all the festivals, parties and fairs happening in Orlando this spring. FEB. 16 SheBelieves Cup Canada Women’s National Team vs. USWNT. 4 pm; Exploria Stadium, 655 W. Church St.; $30-$200; 855-675-2489; orlandocitysc.com. FEB.…
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Democrats expressed concern the bill could hinder law-enforcement efforts to prevent mass shootings
Local voting-rights organization the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition has been nominated for the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize. “It feels just like yesterday, we made history with the passage of Amendment 4 — now this?” said Desmond Meade, FRRC Executive Director, in a press statement. “To say we are humbled is an understatement, especially when we are being…
Universal Parks & Resorts Chairman and CEO Mark Woodbury finally officially confirmed that Super Nintendo World World is coming to Universal Orlando, correctly calling this news “the worst-kept secret In history.” It certainly has been an open secret here in the Orlando area, at the very least. We’ve been writing about this key element of the…
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It’s weirdly appropriate, when you think about it. What better place to partake in the disorienting cartoony wonderland (but with a beat!) that is the Shrek Rave than within a stone’s throw of slightly-better-known, but-also-disorienting cartoony wonderland Disney World? And since Universal Orlando recently shuttered their own Shrek 4D attraction, we guess we can say…
Donald David Dillbeck was initially sentenced to life in prison in the 1979 shooting of Lee County sheriff’s deputy
The bill seeks to block investment decisions involving ‘environmental, social and governance’ standards
Country superstar Blake Shelton is coming back to Orlando in March as part of his Back to the Honky Tonk tour, only a couple of days before the season premiere of his last run on reality show The Voice. Back in December, Shelton announced that this year’s season 23 of The Voice would be his…
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The bill comes amid a long string of anti-trans attacks in Florida
Pinkies up: The kitties are out to play. The Orlando Cat Café — at 532 Cagan Park Ave. in Clermont, not Orlando, don’t get lost — is hosting a high tea event in May, complete with cats, crumpets (OK, scones) and all the finer things. Anglophiles and feline enthusiasts who reserve their spots will be…
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The state placed six insurers into receivership in 2022 because of insolvencies
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced an expansion of opioid treatment and recovery services, using more than $205 million coming to the state from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors. During an appearance with First Lady Casey DeSantis at the Shoreline Church in Destin, the governor said $10.2 million will go to a new…
Food service workers at Rollins College are in fact employees of Sodexo, one of the world’s largest multinational corporations
The After Midnight Alcohol Sales Permit ordinance would also put a moratorium on new downtown clubs.
Growing your own marijuana is currently illegal in the state.
A Senate proposal would make a series of changes aimed at bolstering the safety of amusement rides, after a 14-year-old boy was killed last year in Orlando. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Windermere, filed the proposal (SB 902) on Thursday for consideration during the legislative session that will start March 7. The proposal is named after Tyre…
Orlando, it’s time to start thinking pink. The hue-monikered pop-star P!NK has announced an Orlando return as part of an autumn tour. The 14-city North American arena tour kicks off in October in California, reaching Orlando in mid-November — and it’s the final stop on the tour, so spirits should be high. The only other…
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The exemption would apply for one year from the time a potential violation is reported to a local agency
The freaky and futuristic Buddy Crime returns to Orlando this week, and he wants you to dance. The “3D Printed Popstar” is currently doing a run of dates in the South, a solo return after touring through the region with Klypi back in 2022. Though Buddy Crime’s electro-alien persona may seem a bit avant-garde to…
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In the game of life that is shirts vs. skins, the latter team will have a decided advantage in Orlando when comedian Bert Kreischer brings his “Tops Off” tour to town. Kreischer — a triple-threat comedian, podcast host and author — makes his comedic debut in Orlando on Saturday night. Expect the requisite beer and party humor, mixed in…
The proposal will be considered during the legislative season that begins March 7
Synth-pop legends Depeche Mode on Thursday announced 29 new dates added to their worldwide comeback tour set to start in March. And at last the tour includes two Florida dates, one right here in Orlando. The Brit electronic innovators — now down to core duo Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, following the passing of founding member Andy…
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The Singhaus Scholarship Fund, dedicated to the memory of the multi-talented and much-missed Singhaus family, is back this week taking applications from students aiming for a career in theater. Additionally, the LGBTQ+ Center is hosting an Oscars Watch Party fundraiser in March for the Scholarship Fund. The fund commemorates the lives of singer, actor, dancer and…
SeaWorld Orlando announced a net-full of new performers for their Seven Seas Food Festival on Wednesday, handily filling in spots in March and extending the gigs through April. Related The Seven Seas Food Fest, already underway, offers theme park attendees tastes from around the world, a pop-up Mardi Gras celebration and a robust lineup of…
Florida’s Constitution currently requires school-board races to be nonpartisan
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The Justice Department has said it will not bring any charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida GOP congressman, after a years-long federal sex-trafficking investigation. The Wednesday decision punctuates a two-years-long probe into the alleged sex-trafficking case, during which prosecutors filed no charges against Gaetz, rendering the DOJ’s final decision unsurprising. “We have just spoken with…
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Antoni Porowski is ready to serve in Orlando, as the Queer Eye host brings “An Evening with Antoni” to the Plaza Live. The City Beautiful scored the penultimate stop on the food and wine expert’s first-ever book tour (though it was delayed by COVID). Porowski’s road show features demos of recipes from his latest cookbook,…
Nigerian American chef Kwame Onwuachi is a James Beard Award winner (Rising Star Chef of the Year, 2019), a Top Chef finalist, a best-selling author, one of Food & Wine’s Best New Chefs, and a 30 Under 30 honoree by both Zagat and Forbes. Before the age of 25, he had lived in both Nigeria…
Few acts have the “it” factor like rustic indie-rock band Big Thief right now. With some breathtaking work, they’ve become emblematic of a vision of folk music that’s modern and singular. With the distinctive character of singer, songwriter and guitarist Adrianne Lenker, their songs conjure a world that’s at once earthy and dreamy, a suspended…
Texas music heritage is the stuff of lore for good reason, and Dallas’ Vandoliers are a young, strapping distillation of that tradition and flavor. They’re an amalgam of Red Dirt country, Tejano splendor and punk spirit that’s rousing and grand. North Carolina tourmates Old Heavy Hands are equally noteworthy for a yearning country-rock sound that…
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“Can we be saved, or has the damage all been done? Is it too late to reverse what we’ve become? A lesson to learn at a crucial point in time — what’s mine was always yours, and yours is mine.” The chorus of “Chamber the Cartridge,” the opening track of Chicago’s punk band Rise Against’s…
“Debut” is a strange word to be applying to a band that’s been around for over a decade, but it’s apt for Orlando Southern-rock band Prison Wine. While they’ve been playing stages around here among some good musical company for years, they’re only now releasing their first full-length album. Drowning Amanda Lynne is 11 new…
Yes, we know. The Villages is kind of a long drive for a concert. And it’s, you know, The Villages. But there are two things to consider here. The first is that we’re talking about Emmylou Harris, the very definition of an American music icon who — incredibly — has not only maintained her integrity…
One day you turn around, and John Mellencamp is in his 70s. While this may be disorienting to wide swathes of his fans, it’s undoubtedly equally shocking to Mellencamp himself. Although he’s always been possessed of a craggy, old-man-in-a-young-man’s-game energy, he also always begrudgingly carried a bit of the Johnny Cougar sparkle that he’s spent…
Clarinetist Anthony McGill, the Orlando Philharmonic’s 2022-2023 artist in residence, is the first African-American principal player in New York Philharmonic’s history. He may also be the first internationally known classical musician to take a social-justice hashtag viral, as McGill did with #taketwoknees after the death of George Floyd. The “citizen musician” is a centerpiece of…
On an immediate listen, Haize, JoyBoy and OhTwo sound nothing alike — but they share allegiances to darker, bleeding-edge sounds and beats. JoyBoy crafts dense webs of mutant techno, face obscured by emotionless masks — a contrast to the soulfulness at the heart of the grooves. OhTwo’s newest, eponymous album sees the duo leaning into…
Whether you call ’em traditional or alternative, Austin’s Mike and the Moonpies are a true country band with all the sweet, sweet pedal steel that implies. Fuck that crossover pop shit. The Moonpies bring it back to the golden age before country music lost its soul. Same goes for fellow Texan tourmate Joshua Ray Walker,…
Shonen Knife are lovable enough, but look to J-punk progeny Otoboke Beaver if you wanna get a little edgier. While still unmistakably Japanese, their punk rock is wilder, more hardcore and has enough feminist bite for the riot grrrls. They’re a four-lady fire that’s rightfully gaining heat in the global underground. The Pauses open up…
Both solo and as a member of bands like Pigface and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, Austin’s Curse Mackey is a notable modern figure in industrial music. But what Orlando should remember about him is that he — along with the valiant David J. and tourmate Sine — helped try to salvage the…
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