June 17-23, 2026
‘Lenox Ave’ is back just in time for Juneteenth. Plus more ways to celebrate Juneteenth, a very good sandwich stop, Paul Cornish in concert, and things to do this week.
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Just in time for Juneteenth, award-winning musical ‘Lenox Ave’ is back on an Orlando stage
Written and composed by Brandon Martin, an Orlando resident but a New York native, Lenox Ave tells the story of Langston Hughes, famed writer, social activist and early innovator of jazz poetry.
Juneteenth events and celebrations all around the Orlando area
Whether you know it as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or Juneteenth, Friday, June 19, marks the anniversary of slavery ending in the United States 161 years ago. Besides being observed as a federal holiday, there are events happening all around the city this weekend observing and celebrating Juneteenth. Here’s a few well worth…
Mayhem on Mills brings wrestling and mania to Longwood Sunday
Mayhem on Mills is back with a Year 8 Colossal supercard this weekend. The lineup is stacked with stalwarts like Serpentico, Kelsey Raegan, Leeroy Shogun and Jon Davis, flanked by newer faces like Sara Leon and the dastardly Better Together tandem.
Come Out With Pride throws ‘Love & Liberation’ Juneteenth party in Orlando this weekend
Come Out With Pride is celebrating both Pride and Juneteenth this weekend.
Performance artist Brian Feldman plans to spend the day in a skill-crane machine at Stardust Video
Brian Feldman installs a fully functioning claw-grabber/skill crane machine inside Stardust, enters said machine, and stays in there for the duration of the “performance.”
Ukrainian ambassadors of metal Jinjer headline Orlando’s House of Blues this weekend
Bringing opening acts Entheos and Crystal Lakes along for the white-knuckled ride, Jinjer is here with post-hardcore nu-metal nirvana for Orlando. Touring as unofficial but impassioned musical ambassadors of Ukraine since the invasion of their country by Russia in 2022, Jinjer represents their culture to the metal world (and beyond) in a way it’s never…
Thomas Milovac’s Lustre Trio release album of pure improvisation, ‘Praxis’
Thomas Milovac wields yet another project: The Lustre Trio, which has been a steady live act with a monthly residency at The Falcon for the past eight months.
Young pianist and Blue Note artist Paul Cornish brings his trio to Orlando
From legacies on label and home base, pianist and composer Paul Cornish is part of a lineage of important jazz artists. His label, Blue Note, and his hometown of Houston have produced crucial artists like Jason Moran, Joshua Redman and Thelonious Monk. “The thing I think that inspires me the most about the lineage and…
Saucers Over Washington bid Orlando a musical farewell this weekend
Regrettably, leading Orlando shoegaze band Saucers Over Washington are leaving town for Oregon. But, luckily, not without one last blast first. The supporting send-off committee will be a strong local cavalcade including indie-pop notables Please Be Kind, space rockers Dayspells, and emo bands Monaco Honey and Anchor.
Celebrate Juneteenth ‘under the stars’ in Winter Park this weekend
Juneteenth ats and drinks will be on offer from locals like chef Nicholas Allman and mixologist Catwinkle Holley, as well as vendors selling unique clothing, custom jewelry, art and more.
‘Saturday Night Live’ standout Marcello Hernandez comes to Orlando for some stand-up
As SNL’s first Gen-Z cast member, Marcello Hernandez has already brought some popular characters to life on the venerable sketch show
Rave Jesus delivers a dance sermon in Orlando this week
DJ-producer King Topher, after a noted secular music career, now performs under the not-exactly-earth-inheriting moniker of Rave Jesus.
Upsala Grocery in Sanford crafts some mighty fine sandwiches
Upsala Grocery isn’t a Scandi sammie shop named after the Swedish city but, rather, a convenience store on Upsala Road run by Nilesh Patel and his nephew Jay Patel.
Streaming premieres this week: Colin Farrell returns in ‘Sugar’; Netflix does another Harlan Coben adaptation
Streaming Wednesday, June 17: King & Prince: Our Meet-up in L.A. — The titular J-pop duo allow themselves to be separated in the City of Angels and have to run a gauntlet of challenges before they can be reunited. Don’t worry, guys: Ben and Jen have had to do this lots of times. (Disney+) Streaming…
Central Florida theater community remembers the late Christine Robison-Laurence
Orlando’s live theater and interactive entertainment community lost one of its foundational members earlier this month when acclaimed actor-director-playwright Christine Robison-Laurence passed away June 2, following a multi-year battle with multiple sclerosis. It’s difficult to think of a stage in Central Florida — from the scrappiest community theaters to billion-dollar theme parks — that wasn’t…
5 Seconds of Summer bring the crackle-pop to Orlando’s Kia Center
The Everyone’s a Star! tour by Australian boy-band 5 Seconds of Summer lands at Kia Center Wednesday.
