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Canadian dream-pop group Men I Trust play two nights at Orlando’s House of Blues
Three weeks into the North American leg of their Equus tour, dream-poppers Men I Trust are coming to the Sunshine State for five shows in St. Petersburg, Orlando and Miami, after a brief interruption supporting Billie Eilish for a few shows. The Saturday show in Orlando is tragically sold out, but there are still limited…
The Star Princess cruise liner hides a very special secret
Everyone in Orlando knows where you can find a magical castle with princesses inside, but did you know that Florida is also home to a Princess with a Magic Castle inside? I was recently invited to board the Star Princess in Fort Lauderdale for the inaugural Caribbean sailing of the 17th and newest ship in…
Orlando food news: Hollerbach’s at the Sanford airport; Tactical Brewing to open in Baldwin Park, and more
Restaurant openings: Hollerbach’s German Restaurant has opened an outpost inside the Sanford airport with bratwurst, schnitzels, pretzels, German beers and more on the menu … Tactical Brewing will move into the Metro Gymnastics space at 4915 New Broad St. in Baldwin Park early next year. In addition to a brewing facility, the location will house…
Ivanhoe Village gets all festive for this year’s Jingle Eve
Jingle Eve happens on Saturday, Nov. 22 starting at 4:30 p.m. all along the main drag on Orange Avenue, taking in chunks of Virginia Avenue and Gaston Edwards Park. The free family event promises no shortage of beer gardens, music, local vendors, food trucks, a children’s holiday village, deals from neighborhood shops and a fireworks display…
‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’ screens in Orlando with star Chevy Chase in the house
Mark the 35th anniversary of holiday cinema classic National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation with a screening at the Dr. Phillips Center, featuring special guest Chevy “Clark Griswold“
Corner Chophouse beefs up Winter Park’s Hannibal Square
Corner Chophouse, however, is no ordinary high-end steakhouse. This is one by Indigo Road Hospitality Group, makers of many a concept, including venerable Charleston institution Oak Steakhouse. It’s run by four-time James Beard Award nominee Steve Palmer, who chose to create a whole new concept just for this prominent corner in Hannibal Square.
B|_ank is ready to get quiet and calm in Orlando this weekend
To those who saw him seated in the middle of the Falcon among revelers mantrically drumming on a single snare, eyes beatifically closed, this next chapter will come as no surprise. Hicks performs a long ambient drone composition at the Dining Room, composed and performed on synth and arcane electronics, promising maximum bliss.
Drunken Monkey plays host to on-the-rise Central Florida noise heads this weekend
The evening starts as soon as regular hours are over at the Monkey, when an eclectic who’s-who of young Central Florida experimental talent with a decidedly femme bent take over the place: Brass Horse, KT Kink, Eggs (from Tampa) and Selcouth.
Florida Classic Weekend in Orlando promises a big game and plenty of big names in music
The concerts and afterparties taking over the city for Classic Weekend include some major-league R&B and hip-hop headliners. Just a few: Musiq Soulchild performs at a welcome mixer Thursday at Mango’s, and Paul Wall, Ying Yang Twins, Slim Thug, Lil Flip play the Vanguard later that night.
Holiday tradition ‘Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker’ returns to the Dr. Phillips Center this weekend
More than 100 dancers and actors make this fresh twist on the traditional Nutcracker ballet a reality. Clare’s reveries take the audience through a magical journey around the world, visiting Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Haiti, India, Puerto Rico and more on her way to the Kingdom of Toys.
Illinois band Harrison Gordon poised to get emotional at Orlando’s The Social
Although this bill skews young, these bands have the real stuff in their veins. Illinois headliners Harrison Gordon honor their Midwestern lineage by knowing that it’s not proper emo without the requisite rock power.
Rocket 88 shake, rattle and roll Orlando at Conduit
Ever since their emergence in the early 1990s, they’ve been the city’s flaming gold standard in rockabilly, with their flamboyant stage spectacles and high-voltage rock & roll. Rocket 88 don’t play out as much these days and this will be their first show in three years, so expect maximum liftoff.
All-star Orlando experimental act Lost Noises Office release new album, ‘Cloud, Castle, Lake’
As their upcoming debut album will reveal, Lost Noises Office specialize in a kind of exotica that eludes easy categorization. That’s because their music is simultaneously here, there and somewhere else altogether. Unlike some wildly esoteric music, LNO’s experimentalism takes familiar sounds — from history, memory and even childhood — and restitches them in novel…
Orlando artist Laura Buitrago plays with shadows and light in new CityArts exhibition
Thank You, Shadow wrestles with concepts of shadow, light, self-discovery and collective understanding, with the Latina LGBTQ+ artist presenting her work as a literal journey, where the viewer may choose different paths and participate in and augment her art with their own truths at points in the exhibition
Jazz giant Robert Glasper plays an eye-popping three nights in Orlando this week
The prolific, Grammy-winning musician has released four albums over the last couple of years — including, because why not, a Christmas album, which we hope he plays a number or two from — that redefine and yet respect the art form of jazz.
New on Netflix: A cinematic version of Denis Johnson’s luminous novella ‘Train Dreams’
Train Dreams — Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon and William H. Macy star in a 2025 Sundance hit set amid the railroad expansion of the early 20th century.
