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Who’s running for Orlando City Council in 2025? An overview
The Orlando City Commission has several seats up for election this year and more than a dozen candidates vying for positions.
Orlando drag royalty feature in new ghost-hunting show ‘SHOOK! Queens of the Dead’
A new queer, locally grown television project is crossing drop-dead gorgeous drag performers with, well … the dead.
Jonas Brothers are on the way to Orlando for two nights of pop hits
Fan demand led to another night being added, so the setlists will likely be even more expansive. Opening the show is The All-American Rejects, but past shows have revealed the brothers’ knack for bringing out nostalgia-riffic surprise guests as well.
Lima 1535 captures palates with stirring renditions of Peruvian classics
Most everything I ate at Lima 1535 made a New World Man out of me.
PlayFest spotlights new work from Orlando playwrights at the Shakes
Orlando Shakes PlayFest is back after a too-long two-year hiatus, featuring five staged readings over two weekends.
Rico Nasty is back in Orlando this week for perhaps her biggest headlining get yet
Ferocious and future-forward hip-hop star Rico Nasty returns to Orlando — this time at the Beacham downtown — promising a lethal good time.
Orlando actress Jennifer Bonner has a thing or two to show you about Kissimmee
“The Kissimmee Experience” is now in its third season of highlighting the city with help from famous visitors and local host Jennifer Bonner.
Derek Dunn releases evocative, atmospheric solo album ‘To Love and Leave America at the Same Time’
Unlike the frenetic improv energy of some of his collaborative work above, this solo introduction is a study in serenity.
Mythical folk musician Mean Mary plays the Blue Bamboo Center
The extraordinary life of roots artist Mean Mary reads like an adventure book — an anthology of them, actually.
Get your greens (and more) on at Central Florida Veg Fest this weekend
This annual event features a packed lineup of performances, speakers, interactive cooking demonstrations and local and national vendors.
AFI play Orlando this week at a very thematically appropriate time of year
The band has a freshly released new album, a bold and atmospheric work that combines anthemic alternative-rock with brooding punk shadows.
Eclectic Los Angeles rockers Mexican Slum Rats get weird in Orlando this week
Mexican Slum Rats arrive on the release of strong, brand-new album “I Can’t Tell You but I Know That It’s Mine.”
Orlando’s Pre-Pre Fest brings a slice of the Gainesville rager to Mills 50
Nearly 30 acts, including Chris Farren, Brendan Kelly of The Lawrence Arms, and Greg Norton + Büddies, take over.
The Bracket Brothers debate the merits of spooky sacred cow Halloween Horror Nights at SAK
The Bracket Brothers return to Sak Comedy Lab, dissecting the spooky-season sacred cow that is Halloween Horror Nights.






