In a recent post on Insomniac, Electric Daisy Carnival’s arts and culture blog, the traveling thump-thumpa fest profiled all of the hottest spots that festival-goers should check out while in town. Last year’s event brought approximately 75,000 attendees to Downtown Orlando.

Highlights from their neighborhood spotlight include:

Mills 50 District, “Where Orlando’s freak flag flies with pride.”

  • Florida Prize exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art
  • Little Vietnam restaurants like Vietnam Cuisine and Lac Viet alongside Tako Cheena, Black Rooster Taqueria and King Bao.
  • Will’s Pub and “OG all-day dive bar Wally’s.”

Audubon Park, “Garden District gone hip.”

  • Leu Gardens
  • Park Ave CDs
  • Stardust Video and Coffee

Ivanhoe Village, “… lake-life par excellence.”

  • Lifetime #ivanhoodrats Boom-Art and Rock and Roll Heaven
  • White Wolf Cafe, Greek Corner, and Backhaus
  • The Hammered Lam and Imperial at Washburn Imports

Winter Park, “… playground for the upper-crust.”

  • Central Park
  • Ethos Vegan Kitchen and Hunger Street Tacos
  • Winter Park Farmers’ Market

Thornton Park, ” … top choice for a daytime stroll or sit.”

  • Graffiti Junktion
  • Soco and Muddy Waters
  • Orlando Farmer’s Market
  • Passing reference to SoDo District and Pulse

Milk District, “…one of the last bastions of the one-global Orlando house music scene …”

  • Southern Nights and Sandwich Bar
  • Etoile Boutique
  • Spacebar and Tretro Records
  • Market on South, Beefy King, and Pom Pom’s

Click HERE to see the entire write-up.

Electric Daisy Carnival is scheduled to return to Tinker Field November 10-11. Tickets are on sale HERE. This year’s lineup includes artists like Sikdope, Galantis, Latmun, Diplo Armin van Buuren, Zedd, Gareth Emery, and more.

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