Here is a look at some of the best events taking place this weekend. Remember, you can always visit the complete events calendar by clicking on “EVENTS” on our main menu.
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FRIDAY, MAY 24
ASL Weekend at Orlando Fringe Theater Festival
May 24 @ 12:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Orlando Fringe, 812 E Rollins St, Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
Various prices
Orlando Fringe is increasing their accessibility at this years 2019 Festival, including ASL Interpreted performances! The second weekend of FRINGE, May 24-26, is ASL Weekend, with 2 ASL shows each day!
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Orlando City SC vs. LA Galaxy
May 24 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm
Orlando City Stadium, 655 W Church St
Orlando, FL 32805 United States + Google Map
$20 – $241
Come bleed purple.
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Annie Gosfield Master Artist Community Outreach
May 24 @ 7:30 pm – 11:00 pm
Timucua White House, 2000 S Summerlin Ave
Orlando, FL 32806 United States + Google Map
FREE
Annie Gosfield, whom the BBC called “A one-woman Hadron Collider,” lives in New York City and works on the boundaries between notated and improvised music, electronic and acoustic sounds, refined timbres and noise. Her music is often inspired by the inherent beauty of found sounds, noise, and machinery.
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Kim Chi from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8
May 24 @ 9:00 pm – May 25 @ 2:30 am
Southern Nights Orlando, 375 S Bumby Ave
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
Join us as we welcome Kim Chi from RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8.
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SATURDAY, MAY 25
5/25/19 FNPS & IDEAS For Us Residential Landscape Installation
May 25 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Lake Eola Heights Community Garden, 401 Harwood Street
Orlando, FL 32801 United States + Google Map
A collaborative project by Cuplet Fern Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society, FNPS Tarflower Chapter – Orange County and IDEAS For Us Plants graciously curated by Green Isle Gardens Our organizations are partnering up to help educate interested residents by revitalizing their lawns with native plants!
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The Groveland Four
May 25 @ 11:00 am – 11:30 pm
UCF Center for Emerging Media, 500 W Livingston St
Orlando, FL 32801 United States + Google Map
$50
In 1949, four Negro boys were convicted of raping a white woman in Groveland, Florida, a Deep South bastion known for rampant KKK terrorism. Harry T. Moore and Thurgood Marshall fearlessly struggled to obtain justice for the defendants and finally won an appeal of the death sentence verdicts.
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The 8th Fringe Jambando
May 25 @ 3:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Orlando Fringe, 812 E Rollins St, Suite 300
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
FREE
Presented by Jambando and Orlando Fringe, it’s the 8th Fringe Jambando, celebrating 16 years of Jambando at the place where it all started, The Orlando International Fringe Festival… and it’s FREE!! Go Jambando. Jambando is Central Florida’s original jam band showcase and this year’s celebration features musical styles ranging from jazz, country, rock and soul from these amazing bands and singer/songwriters.
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Florida Mushrooming with Jon Martin (Mead Gardens)
May 25 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S Denning Dr
Winter Park, FL 32789 United States + Google Map
$40
Are you ‘shroom-curious? Learn all about wild mushrooms with Fungi Jon at Mead Botanical Garden as Florida’s mushroom season begins! Jon Martin will show you how to identify wild mushrooms with ease. You’ll familiarize yourself with local Florida species, learn how to utilize wild fungi, learn bits on cultivation & photography, and mush, mush more!
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2019 Beer Olympics with Central 28 & Florida Avenue
May 25 @ 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Barley and Vine Biergarten, 2406 E Washington St
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
Various prices
Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro, and now: Barley and Vine Biergarten! Do you have what it takes to compete in a battle of the beers, to slalom through the suds, to go for the Gold(en ale)? Join us, along with Central 28 Beer Co. and Florida Avenue Brewing Co, on Saturday, May 25, at 4 pm for the 2019 Beer Olympics!
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Venus in Retrograde Book Release Party
May 25 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S Denning Dr
Winter Park, FL 32789 United States + Google Map
FREE
Presented by Burrow Press & Mead Garden. Celebrate the release of Orlando Poet Laureate Susan Lilley’s first full poetry collection, Venus in Retrograde. Party with us from 4-7pm in the Mead Garden ballroom. Enjoy live music, drinks, snacks, and a reading by Susan Lilley. The reading portion will be at 5:30 p.m.
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SUNDAY, MAY 26
Kids Fringe – Day Four! – Fringe is Fun!
May 26 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Orlando Garden Club, Inc, 710 E Rollins St
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
FREE
Kids Fringe is filled with fun activities from Orange County Library, Mind Masters, Mad Science, The Paper Airplane Museum, Origami Aki, Phoenix Tears, Magician Cody Clark, Orlando Youth Circus, Ibex Puppetry and more. Make a “We Heart Fringe Necklace”, Design Your Own Crown, Make a Magnificent Mask, and go on a Princ(ess) Scavenger Hunt!
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MX Taco First Brunch!
May 26 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
MX TAco, 207 N. Bumby Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803 United States + Google Map
Various prices
Bottomless agua fresca mimosas for $12 and build your own chilaquiles for $12! Regular menu available as well!
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Orlando pro-choice march May 2019
May 26 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Lake Eola Park, 512 E Washington St
Orlando, FL 32801 United States + Google Map
FREE
Hi humans! Been looking all over the web for a pro-choice walk/peaceful protest in response to both Alabama’s total abortion ban and the “heartbeat bills” that have been sweeping the nation, and can’t seem to find any in our area. We will be marching from Lake Eola Park to Downtown Orlando City Hall where we will remain and show off our signs while hearing from various speakers.
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Orlando Carnival Downtown
May 26 @ 2:00 pm – 11:30 pm
Tinker Field Orlando, FL 32805 United States + Google Map
$20 – $75
Featured Artists: Bunji Garlin, Farmer Nappy, King Bubba, Ravi B, Pumpa, Motto, New Generation Branches Steel Orchestra, I-Land Rebels, Tara Lynne. VIP ticket includes 2 chits for Top Shelf drinks and 1 chit for a Taste of the Caribbean meal. Children 10 and under admitted free. Event is held RAIN OR SHINE.
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Concert Version of El Wiz
May 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Timucua White House, 2000 S Summerlin Ave
Orlando, FL 32806 United States + Google Map
FREE
Please also bring food or wine to share. Frank Baum’s “The Wizard of Oz” gets re-set in contemporary Puerto Rico in Paul Castañeda and Juan Cantú’s “The Wiz.” There are great ideas in Castañeda’s adaptation to make the story relevant — the Scarecrow has Asperger’s, the Tin Man is gay.
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