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Vol. 39, No. 29

Cover Story

Your 2025 guide to the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival

Keep that Fringe flag flying

By Juno Le and Matthew Moyer

May 14, 2025

Cover Story

Put in the work of prepping for Fringe, and your play will be all the more satisfying

How to Fest like the best

By Juno Le and Matthew Moyer

May 14, 2025

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Orlando Area News

Orlando saw tourism growth last year, welcoming more than 75 million visitors

It's a slight increase from the year prior, nearly reaching the number of visitors Orlando saw before the COVID-19 pandemic

By McKenna Schueler
May 14, 2025
Orlando Area News

Divers at Orlando's Discovery Cove theme park unanimously vote to unionize

They're the first employees to form a union at the SeaWorld-affiliated resort

By McKenna Schueler
May 14, 2025
Florida News

DeSantis says he will sign legislation banning psychedelic mushroom spores in Florida

The measure is part of an omnibus 'Florida Farm Bill' also known for including a ban on fluoride in drinking water

By Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix
May 14, 2025

Things to Do

EDC Orlando is on its way. Here's when and how to get tickets

Get ready to dance

By Chloe Greenberg
May 14, 2025
Things to Do

'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Alyssa Edwards holds royal court in Orlando this week

That's 'Queen of the Mothertucking World' to you

By Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025
Things to Do

Stand-up star and actor Margaret Cho is 'live and livid' in Orlando this week

She'll have a lot ot say

By Chloe Greenberg
May 14, 2025
Things to Do

Party like a croc-star (we understand the pun is incorrect) at Gatorland's Gatorpalooza

A weekend of music, food and gators

By Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025
Things to Do

Orlando esoteric bookstore Spiral Circle throws party celebrating 50 years in business

The independent bookstore marks its golden jubilee this weekend

By Chloe Greenberg
May 14, 2025
Arts Stories + Interviews

Your 2025 guide to the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival

Keep that Fringe flag flying

By Juno Le and Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025
Arts Stories + Interviews

Put in the work of prepping for Fringe, and your play will be all the more satisfying

How to Fest like the best

By Juno Le and Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025

Restaurant Reviews

Luca Turci lends a credible roster of serious Italian fare to Park Avenue

Luca Forward To It

By Faiyaz Kara
May 14, 2025

Live Music Picks + Previews

Orlando's Sean Moore joins diehard freaks Billy Ruben + the Mind Readers and Wojtek at Uncle Lou's

One for the weirdos

By Bao Le-Huu
May 14, 2025
Live Music Picks + Previews

Cult hero Tommy Stinson careens into Stardust Video (!) for a solo gig

Karla Rose and Louis DeFabrizio open the night

By Bao Le-Huu
May 14, 2025
Live Music Picks + Previews

Darkwave duo Feyleux are joined by Anesthesia and Earth Fault for a night of crepuscular art

Cold snap in Orlando

By Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025
Live Music Picks + Previews

Welcome to Rockville lumbers into Daytona for a long weekend of heavy music's finest

Korn, Green Day, Linkin Park and more this year

By Matthew Moyer
May 14, 2025
Orlando Music News

Orlando heavy-guitar masters The Ludes justify their love for Kraftwerk with 'The Model'

They're [sounding] good

By Bao Le-Huu
May 14, 2025
Music Stories + Interviews

The Florida premiere of Scott Joplin’s 'Treemonisha' tells an uplifting story of community

This weekend, see the ragtime legend's long-lost and miraculously found opera

By Juno Le
May 14, 2025

Events

Australian Guitarist Kyran Daniel

@ Timucua Arts Foundation

Sat., May 17, 7:30-9 p.m.

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Music

Neat neat neat! The Damned played to a rabid crowd at Orlando's House of Blues

U.K. punk legends The Damned returned to the House of Blues at Disney Springs on a Monday evening, delivering a fantastic and…

By Jim Leatherman

May 14, 2025

The Damned at the House of Blues

News

Sanford's historic 'Higgins House' built for an 1800s railroad exec is now for sale

A historic Sanford home-turned-bed and breakfast has just hit the market after serving visitors for decades. Located at 420 S. Oak Ave.,…

By Chloe Greenberg

May 12, 2025

Image: Sanford's historic 'Higgins House' built for an 1800s railroad superintendent is now for sale

Food + Drink

15 hotly anticipated new Orlando restaurants opening this summer

The summer feels are inching closer, and we're gearing up for a whole new season of eats. Over the next few months,…

By Faiyaz Kara, Chloe Greenberg

May 9, 2025

Luminescent 12286 E. Colonial Drive, Orlando The high-end coffee and cocktail bar will distinguish itself with an interior employing an ever-changing lighting scheme and a menu of Indian street eats, set to open sometime this summer.

Music

TikTok-famous musician Malcolm Todd was indeed very wholesome at Plaza Live

Malcolm Todd brought the “Wholesome Rockstar Tour” to Orlando, and the show lived up to the tour’s title. The Orlando stop was…

By Grayson Keglovic, Matthew Moyer

May 8, 2025

Malcolm Todd at the Plaza LIve

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