Weekend Top 6 Picks for August 17 and 18, 2019

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TSaturday August 17, 2019

Noon to 6pm Free. Mexican Gastronomic Festival “Ven a Comer”. Lake Eola 512 E Washington st, Orlando, Florida 32801. Come
out and celebrate the best Mexican food festival known to Florida! The
Mexican Consulate in Orlando and LCHA host our 5th Annual Mexican
Gastronomic Festival! We will have all your Mexican favorites Tacos,
Elotes, Aguas Frescas, Guacamole and so much MORE! This is our 5th year
show casing the best Mexican food in Florida, represented by many of the
beloved Mexican restaurants here in central Florida! We want you to
come celebrate with us! You won’t want to miss the Guac contest and
Margarita contest!

4pm to 6pm Free. Hoodstock Saturday Market. The Barefoot Spa 801 Virginia Dr, Orlando, Florida 32803. The Hoodstock Saturday Market is no ordinary art stroll. 

7pm to 10pm Free. Black Cow Jumps into the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. Heller Hall Winter Garden Heritage Foundation 21 East Plant, Winter Garden, Florida 34787.

Black
Cow Jumps – Orlando’s Experimental Theatre Project in association with
the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation explores theatre through reality
in a mindful and sometimes comedic portrayal of the characters we play,
as we try on the shoes of maturity. Human Improv. Life’s Soup.
Complimentary wine, cheese and crackers!

Sunday August 18, 2019

10am to 4pm Free. Lake Eola Farmers Market. Lake Eola Park, 512 E Washington St, Orlando, FL 32801.  

Noon to 3pm Donation based. Music at the Casa. Christine MacPhail. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Members
of the public are invited to visit our historic home museum on a Sunday
afternoon to listen to live music and take a tour of our historic home
museum and the James Gamble Rogers II Studio by trained docents. 

10pm to Midnight Free but get a coffee. Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out and laugh, or give it a try yourself.

Weekend Top 6 Picks for March 24th and 25th

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Saturday March 24, 2015

9:30 AM to 5 PM. $7. 25th Annual Battle at Narcoossee Mill. Ralph V. Chisholm Regional Park, 4700 Chisholm Park Trail, St Cloud, FL 34771. See infantry, cavalry, artillery, medical and civilian reenactors.
See the Traveling Florida Confederate Memorial Wall. Listen to period
music by “7 lbs of Bacon” string band. Visit authentic Union and
Confederate camps. Stroll “Sutler Row” with over 20 sutlers, vendors and
historical displays. Try the BBQ pork sandwiches. Get a great view of
the “battle” from ample bleacher seating. “school day” on Friday.
Admission on Saturday & Sunday: Adults $7.00, Children (ages 5 to
12) $5.00, under age 5 are free with adult. www.battleatnarcoosseemill.com/index.htm

1 PM to 4 PM. $10. Ven a Comer Festival. Gaston Edwards Park, 1236 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL 32804. Bringing a little piece of Mexico to the heart of Orlando! 

The festival will feature Mexican restaurants from all over Orlando. Come dance, eat and shop!

VIP bartender competition, free tequila tasting and bars offering fresh cocktails featuring Maestro Doble, Jose Cuervo, 1800 Tequila and more!

Visit a Mexican Mercadito
featuring everything from aquas frescas, to chicharrones with hot
sauce, fresh Mexican fruits, traditional Mexican candies, Mexican
jewelry, art and more!

  • Food and beverage tastings
  • vendors – shopping
  • Bartender battle de tequila!
  • silent auctions
  • music and art
  • Family zone
  • Chance drawing ticket with each ticket purchase 21+ 
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    • 4PM to 11PM Free. Doveland Gallery Spring Reception. The opening of a very small gallery which might be the smallest in Orlando (I don’t have measurements for comparison)! 9″x79″ One artist, (Thomas Thorspecken of Analog Artist Digital World!) One seventh of a wall! Way too many people in our house! Enjoy wine! The drawing will be transferred to the wall in the morning and then the guests at the opening are invited to finish the painting using acrylic paints. It is Orlando’s smallest gallery and the largest coloring project.

    Sunday March 25, 2016

    9:30 AM to 5 PM. $7 25th Annual Battle at Narcoossee Mill. Ralph V. Chisholm Regional Park, 4700 Chisholm Park Trail, St Cloud, FL 34771. Did you miss the battle Saturday? Here is your second chance. See infantry, cavalry, artillery, medical and civilian reenactors.
    See the Traveling Florida Confederate Memorial Wall. Listen to period
    music by “7 lbs of Bacon” string band. Visit authentic Union and
    Confederate camps. Stroll “Sutler Row” with over 20 sutlers, vendors and
    historical displays. Try the BBQ pork sandwiches. Get a great view of
    the “battle” from ample bleacher seating. “school day” on Friday.
    Admission on Saturday & Sunday: Adults $7.00, Children (ages 5 to
    12) $5.00, under age 5 are free with adult. www.battleatnarcoosseemill.com/index.htm

     Noon to 3 PM Donation based. Music at the Casa. Alborea Flamenco Dancers. Casa Feliz Historic Home Museum, 656 N Park Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789. Alborea Dances is a multicultural Entertainment Dance Company, created
    and directed by Jenny and Ernesto Caballero, who have been dedicated to
    the world of dance for more than 20 years. They have combined their
    experiences as dance educators, performers, choreographers and events
    coordinators, to present dances from Spain, Bolivia and Middle Eastern
    countries. After many years of performing in International festivals and
    important venues around South America, Europe and the United States,
    life brought them to Florida to delight their audiences on the stages of
    Universal Studios, Sea World, Walt Disney World, Resorts, Hotels and
    Conventions. Also, they have been featured on The Travel Channel’s Great
    Hotels Series and Orange County TV’s “Central Florida’s World of Dance”
    series.

    10PM to Midnight Free but get some coffee.  Comedy Open Mic. Austin’s Coffee, 929 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL. Free comedy show! Come out & laugh, or give it a try yourself.