UCF Game Day, Done Right: Memory Mall to the Bounce House
Tailgating on Memory Mall, the Knight Walk, 45,000 fans in the Bounce House and a 20-inch pizza after: the complete playbook for a UCF football Saturday in East Orlando.
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Events
Town Park Nights: Avalon Park’s Festival Calendar, From Fall Fest to Avalon Aglow
A Bavarian fall festival with wiener dog races, a holiday parade ending in fireworks over Avalon Lake, artisan markets and movie nights — how Avalon Park does events in Town Park.
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A Year of Hunter’s Creek: Marshmallow Drops, Fireworks and Hunter’s Creep
Bunny in the Park drops 25,000 marshmallows from a helicopter; fall brings the biggest festival and Hunter’s Creep. Inside the association calendar that turns a subdivision into a small town.
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A Century of Music on the West Shore: The Walt Disney Amphitheater
A bandshell has stood on Lake Eola’s west shore since 1924. Today’s Walt Disney Amphitheater — 900-plus seats, a park-wide sound system, Fireworks at the Fountain and Fiesta in the Park — explained.
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Sunday Belongs to the Lake: Inside the Orlando Farmers Market
Running since 1987 and at Lake Eola since 2004, the Sunday market is downtown’s weekly ritual — and No. 6 in our farmers market rankings with a Net Score of 88.7. How locals run it.
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Fair Season on West Colonial: The Central Florida Fairgrounds Next to Barnett Park
Eleven days of midway, livestock and fair food at a 114-year-old nonprofit fair — and a year-round expo calendar at Pine Hills’ front door.
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Boat Parades and Light the Way: Belle Isle’s Small-Town Calendar
Lighted boats on Lake Conway, Santa at City Hall, an Easter egg hunt and an Arbor Day with civic weight. The volunteer-run calendar of a city of 7,000, season by season.
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One Sunday a Month: The Conway Community Market at Barber Park
Vendors, food trucks, live music and a new theme every month — Conway’s nonprofit market is the town square this unincorporated community built for itself.
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Festival City: Mount Dora’s Year, From the Arts Festival to the Christmas Walk
More than thirty festivals a year in a town of Mount Dora’s size is not a calendar, it’s a personality. The February arts peak, the Scottish games, blueberry season and the December lights — planned in order.
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Friday Is Market Day: Inside the Windermere Farmers Market
Every Friday, Town Square Park fills with produce, fresh bread, homemade pasta and local honey in front of the historic Town Hall — a market ranked No. 3 in Orlando with a Net Score of 90.0.
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