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News, Events & Things To Do In Orlando
Looking for the best things to do in Orlando? You’ve come to the right place. Gotta Go Orlando is your go-to guide for discovering the latest news, events, activities, and things to do in Orlando and throughout Central Florida.
We feature the updates from the theme parks, and attractions, together with the latest must-do festivals, local events, and community fun. We also keep you updated with the latest entertainment news, including big-name tours, concerts, stand-up comedy, theater shows, and more. We also include the latest food and drink news, together with the best nightlife in the city. If it's happening in Orlando, you’ll find it here!
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The Sanderson Sisters are back to put a spell on Orlando with Rock Cauldron Cabaret this October
Your favorite soul sucking sirens of Salem, Winifred, Sarah and Mary Sanderson are back to cast a spell that's sure to have you singing, laughing and dancing till you die!!! Rock Cauldron Cabaret is a theatrical rock concert experience, summoning the beloved Sanderson Sisters from the iconic Disney film Hocus Pocus. This fan-fiction style concert celebrates the magic of Halloween and aims to unleash everyone’s inner witch with musical parodies spanning different decades and g
Alastair Mac
14 minutes ago2 min read
REDRUM: The Unauthorized Musical Parody of The Shining comes to Orlando this Halloween!
REDRUM is a darkly comic musical parody inspired by The Shining. It blends original songs, tropes, and absurdity into a fast-paced theatrical experience. The classic Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining gets a tongue-in-cheek musical makeover in the stage play REDRUM: The Unauthorized Musical Parody Of The Shining. All work and no play makes for a hilariously outrageous night at the theater. RedRum: The Unauthorized Parody Musical of the Shining takes a wickedly funny axe
Alastair Mac
32 minutes ago2 min read
Creed and Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti brings the music of Frank Sinatra to Orlando on Dec. 18
Grammy-winning musician Mark Tremonti returns to the stage at Dr Phillips Center with "Mark Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra." Mark Tremonti, the Grammy Award-winning, hard-rocking guitarist from Alter Bridge, Creed, and his solo band Tremonti, is now mesmerizing audiences with his latest project, "Tremonti Sings Frank Sinatra." Backed by a 17-piece band, including members of Frank Sinatra’s original orchestra, this Christmas Special features many of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” greatest hits
Alastair Mac
33 minutes ago2 min read
Get ready Orlando - RYOT TOUR: ICONS is coming to Plaza Live on September 21
RYOT TOUR: ICONS is a high-energy live concert experience bringing together some of the most recognizable names in drag, music, and nightlife. RYOT TOUR: ICONS is coming to Orlando! This new production is a high-energy live concert experience bringing together some of the most recognizable names in drag, music, and nightlife for an electrifying night of performance, personality, and pure star power. Featuring Adore Delano, Sasha Allen, Kylie Sonique Love, Coco Montrese, Willa
Alastair Mac
35 minutes ago2 min read
Orlando International Airport to build a 'Vertistop" for Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft Demos
In partnership with organizations such as the FAA, NASA, FDOT, and NATCA, the Vertistop will evaluate and advance future air mobility operations in Central Florida. In support of the State of Florida’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) initiatives and future aerial highway network, the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Board gave airport staff approval to develop a vertistop that will host electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft demonstrations. The action is
Emma Walton
41 minutes ago3 min read
Catch Orlando Fringe favorites Emily Fontano and Chase Padgett at Dr Phillips Center on Sept. 10
Two of the biggest breakouts hits from Orlando Fringe return for one hilarious evening at at Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. Join Dr Phillips Center for a hilarious evening celebrating two of the biggest breakout hits from the 2026 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. After completely sold-out runs and overwhelming audience acclaim, these productions take our stage for one night only. With a single ticket, you'll experience both shows in one entertaining evening with Orl
Alastair Mac
48 minutes ago2 min read
Downtown Orlando Parking Meters are retiring this summer as the city moves to All-Digital Parking
No more digging for coins. No more racing back to the meter. Just park, pay, simple. Starting this week, the City of Orlando is launching the first phase of its parking modernization initiative by retiring on-street parking meters and transitioning to a fully digital parking system. Throughout the summer, parking meters will be removed in phases across Orlando. Drivers will continue to park in the same on-street spaces but will pay digitally using the ParkMobile app, Pay by
Alastair Mac
52 minutes ago2 min read
Universal Orlando announces the return of Killer Klowns from Outer Space to Halloween Horror Nights 35
Send in the klowns! The Killer Klowns are returning to HHN, back to wreak havoc and remind you why you were afraid of clowns in the first place. This fall, Halloween Horror Nights, the world’s premier halloween event, returns to Universal Orlando Resort for its 35th anniversary, and as we get ever closer to this year's event, which takes place on select nights, August 28 through November 1, 2026, Universal Orlando has announced the return of a popular movie franchise to this
Shane Walton
1 day ago5 min read
National Ice Cream Day 2026 Deals and Freebies in Orlando
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! Check out the best deals and freebies in Orlando to celebrate National Ice Cream Day. One of the sweetest days on the calendar is National Ice Cream Day, which is celebrated each year on the third Sunday in July, with this year's celebration taking place on Sunday, July 19, 2026. National Ice Cream Day was established in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan, who decreed a day for ice cream, describing the sweet treat as ‘‘a nutrit
Emma Walton
1 day ago4 min read
Drag superstar Bosco lands in Orlando with one-woman-show, ‘The Marvelous Miss Gender”
Get ready for jokes, theatrics, glamour, big production, and the magic of drag, when Bosco’s supervillain-inspired, ‘The Marvelous Miss Gender” hits The Plaza Live. International showgirl, RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar, writer, and creative producer Bosco is currently hitting theaters across the country with her biggest one-queen theatrical production to date, “The Marvelous Miss Gender” and it's Orlando's turn this weekend! Directed, co-written, and co-produced by Bosco, The
Alastair Mac
1 day ago2 min read
Celebrate the Apollo 11 Moon Landing at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Moon Festival!
Enjoy a weekend of vintage photo ops, comedy with Astro & Orbit, Apollo to Artemis presentations, and a pyrotechnics shows on July 17 and 18. Relive the excitement of 1969 and look ahead to humanity’s next era of lunar exploration during Moon Festival 2026 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on the Space Coast. The Moon Festival began as a tribute to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11—the mission that first carried Americans to the lunar surface, and while that legendary
Alastair Mac
1 day ago3 min read
Get ready to jingle all the way to the 2nd Annual Ocala Christmas in July Arts & Craft Show
Celebrate the magic of Christmas in the middle of summer at one of Florida’s most unique shopping events at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala. Get ready to jingle all the way to the most festive shopping event of the summer, and it all happens indoors! Save the date for the 2nd Annual Ocala Christmas in July Arts & Craft Show at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala on Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19, 2026. Skip the Florida heat and enjoy an indoor summer event full
Emma Walton
1 day ago2 min read
Celebrate Florida Fest Weekend at Boxi Park in Lake Nona from July 16 - 19
Enjoy food and drinks specials, family fun, live entertainment, and the World Cup Final on a giant scren. Boxi Park, Lake Nona's open-air container park with gourmet quick-service dinning, award winning beer and live entertainment is hosting another weekend of fun, with Florida Fest Weekend taking over the venue from Thursday, July 16 - Sunday, July 19. Kick off the weekend with Boxi Park Run Club on Thursday, then on Friday, dance the night away with live music, then join th
Alastair Mac
1 day ago2 min read
Southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd roll into Tampa on July 18 with Loverboy & Six Gun Sally
Skynyrd Nation! It’s time to sing it loud and proud. Lynyrd Skynyrd will perform at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre this weekend! Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner are ready to hit the road with a 19 date co-headlining tour across North America, with the tour kicking off on July 23 in Atlanta at the Ameris Bank Amphitheatre with a final performance planned on August 29 in Rogers, AR at the Walmart AMP. Just prior to the co-headline tour with Foreigner, Lynyrd Skynyrd will mak
Alastair Mac
1 day ago2 min read
The Top 10 Things To Do in Orlando this Weekend, July 17 - 19, 2026
The weekend is here and with so much to enjoy, we've brought together the ten best things to do in Orlando this weekend that you can't afford to miss! Looking for something fun to do in Orlando this weekend? The good news is that there is a huge variety of exciting happening around the city, including live music, stand-up comedy shows, car shows, sporting events, musicals, plays, nightlife, food and drink experiences and so much more. With so much to do this weekend in Orland
Emma Walton
1 day ago5 min read
‘Stranger Things: Return to Hawkins’ Show coming to Halloween Horror Nights 35 at Universal Orlando
The Upside Down is invading Universal Orlando, with a Stranger Things show joining an already announced haunted house. This fall, Halloween Horror Nights, the world’s premier halloween event, returns to Universal Orlando Resort for its 35th anniversary, and as we get ever closer to this year's event, which takes place on select nights, August 28 through November 1, 2026, Universal Orlando has announced a second show coming to this year's after-hours event. The latest announce
Shane Walton
2 days ago5 min read
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