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THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Kevin James Thornton

Maybe it’s a good thing that we live in such a fractured media landscape, because without today’s firehose of, ahem, “content,” a multidimensional talent like Kevin James Thornton might never have come to our attention. Thornton’s AutoTuned TikTok anecdotes about his fundamentalist Christian childhood and tales of the far-distant and exotic “Niiiiiiiine-tieeeees ” have won him a devoted social media following. But before TikTok and those trusty trademark white earbuds, Thornton was best known as a pioneer of queer country music with his band Indiana Queen (five albums!), or for one of his multiple podcasts, films or fringe festival shows — he’s worn so many hats in just the past five years that his Google hits suggest multiple personality disorder. It’s all storytelling, though, right?, and we can’t wait to see what he gets up to on the Improv stage — in the flesh and without that pesky appbased time limit. 7:30 p.m., The Improv, 9101 International Drive, 407-480-5233, theimprovorlando.com, $37. — Jessica

Bryce Young

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

Celebrity Karaoke: Joey Fatone and Ryan Cabrera

Join N*SYNCer and Fat One’s Hot Dogs CEO Fatone and Rubix Groove mainman turned solo artist (and Mr. Alexa Bliss) Ryan Cabrera for a night of karaoke at Gilt Nightclub. Doubling as a St. Patrick’s Day bash — because why not, ’tis the season — and with a live band in the house, the admission price naturally includes a chance to go toe-to-toe vocally with some combination of Cabrera and Fatone on a song. (Choose wisely. “Bye Bye Bye” can only bring the house down so many times.) And VIP admission nets you meet-and-greet bragging rights. 8 p.m., Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road, celebkaraoke.splashthat.com, $65-$185.

— Reina Nieves

They Might Be Giants

Would you like to spend “an evening with” those debonair gents of alt-rock They Might Be Giants? The oddball pop duo are en route to the City Beautiful, playing classic album Flood from start to finish on stages across the country nightly. The twosome of John Flansburgh and John Linnell make their long-awaited return to Orlando as part of this extensive (and COVID-delayed) tour revisiting 1990’s unlikely hit Flood. The two Johns, fittingly, promise two sets, one a greatest-hits program covering their whole catalog and the other a full run-through of Flood. And if you’re really good, maybe they’ll play a few of the new songs they’ve got in their four back pockets. 6 p.m., The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave., foundation-presents. com, $30-$40. —

Matthew Moyer

MARCH 17-19

Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival

“How much art can you take?” memorably asked SSD back in 1982. And though their interrogative shriek was surely rhetorical, it’s a question the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival has been asking the local community for over 60 years. And that same community has consistently answered, “More!” So how about three full days packed with over 200 juried artists, plenty of works from local students (awww) and hundreds of thousands of art fanatics taking it all in — sprawled all over the bucolic environs of Winter Park along Morse Boulevard? That’s what’s on offer at this landmark local arts event. Central Park and downtown Winter Park, Park Avenue, Winter Park, wpsaf.org, free. — MM

MARCH 18-19

Brick Convention

Get ready for a blockbuster … errr, blockbuilder weekend. The Orlando Brick Convention — purported to be the first of its kind locally — aims to bring together LEGO obsessives of all ages for a hands- on and “minds-on” experience. Expect to encounter LEGO masters, see LEGO city builds and displays of all sorts, build your own sets and purchase a mindboggling selection of LEGO and LEGOadjacent figures, sets and bricks. There will even be meets-and-greets with LEGO celebrities. A portion of the proceeds from this convention will be donated to Creations for Charity, a volunteer nonprofit organization that buys new LEGO sets for underprivileged children for the holidays.

10 a.m., Osceola Heritage Park, 1901 Chief Osceola Trail, Kissimmee, ohpark.com, $15. — RN

TUESDAY, MARCH 21

Warm Frames

Sooner or later the cycles of pop music insist that the old guard be swept out to sea and replaced by the new (though somehow that doesn’t seem to involve certain boomer icons, but maybe that’s just the liquidity of retirement funds sloshing around). While, for many, obsolescence can be painful, there’s an undeniable thrill in the shock of the new. (Even if you are the one being shocked.) Warm Frames are one of a number of new Orlando acts delivering that electric charge. The very young and unpredictable band have sonically dynamited the generation gap to a chasm the size of Death Valley. They do noise-rock the way that Pussy Galore, Free Kitten, Huggy Bear and (to our ears) Twin Infinitives-era Royal Trux did: stripped of art-school pretensions and left with catharsis through feedback. After their last show, a notable Orlando noise musician turned to me and asked, “How’s your hearing?” I told him I was pretty sure it’s gone. It’s fine, I had a marginally OK run; Warm Frames, however, are just beginning theirs. Opening are Plurbal, Eyelash and Animoxia. 8 p.m., Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave., $5. — MM

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15

JazzPro Series Presents: Bill Mays 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951.

Static-X, Fear Factory, Mushroomhead, Dope, Raven Black

6:30 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $28-$45; 407-228-1220.

Tiny Waves Presents: K-Pop Rave 9 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $12-$15; 407-673-2712.

THURSDAY, MARCH 16

Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes moe. 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $26-$50; 407-228-1220.

6:30 & 9 pm; Azalea Lodge at Mead Botanical Garden, 1300 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park; $50-$60.

Capra, Thirst, Pariah, Shock and Awe 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $13; 407-673-2712.

Clan of Xymox, The Bellwether Syndicate, Pressure Kitten 8 pm; The Abbey, 100 S. Eola Drive; $25-$30; 407-704-6261.

Dry Reef, Trees Of Life, Coastal Breed 7 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $10; 407-322-7475.

Emo Nite 9 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $16; 407-648-8363.

Glee Night: DJ Jeffery 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista;$17-$60; 407-934-2583.

Hennings-Vaillancourt Duo 7:30 pm; Timucua Arts Foundation, 2000 S. Summerlin Ave.; $25; 321-234-3985.

Iya Terra, Cas Haley, Sun Dub 6 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; $20; 386-873-2943.

Jessica Delacruz, Renee Is A Zombie, Jeffrey Larson, JassyFae 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $10-$15; 407-623-3393.

Luzcid, Super Future, Lotus Tape 10 pm; Celine Orlando, 22 S. Magnolia Ave.; $10.

Street Fever, Ani Christ, 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $13-$15.

FRIDAY, MARCH 17

ALOK 9 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $24.99$54.99; 570-592-0034.

Easy Living: The Music of the Paul Desmond and Jim Hall Quartet 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951.

Flaw 6:30 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; $15; 407-322-7475.

Goalkeeper, Outatime, Television Supervision, Keep It A Secret, Paperback Romance 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12-$15.

In Gloom, Illuminate Me, Tracheotomy, Heavy Hitter, Fatal Frames 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $12-$15; 407-673-2712.

Please Understand: Spockninja, Psychic Fiction, Sohn Jamal, And E, Yelena, Vast Ness, Dawrby 9 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free.

Soul Funktion 8 pm; Fredster’s, 1720 Fennell St., Maitland; free; 321-444-6331.

Stay At Home Astronauts, Widows!, Sky Navy, London On Fire, Mitar 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $8-$10; 407-623-3393.

They Might Be Giants 6 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $30-$40; 407-648-8363.

SATURDAY, MARCH 18

Corey Smith 7:30 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $25-$70; 407-934-2583.

DJ Rome: Saturday Night Vibe 10 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Fame Orlando 9 am; Hard Rock Live, 6050 Universal Blvd.; $42; 407-351-5483.

Geneviève Racette 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25; 407-636-9951.

Gordon Lightfoot 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $39-$100; 407-228-1220.

Martin Sexton, Matt MacKelcan 7 pm; Tuffy’s Music Box, 200 Myrtle Ave., Sanford;$35.

The Mellow Tones Jazz Trio 9 pm; The Falcon, 819 E. Washington St.; 407-423-3060.

Rockstead, Higher Education, The Warhawks 8 pm; West End Trading Co., 202 S. Sanford Ave., Sanford; 407-322-7475.

Saliva, Through Fire, Any Given Sin 6 pm; The Beacham, 46 N. Orange Ave.; $25-$30; 407-648-8363.

Sickick 9 pm; The Vanguard, 578 N. Orange Ave.; $14.99$54.99; 570-592-0034.

Sundown Sessions: Colin Christopher 7 pm; Lil Indie’s, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.

Universal Funk Orchestra, Creativ Angel, Audible Parts, OG Ninja, Damez, The Lower Unllt, Afrodeeeshzzz 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $10.

SUNDAY, MARCH 19

Chris Walters Trio: Rhapsody in Burlesque: The Music of Gershwin and Porter 3 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $25-$35; 407-636-9951.

Hanson 7 pm; Bayside Stadium, 5677 SeaWorld Drive; $9.99-$85.

Latmun 6 pm; Elixir, 9 W. Washington St.; free-$10; 407-985-3507.

Robert Jon and The Wreck 8 pm; Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $25-$45.

Southern Fried Sunday 17 Year

Anniversary Show Patrick Hagerman, Matt Walker & The Galbraith Sisters, JUNOSmile, The Chotchkies, Bryan Raymond. 5 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $12-$15.

TUESDAY, MARCH 21

Eli Winter, Jonas Van den Bossche, Fast Preacher 7 pm; Stardust Video and Coffee, 1842 E. Winter Park Road; $10; 407-623-3393.

The Foreign Resort, Sandman Sleeps, Violet Silhouette 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; $15.

Heathen, Arrival Of Autumn 7 pm; Conduit, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-673-2712.