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EDITOR’S PICKS
OAKLAND NATURE PRESERVE’S BUBBLY ON THE BOARDWALK
When: 6 p.m. Friday, April 22 Where: Oakland Nature Preserve, 747 Machete Trail, Oakland Tickets: $25 Info: oaklandnaturepreserve.org Celebrate Earth Day with this unique stroll on the 2/3-mile Healthy West Orange Boardwalk to Lake Apopka. Enjoy the flora and fauna of the wetlands making your way to the Lake Pavilion, where you will find bubbly and desserts along with other wine choices. Relax as you enjoy the colors of the lake and watch the birds over the water. Later in the evening, the colors of sunset change, and you may even see fireflies. Limited to 100 guests. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather.
EDITOR’S PICKS
OCOEE MUSIC FESTIVAL
When: Friday, April 8, and Saturday, April 9 Where: Bill Breeze Park, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee Tickets: Free Info: ocoeemusicfestival.com Formerly known as Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival, the Ocoee Music Festival is dedicated to celebrating Ocoee’s smalltown traditions with music, community, small businesses and fun. This year, the city will host a hip-hop/rap night Friday, April 8, with Vanilla Ice, Rob Base, Tone Loc, Tag Team and Freedom Williams (of C&C Music Factory). The festival will then celebrate country music Saturday, April 9, with performances by Russell Dickerson, Walker Hayes, Matt Stell and Will Banister. The festival also will feature the Chick-fil-A 5K and Kids Fun Run, tours of the Withers Maguire House and Museum, a marketplace with vendors, and even a fireworks show.
SPRING FEVER IN THE GARDEN
When: Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3 Where: Downtown Winter Garden Tickets: Free Info: springfeverinthegarden.org The Bloom & Grow Garden Society of West Orange County will hold its 20th anniversary Spring Fever in the Garden festival in downtown Winter Garden. Plant Street will be filled with the quintessential homage to spring and gardening. In addition to the dozens of booths to browse, this year’s event will feature a sidewalk chalk art contest, Kids Zone courtesy of Orlando Health, live music and entertainment, and much more.
When: 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 22 Where: DoubleTree Orlando Downtown, 60 S. Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando Tickets: Free Info: (407) 876-6699, Ext. 229 When: 6 p.m. Saturday, March 26 Where: Newton Park, 31 W. Garden Ave., Winter Garden Tickets: Start at $10 Info: rotaryclubofwintergarden.org Rotary Club of Winter Garden’s signature Broadway and Beyond event makes its triumphant return, and organizers promise it will be both bigger and better. We don’t know how. Last year’s event featured an evening of jaw-dropping performances by longtime Disney performer Billy Flanigan, Sincerely Three, Moonshot, American Sirens and Resolve. The night also included performances by Trudie Petersen, Andrea Canny, Cheryl Ann Sanders, Christina Sivrich and Grant Norman — best known for his lead role in Broadway’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” This is one of West Orange’s can’t-miss events.
SHEPHERD’S HOPE’S CALL TO HOPE
Shepherd’s Hope will continue its 25-year celebration of providing compassionate care in the community at its annual Call to Hope event in Orlando. The Call to Hope event will share powerful stories that demonstrate the need for free, quality acute and specialty health care programs.
