Miami (Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel en Convention Center) - World Orchid Conference
Miami (Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel en Convention Center), World Orchid Conference
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Miami (Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel en Convention Center) - World Orchid Conference
Miami (Sheraton Miami Mart Hotel en Convention Center), World Orchid Conference
Titusville - 11th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival
Titusville, 11th Annual Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival Klik
West Palm Beach - South Florida Fair (enorme kermis!)
Website: http://www.southfloridafair.com/2008/08Fair_home.html
The South Florida Fairgrounds, located in the geographic center of Palm Beach County, is the community's top entertainment destination.
Spread over 136 acres, the Fairgrounds attracts 1.2 million visitors annually. Over 100 shows and events are produced here including the annual South Florida Fair in January, the county's largest and oldest outdoor event.
The property is also home to the South Florida Expo Center that offers 140,000 square feet of air conditioned trade floor space, the Agriplex and historic Yesteryear Village. The South Florida Fair & Palm Beach County Expositions, Inc. is the 2005 winner of the distinguished Providencia Award, a tourism designation given annually by the Palm Beach County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The annual South Florida Fair is Florida’s top rated fair and it’s seventeen (17) outrageously fun days, from January 18 to February 3, 2008. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Vicki Chouris at (561) 790-5215, or email vicki@southfloridafair.com
Experience the superlative amusement rides of Wade Shows (a new and different midway), big act concerts, blue ribbon agricultural displays, family shows, community competitions and, of course, lip smacking fair food!
The discounted and value packed Mega Saver (admissions, food and rides) goes on sale December 1, 2007. All deeply discounted advance ticket packages go on sale December 6, 2007 at multiple ticket outlets, and online as well.
[m] Orlando - Show Me Your Yo-Yo!
Show Me Your Yo-Yo!
IZEA presents the History Center Guinness World Record™ Breaking Yo-Yo Event
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Help break the Guinness World Record™
for the most people yo-yoing simultaneously!
Registration 1-2:30 p.m.
Event begins promptly at 2:45 p.m.
Call (407) 836-8580 to pre-register or to get more information.
Watch this page for updates and details!
Participants:
- Receive a complimentary yo-yo
- Enter to win prizes like tickets to the Opera, Zoo, and more!
- See the exhibition, Kid Stuff: Great Toys from Our Childhood, for FREE
- Get discounts when you SHOW YOUR YO-YO around downtown!
Website: http://thehistorycenter.org/yoyo/
Kissimmee - Orlando International Guitar and Music Expo
Friday, Jan. 25 – Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
1901 Chief Osceola Trail
Kissimmee, FL 34744
Other Phone: 850-962-4434
Website: http://www.guitarexpo.net
Thousands of guitars, stringed instruments, recording gear, books and videos to buy, sell or trade at the Exhibition Building at Osceola Heritage Park.Location: Exhibition Building at Osceola Heritage ParkHours: Friday Noon-7:00pm, Saturday 10:00am-6:00pm, Sunday 10:00am-4:00pmAdmission: $10.00 per dayAt the Event: Guitars, Recording Gear
Dade City - Kumquat Festival
http://www.dadecitychamber.org/defau...age=SpecEvents
Kissimmee - 8th Annual Mecum Winter Classic Auction (Classic & Muscle Cars)
Thursday, Jan. 24 – Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008
1875 Silver Spur Lane
Kissimmee, FL 34744
Other Phone: 815-568-8888
Website: http://www.MecumAuction.com
Mecum Collector Car Auctioneers will bring to the grounds at Osceola Heritage Park about 750 collector and muscle cars on consignment for auction. Some of the collector and muscle cars on display for sale include Ford Mustangs, Chevrolet Corvettes, Chevelles, Camaros, Cougars and GTOs. Buyers, sellers and spectators are welcomed to participate in the three-day event. Location: Osceola Heritage ParkHours: Gates Open at 9am, Thursday auction starts at 1pm, Friday & Saturday auction starts at 10am Admission: $10.00No. years event has taken place: 7At the Event: Auction, Automobile
Ft. Myers - Edison Festival of Lights
Edison Festival of Light
Fort Myers
Named one of the Southeast's Top 20 events. The 70th Edison Festival of Light celebrates world-famous inventor and Fort Myers winter resident Thomas Alva Edison. Join us for three weeks of special celebrations, including the Southeast's largest lighted parade, the Light Up the Town concert series, artisan shows, fireworks and a stadium show, a junior parade and Southwest Florida's largest science fair.
[m] Eatonville - ZORA! Festival ’08
Brochure: http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival....albrochure.pdf
Website: http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival...._Festival.html
Profile
Now in its 19th year, the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities (ZORA! Festival) is a multi-day, multi-disciplinary event.
Goals
To celebrate the life and work of 20th century writer, folklorist and anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston;
To celebrate the significance of her hometown, Eatonville, Florida, known as the nation's oldest incorporated African American municipality, and
to celebrate the cultural contributions people of African ancestry have made to the United States and world culture.
Marathon - Bahamian Heritage Festival
01/25/08 - 01/28/08Bahamian Heritage FestivalCome and celebrate the Bahamian culture in the Florida Keys through three days of Fish Fry Dinners, Junkanoo Parades, Live Music, Cooking Demonstrations and Art. Please check the web site for more information as the event draws nearer.Marathon, FL
http://www.cranepoint.net
[s] Daytona - 2008 Rolex 24 at Daytona
http://www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com/
[c] Yeehaw Junction - Bluegrass Festival and Fiddle Championship
Thursday, Jan. 24 – Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008
5570 S Kenansville Rd
Yeehaw Junction, FL 34972
Other Phone: 478-949-2036
E-mail: sdittman44@aol.com
Website: http://www.originalbluegrass.com
This festival brings together one of the largest gatherings of bluegrass bands and performers on the grounds of the historic Desert Inn. The festival will also offer food, workshops and fiddle contests. Location: YeeHaw JunctionHours: Thursday 4pm-10:30pm; Friday 11am-10pm; Saturday 10am-10pm; Sunday 10am-4pmAdmission: $12.00 - $30.00At the Event: Food, Music
Orlando (Festival Bay) - Vans January Skateboard Clinic
Website: http://www.shopfestivalbaymall.com/h...asp?ecd=139052
Vans January Skateboard Clinic
An instructional skateboard clinic will be offered at Vans Skatepark on Saturday, January 26.
The clinic runs from 8am - 12pm and will cost $40 for members and $50 for nonmembers. Instruction is offered for beginner to advanced street skateboarders ages 6 - 16. Come by the park to register because spots are limited.
Lake Buena Vista - "America's Got Talent" Orlando Auditions
America's Got Talent Orlando Auditions
Seeking dancers, singers, pageant people, aerialists, contortionists, glass eaters, sword swallowers, musicians, dance troops, hog callers, marching bands, orchestras...etc. If you think it is talent... we want to meet you!!!
Venue:Royal Plaza - A Walt Disney Resort
Lake Buena VistaTelephone:877-255-8009Date Range:Starts: 01/26/08
Ends: 01/26/08Schedule:Sat, Jan 26:
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Gainesville - 22nd Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire
22nd Annual Hoggetowne Medieval Faire - For two weekends, step back in time to the middle ages with over 120 artisans, entertainment, food, jousting, living chess match & more. Friday is "School Day" for area school children. www.gvlculturalaffairs.org
January 26-27, February 2-3
22nd Annual Hoggetowne
Medieval Faire
Eat, drink and be merry at one of North Central Florida's premier events. Musicians, magicians and jesters entertain while you enjoy the jousting, rides, games, Faire food and Medieval-style marketplace.
more info >
Tampa - 2008 Gasparilla Pirate Fest
We, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, invite you to step lively ‘n’ join us as we once again invade the City of Tampa to share our trinkets ‘n’ treasures – a tradition we’ve honored since 1904.
Our band of marauding buccaneers will be settin’ our sails to descend on the City of Tampa in the wee mornin’ hours of Saturday the 26th of January …
and we’ll be looking fer you!
Come celebrate the Gasparilla Invasion as we enter Hillsborough Bay in the tall-masted Jose Gasparilla pirate ship (she’s a beauty), with cannons a-boomin’ and flags unfurled.
Join us for the Gasparilla Invasion Brunch, when we’ll dock at the Tampa Convention Center fer a hearty meal befittin’ a hungry band o’ buccaneers!
Fill yer pockets with the beads ‘n’ treasures we’ll be throwin’ as we wind our merry way down Bayshore Boulevard in the lively, colorful Parade of the Pirates.
Dance in the streets with me ‘n’ my mateys to live music at the Pirate Fest Street Festival.
So, scuttle yer other plans ‘n’ be prepared to come party with us. If ye don’t join in the festivities, it may be the plank for you! Arrrrrgh!
Preston L. Farrior
Captain, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla
[s] Miami, American Airlines Arena - Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers
Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers
| Online Tickets |
NBA Basketball Game. To purchase tickets for this event online, please click here.
Venue:American Airlines Arena
MiamiTelephone:786-777-HOOPDate Range:OngoingSchedule:Sat, Dec 15:
7:30 pm
Sat, Jan 26, 2008:
3:30 pm
Miami, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden - International Chocolate Festival!
International Chocolate Festival!
Learn how to make chocolate, sample chocolate delights, listen to lectures on the rich history of chocolate, visit the Chocolate Spa and explore the rainforest to learn how chocolate grows.
Venue:Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
MiamiTelephone:305-667-1651Date Range:Starts: 01/26/08
Ends: 01/27/08Schedule:Sun, Feb 26:
3:00 pm
Wed, Mar 15:
3:00 pm
Sun, Mar 26:
3:00 pm
Sun, Apr 23:
3:00 pm
Wed, May 10:
3:00 pm
Sat, Jan 26, 2008:
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Sun, Jan 27, 2008:
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
[a] Magic Kingdom - Disney's Pirate and Princess Party
Website: http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw...ecialEventPage
Disney's Pirate and Princess Party
Returning Select Nights in 2008!
Become a pirate or a princess in the place where dreams come true! Grab your adventure map and treasure pouch as you embark on a quest for treasure through Magic Kingdom® Park. Immerse yourself in pirate coves and princess courts. Be dazzled by Disney's Enchanted Adventures Parade. Experience the Magic, Music and Mayhem fireworks spectacular. If you wish, you can even come to the party dressed in your favorite pirate or princess costume*!
All of this, plus use of some of the most popular Magic Kingdom® attractions, will provide you with a night of adventure to remember and "treasure" forever.
Advance Purchase Discount!
Save on admission when you purchase your tickets from December 16, 2007 up to the day before the event.
Advance Sales Price:
Ages 10 and over: $43.95 + tax
Ages 3-9: $37.95 + tax
Day of Event Price:
Ages 10 and over: $45.95 + tax
Ages 3-9: $39.95 + tax
Event Highlights:
- Pirate coves and princess courts
- A bounty of giveaways
- Interactive activities including Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Tutorial and Aladdin's Royal Guard Recruitment
- Character meet and greets and adventurous atmospheres
- Disney's Enchanted Adventures Parade
- Magic, Music and Mayhem fireworks spectacular
- Dream Along With Mickey castle stage show
- Some of the most popular Magic Kingdom attractions
Buy Tickets Online Now or call (407) WDW - AHOY (939-2469)†
*Save Time – buy your event tickets online! Discover the convenience of printing your tickets at home with Disney's eTicket.
Event Dates:
January 21, 26 and 29
February 2, 5, 9, 14, 22 and 26
March 1, 6, 11 and 14
Event Hours:
7:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Dates:
January 21, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
January 26, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
January 29, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 2, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 5, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 9, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 14, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 22, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
February 26, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
March 1, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
March 6, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
March 11, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
March 14, 2008, 7:00PM - 12:00AM
Location: Magic Kingdom® Park
Additional Information
- <LI class=themetext>Admission to this event requires a separate ticket. <LI class=themetext>Tickets valid only during specific dates and hours.
- Entertainment is subject to change without notice.
Orlando, Citrus Bowl - Monster Jam (monster trucks)
Monster Jam
| Online Tickets |
Monster Trucks. To purchase tickets for this event online, please click here.
Monster Jam is one of most exciting motorsports events around. To purchase tickets for this event online, please click here.
Venue:Florida Citrus Bowl
OrlandoTelephone:407-849-2020Date Range:Starts: 01/26/08
Ends: 01/26/08Schedule:Sat, Jan 26, 2008:
7:30 pm
