Check out what’s happening this week in Orlando. If you know of a great event we’ve missed, feel free to comment and let us know.
Art & Museums
- Aztec to Zapotec: Selections from the Ancient Americas Collection
Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday & Sunday 12-4pm at Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando
Tickets: $8, seniors & students $7
- Found Objects, Canvas, & Handpainted Furniture
Friday & Saturday 12:30-7pm at Boom-Art, Orlando
Tickets: This event is free
- Robert Motherwell & Jasper Johns: Poetic Works as Metaphor
Friday 10am-4pm, Saturday & Sunday 12-5pm at Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park
Tickets: Members & college students free, $5 for public
- Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen
Friday & Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12-5pm at Orange County Regional History Center, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: $9, seniors & students $7, Orange County employees & OCPS teachers are free
Comedy
- Butch Lord
Friday 8pm & 10:30pm, Saturday 7:30pm & 10:15pm, Sunday 7:30pm at Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre, Orlando
Tickets: Friday-Saturday $12, Sunday $10 (21+ only)
- FoolFest
Thursday 7:30pm & 9:30pm, Friday 7:30pm, 9:30pm & 11:30pm, Saturday 7:30pm, 9:30pm & 11:30pm
Tickets: $12
- Lisa Lampanelli
Friday 8pm at King Center for the Performing Arts, Melbourne
Tickets: $37.75
- Jerry Seinfeld
Friday 7pm at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: $49-$79
Families
- The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation’s Astronaut Autograph & Memorabilia Show
Friday-Sunday 9am-4pm at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Cape Canaveral
Tickets: $10 and up (see website for details)
- Disney’s The Aristocrats Kids & The Wizard of Wonderland
Wekiva River Players’ double-feature youth productions of the children’s plays
Friday & Saturday 7pm, Sunday 2pm at Eastmonte Park Civic Center, Altamonte Springs
Tickets: $5-$12
- Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Friday 10:15am, Saturday 2pm, Sunday 4:30pm at Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Orlando
Tickets: Friday $9, Sat-Sun $10
Festivals
- Rock for Hunger Fest 5
Saturday 3pm at Florida Citrus Bowl, Orlando
Tickets: $20 advance, $25 day-of
- Orlando Film Festival
Wednesday-Sunday (check website for movies, concerts, and more) at Plaza Cinema Cafe, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: Ticket prices vary depending on event; see website for details
- American Indian Association Orlando Powwow
Friday & Saturday 10am-10pm, Sunday 10am-5pm at Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando
Tickets: $6 adults, $4 military & students, $3 children & seniors, $15 weekend pass; military in uniform free
- Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire
Friday-Sunday 10am-5pm at Hickory Point Park, Tavares
Tickets: $15 adults, $7 children at the gate
- Volusia County Fair
Daily from Nov. 4 thru Nov. 14 (check website for times & events) at Volusia County Fairgrounds, DeLand
Tickets: $6 adults, $4 ages 6-12 in advance; $8 adults, $5 ages 6-12 at the gate (rides require separate fee)
- Fall Fiesta
Saturday & Sunday 10am-5pm at Lake Eola Park, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: This event is free
- Fall Harvest Festival
Saturday 3pm-midnight at Austins Coffee, Winter Park
Tickets: This event is free
Food
- International Food & Wine Festival
Eat to the Beat Concert Series featuring Roger Hodgson (Fri) & Jon Secada (Sat & Sun)
Friday-Sunday at Epcot Park
Tickets: Included in theme park admission
- Flavor of Orlando
Saturday 12-8pm at SODO (Orange Ave & Grant St), Downtown Orlando
Tickets: This event is free
Music
- America’s Got Talent
Sunday 7:30pm at Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: $52.95-$112.75
- Anberlin
Saturday 7pm at House of Blues, Downtown Disney
Tickets: $18.25 advance, $21.25 day-of
- Matt White
Sunday 7pm at The Social, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: $8-$10
- Robyn
Saturday 8pm at Firestone Live, Downtown Orlando
Tickets: $16 advance, $20 day-of
Sports
- PurpleStride Orlando 2010 (to benefit Pancreatic Cancer)
Sunday 8-11am at UCF, Orlando
Tickets: individual $20 ($25 day-of), youth ages 3-12 $10 ($15 day-of), virtual participant $30, survivors are free
- Give Kids the World 5k Fun Run
Saturday 8:30am at Give Kids the World Village, Kissimmee
Tickets: $25 per participant
- World Extreme Fighting
Saturday 7:30pm at Silver Spurs Arena, Kissimmee
Tickets: $25-$75
Theater
- South Pacific
Friday & Saturday 7:30pm, Sunday 2pm at Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee
Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students & seniors
- The Turn of the Screw
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm at Lowndes Shakespeare Center, Orlando
Tickets: $26-$38 Fri-Sat, $20-$34 Sun
- Noises Off
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm at Garden Theatre, Winter Garden
Tickets: $24 adults, $22 seniors & students
- Torch Song Trilogy
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday 7pm at Pointe Performing Arts Center, Orlando
Tickets: $15-$35
-The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Friday & Saturday 8pm, Sunday 3pm at Breakthrough Theatre, Winter Park
Tickets: $18 general, $15 seniors, $12 students
- The House on Pooh Corner
Saturday 11am & 4pm, Sunday 2pm & 5:30pm at Orlando Repertory Theatre, Orlando
Tickets: $17 adults, $15 seniors & students, $11 children




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