It's a festival kind of weekend. And the upcoming batch of fests celebrate everything from seafood to Greek food, established art to budding art, good eats and good music.
Mount Dora Scottish Highland Festival brings sounds, culture of Scotland to Central Florida
The rolling hills of Lake County will soon resemble the landscape of Scotland, complete with the sounds of bagpipes floating through the air, as the annual Mount Dora Scottish Highland Festival returns.
Chris Carson, who oversees cultural and special events for Mount Dora, helped start the festival nine years ago and has witnessed the annual weekend expand into community traditions all year long.
Edison Festival grand parade: What you need to know about the Fort Myers event
It's one of the biggest night parades in the Southeastern United States and also the biggest and longest-running parade in Southwest Florida.
The 2022 parade will feature about 150 units, including more than 30 floats, says parade chairman Mike Gill.
The parade starts at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19. It travels from Fort Myers High School to Cleveland Avenue, then travels north along Cleveland and through the streets of downtown Fort Myers.
Weekend Spotlight: Daytona 500, music festivals & outdoor markets – 104.5 WOKV
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NORTHEAST FLORIDA — There are almost too many events to choose from this weekend in Northeast Florida.
Unable to make it to the Daytona 500? You can still look at expensive cars at the Jacksonville International Auto Show hosted at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. If you are looking for more outdoor events, the biggest this weekend is in Palatka for its 14th Annual Bluegrass Festival.
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Black chefs pushed Sobe food festival to diversify: 'I didn't see anyone who looked like me'
Nicole Gates was missing only popcorn to watch the social media maelstrom brewing between the South Beach Wine & Food Festival and Miami's Black community before last year's annual festival.
As a Black co-owner of Lil Greenhouse Grill in Overtown , a historically Black area of Miami, she watched with interest as two major Black food and cultural influencers skewered the festival for showing a lack of diversity.
The Hippodrome celebrates Florida playwrights in its 2022 New Works Festival
Theater director Stephanie Lynge joins TV20′s Lisa Sacaccio to talk about the Hippodrome's event which celebrates Florida playwrights.
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"People just were determined to make that journey," archaeologist Dr. Kathleen Deagan said. "You can imagine coming from South Carolina to St. Augustine when there was no development. It was through swamps. It was through marshes, rattlesnakes, alligators.
By 1738, about 100 African American slaves had escaped to St. Augustine. The Spanish government gave them their freedom in exchange for converting to Catholicism.
Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival to have fashionable kick- off
On Feb. 23, famed Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari, will be in South Florida for a special screening of the documentary, "The United States of Elie Tahari.
"My Festival, My Way" runs from Feb. 27-March 20, with more than 80 films being presented both in-person and virtually. Audiences will have the opportunity to enjoy short and feature length films and documentaries from around the globe, Q&A sessions, and appearances by notable film industry
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