Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is one of the fastest growing Hot Dog and BBQ restaurants in America, and it recently opened it's first Central Florida location at 1737 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, on January 27. The location features 100% all-beef hot dogs, brats, and grilled hot and mild sausages, plus smoked brisket, pulled chicken, and pork. Besides the food, Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ has ample seating, rustic modern decor, and games for anyone to play while enjoying the food, and self-serve liquor, yes, you'll even find a self-serve beer wall. Now, only weeks after it's Orlando restaurant has opened, Crave have announced that a Crave food truck is hitting the streets in Orlando! The food truck will start in the Orlando area and begin to spread throughout Central Florida as the company expands throughout the area with new restaurants opening later this year in Ocala, Kissimmee, Lakeland, and more. As the Crave Central Florida Food Truck is gearing up to hit the road and serve delicious hot dogs & BBQ to communities all around Central Florida,booking is now open for events! Visit Crave's book a food truck to submit a request!

A new Winter Park-based restaurant, Park Avenue Tavern, is only days away from opening at 558 W. New England Avenue, in the former home of Dexter’s in Hannibal Square. The new restaurant is the second location for Park Avenue Tavern, with the original restaurant located in Midtown Manhattan. The restaurant is known for its award-winning burgerT, which was named “Best Burger by The Wall Street Journal. The restaurants are owned by New York-based In Good Company Hospitality, a hospitality company with various upscale bars and restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. The new Park Avenue Tavern have yet to announce their menu, but the food is described as approachable classics with a twist, featuring quality, consistency and big flavor. Dishes will include burrata with grilled stone fruit compete and crispy prosciutto, fresh watermelon salad with arugula, feta, red onions, and mint vinaigrette, fish and chips, pastrami Reuben, and of course that award winning burger! The restaurant will be open Tuesday 3 pm - 10 pm, Wednesday & Thursday 10 am - 10 pm, Friday & Saturday 10 am - 12 am, and Sunday 10 am - 10 pm. The restaurant has shared a sneak peek inside the new restaurant on Instagram, check it out here.

Orlando International Airpot are advising the public that live fire training exercises will be conducted at the MCO ARFF Training Facility this week. Starting today, February 6, through February 11, airport officials say that fire and smoke may be visible from the surrounding areas during this exercise, but they do not want anyone to be alarmed. Airport officials also say that the training will not impact airport operations. For more information, visit the Orlando International Airport website.

British singer Sir Tom Jones is bringing his Ages & Stages North American Tour to Hard Rock live, here in Orlando on May 10. Sir Tom announced a string of outdoor show back home in the U.K, last week, and is now adding shows here in the U.S. Tickets will go on sale Friday for the Orlando date at 10 am via Ticketmaster. With a career spanning over 50 years, Tom Jones has gone from strength to strength, with his seminal and ubiquitous hits such as ‘It’s Not Unusual’, ‘Kiss’, ‘Delilah’, ‘What’s New Pussycat’, ‘I’ll Never Fall In Love Again’, ‘Sex Bomb’, and more. Along with sustaining his popularity as a live performer and recording artist for more than five decades, he continues to garner critical acclaim, including with the release of his most recent number 1 album, last year’s ‘Surrounded By Time’. The album, the latest in his series of collaborations with producer Ethan Johns, again saw Sir Tom delve further into his love of Blues & Soul, featuring his versions of songs by the likes of Bob Dylan, The Waterboys, Cat Stevens & more. It is the most recent high point in a career full of highlights, including being knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2006. Other highlights of his long career include receiving BRIT Awards for Best Male and Outstanding Contribution to Music, a Silver Clef Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Hitmaker Award from the [US] Songwriters Hall of Fame, GQ Man Of The Year, and the prestigious [UK] Music Industry Trust Award.

We've been patiently waiting for JoJo's ShakeBAR to make it's Orlando debut, and it looks like the wait is almost over, hopefully! 60 employees are being hired, and the shake bar's social media is talking up an opening soon, which all points to JoJo’s ShakeBAR opening pretty soon at it's new home on I-Drive at Pointe Orlando,the an all-in-one dining, nightlife and shopping destination. JoJo’s ShakeBAR is a next-generation restaurant and bar, grounded in nostalgia, the new will leave kids in awe and transport adults back to simpler times with its 80s/90s-inspired details, like arcade game tables and a walk-up window for shoppers & convention goers on the run. The location will be around 4,239 square feet and seat 250 guests. and will include an outdoor patio. JoJo's Shake Bar started in Detroit and is known for over-the-top milkshakes, loaded fries and a boozy brunch But the highlight is JoJo's Biggie Shakes, which you can pair with fries loaded with cheese, bacon and sour cream. Staying true to its Chicago roots, JoJo's offers its "Triple Dog Dare You" Chicago-style hotdogs featuring three mini-hot dogs with onion, tomato, relish, peppers, celery salt and mustard. There's also the "Chicago Handshake," an old-style beer paired with a shot of Malort. JoJo's milkshakes are served topped with items such as gummy candies, cotton candy, toffee, marshmallows, cookies and more. For example, there's the Girl Scout with Andes mint chocolate shake, toasted marshmallow, chocolate pretzel, chocolate s'more, and a double-chocolate cookie!

Ivanhoe Village has once more teamed up with their neighbor Mills50 to host Virginia Drive Live!, a fun night of shopping, dining, drinking and entertainment along one of Orlando’s busiest streets! During Virginia Drive Live!, which is happening on February 11, between 5 pm and 9 pm, vendors are placed along Virginia Drive from Orange Avenue to Mills Avenue between the two districts. Enjoy brews and entertainment in the beer garden, various types of cuisine at the city’s best food trucks, and unique vendors to pique your interest. Guests can also participate in a pub crawl, purchase a $5 wristbands at Ten10 Brewing and at The Yard at Ivanhoe, and unlock discounts and drink deals at participating businesses along the route. The event is family and dog-friendly, though there will be drinking along the route!

Little River Band will be rocking the stage at Hard Rock Live Orlando on April 14, 2023, when the band bring back some of their top hits from the 1970s and 1980s to Orlando. Tickets go on sale Friday, via Ticketmaster. The Eagles founding member, the late Glenn Frey, knew what he was saying when he dubbed Little River Band “the best singing band in the world.” Through the ’70s and ’80s, Little River Band enjoyed huge chart success with multi-platinum albums and chart-topping hits such as Reminiscing, Cool Change, Lonesome Loser, The Night Owls, Take It Easy On Me, Help Is on Its Way, Happy Anniversary, We Two, Man On Your Mind, The Other Guy and It’s a Long Way There. With Reminiscing receiving an estimated five million plays on American radio, the group was recognized as having Top 10 hits for six consecutive years.

Torchy’s Tacos, the popular craft fast-casual taco brand known for its Damn Good Tacos and Green Chile Queso, is celebrating a major milestone, as it opens the doors to its first location in the Sunshine State. Texas-based taco chain Torchy’s Tacos had planned to open its first Florida locations last summer, but those plans got pushed back, due to what the company called "some unexpected delays. Fast forward to now, and Torchy's Tacos has opened its first Florida location in St Pete at 2314 Tyrone Blvd. The company have also revealed that its second Florida location in Altamonte Springs at 999 N. State Road 434, will open in May, although an exact opening date has not been set. A third Florida location at Orlando's Vineland Pointe is also in the works for this summer, 2023. Torchy’s Tacos got its start 15 years ago when founder and CEO Mike Rypka bought a food trailer and set out to change the taco game forever. As word of mouth grew, Torchy’s became known for its scratch-made tacos, emphasizing unique flavors and high-quality ingredients from around the world. Guests can enjoy favorites like the Brushfire taco, award-winning Green Chile Queso and Torchy’s Taco of the Month while sipping fresh-made margaritas and signature cocktails in the 4,450-square-foot space and accompanying patio. At Torchy’s, every taco, queso and margarita is hand-crafted and made-to-order. Torchy’s inventive taco creations served on fresh, housemade corn or flour tortillas like Green Chile Pork featuring pork carnitas, green chiles and cotija cheese, Baja Shrimp made with fried shrimp, cabbage slaw and pickled onions, the famous Trailer Park inspired by Torchy’s beginnings in an Austin food trailer with fried chicken, green chiles, lettuce, pico de gallo and cheddar jack cheese, plus many more.

In recent years, Oviedo Mall has been pushing back against a declining amount of tenants, and shoppers, which once threatened the mall with extinction. Mall bosses brought in new tenants including District Eat & Play with bowling, axe throwing, escape rooms, live entertainment and more, plus, new food and drink options that encourage visitors to spend their leisure time in the mall. Plus, they created imaginative events, and more to encourage people to return the mall, for example they now offer a night market, parents nights out, a kids club, and of course, right now the Oviedo Mall Carnival is in full swing. The latest idea from the mall is to encourage teens into the mall, unlike other malls around the country that are banning teens! The new program called the “Mall Rat Club” for teens 13 to 17 years, is being launched in an effort to bring in a younger crowd according to mall management. The Oviedo Mall Teen Club is geared towards teenager visitors, and will officially launch on March 1, 2023, and will feature special shopping and dining discounts for teenagers aged 13 to 17 years old. The Club will also have monthly outings and activities throughout the mall including private movie screenings. "With so many malls around the country enacting curfews and escort programs for their young guests, we wanted to try a different approach in an effort to curb some of the issues we’ve been having with teens,” Director of Marketing and Events Josh Gunderson said. Starting Wednesday, parents can start enrolling their children into the program to receive discounts and a list of monthly activities. The program officially begins on March 1. Once their application has been processed, teens and their parents will be able to visit the mall’s management office to receive their membership card, which will gain them access to their exclusive discounts and activities through the year. Some of the discounts include 15% off at District Eat & Play, Auntie Anne’s, Legacy Taekwondo Academy and Wizards and Lizards Craft Studio. There will also be private movie screenings for members, GellyBall tournaments at District Eat & Play and a private paint night at Calliope Street.

Disturbed has announced their 36-date Take Back Your Life summer 2023 North American tour. The Live Nation-produced trek will kick off at Montreal’s Bell Centre on April 27th and will stop over at Tampa's MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre on August 5. The band’s Take Back Your Life Tour will be Disturbed’s first full tour since 2018 and tickets will go on sale on Friday, February 10th at 10 am local time, with a presale beginning Wednesday 10 am, Code: CHORUS. Disturbed’s eighth full-length album Divisive is out now via Reprise Records. The album pulls no punches as a precise, pummeling, and powerful hard rock opus. Over the last year, the quartet cut these ten tracks with producer Drew Fulk in Nashville, TN. After Donegan shared initial ideas with the rest of the group, they locked in like never before with the groove as the backbone. Drummer Mike Wengren bolted down some of the strongest and boldest rhythms of their career punctuated by John Moyer’s punchy bass. Together, the musicians collectively conjured the focus and fire of their seminal early output augmented by airtight songcraft and a heightened level of musical chemistry that could only be forged by years of writing and touring together. “Hey You,” the album’s first single, emerged as their 15th No. 1 single at rock radio and retained that position for three weeks Their current single, “Bad Man” is currently in the top 10 on that chart.

Big Time Rush are heading out on tour again, the band announced this morning, Monday, February 6, a massive 35-date “Can’t Get Enough Tour,” along with the release of their newest single, “Can’t Get Enough.” The newly announced tour which includes a stop in Orlando, comes on the heels of a 2022 sold-out North American “Forever Tour.” The Orlando date is the bands only Florida stop in the tour. Big time Rush will take to the stage at the Amway Center on July 30, along with special guests, openers Max and Jax. Pop star Max has amassed more than 1.5 billion streams and has released several multi-platinum songs. Singer-songwriter and TikTok star Jax, who won iHeartRadio’s TikTok Songwriter of the Year Award in 2022, has made waves with her body-positive anthem “Victoria’s Secret,” which debuted on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Details are available on the Amway Center website now! “The story behind the song isn’t very complicated,” the band says of the new single. “To put it simply, we can’t get enough. Can’t get enough of making new music and can’t get enough of performing for everyone. We are influenced by many different artists, styles, and decades and “Can’t Get Enough” is a nod to the disco era. We are so excited for everyone to hear the song and everything else we’ve been working on. The Can’t Get Enough Tour is going to be a wild ride. Since our first shows back in 2021, we decided this isn’t a reunion. This is a comeback. The Can’t Get Enough Tour is going to be bigger than ever. We are pushing ourselves to make the best show possible so that every night is truly special. This is going to be a tour you do not want to miss.” Tickets for US and Canada go on sale to the public February 10th at 10 am via Ticketmaster. Tickets go on sale exclusively for Big Time Rush fan club members February 7th from 10 am through February 9th at 10 pm. Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning Wednesday February 8th at 10 am local time until Thursday February 9th at 10 pm local time through the Citi Entertainment program.

Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts have announced that their highly popular summer camps are on sale now. Week-long camps in June and July at the arts center’s AdventHealth School of the Arts are available for students of varying ages and skill levels in a range of performing arts featuring musical theater and comedy. Students can spend time discovering new passions or sharpening skills over summer break, allowing them to grow as artists, and make some pretty great memories, too. The arts center is also accepting auditions for its two annual summer productions, Bring It On: The Musical, and A Chorus Line, which will culminate in final performances open to the public at Steinmetz Hall and Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater respectively. Bring It On: The Musical auditions are open to students ages 13-19, while A Chorus Line auditions are open to aspiring and professional actors ages 19-25. You can learn more about the musical theater and comedy classes offered to campers and the audition process for the two summer productions below. Musical Theater: Take It From The Top Ages: 10 - 18 June 12–16, 2023 Returning to the Dr. Phillips Center is the Take It From The Top Program. This Broadway week is a unique opportunity to spend the week learning from a talented team of experienced Broadway professionals and a professional casting director. This professional Broadway workshop is designed by Broadway veterans Paul Canaan (Kinky Boots, Legally Blonde, Thoroughly Modern Mille, La Cage Aux Folles, Miss Saigon) and Tony Award Nominee Laura Bell Bundy (Legally Blonde, Wicked, Hairspray, and Ruthless). Participants will explore the “triple threat” of music, dance, and theater with a final performance for an invited audience of family and friends in Steinmetz Hall. Explore the process of casting, auditions, and rehearsals with mentorship from Broadway performers, directors, choreographers, and a casting industry professional. Pre-Professional Production: Bring It On: The Musical Ages: 13–19 June 19–July 1, 2023 Bitingly relevant, sprinkled with sass, and inspired by the hit film, Bring It On: The Musical takes audiences on a high-flying journey that is filled with the complexities of friendship, jealousy, betrayal and forgiveness. Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On features an original story by Tony Award winner Jeff Whitty (Avenue Q), music and lyrics by Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning composer, Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights, Hamilton), music by Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning composer, Tom Kitt (Next to Normal), lyrics by Broadway lyricist, Amanda Green (High Fidelity), and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Join the cast this summer, and get to perform in Steinmetz Hall. Each rehearsal will consist of blocking, character development work, vocal rehearsals, choreography, as well as tech rehearsals combining lighting and sound elements to create a full professional production. There will be two performances open to the public after the program concludes. Comedy: Improv Intensive with SAK Comedy Lab Ages: 8–10 July 5–7, 2023 Our annual Improv Intensive will provide an opportunity to delve into comedy, stand up, monologue, and improv while working through various acting and improvisational methods with expert Improvisors. Learn how to share your creativity with a scene partner and how to incorporate the energy of the audience. This three day intensive will help you grow in skill, craft, and artistry as an actor. Friends and family will be able to see your performance in a final showcase on a professional stage. Musical Theater: Best of Broadway Ages: 6–10 July 10–14, 2023 Calling all singers, dancers, and actors! Learn how to sing, act, and dance to the best songs from your favorite Broadway classics and new works! Broadway themed Musical Theater week will help you develop this story by expanding your vocal technique, character development, dance, and stage presence. Friends and family will be able to see your performance in the final showcase on a professional stage. Musical Theater: The Magic of Disney Ages: 6–10 July 17–21, 2023 Be our guest and join the adventure of a lifetime and bring the magic of musical theater to life during our Disney themed musical theater week. Through theatrical performance combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance, we will tell a thrilling story while moving through our favorite Disney Movies! Friends and family will be able to see your performance in the final showcase on a professional stage. Musical Theater: Universal DreamWorks Adventure Ages: 6–10 July 24–28, 2023 Dream big during this musical theater week! This week will explore the various lessons of individuality, friendship, kindness, and confidence from popular Universal DreamWorks films such as Trolls, Madagascar, and Shrek through script reading, singing, and dancing. Friends and family will be able to see your performance in the final showcase on a professional stage. Summer Stock Production: A Chorus Line Ages: 19–25 June 4–August 6 Calling performers ages 19–25 that have completed at least 1 year of college! Aspiring actors encouraged to audition. A Chorus Line is a stunning concept musical capturing the spirit and tension of a Broadway chorus audition. Exploring the inner lives and bittersweet ambitions of professional Broadway performers, the show features one powerhouse number after another. Memorable musical numbers include “What I Did for Love,” “One,” “I Can Do That,” “At the Ballet,” “The Music and the Mirror,” and “I Hope I Get It.” A brilliantly complex fusion of song, dance and compellingly authentic drama, A Chorus Line was instantly recognized as a classic. There will be five performances open to the public in Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater. For more information and to sign up, visit the Dr. Phillips Center website.