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February 6th, 2012
Orlando, FL – Starting February 11, Bands, Brew & BBQ packs four weekends with smokin’ hot fun that includes food, beer and music. The festival will feature live performances from award-winning country and classic rock artists on Sundays at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay and, new this year, at SeaWorld in Orlando concerts are scheduled on both Saturdays and Sundays.
Bands, Brew & BBQ is included with park admission. And the best way to experience this festival is with a Fun Card where you pay for a day’s admission and come back all year with no blackout dates. This year’s awesome line-ups feature top artists in classic rock and country music, seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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February 3rd, 2012
Orlando, FL – This spring, the fun and excitement of The Big Easy makes its way to Universal Orlando Resort for Mardi Gras 2012 – an authentic celebration that completely transforms Universal Studios Florida into a family-friendly version of the famed New Orleans street party. On Saturdays and select nights starting February 11 through April 14, Universal Orlando’s Mardi Gras celebration combines unparalleled theme park entertainment with an elaborate Mardi Gras parade, dozens of colorfully costumed performers, authentic New Orleans bands, delicious Cajun cuisine and live concerts by some of today’s most popular artists.
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February 1st, 2012
Break out the beads and pick a mask that best suites you because Mardi Gras, which is one of Florida’s top events too, is upon us once again this year. Before we bow our heads for repentance and prayer during Lent and Easter, let’s raise our hands for a little fun and frivolity because we are assured that there is a time and a season for every purpose under heaven, even a time to party. Here’s a list of some places in Florida where you can don that mask and cut loose.
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January 31st, 2012
 Everglades City, FL – Imagine 50,000 people in a town with a permanent population of 500 deep in the heart of the Florida Everglades. That’s what happens during the first weekend in February when Everglades City holds its Seafood Festival.
Visitors come from all over Florida and beyond to sample the food and listen to top Country Music groups entertain on the big stage in front of City Hall. The streets are cordoned off so that walkers can stroll past hundreds of craft booths and enjoy their meals at picnic tables under shade-giving tents. For the kiddies (and those young-at-heart) there are the carnival rides and games you’d expect at a country fair.
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January 23rd, 2012
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Key West, Florida Keys – Creative cuisine, premium wines and unique events in a subtropical island setting are to characterize the third annual Food and Wine Festival in Key West, set for Thursday through Sunday, Jan. 26-29.
Indoor and outdoor events showcase local chefs culinary flair and favorite indigenous ingredients while offering only in the Keys experiences.
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January 18th, 2012
Tampa, FL – Busch Gardens welcomes guests to closely observe and even take part in the animal care experience when the Tampa park opens its new Animal Care Center on Jan. 23, 2012. From nutrition to treatments, X-rays to surgeries, much of Busch Gardens? animal care will be conducted in guest view in this new state-of-the-art facility.
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January 16th, 2012
Florida Keys — A celebration honoring the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Florida Keys Over-Sea Railroad, once lauded as the most unique railway in the world, is under way in the Florida Keys. Events are to culminate Jan. 22, 2012, exactly 100 years after the inaugural train rolled through the island chain and arrived at Key West. When the Over-Sea Railroad train made its first journey in 1912 it connected the previously isolated Florida Keys with the mainland and each other for the first time, forever changing the face of the island chain.
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January 14th, 2012
Daytona Beach, FL – The recently repaved track at the Daytona International Speedway has been tested and tried for more than a year now and everyone seems to be pleased with how the track is handling, fans and racers alike. And this is the time of year when racing fans from all over the country turn their eyes toward this beloved, legendary track in Daytona Beach for the start of the racing season. Some events fans can look forward to, as always are the Rolex 24 and ARCA events then the Budweiser Shootout will start off the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series schedule and then there is the 54th running of the ‘All American Race’, the DAYTONA 500!
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January 9th, 2012
Key West, Florida Keys — Fresh Florida Keys seafood and the commercial fishermen who harvest it are to be celebrated Saturday, Jan. 14, during the seventh annual Florida Keys Seafood Festival.
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January 7th, 2012
Orlando, FL – With an all-new festival featuring awesome concerts by LazyTown, Max & Ruby, the Doodlebops and Choo-Choo Soul and tons of family-friendly fun and activities, SeaWorld in Orlando is the place for kids, Saturdays January 14 – February 4.
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