Orlando Weekly

Orlando Weekly is a vibrant alternative newspaper serving the Greater Orlando area in Florida. Each Thursday, it distributes 40,000 copies to over 1,100 locations throughout Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties. The publication is also available in more than 300 red street boxes (or brown ones in downtown Orlando) placed in prominent, busy spots across the region. Each week, over 200,000 readers pick up Orlando Weekly to explore its event calendar, stay updated on the latest movies, dining options, local music, and visual arts, as well as to read engaging stories covering a wide range of topics, including sports, relationships, technology, and local government.

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Orlando heavy-guitar masters The Ludes justify their love for Kraftwerk with 'The Model'

9 hours ago | orlandoweekly.com | Bao Le-Huu

click to enlarge Photo by Erin Nolan The Ludes take on Kraftwerk with a very special guest Decorated Orlando music scene veteran Jeff Nolan is many things. He’s the main brain behind hard-rock band The Ludes. He’s one of the city’s all-time sickest guitarists. He’s a walking rock encyclopedia. And he’s a huge Kraftwerk fan. All these facts are widely known, except maybe that last one.
Orlando's Sean Moore joins diehard freaks Billy Ruben + the Mind Readers and Wojtek at Uncle Lou's

9 hours ago | orlandoweekly.com | Bao Le-Huu

click to enlarge Courtesy photo Sean Moore joins Billy Ruben & the Mind Readers at Lou's Normies have everything else, but this one’s for you beautiful weirdos out there. First, Billy Ruben & the Mind Readers is the bluesy rock & roll project of wild psych-rock experimentalist Billy Ruben (of Billy Ruben and the Elevated Enzymes).
Cult hero Tommy Stinson careens into Stardust Video (!) for a solo gig

14 hours ago | orlandoweekly.com | Bao Le-Huu

click to enlarge Courtesy photo Tommy Stinson is back in Orlando Long live Tommy Stinson. With a career spanning from The Replacements to Guns N’ Roses, he shines in the rock pantheon as an underdog legend. Despite major-league credits, Stinson has always kept his feet on the ground and in the trenches. Although underrated, his own projects like Bash & Pop, Perfect, Cowboys in the Campfire and solo work all enjoy cult esteem.
Orlando lawmakers’ bill to support businesses harmed by construction fails to pass

5 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | McKenna Schueler

click to enlarge Photo by J.D. Casto A proposal by local Florida Democratic legislators to provide state grants to small businesses that are negatively affected by government construction projects has been indefinitely postponed. It has been withdrawn from consideration, following the de facto conclusion of Florida’s 2025 state legislative session. Florida’s 60-day legislative session began March 4 and was scheduled to conclude last Friday, May 2.
Orlando Rep. Maxwell Frost to hold a town hall in Republican-held congressional district this weekend

5 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | Mitch Perry

click to enlarge Photo by Matt Keller Lehman As part of a campaign of Democrats holding events in Republican-held congressional districts, Connecticut U.S Sen. Christopher Murphy and Central Florida U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost will host a town-hall meeting on Saturday. The venue is in Sarasota in Florida’s 17th Congressional District, held by Republican Greg Steube.
Sen. Cory Booker, filibuster record holder, to co-headline Florida Democrats' summer event

5 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | Mitch Perry

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Florida bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote fails, after angering both sides of issue

5 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | Mitch Perry

click to enlarge Photo via Shutterstock An election bill requiring new Florida voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship failed to advance in the just-concluded regular legislative session, drawing sighs of relief from both voting-rights and voting-integrity groups, although for different reasons. The measure arose shortly after President Trump issued his executive order requiring voters to show proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.
Hardcore and punk lifers Murphy's Law and Total Chaos careen into Conduit this weekend

5 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | Matthew Moyer

Courtesy photo Murphy's Law strikes at Conduit Hardcore legends Murphy's Law have teamed up with street-punks Total Chaos for a wild U.S. tour that hits Orlando this weekend. The two bands have collective experience of decades in the underground with credibility to spare, and the combo of their different approaches to ye olde punk music should make for a satisfying "peanut butter in chocolate" situation.
'Results, not rhetoric': Mayra Uribe launches bid for Orange County mayor

6 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | McKenna Schueler

click to enlarge McKenna Schueler Mayra Uribe is running for mayor with plenty of merch, including yard signs, to go around. Orange County Commissioner Mayra Uribe announced her campaign for Orange County Mayor on Thursday, speaking to a crowd of about two dozen supporters gathered around a pavilion at Cypress Grove Park just east of OBT and south of downtown.
DeSantis stands by AG James Uthmeier’s defiance of federal courts over immigration arrests

6 days ago | orlandoweekly.com | Mitch Perry

click to enlarge Photo via Gov. Ron DeSantis/X Gov. Ron DeSantis is standing by Attorney General James Uthmeier’s open defiance of a federal court order requiring law enforcement agencies in Florida to halt immigration arrests under a new state immigration law. Talking with reporters in Tampa, the governor said the episode raises a “larger issue” of who can enact public policy in the United States.