{"id":232300,"date":"2026-04-15T04:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232300\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T04:58:56","slug":"barkchella-brings-dog-friendly-music-festival-vibes-to-orlando-wdbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232300\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBarkChella\u201d Brings Dog\u2011Friendly Music Festival Vibes to Orlando \u2013 WDBO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">Music festival season is going to the dogs \u2014 literally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">\u25b6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/on-demand\/orlando-morning-news-express\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/on-demand\/orlando-morning-news-express\/\">LISTEN TO ORLANDO\u2019S MORNING NEWS EXPRESS PODCAST ON WDBO<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">BarkHaven Orlando is hosting BarkChella, a dog\u2011friendly music and nightlife event happening Saturday, April 18, designed for both pups and their people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">The festival runs from 5 p.m. until late and features live DJ performances, glowing lights, interactive experiences, and plenty of tail\u2011wagging entertainment. Dogs are welcome but not required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">Chase Bowden, assistant general manager at BarkHaven says, \u201cThis is our second dog friendly rave style music festival. The first one we named EDC, Electric Dog Carnival, and it was a huge hit. People have been asking for another one, so since this is Coachella weekend, we went with Barkchella. It\u2019s like Coachella, but your dog is invited.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">BarkChella will feature live DJs CHYMERA and CHASENSPACE, along with special guest DJ sets throughout the night. Attendees can also expect a full foam party, bubbles, and glowing visuals to create a festival\u2011style atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">Four\u2011legged guests can enjoy Pawlicious doggie ice cream, while humans can browse Ohana Auro\u2019s handmade jewelry, crafts, and other vendor offerings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">BarkHaven is located near downtown Orlando, between Ivanhoe Village and the Mills 50 District. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">Bowden says dogs are invited but not required for entry to Barkchella.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\">More information about admission, memberships and event details are available on <a href=\"https:\/\/barkhaven.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/barkhaven.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">BarkHaven\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/fp\/download-wdbo-app-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wdbo.com\/fp\/download-wdbo-app-today\/\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and traffic app. And <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wdbo.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/membercenter.wdbo.com\/newsletters\/\">click here<\/a> to subscribe to our daily 3 Big Things newsletter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 kzYdlV body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music festival season is going to the dogs \u2014 literally. \u25b6 LISTEN TO ORLANDO\u2019S MORNING NEWS EXPRESS PODCAST&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[139,141,140],"class_list":["post-232300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}