{"id":51349,"date":"2025-11-18T16:06:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51349\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:06:12","slug":"dr-phillips-center-is-throwing-a-free-1-month-holiday-festival-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/51349\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Phillips Center is throwing a free 1-month holiday festival in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s going to be merrier at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

Downtown Orlando\u2019s marquee events center is hosting a free one-month holiday festival on its 3-acre space overlooking Orlando City Hall and the skyline.<\/p>\n

The inaugural Frontyard Holiday Festival<\/a> debuts Dec. 4 and runs until Jan. 4, featuring 80 live performances, holiday lights, fire pits and family holiday movies. Food and drinks will be available for sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis festival represents the next chapter of our mission \u2014 to create a place where everyone in our community loves to be,\u201d said Kathy Ramsberger, President and CEO of Dr. Phillips Center. \u201cTransforming Seneff Arts Plaza into a holiday destination fulfills a long-held vision of creativity, joy and the power of community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event is expected to draw 300,000 guests throughout the month, the organization said in a press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cPerformances will feature local favorites including Dr. Phillips Center\u2019s Quarter Notes and Four Counts<\/a>, Opera Orlando<\/a>, Central Florida Community Arts<\/a>, Orlando Gay Chorus<\/a>, Brass Band of Central Florida<\/a>, Central Florida Vocal Arts\u2019 Belles and Beaux<\/a> and several local high school ensembles,\u201d Dr. Phillips Center said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the main stage at Seneff Arts Plaza, guests can look forward to holiday movie nights featuring beloved classics like \u2018Dr. Seuss\u2019 The Grinch,\u2019 \u2018The Polar Express,\u2019 \u2018The Santa Clause,\u2019 \u2018A Christmas Story\u2019 and \u2018The Nightmare Before Christmas.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The new festival is coming as Dr. Phillips Center celebrates its 10th anniversary. In those years, the show has hosted \u201cHamilton,\u201d \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cThe Lion King<\/a>,\u201d and other Broadway shows and events.<\/p>\n

The Dr. Phillips Center festival is part of the city of Orlando\u2019s Downtown Development Board\u2019s annual Downtown for the Holidays<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Throughout the upcoming weeks, the city is promoting its free holiday festivities, including the return of the giant musical Christmas tree at Lake Eola starting Dec. 5. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Lake Eola will be the home to Christmas lights, Florida snow and a kid-friendly holiday train giving rides on the North East Lawn as well as holiday movie nights and more.<\/p>\n

The city is pushing to bring more visitors downtown and change its image of late-night bars and clubs. Many of those late-night establishments are closing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s going to be merrier at Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this year. Downtown Orlando\u2019s marquee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1191,2275,23925,1186,32496,1610,139,141,140,20144,3478],"class_list":{"0":"post-51349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-downtown-orlando","10":"tag-dr-phillips-center-for-the-performing-arts","11":"tag-holidays","12":"tag-kathy-ramsberger","13":"tag-lake-eola","14":"tag-orlando","15":"tag-orlando-headlines","16":"tag-orlando-news","17":"tag-the-arts","18":"tag-theater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51349","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=51349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}