Hoodstock is a weekend of local creativity through music and the arts, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Woodstock!  All the events are free!  For a complete schedule, visit www.apartmente.com

Sip and Savor, from Monday August 5 through Sunday August 18, is a summer celebration of Orlando’s food and drink scene. In addition to Orlando’s best food and drink, residents and visitors have the opportunity to discover a new favorite place or revisit a familiar favorite and enjoy special pricing.  Mills 50  restaurants include Bites & Bubbles, Black Rooster Taqueria, Dandelion Community Cafe, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Maxine’s on Shine, Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa, Poke-Hana, Pop Thai and Too Much Sauce.  Bars include Conrad’s Shanty, GB’s Bottle Shop, Nora’s Sugar Shack and Ten 10 Brewing Co.

Participating restaurants and bars, along with menus can be found at: www.sipandsavorotown.com

Ivanhoe Village & Mills 50 are co-hosting Virginia Drive Live on Saturday, May 11 from 3pm until 7pm.  Enjoy live entertainment by Texas Outlaw Jerry J!  Buy some art from artists including Patty Sheehan, Kelly Berry & Bethany Taylor Myers!  Vendors include Macrame Momma, Clay Touch, Miss Jessica’s Tarot, PNC Bank & more!  Purchase a $5 wristband at Ten 10 Brewing or Beaux Studios and get specials at Grape & The Grain, Ten 10 Brewing, Kelly Shannon Floral, gotkarma, Santiago’s Bodega, Orlando Meats, Barefoot Spa Beer & Wine, Green House Realty, Beaux Studios, Veracity, The Thirsty Topher, The Hideway, GB’s Bottle Shop & Ivanhoe Park Brewing.  Businesses including Eclips Salon, Luna Mosaic Arts, Factur and others will be open for shopping! Flapjacks Original, Hot Asian Buns food truck, Kelly’s Ice Cream truck, Mia’s Smashcakes and Pastrami Project food truck will be on site to delight your taste buds! Stop by & enjoy local!

Enjoy specials at 16 Mills 50 bars, restaurants and businesses at the St. Paddy’s Pub Crawl on Saturday, March 16 starting at 4pm.  Purchase a wristband for $5 at The Dirty Laundry, 1030 N Mills or Ten 10 Brewing, 1010 Virginia Drive – get some green beads, a shamrock sticker and a pub crawl map! 

Love Fest is back!  Feel the love on Sunday, January 27 from 11am until 5pm in front of Quantum Leap Winery, 1312 Wilfred Drive!  Enjoy food, drink, live music & shop at dozens of vendor booths!  This is a free community event! 

Over 30 local artists painted bottles of Quantum Leap pinot grigio and cabernet sauvignon.  These one of a kind “art” bottles were part of a silent auction held on Wednesday, December 5 at Quantum Leap Winery.  Proceeds will benefit future Mills 50 public art projects! 

(Pictured:  Mendi Cowles, Mary Nesler, Paul Koester, Barbie Nowick, Kelly Richards, Heather Drucker, Bethany Taylor Myers, Josh Hurtado, Patty Sheehan, Danny Rock, Lyn Henderson, Lee Vandergrift, Megan Black, Kelly Berry & Abbie McCarthy.)

Starting Monday, December 10, our office will be located at 946 N. Mills, Orlando, FL 32803.

The Approximately 12 Pubs of Christmas Pub Crawl & Holiday Art Market  is Saturday, December 1.  Before you start the crawl at 7:30pm, why not begin your gift shopping at the Holiday Art Market along Virginia Drive?

Purchase a wristband for $10 at Will’s Dirty Laundry or The Barefoot Spa and take advantage of specials at 16 bars, restaurants and businesses!

#SmallBizSat is Nov 24! When we all #ShopSmall, we support the small businesses that keep Mills 50 unique!  Shop & save at these local businesses on Small Business Saturday!

Five homes, including classic bungalows and other traditional style homes from the 1920’s to the 1950’s, are featured on the annual Mills 50 Historic Homes Tour on Saturday, November 10 from 2pm until 5pm. Tickets are $35 in advance ($40 day of event) and include the tour plus an after party at The Guesthouse (5pm til 7pm), where attendees will receive a complimentary cocktail and appetizers. Use the code: Mills50 & save $5 per ticket – limit of 4 tickets per purchase at: https://orlandoweeklytickets.com/events/60157077/mills-50-historic-homes-tour

The tours originate at Colonialtown Neighborhood Center, 1517 Lake Highland Drive.