Get ready to turn up the volume! An army of DJs are converging on Orlando to drop beats and knowledge this weekend. The Orlando DJ Summit 2024 takes place on Saturday, Sept. 14, starting at noon at the Rosen Event Center ..read more

Country singer-songwriter Parker McCollum is making a stop at Orlando's Addition Financial Arena this weekend on his "Burn It Down" tour. Known for his blend of country, Americana, blues and rock, McCollum came to fame in 2017, after the release of chart-topping song "Probably Wrong" and crossing over to the pop mainstream with his single "Pretty Heart." McCollum won the ACM Award for New Male Artist of the Year in 2022, and his latest album Never Enough, which blends lyrical vulnerability and a polished country sound, was released in May 2023 ..read more

You've heard of silent raves, but how about something a little more calming? A pop-up musical happening featuring a "silent piano" makes its way to Orlando's Lake Eola Park later this month. MindTravel features a musician playing the piano live and direct into headphones worn by audience members ..read more

Critically acclaimed rock duo Twenty One Pilots take the stage at the Kia Center in Orlando this week for the only Florida stop on their “Clancy World Tour.” Twenty One Pilots’ music is loved by fans for intricate and darkly poetic lyrics welded to a versatile blend of styles including alternative rock, hip-hop, electronic and indie. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun made their name with a genre-blurring discography, but are just as well-known for an immersive, electrifying concert experience that makes fans the focal point of the performance ..read more

As Amigo the Devil, former Orlandoan Danny Kiranos built a fervent hometown following that’s only snowballed nationally since he left. I wrote about how special his theatrical brand of Southern Gothic murder balladry was back when he was playing intimate rooms like Backbooth, so there’s some real local pride in seeing him return to play a big room like the Beacham. Amigo the Devil will be topping a loaded bill also featuring the charged boogie-rocking country of Portland’s TK & The Holy Know-Nothings and irreverent Tennessee country rocker Dan Spencer ..read more

In the retro roots world, the Jack White-endorsed Pokey LaFarge is both a standout and an exception. While his foundation is American roots music, his shine has ended up far more prismatic, alive and breathing than the fixed sepia tone where many of his contemporaries are content to remain. LaFarge’s latest album, Rhumba Country, his first in three years, even ventures beyond the mainland and embraces Caribbean and Latin influences ..read more

Call Cigarettes After Sex a guilty pleasure if you will. But as I’ve always said about the best melodists, they could be reading from Hallmark cards and I’d still listen. So as cringe as some of CAS’ lyrics are, their music is some of the most brilliant pop minimalism in the game right now ..read more

Leave it to a nostalgic hip-hop craft beer bar to dust off the once tried-and-true concept of featuring local music on a mix CD. The Commission Beer Chamber releases its second compilation of Orlando area rappers and producers this Saturday as part of its four-year anniversary end-of-summer block party in Curry Ford West. Put together by Tek the Intern and My Good Phelo, The Commission Beer Chamber Mixtape Volume 2 is both a labor of love and a show of appreciation for bar owner Benny "Mister Blanco" Colón ..read more

Every year we eagerly wait to celebrate the same holidays and special occasions like clockwork, with the attendant get-togethers, seasonal diversions, food and song. One thing that you can't count on is the next time something or someone truly great comes to your part of the world. In this particular case, it's the maestro Herbie Hancock blessing us with a show at the Dr. Phil this week ..read more

Wednesday, Sept. 11 Claire Vandiver 7 pm; Judson's Live, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $14.50. Nesto's Jazz Trio: Plays Chick Corea 10 pm; Lil Indie's, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free ..read more