🌅 Good Morning, Villages. Welcome to the end of week update! Lots of great music and events in and around the villages this weekend and beyond. Don’t forget to celebrate Mother’s Day Sunday with a brunch at your favorite restaurant! It’s National Have a Coke day today, celebrating the day Coke was first introduced in 1886. It was created by a pharmacist and marketed as a tonic for most common ailments, including headaches, fatigue, and nervousness. I thought it was just a mixer for rum!

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6988 Lawrenceville Way | Built: May 2023 | Asking Price $1,200,000

Open House: Thurs May 8 | 2 - 4 pm

Here’s the latest million plus home listed in the Villages. Stunning 4-bed, 3-bath Premier Stretched Sanderling in The Village of Lake Denham. This 2,338 sq ft home features a saltwater pool, large lanai with outdoor kitchen, and expanded 2-car + golf cart garage. On a preserve-view lot, enjoy privacy, open-plan elegance with crown molding, and a luxurious primary suite. Near recreation centers and Eastport Town Square.

FEATURED EVENT

Nashville Recording Artists Ricky Tanner, Rick Lynn and Clint Byron perform live at the Oxford Downs Tiki Bar this Friday. If you like Country music, this is a show you don’t want to miss. You may want to call ahead to try to reserve a table, it will be packed Friday night! More Details.

Upcoming Events

🦞 Cousin’s Maine Lobster Truck | Holy Sh’mokes | Thurs May 8 | 12 - 8 PM

♦️ Friday Duckie’s No Limit Hold’em | Oxford Downs | Fri May 9 | 10:15 AM | Details

WISE Nature Walks | Lake Sumter Landing | Fri May 9 | 10am - 12pm | Details

🎸 Jiffy Feet Live | The Back Porch Mulberry | Fri May 9 | 5 - 9 PM | best of Classic rock and southern rock | Details

🍑 Mothers Day Weekend at the Farm | Graham’s U Pick Peaches, Umatilla | May 9 - 11 | Details

🍽️ Cooking Class - Jambalaya | Prima Steakhouse | Mon May 12 | 12 or 2:30 pm | Details

🍽️ Cooking Class | Legacy Restaurant | Tues May 13 | 12 or 2:30 pm | Details/Register

🎹 Dueling Pianos | Old Mill Playhouse | Tues May 13 | 3 PM OR 6:30 PM 

🎙️ Tribute to The Righteous Brothers Dinner Show With Dunning Shaw | Belle Glade Country Club | Thurs May 15 | 5:30 - 9 pm | Details + Tickets

👙 Sip & Dip Pool Party | Brownwood Hotel | Fri May 16 | 2 - 5 pm | Register

😆 Hair, Nails and Moustache Comedy Show | Bonifay Country Club | Sat May 17 | 5:30 pm | More Info + Tickets

❓️ 1950’s Murder Mystery Party | Rose Plantation | Wed May 21 | 5 pm | Details + Reserve

🌽 Mount Dora Corn Festival | Elizabeth Evans Park | May 24 | Details

💃 Petrina Glow Dance Party | Lake Miona Rec Center | Sat May 24 | 6 - 8 pm | Tickets

🎤 Live and Let Die Paul McCartney Tribute | Orange Blossom Opry | Sat May 31 | 7 PM | Tickets

Elvis - Blue Hawaii Concert - Staring 18 Year Old Sebastian Garland | Old Mill Playhouse | Thurs June 26 | 6 pm | Details + Tickets

NEW On Sale This Week

🦅Bands Of The Villages Presents: A Patriotic Spectacular | Savannah Center | Thurs July 3 | 3 & 7 PM | Tickets

🎸 Peter Frampton Tribute | Savannah Center | July 9 | Tickets

Weather

Thursday: 83 🌡️ 69| ⛈️ | 70% | 🌬️ SW 5 mph

Friday: 85 🌡️ 70 | ⛈️ | 70% | 🌬️ SW 5 mph

Saturday: 83 🌡️ 69 | ⛈️ | 70% | 🌬️ S 0 - 5mph

Sunday: 83 🌡️ 71 | ⛈️ | 80% | 🌬️ SSE 0 - 5 mph

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