Gatorland
Orlando, FL · Central Florida$$
Thousands of alligators live at Gatorland, which Owen Godwin opened on old cattle land along South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando in 1949. The Godwin family still owns it, and…

Watch the murals get made. Live muralists paint pop-up panels along South Magnolia Avenue in the Downtown Arts District and in the CityArts courtyard, 2pm to 10pm on one September day. The big commissioned walls go up around downtown in the weeks before. DJs play between the painters, with vendors and food trucks in the gaps. It's free. The Third Thursday reception beforehand is the place to talk with the artists. On the day itself, come after dark, when the lights hit wet paint and the finished walls read as one long gallery.
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