From an award winning string quartet and family festival to singing nuns and Jewish girls gone bad, there’s quite a few things to entertain yourself this weekend on Florida’s Space Coast!
Bundle the family together for Downtown Historic Melbourne’s Friday Family Fest for a night of live music and activities! Hosted by Melbourne Mainstreet, this family friendly event held every 2nd Friday of the month in downtown Melbourne, Florida from 6:00-10:00pm. Tonight’s entertainment will be provided by The Queen Bees. Admission and parking are free.
There are several cultural entertainments being offered this weekend on Florida’s Space Coast. Tonight The Melbourne Chamber Society will host the TRIO CON BRIO, COPENHAGEN on Friday, January 13 at the St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 2030 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic, FL. This award-winning young trio, founded in Vienna in 1999, have appeared in major concert halls and festivals throughout Europe and Asia as well as in North America, and received glowing reviews.
NICE JEWISH GIRLS GONE BAD returns to Melbourne’s Henegar Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, January 13 and Saturday January 14 for their final Florida tour. Seen on Comedy Central, HBO and Late Night TV and hailed by the New York Times as “outstanding” the show is a mix of comedy, music, spoken word and burlesque performers.
Friday’s shows are sold-out but you can still score a ticket for one of the two shows scheduled for Saturday.
Not to be outdone, Sister the star of LATE NITE CATCHESIM III: DEATH DO US PART will continue her/his six night run this weekend at the King Center for the Performing Arts! Expect entertaining lessons on the Sacraments of Marriage and Last Rites, including a wacky version of the Newlywed Game. Two shows are running every day this weekend. Visit the King Center for tickets and correct show times.
If you’re looking for something more serious this weekend, then you should take in the Emma Parrish’s presentation of 12 ANGRY MEN. This stage adaption of the 1954 teleplay of the same name, the production centers around a jury made up of twelve men as they deliberate the guilt or innocence of a teenage boy on trial for stabbing his father to death. The play opens tonight and runs through January 28.
Another play opening this weekend is The Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse’s presentation of WINDY CITY.
Want to treat the kids this weekend, but not break the wallet? Then you should gather them up and take them to “ITS GREAT TO SKATE” on Saturday, January 14 at Space Coast Ice Plex, 720 Roy Wall Blvd. in Rockledge. This free event, geared to kids aged 5 to 12, will involve free ice skating, prizes, refreshments and skating exhibitions from 10:00am to 12:45pm. A guardian signature is required.
For all those looking to keep up their New Year’s resolution of keeping healthy, you should try running in the SHIVER ME TIMBERS 5k race on Saturday, January 14 at the South Beach Community Park and Center at 500 Old Florida Trail in Melbourne. The race begins at 8am. For more information, call 321-952-3210
Whatever you decide to get into this weekend on the Space Coast, there’s tons of fun to be had and much of its absolutely free! For an actual calendar of events visit www.visitspacecoast.com.