Greater Fort Lauderdale Events This Weekend

Greater Fort Lauderdale’s weekend calendar for April 24–26 stretches across Broward County, with concerts, art shows, family beach activities, boat outings and food events listed in one rolling roundup. (visitlauderdale.com) Visit Lauderdale’s weekend page says the listings run countywide and change by date, with users able to sort by day, week, weekend or month before clicking through to individual event pages for times and tickets. (visitlauderdale.com) One of the biggest ticketed events is the 30th annual Las Olas Wine & Food Festival on Friday, April 24, on Las Olas Boulevard between Southeast 6th and Southeast 11th avenues. Organizers say doors open at 7:30 p.m., general admission starts at $175, VIP admission is $300, and the event is limited to guests 21 and older. (lasolaswff.com) Visit Lauderdale says that festival will bring together more than 40 restaurants and more than 200 wines and spirits, and the American Lung Association is presenting the event as a charitable fundraiser. (visitlauderdale.com) Free options are on the calendar too. The City of Fort Lauderdale has Friday Dining in the Street scheduled for Friday, April 24, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Blue Jean Blues, 3320 Northeast 33rd Street, and the city’s traffic notice says the event runs weekly from February 6 through April 24. (fortlauderdale.gov) North Lauderdale is also hosting Fun Night on Friday, April 24, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at City Hall, 701 Southwest 71st Avenue, with food trucks, vendors, a kids zone and Reaxtion Band performing Motown hits; admission is free. (miamionthecheap.com) The public calendars also show how spread out the weekend is. Fort Lauderdale’s city event calendar lists Friday Dining in the Street, while its parks department says Sunday Jazz Brunch is a free outdoor concert series on the first Sunday of each month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. along Riverwalk. (fortlauderdale.gov, parks.fortlauderdale.gov) Visit Lauderdale’s broader events page pitches that mix year-round, describing a calendar built around waterfront festivals, neighborhood art walks, concerts, food fairs and sports. The tourism agency’s annual-events page separately flags the Las Olas Wine & Food Festival as an April 24 fixture on the local calendar. (visitlauderdale.com, visitlauderdale.com) The practical catch is that the roundup page is a directory, not a single schedule. Visit Lauderdale tells visitors to use the event listings before heading out, because the weekend page points to separate event pages where admission rules, exact start times and ticket links vary by venue. (visitlauderdale.com)