Want to see fireworks that are high quality like those at Walt Disney World without having to pay high prices? The town of Celebration, near Walt Disney World, hosts an incredible 4th of July celebration that is free to guests. But, this year the Celebration Town Center will be celebrating the 4th of July like never before! They are partnering with MegaCon to celebrate in a whole new and exciting way. This will be one of the very best celebrations in all of Central Florida and you won’t want to miss it! The traditional 4th of July fireworks will have an interesting twist this year, as they will be synchronized to Sci-Fi themed music. This memorable fireworks display will be kicked off with a costume contest. Dress up as your favorite Sci-Fi character or Super Hero and have a chance to win great prizes.

Oliver’s Queen, Jordyn Kane, DJ Tami, Gina Marie Incandela, and The Dixieland Jazz Band will provide live music that kids and adults of all ages will enjoy. As always, there will be bounce houses, a tribute to our veterans, inflatable games, face painting, and much more.

Parking and admission are FREE and a free park and ride shuttle will be available from 215 Celebration Place. The shuttle service will start at 5 pm, as the event starts at 5:30 pm. Bring the whole family out to enjoy the whole evening in Celebration, Florida. This year will definitely be one that you won’t want to miss!

Event Schedule:

• 5:00   pm  Free Park and Ride Shuttle Service Starts from 215 Celebration Place
• 5:30   pm  Event Begins with DJ Tami
• 6:00   pm  Jordyn Kane performs live
• 6:30   pm  Oliver’s Queen performs live (1 hour)
• 7:30   pm  Costume Contest for Sci-Fi Characters and Super Heroes
• 7:50   pm  Oliver’s Queen performs live (1 hour and 10 minutes)
• 9:00   pm  The Seeds perform a Special Salute to our Veterans
• 9:25   pm  Gina Marie Incandela performs the National Anthem
• 9:30   pm  Fireworks (30 minutes)
• 10:00 pm  Oliver’s Queen performs live (1 hour)
• 11:00 pm  Event ends

Come and welcome in the New Year with fun and fireworks! There will be plenty to do all night, for the whole family.

Enjoy Downtown Celebration in all its beauty to bring in 2013 with us!

The event is brought to you by Celebration Town Center Merchants Association. 

Here are the event features……

• FREE Parking
• FREE Parking Shuttle
• FREE Event Admission
• Lots of Food and Refreshments
• Family Friendly Fun
• Bounce Houses
• Face Painting
• Train Rides
• Dance Party
• Live Entertainment
• Endless Ice Skating
• Horse Carriage Rides
• Fireworks at Midnight
• VIP Packages Available call 407-566-2555

Here is the schedule for the night…..

• Snowfall… 6,7,8 and 9PM
• 7PM Tami DJ Begins
• 8:45 Dance Party
• 9:10 Katty Shack
• 9:45 Dance Party
• 10:00 Katty Shack
• 10:45 Dance Party
• 11:00 Katty Shack
• 11:45 Dance Party
• Midnight FIREWORKS
• 12:30 Katty Shack
• 1AM Event Ends

Sunday, December 9th @ 4pm
The Brass Band of Central Florida will be performing their Christmas Concert featuring some of our beloved traditional songs: The Little Drummer Boy; Away in the Manger; White Christmas; Carol of the Bells and Silent Night along with many other favorites.

Future Concerts:

Sunday, January 27th @ 4pm
Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra

Saturday, February 16th @ 7:30pm
Orlando Philharmonic

Saturday, March 9th @ 7:30pm
Featuring VanCliburn Finalist Mariangela Vacatello

All Concerts held at Community Presbyterian Church, 511 Celebration Avenue, Celebration, FL 34747

Brass Band Concert Tickets || $20.00 || Available Now || 407-566-1234

Series Concert Tickets || (all 4 concerts)  || $70.00 || 407-566-1234

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A Celebration shopping center could raze an existing building and replace it with a $6 million-$10 million Publix — just a block away from an existing Publix store.

If it moves forward, the project could create up to 100 temporary construction jobs and roughly 125 permanent jobs.

Click here to read original article. 

GE Capital Corp. foreclosed on the 124,000-square-foot Water Tower Shoppes shopping center on U.S. Highway 192 and Celebration Avenue last year. It notified Osceola County earlier this month that it wants to build a 50,668-square-foot Publix store in the place of a former 33,000-square-foot Gooding’s Supermarket. Sources said if the deal is finalized, the store likely would open by 2013.

The property currently has the former Gooding’s Supermarket space divided into five spaces. Because of that, and the difficulty it would create for a single user, it’s likely Publix would need to tear down the space and rebuild it.

Gooding’s closed that location after filing for bankruptcy in 2005. Former owner Water Tower Retail LLC struggled to find an anchor to replace Gooding’s, but a variety of financial problems led to the property foreclosure.

A new Publix there would revitalize the property, which has a 49 percent vacancy rate. Other larger tenants include a 7,000-square-foot Joe’s Crab Shack, a 6,716-square-foot Pep Boys, a 4,197-square-foot Chick-fil-A and a 4,000-square-foot Exxon Mobil Oil.

“We’d love to see an establishment there just because it’s good for business and will liven up the plaza,” said Luis Quevedo, a service representative with Best Cleaners at Water Tower Shoppes.

The Kissimmee submarket, which includes Water Tower Shoppes, had a 4.2 percent retail vacancy rate in the third quarter, but also had a negative 14,437 square feet net absorption — space that was vacated and not backfilled. The average asking lease rate was $13.18 per square foot, said real estate data firm CoStar Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CSGP). That compared with a 4.7 percent vacancy rate, a net of 33,870 square feet of space that was filled and an average asking lease rate of $14.49 per square foot.

Publix is known in the retail industry as a financially stable anchor that can generate additional leases.

“The original anchor opened for two months, which never provided enough time for the center to mature,” said Jorge Rodriguez, director of retail for commercial real estate brokerage Colliers International, which is not involved in the project. “What was the biggest liability of the project — the anchor — just became the biggest opportunity for growth.”

Dwaine Stevens, spokesman for Publix in Orlando, declined to comment other than to say there is no signed lease there at this time. It is unknown whether Publix would keep both this store and the nearby one on International Drive and U.S. Highway 192. However, the grocery chain in the past has said it would have two stores close by, if the density and population supports it.

“Because of the strength of Publix, they can put stores in close proximity to capture the market and hinder competitors from moving in,” said Willow Shambeck, president of commercial real estate firm Cursor Properties Inc.

John Crossman, whose firm handles leasing and property management at Water Tower Shoppes, declined to comment. Officials from project engineer Lochrane Engineering Inc.were unavailable for comment by press time.

The Celebration Town Center Merchants Association’s desire to put on Fireworks New Year’s Eve!

We are heading to that goal, but we realized that we probably created some questions and wanted to give all of you an opportunity to find out answers. Our deadline to determine whether we can pull it off is fast approaching.

INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
8:30 to 9:30 AM
Celebration Town Hall, 851 Celebration Ave

(Sweet Escapes is providing treats!)

We invite you to attend and if you would like someone to attend in your place or you would like to invite others that have interest… PLEASE DO!

We feel that this is a great opportunity for the community as well as a great opportunity for all of you to get promotions/advertising for your business. We are open to anything and will do what we can that works within the rules.

If you are unable to attend, please contact Laura@FrontGateRE.com or call her at 407-566-2555, or fill in the form on the website at www.FrontGateRE.com/NYE.html so we can fill you in.

We look forward to making a BIG BANG together on New Year’s Eve!

With National Headliner-Ryan Cabrera

On October 5th and 6th , Celebration Town Center transforms before your very eyes as the falling leaves of the season drop on Market Street in the Fall Festival known as Oktoberfest. Listen for the rustling of leaves, relax by the lakeside and rock your troubles away, and enjoy the live music with family and friends in this one-of-a-kind themed extravaganza. It is Central Florida’s premier family-friendly Oktoberfest event.

On Friday October 5th Oktoberfest will be celebrated in the old-world German tradition featuring the sounds of Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten. Come join in on the interactive live show featuring everything from yodeling to crowd sing-a-long fun.

Then, come back on October 6th as Celebration Town Center welcomes a host of rock and roll entertainment for a night of “Rock”toberfest featuring national recording artist Ryan Cabrera( “On the Way Down” & “True” & more) as well as Jordyn Kane, and The Reflections Band.

Hop on a hayride, dance to terrific live music, paint a pumpkin, or just stroll and enjoy the crisp fall air and enjoy the great savings at the lakeside promenade.

Leaves fall daily at 7:00, 8:00, and 9:00 PM.

Parking and Admission are FREE!!!

There is something for everyone at this one of a kind Fall Festival presented by Lexin and sponsored in part by Radeberger Pilsner, Melia Suite Hotel, Axis Magazine, The Celebration Town Tavern, and the Kissimmee Conventions and Visitors Bureau. For more information, visit us at www.celebrationtowncenter.com

Come early, Stay Late, and have fun at Celebration’s 5th Annual Oktoberfest!!!!

October 5th Schedule

5:30 PM DJ Tami Begins/Pumpkin Painting Begins

6:10-7:00 PM Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten

7:00 PM Leaves Fall

7:15-8:00 PM Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten

8:00 PM Leaves Fall

8:15-9:00 PM Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten

9:00 PM Leaves Fall

9:15-10:00 PM Dan Witucki & Heimatland Musikanten

10:00 PM Event Ends

October 6th Schedule

5:00 PM DJ Tami Begins/Pumpkin Painting Begins

5:30-6:15 PM Jordyn Kane

6:15-7:00 PM The Reflections Band

7:00 PM Leaves Fall

7:15-8:00 PM The Reflections Band

8:00 PM Leaves Fall

8:15-9:00 PM The Reflections Band

9:00 PM Leaves Fall

9:15-10:00 PM Ryan Cabrera

10:00 PM Event Ends

UPDATE: Click here to see photos of this event taken by Victor Nawrocki

Celebrate July 4th with us in style with A Flashback of 4th of July “A Salute to Cinema” in beautiful Celebration, Florida.

The day will kick off with a 4th of July parade at 9:00am right through Celebration Town Center. The festivities for 4th of July “A Salute to Cinema” will begin at 5:30 PM, and by 9:30pm the cinema themed synchronized fireworks show will begin! Celebration Town Center has one the top firework shows in the Southeast, and this show will be in the theme of “A Salute to Cinema” A Flashback of 4th of July.

There will be a movie themed costume contest starting at 8:15 PM, so make sure you dress as your favorite movie character for a chance to win some great prizes!

The Town Center’s KidZone will have fun for all ages. There will be a variety of inflatable games for kids and teens, a jousting area, a rock climbing wall, face painting, and so much more to do!

With actor Justin Smith (The Vampire Diaries, VH1′s Single Ladies, Burn Notice, Meet the Spartans and more) hosting, there will be live music by Micah Read-Mo Geetz, DJ Tami, Jordyn Kane, and more. With additional music by The Dixieland Jazz Band. They are a unique musical group made up of former members of the “Rosie O’Grady’s Good Time Band” who will offer patriotic music for the whole family. There will be dancing and fun for all ages.

So come ready for a good time and bring your dancing shoes!

Come celebrate 4th of July with us at Celebration Town Center. Event starts at 5:30pm and there will be fun for the whole family.

This event is sponsored in part by the Melia Suites Hotel, The Celebration Town Tavern, Celebration Sanitation, T-Creative, Axis Magazine, and Sam Adams.

Parking and Admission are free!
Free Park and Ride Shuttle will also be available.
Event Schedule
9:00 AM- July 4th Parade through Celebration Town Center
5:00 PM- Park and Ride Service Begins (bus pickup point: TBA)
5:30 PM- Event Opens (DJ Tami Begins)
6:00 PM-7:30: PM- Mo Geetz Performs
7:30-8:00 PM Jordyn Kane Performs
8:15 PM- Costume Contest (come dressed as your favorite movie character for a chance to win prize money)
8:30-9:25 PM- Mo Geetz Performs
9:25 PM- National Anthem Sung
9:30 PM- Fireworks!!!!
10:00-10:30 Mo Geetz Performs

The creator of this great art fair, Howard Alan Events, is now taking back the reigns of this wonderful art event!

Over 100 artists will converge on Market Street in the heart of Celebration. Celebration is conveniently located off I-4 and Highway 192 near the entrance to Walt Disney World. Visitors will be able to peruse through fine paintings, one of a kind pottery, photography, hand made jewelry, and much more. Visitors to the event will be able to peruse the art work and meet the artisans who create it and learn their stories.

From a $15 pair of earrings to a $30,000 sculpture there is something for everyone! See you in Celebration!!!

Celebration is located in northwest Osceola County, Florida, south of U.S. 192 and adjacent to Interstate 4, Celebration is 30 minutes from downtown Orlando and 20 minutes from Orlando International Airport via Highway 417.

April 21st & 22nd, 2012
Saturday & Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Free Admission
For more information visit www.ArtFestival.com.

Come on down to Market Street to listen to live music, sip some wine, and stroll down the street looking at the 50 artists while they work on their art. Please come and shop for original and creative pieces for your home or your friends and family!

The Art & Wine Stroll is scheduled for February 18, 2012.

Visit the Town Center website for the full schedule.

Head to Celebration Town Center for and incredible shopping experience during the Winter Sidewalk Sale in Celebration. Enjoy great deals in the many shops and unique boutiques.

Join us Friday February 13 through Sunday February 15, 2012 for the best deals in Town Center at the Annual Winter Sidewalk Sale. Take a relaxed stroll through the Lakeside Promenade and enjoy fine dining while visiting all the wonderful shops in Celebration.