Universal Orlando Events
EVENT CALENDAR - 2007
Mardi Gras at Universal Studios
Saturday nights from February 3 – April 14, 2007
On Saturday nights in February, March and April, Universal Studios Florida celebrates the spirit of New Orleans with the annual Mardi Gras celebration. Universal Orlando showcases bands and artists directly from New Orleans each night of the event. Guests will be ready to catch some beads with Universal’s Mardi Gras parade, featuring hundreds of costumed characters, stilt walkers, and festively decorated floats. The celebration also includes authentic New Orleans cooking and Mardi Gras style drinks.
Grad Bash at Universal Orlando
April 20 & 21, 2007
Universal Orlando Resort offers High School seniors a chance to celebrate their upcoming graduation at Grad Bash – located in both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure theme parks. The nightly celebration is a great opportunity for students to get together with their friends and experience the rides and attractions at both theme parks, as well as entertainment that includes karaoke, street performers and today’s hottest musical talent.
Blue Man Group at Universal Orlando Resort
Grand Opening June 8, 2007
Blue Man Group will bring their show, custom-designed for Universal Orlando Resort, to Universal Studios in the newly-created 1,000-seat theater complete with its own box office. The Blue Man Group show is being custom-designed for Universal Orlando and will include elements of the group’s existing shows as well as newly created material. The show will combine music, comedy and multimedia theatrics to create the blissful party atmosphere that is a Blue Man Group trademark.
Rock The Universe at Universal Studios
September 7 & 8, 2007
Chart-topping Christian music stars from across the nation highlight the annual Rock the Universe concert event at Universal Studios in the fall. This two-day concert series boasts the genre’s most popular musical acts and is designed to highlight the diversity within today’s exploding Christian music scene.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando
Sept. 28 – Oct. 31, 2007
Universal Orlando presents one of the world’s most elaborate Halloween celebrations with Halloween Horror Nights 17. Universal’s “scream team” researches the human psyche and its deepest fears so that Halloween Horror Nights’ guests can confront their most terrifying nightmares. There are specially designed haunted houses, inescapable scare zones, and hundreds of street performers. This fright-fest invades Universal Orlando on select nights throughout the month of October.
Orlando Beer Festival at Universal CityWalk
November 10 & 11, 2007
Spread across CityWalk’s 30 acres, dozens of brewers and distributors from around the country converge for a weekend of beer, food and entertainment in November. The festival gives guests a chance to experience a vast world of beer traditionally known only to beer connoisseurs and features an impressive assortment of domestic and imported ales, lagers, pilsners, stouts, porters, ciders, malt alternatives and barley wines.
Holidays at Universal Orlando Resort
December 2007
Celebrate the holidays at Universal Orlando as the resorts two theme parks, on-site hotels, and CityWalk transform into a seasonal spectacular featuring special holiday-themed entertainment, decorations, food, and much more!
New Year’s Eve at Universal CityWalk
December 31, 2007
a 30-acre, entertainment complex with themed restaurants, nightclubs and shops, will host one of Orlando’s hottest New Year’s Eve parties. The evening will feature live performances by national acts, an expansive gourmet buffet, a champagne toast and live entertainment at its nightclubs, including the groove, an electrifying dance club, CityJazz, a hip jazz venue, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, and others.
