Community Events & Things to Do
Near Fort Lauderdale

The OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival spring edition, internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, returns April 17 – May 4! This season’s OUTshine line-up hits Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

On Swift Horses, a poignant film about the journeys of risk, romance, and self-discovery, will open this year’s OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival spring edition, internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world.

The Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation (Levan Center of Innovation) is hosting a Women of Vision: Brushes and Bubbles Networking Event on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, from 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Galleria Fort Lauderdale, in collaboration with Art and Culture Center/Hollywood, ArtServe, ArtsUnited and History Fort Lauderdale, will present BLOOM, a juried art exhibition celebrating Earth Day, on April 24, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival spring edition, internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, is pleased to present the international premiere of its Centerpiece Film – Accidental Friends (Amici Per Caso).

OneBlood’s Big Red Bus will be parked at the Phil Smith Neuroscience Institute at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, April 25 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Join Children’s Harbor and the community at its next mixer at How at the Moon in Fort Lauderdale! Presented by Red Chair and hosted by Howl at the Moon Fort Lauderdale, this event will be filled with laughs, love, and unity as everyone comes together.

The OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival spring edition, internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, is pleased to present its Fort Lauderdale Men’s Spotlight Film – Midas Man.

Drunk driving deaths have increased by 31% over the past decade with someone being killed or injured in a drunk driving crash every 78 seconds. Two out of three people will be impacted by drunk driving in their lifetime.

MODS Sensory-Friendly Sundays provide a sensory-sensitive environment for individuals on the Autism Spectrum. The museum is open an hour early for sensory-friendly Museum exploration and activities followed by an IMAX film at 12:30 p.m.

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is located at 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314. Cocktail attire is required.

ChildNet will host its annual Care for Kids "Cocktails and Cheers" event, presented by Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, on Wednesday, May 14 at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Island City Stage in Wilton Manors, Brévo Theatre in Pompano Beach and GableStage in Coral Gables will present their collaborative production of Fat Ham, the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by James Ijames, this spring.

Soar with The Blue Angels, the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron, as never before in a thrilling new abridged version of the documentary film now playing at the AutoNation® IMAX® 3D Theater at the Museum of Discovery and Science.

History Fort Lauderdale’s third floor resident artists’ collective will present its annual show from March 12 – April 20. The six artists exhibiting are Constance Ivana, Stephanie McMillan, Rucci, Florencia Clement de Grandprey, Jenna Ross & Marene Down.

Discover how ordinary people changed the world with Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: The Exhibit at the Museum of Discovery and Science! Travel through history to meet inspiring inventors, groundbreaking astronauts, sustainability visionaries, & More.

Travel back in time and unravel the secrets of world-famous heroes with Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum: The Exhibit, from January 17 – May 11, at the Museum of Discovery and Science (MODS).