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Events

Kick Bright Vintage Shop & Button Manufacturer Opens Up In The Milk District Orlando March 2023

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We’ve got good news! We are officially back in a “brick and mortar” store!!!!!

Come celebrate with us for our Grand Opening Saturday March 25, 2023! We’ll be open from noon until 10pm. We’ll have special exclusive buttons available only for the event and other top secret surprises. There will be bands/music in the parking lot around 7pm (Circuit Church will be happening).

We’ll have out new vintage clothing selections, decorative kitschy artwork, toys & collectibles and our “world famous” button wall will be in full effect.

We’re just east of Downtown Orlando in the Milk District. Our address is 2436 E Robinson Street Orlando Florida 32803.

If that address sounds familiar it is! We did a two month stint at 2430 E Robinson at the beginning of 2022 as part of the incubator program organized by Zach Alfson, director of the Milk District Main Streets Orlando. Also, this stand alone building in the back parking lot was the former location of Vinyl Richie’s Wiggly World of Records and a previous location of Etoile Boutique, who now operate a few doors down.

We’ve got great neighbors like The Nook on Robinson, Etoile Boutique, Holey Rabbit Tattoos. Of course there’s Gringos Locos, Stasios, Sideward Brewery, Iron Cow, MX Tacos, Black Magic Pizza, Beefy King, Liberty Barbershop, Kyle’s Bike Shop, Pom-Poms, Retro Records and a plethora of other cool places within walking distance.

We’re open now but we’re gonna have a party all day to celebrate our hard work.

Our hours right now are:
Monday CLOSED
Tuesday 6pm-10pm for Tasty Takeover, a weekly food truck event in our parking lot.
Wednesday CLOSED
Thursday 12-6pm
Friday 12-6pm
Saturday 12-6pm
Sunday 12-5pm

We’ll still be doing pop up markets and conventions so we’ll still be out there in some way but we really really really want you to stop by the new place to show you what we’ve done.

We’ve come a long way since our annual yard sales, right?

Thanks,

Jeffrey & Kristin

Related Links:
Grand Opening Facebook Event Page.

Events, Vending

Kick Bright Heads to Rockabillaque Florida! Get Hip!

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Florida Weekly presents Rockabillaque Florida at Seminole Casino Hotel! Features Multiple Concerts and Car and Bike Show. Feb. 22, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. This festival is free and open to all ages.
Rockabillaque Florida is the biggest festival of its kind in Florida, celebrating mid-century and 1950’s Americana. This action-packed day and night features musical acts from all over the country, a classic car and vintage bike show, contests, food and more.
The entertainment lineup features a number of free full performances from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (California), Reverend Horton Heat (Texas), Stray Cat Lee Rocker (New York), Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys (California), Lara Hope & the Ark-Tones (New York), The Royal Tinfoil (South Carolina), The Hi-Jivers (Tennessee), Megan Jean & the KFB (Maryland), Jared Petteys & the Headliners (South Carolina), The Royal Tinfoil (South Carolina).
Classic Cars and Vintage Bikes will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with show awards taking place at 4:30 p.m. Multiple contests will be held throughout the day including a Beard & Mustache competition, 1950’s Pin-Up Contest, and a Tattoo Contest.
“Celebrating Rockabilly and the 1950s, Rockabillaque has drawn over 14,000 attendees at its South Carolina event, and we are excited to bring this original concept to Seminole Casino Hotel for Southwest Florida to enjoy,” said Tony Alves, General Manager of Seminole Casino Hotel. “We are particularly looking forward to seeing the large classic car and bike show, and to the entertainment line-up, which brings talented musical acts from all over the map.”
All concerts are free and held outdoors. Attendees are welcome to bring chairs and all ages are welcome. A large selection of food trucks and vendors will be at the event. Coolers, backpacks and pets will not be permitted during this event. For more information, visit FLROCKS.com.
Bands, Events

Return of Hot Hands, the Band

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It’s true! We are playing a show. I know a lot of people know us just from Artegon and vending around Central Florida. We are also a band! Well, we’ve been in lots of different bands over the years but Hot Hands is just us. We’ve toured all over the country, in fact. Our last big tour was almost six months long going from coast to coast! Then we opened our shop at Artegon Marketplace and worked seven days a week for almost two years. That didn’t leave us any time for music!

So here we are.

We went ahead and booked a show to force us back into music. We put together a show at our favorite place, Wills Pub. Will Walker has been very supportive of us and we are thankful we can do this at his place. The bands we have lined up to play with us are all friends that also have been supportive of us getting back into playing music. We like all kinds of music so the bands will be mixed genres. So, for us at least, are going to have a good time.

Please come out and see us, especially if you have never seen us play. It will be a treat for us both. And for those that have seen us– come on down!

We will have cassettes, CDs, stickers, buttons and t-shirts!

DETAILS:
Wednesday July 17, 2019
@ Wills Pub. 1042 N. Mills Ave Orlando FL 
8pm doors, $7, 21&up.
With: Mother Juno, Awesome and the Asskissers, Alien Witch.

FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE.

Events, Vending

Orlando Girls Rock Camp Fundraiser at the VFW.

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Orlando Girls Rock Camp is having a fundraiser Tuesday April 23rd at the VFW 3500 on South Goldenrod Road in Orlando from 6pm-9pm. Free to attend, must be 18&up to bid on multiple awesome prizes from local businesses and artists. It’s a super fun event!

Orlando Girls Rock Camp is a one week day-camp for girls and non-binary youth ages 8 – 17. Campers of all skill levels learn guitar, drums, keyboards, bass and vocals, form a band, write a song and perform at the end of the week for friends, family, and their community.

Kristin is a volunteer in Girls Rock Camp.

Come out and support this great organization!

Facebook Event Page.

Events, Vending

I-Drive Marketplace

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Kick Bright return to International Drive near our old stomping grounds of Artegon Marketplace.

This new market is called I-Drive Marketplace is being held in the parking lot of the Heart of I-Drive Hotel right in the heart of International Drive. Funny how that works! Their Easter market is Thursday April 18 – 25th from 9am – 10pm. We will be there in the afternoons to closing. We’ll be there alongside RNR Record Shop, I-Drive Marketplace and other vendors.

Facebook Event Page.

 

Events, Vending

Kick Bright Gets Chalky

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Kick Bright will be attending the Community Chalk Art Festival organized by the Gateway Orlando District on Saturday March 30th from 10am – 5pm. We will have our buttons of all the nations of the world available! Come represent and celebrate wherever you are from!

From the press release:

This is a community building event that will allow our residents to experience art as it emerges. This cultural event is called “Faces and Places of the World” and is designed to enhance understanding and appreciation of our community’s diversity, while simultaneously providing exposure to the arts. This form of performance art began in 16th century Italy with itinerant artists, many of whom had been brought into the cities to work on the huge cathedrals. When the work was done, they would often recreate the paintings of the Madonna onto the pavement. They became known as I Madonnari. The creation of a large and intricate chalk painting may take hours or days to complete, only to be gone after the next rain. The artists will tell you that the process is more important than the finished piece and that spectators are a vital part of the performance as they view the work in various stages.

This is a one day event from 10 AM to 5 PM in partnership with Halifax Health – Hospice and the Community Improvement Initiative. The beneficiary will be for BeginAgain Children’s Grief’s Center, a program of Halifax Health – Hospice, because every child deserves a place to grieve and help to heal.

There will be food trucks and live performances that represent cultures from all over the world. This event is free to attend and is open to the public!

Tune in to NPR Friday afternoon around 4:50pm to hear the organizer speak about the event!

Facebook Event Page here. Be sure to click you are attending. It helps!

Events, Vending

Busy Weekend Ahead for Kick Bright

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We have a busy weekend ahead full of events getting ready for Valentine’s Day. We will have on hand a nice collection of one-of-a-kind sweetheart buttons and good vintage wears!

Saturday February 9th we’ll be at Wills Lil’ Affaire 1-6pm. Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/280745215930062/

Later on Saturday night we’re hosting a Sadie Hawkins Sock Hop at the Nook on Robinson starting at 10pm-2am. Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/282465602423622/
The Orlando Weekly gave us a shout out for our night. Come and dance!

Then on Sunday February 10th we’ll set up at Vintage Valentine’s at Audubon Park (in the parking lot of Park Ave CDs & Dear Prudence) from 1pm-6pm. Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/226683434923756/
We’ve been doing this event for like seven years now! Our first vending event happened right here!

We’re taking Monday off — haha!

Events

Sock Hop on Saturday September 1st At The Nook on Robinson Orlando FL

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We will be throwing down a Sock Hop dance party this Saturday at The Nook in Robinson. Come dance the night away with us as we play raging dance favorites and groovin’ rarities from the swing era to the soulful 60’s. The needle drops at 10pm and it’s free to attend! Dressing to the eras is encouraged!

Where: The Nook. 2432 E Robinson Street Orlando FL
When: Saturday September 1, 2018
Time: 10pm – 2am
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/699890813690340/

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