July 31–August 2in & around Central Florida

The Woodview Players open their beach-comedy run at the Valerie Theatre in Inverness -- Friday evening, then Saturday and Sunday matinees. Twenty dollars, and a nicely air-conditioned way to spend a stormy Florida evening.

The Villages squares are lit up every night: Groove Slayers at Spanish Springs, Hacksaw Hamlin at Lake Sumter Landing, The 789s at Brownwood, and Zee-R Band at Eastport. Summer hours run to 10, free as always.

Gregg Allman's son plays the Allman Brothers songbook at the Ocala Civic Theatre. Forty dollars general, sixty-five for VIP, and it's the marquee night in the market -- indoors, which is the right place to be this weekend.

World-class show jumping under the lights in the WEC Grand Arena, and admission and parking are both free. It's one of the best free evenings anywhere in the region -- just mind the heat, since it's an outdoor arena on a 91-degree night.

Two chances Saturday -- a 2:30 matinee and a 7 o'clock show -- for a full night of George Strait at the Opry in Weirsdale. Thirty-one to forty-six dollars. Pick your time and go.

The weekly market in Sunset Park, free and easy, 9 to 2. Go in the morning -- storms are likely by afternoon. And it's the last day of Mount Dora's first-ever Restaurant Week across Mount Dora, Eustis, and Tavares, so it's a fitting morning to wander downtown and book one last lunch, with $30 lunch and $50 dinner caps still on.