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The Great Orlando Skunk Ape Conference happens on Saturday
Despite the name, this event is actually more punk concert than conference. But it is timed intentionally to be a little fuck-you to the annual Great Florida Bigfoot Conference happening the very same day in Ocala.
Organized on the grass-roots level by Florida natives rather than the Tennessee group that runs the GFBC, the Great Orlando Skunk Ape Conference is a local clap-back that'll have none other than Dave Shealy in attendance.
When it comes to Florida's own Bigfoot, this guy is the truest believer of all. Whether you consider him a champion or a huckster, Shealy is undoubtedly the lead barker for the rural legend of the skunk ape.
Personally, I have as much opinion on the relative legitimacy of these two competing events as I do patience for all those pointless Bigfoot reality shows.
What makes this event ping on my radar is that it'll feature something even more locally momentous: a rare performance by Orlando comedy-punk band Tooth and the Enamels. They'll be joined by Orlando punks Fatties and Florida cracker bard Johnny Debt.
7 p.m. Saturday, April 22, Dirty Laundry, $8.
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