There is contra dancing in every major city in Florida! Many of these are within about two hours’ drive of Orlando. These are listed in rough order of driving time:
Space Coast Contra Dance, Cocoa, Florida
Tampa Friends of Old-Time Dance, Tampa area, Florida
Jacksonville Contra Dance, Jacksonville, Florida
Gainesville Oldtime Dance Society, Gainesville, Florida
Dancing Fish ballroom (private residence), Melrose, Florida
South Florida Contra Dance, Boca Raton, Florida
Tallahassee Community Friends of Old-Time Dance, Tallahassee, Florida
There is a big annual festival, too:
Florida Snowball, Gulfport, Florida, last weekend in January