Tasty Tuesdays are a super fun way to experience multiple Downtown restaurants all in one night!  You get hearty sample sizes with each ticket and move from place to place at your own pace! Tastings begin at 4:30pm and end at 9pm. Here’s how it works: Purchase your ticket package from LDDA. Tickets come in packets of […]

FREE Outdoor Movie At the Lake Mirror Amphitheater on the Frances Langford Promenade. Bring your own chairs, blankets, family and friends and enjoy this FREE showing of A nightmare Before Christmas sponsored by ISN. Popcorn and other refreshments available for purchase. Grab a TOGO dinner from a Downtown restaurant and join at Lake Mirror!

Annual Fall plant sale in Munn Park

24th Annual Lakeland Hispanic Festival with Heritage Celebrations, Cultural Foods, and Entertainment  

It's time again for the Just Cares' Annual Fall Festival. Remember to save the date, Monday, October 31st, 2022, which marks our 11th Annual Fall Festival and 10th Anniversary of Just Cares Inc. Everyone is welcome to attend as this is a FREE event for the community. Just Cares' Fall Festival has become the biggest […]

First Friday's USO Dancing Under the Stars: A Salute to Our Armed Forces, presented by Just Cares, Inc., will be November 4, 2022 from 6pm to 9pm in Downtown Lakeland. Enjoy a live band and dancing in Munn Park. Downtown shops and restaurants will be open late. Don’t miss the Makers Market, featuring local artists […]

Art Crawl is a FREE festival featuring over 50 local artists selling artwork and competing for prizes alongside live performances, art demonstrations, and a LIVE ART making competition! Art Crawl is designed to spotlight emerging artists, performers, other area art organizations, and grass-root art movements that may not fit the common tradition of art festivals […]

The 8th annual Live Green Lakeland EcoFest presented by the GFWC Junior Woman's Club of Lakeland brings you eco-friendly options that are easily accessible. Come see environmentally conscious vendors, businesses, and non profits. Bring the kids for take-home crafts and activities focused on the environment and recycling.

The 2022 Veterans Day Ceremony and Parade has a special focus on - The Spanish American War. 5 regiments camped in Lakeland including the 10th Cavalry (Buffalo Soldiers) awaiting deployment. A monument to the Spanish American War will be dedicated with particular emphasis on the Buffalo Soldiers. The attached flyer provides details and times. #VeteransDay […]

Support local businesses by shopping small! Purchase gifts that say, "You are special!" Not "big box special." No messy carts, no pushy crowds. An enjoyable shopping experience for the holidays that you can feel good about, while getting quality gifts for your friends and family.