Events

Swan Brewing and Punk Rock Flea partner twice per year in March and September for an outdoor experience.

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.

Downtown Lakeland is excited to bring Friday Night Live back as a monthly Spring live music series in Munn Park beginning at 6pm. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and grab a TO GO dinner and adult beverage from a Downtown Business!

Join RP Funding Center this coming First Friday, hosting a celebration of a “2 de Mayo Fiesta” complete with a Mexican flare of colors, sounds and flavors. There will be fun for the entire family, with music features from “Mariachi Invasor d Mexico”, performing some festive classics. Come enjoy the taste of homemade tamales from “Sabor the Michoacan”, while young ones will be able to participate in braking of pinatas to collect sweets and Mexican flavor treats. Music will be playing throughout the evening, but will wrap up with the live band, “Cuban Son”, playing hot Caribbean tunes that will let you dance the night away! See you at the “2 de Mayo Fiesta”!

Grab your gal pals and head Downtown for a fun night of shopping, music and cocktails at Girls Night Out May 9, 2025!

Held on Mother’s Day weekend each year, Mayfaire is located on the shores of beautiful Lake Morton. Mayfaire is one of the largest and oldest outdoor art festivals in Central Florida

Join us for a Summer Survivors Plant Sale in Munn Park on June 21 from 9am to 2pm! Shop with a variety of local plant vendors and purchase a new plant friend that can survive the harsh Florida summer.

Join us in Munn Park on July 3 for food, beverages, adult beverages, DJ and dancing and family FUN!

WE ARE A GO! Weather is clear in Downtown Lakeland and the streets are filled with vendors and exhibitors!

First Friday is turning into SeptoberFest on Friday, September 5 — a downtown block party with oom-pah flair! Think polka beats, pretzels, (root) beer steins, lederhosen, and plenty of Bavarian-style fun — all with a Lakeland twist.  6–9 PM, Good vibes, Live music, Local vendors Break out your best bratwurst-loving outfit and join us for a […]

Guess who’s back on September 6th? The Downtown Lakeland Farmers Market is popping out of its summer nap like a biscuit in a hot oven! Expect juicy tomatoes strutting their stuff, sassy sunflowers striking poses, and bread so fresh it might still be gossiping with the baker. Bring your tote, your taste buds, and your […]