Check out the cover of Today’s Timeout section and go online to experience the cool map! Thanks Ledger!

First Friday for tonight is canceled. Restaurants & Brooke Pottery will be open tonight, though.

WEATHER UPDATE: The weather looks like it has settled in over us for the evening. The dancing related activities and music have been canceled. We are looking at the possibility of RESCHEDULING THE FIRST FRIDAY TO THE SECOND FRIDAY. We have to contact the dance groups and check availability. Please check back with us.  If [...]

First Friday is a free monthly celebration in Downtown Lakeland from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
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Recurring First Friday features include:

Live music and entertainment;
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A Classic Car Show on Tennessee Avenue across from Munn Park;
Exhibitions by local artists (more info on participating is below); and
Shops and restaurants are open [...]

Hotel Shuttle Service now available.

Downtown Lakeland welcomes Soup Land Mediterranian Grill at 134 S. Kentucky Ave. (at the corner of Lemon and Kentucky). Offerings include kebabs, tabouli, falafel, gyros, pitas, stuffed grape leaves and more. See their menu…

LAKELAND, FL (October 22, 2009) – The City of Lakeland Parks & Recreation Department is proud to host the 29th Annual Snowfest at Lake Mirror on Saturday December 5, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
This year’s event will feature the traditional Snow Mountain and also a Snow Slide!  A visit from Santa Claus, children’s [...]

Holiday Art Fest
Holiday Fest  – Friday, December 11

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Downtown Lakeland fills with holiday music and activity. Shops and restaurants stay open ’til 9: 00 PM for your holiday shopping convenience. Local schools performing musical arts all night long!
If you want a gift that doesn’t say “I was mass produced and can be [...]

All proceeds go to Troxel House for Abused and Battered Women and Children in Shelter over the Holidays.

The Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s Pops by the Lake takes place at 8:00pm on First Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Lake Mirror Amphitheatre and Promenade.
In addition to a concert featuring great overtures from opera, theatre and film, the Orchestra is offering Leroy Sutton’s Fried Chicken Dinner from 6:30-8:00pm in the Magnolia Building.  Tickets for the dinner are [...]