Live music highlights this weekend include a trio of Valentine-themed shows and a host of traveling musicians playing Lakeland. Keep scrolling for details and our updated live music calendar: More

An exhibition that the Polk Museum of Art’s director calls his institution’s biggest and most expensive will combine:

• Old (rarely seen 17th Century Dutch and Flemish paintings) with new (a Spotify playlist)
• Visual art with the performing arts of music and dance.

For something out of the ordinary in Lakeland, check out LKHD, aka Pittsburgh multi-instrumentalist Langston Kelly Human DJ, Friday at 8 at The Poor Porker. Keep scrolling for our updated live music calendar: More

Lkld Live needs to be less a music venue than a home for creativity as it moves into maturity and its next act, said Nate Fleming, the nonprofit arts venue’s new executive director. More

Lakeland is being visited by more touring musicians than usual this week. Here’s a roundup, followed by a couple of special events: More

With this week’s cooler temps, this weekend is a good time to warm up to some live music. Some of Lakeland’s finest musicians will be playing at local venues. Check our updated music calendar for details: More

There’s live music in Lakeland this weekend to suit a wide range of tastes, including Americana, jazz, opera, and rock from the last three decades of the last century. Highlights include: More

Recommendations from Megan Towner, our music maven:

• Roses from Bones, Mugbrain, Blondino and Karissa Frampton 7 p.m. tonight at Hillcrest Coffee. Most of the acts are Tampa alternative rock going acoustic for tonight’s show.
• Black Velvet Band at Molly McHugh’s Irish Pub on Friday at 9 p.m. Irish folk songs and anthems, raucous and very engaging with the audience.
• Lesa Silvermore at The Pink Piano at 8 p.m. Saturday. Lesa is a high-energy indie/folk solo acoustic performer. Truly impressed last time I saw her play there.

And I’ll take editor’s prerogative and add one more: Nashville-based singer-songwriter Kevin So performs a house concert at Among Friends Music Saturday at 7. Our updated music calendar follows: More

There’s still time to enjoy live music before the two-week holiday period ends. A highlight this weekend comes Saturday when Uncle John’s Band, a favorite of Florida Deadheads, comes to the RP Funding Center to re-create the Grateful Dead’s famous May 1977 concert at the same venue when it was called the Lakeland Civic Center. Keep scrolling for our updated live music calendar. More