Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Apr 18, 2019 at 11:14 am

It looks like a good weekend for musical comedy, a Swan Brewing birthday and good ol’ Southern Rock. Some of the music highlights:

Tague Zachary, a Chicagoan with a guitar and a refined funny bone, brings his show (directed by Swan City Improv‘s Nate Fleming) to LkldLive Friday.
Swan Brewing celebrates its first anniversary with the Deadhead sounds of Uncle John’s Band Friday night, Pensacola’s aptly named Spearman Brewers Saturday afternoon and the guitar/mandolin/violin interweavings of the Munn Park Saints Saturday night.
Music Ranch continues to preserve Southern Rock with Second Shot out of Jacksonville and guitar slinger Jimmy Sexton Saturday night.

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Lakeland Director’s Women-in-Aviation Documentary Showing April 26

Apr 16, 2019 at 7:17 pm Bay News 9

“Fly Like a Girl,” the documentary that Lakeland resident Katie Wiatt and her team spent three years producing, is screening at film festivals, including St. Petersburg’s Suncreen Festival. It will be shown April 26 at 4:15 p.m. at AMC Sundial Theater | Learn more about the film

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Apr 11, 2019 at 11:20 am

We’re continually impressed by the live music offered weekly by local musicians. Check our calendar below to see who’s playing and where to hear live music. More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Apr 4, 2019 at 8:25 am

North Carolina bluesman Jon Shain will be accompanied by bassist FJ Ventre at an Among Friends Music house concert Friday night. See more on this and other shows in our live music calendar below. More

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Commission Approves New Members of Arts Council

Apr 1, 2019 at 9:47 pm

Amid hints that increased funding for the arts may lie in the future, the Lakeland City Commission today unanimously approved a resolution increasing the number of organizations represented on the Mayor’s Council for the Arts. The resolution added three educational institutions – Harrison School for the Arts, Florida Southern College and Southeastern University – to the list of art and art-related organizations entitled to a seat on the council. More

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View New Downtown Sculptures; Vote for Your Favorite

Mar 29, 2019 at 3:36 pm Facebook: City of Lakeland

Ten new sculptures have been placed on the Lemon Street Promenade between Florida and Massachusetts Avenues and will stay there the rest of the year. Now you can vote for your favorite in the Facebook post below. Each photo includes a description from the artist. Click on any photo to start. Learn more about the art on Lemon Street and the Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition.

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Polk Museum Celebrates France This Afternoon

Mar 23, 2019 at 8:57 am

As its three-month Edgar Degas exhibit closes, the Polk Museum of Art celebrates French culture today with La Francophonie, an afternoon filled with activities. Here’s the schedule: More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Mar 21, 2019 at 7:01 am

Touring musicians visiting Lakeland this weekend, include the music hall comedy antics of Dueces Wild Dueling Pianos at RP Funding Center tonight and the self-described Americana Doom Pop of Strangled Darlings at Swan Brewing on Saturday night. Keep scrolling for our live music calendar. More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Mar 14, 2019 at 9:31 am

Coming up Saturday: a new monthly music series, a roving troubadour and Willie Nelson’s cowpunk granddaughter:

Maddox Ranch, the outdoor venue near I-4 and Kathleen Road that usually hosts jam band and EDM camp-a-thons, is starting a monthly series of one-day mini-festivals featuring local musicians. Eight of the 10 performers at Saturday’s kickoff are from Lakeland, according to organizer Britt Mathis, who performs as Space Panda. Gates open at noon; music starts at 3 and lasts until midnight or whenever.

Among Friends Music‘s next house concert showcases Chattanooga folk troubadour/guitar picker Nicholas Edward Williams, who used to perform as Whetherman. He also plays Swan Brewing Sunday afternoon.

Swan Brewing on Saturday night hosts the Raelyn Nelson Band, which “mixes old country and dirty garage rock,” according to Rolling Stone Country. Sounds like she has some of grandpa Willie’s rebel spirit.

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LHS Wind Symphony Heads to National Competition

Mar 11, 2019 at 4:37 pm Bay News 9

The Lakeland High School Band Wind Symphony leaves Wednesday to perform at the Bands of America National Concert Festival in Indianapolis.

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