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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West Elm Offers Bump Galletta’s Fanciful Florida Art

Mar 11, 2019 at 9:29 am Bay News 9

After somebody from West Elm saw Bump Galletta’s display at a pop-up market, the home decor retailer offered to sell caps, shirts and coffee mugs with the Lakeland artist’s fanciful drawings at all eight of its Florida stores.

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Young Artist Winner to Sing with Imperial Symphony

Mar 8, 2019 at 7:02 am

The Imperial Symphony Orchestra’s musical tour of Europe in its 2018-2019 season has taken audiences through Spain and France. The orchestra still has a couple of pops concerts remaining on its schedule, but in the season’s concluding Masterworks concert, the tour ends in sunny Italy. More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Mar 7, 2019 at 1:35 pm

If you want to listen to some live music this weekend, we have a calendar for you. Keep scrolling: More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Feb 28, 2019 at 11:50 am

Live Music. Lakeland. Lots of venues. Local artists. Look below. More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Feb 21, 2019 at 11:59 am

Traveling musicians playing in Lakeland this weekend include lefty satirist Roy Zimmerman at the UU Church tonight, a homecoming by Lakeland-born country recording artist Hoyt Hughes to Wild Greg’s Saloon tonight, and Southwest Florida Americana singer-songwriter Ray Cerbone playing an Among Friends Music house concert on Saturday. On Friday: a Seattle Grunge Match at LkldLive with the Gary Love Band and Shane Lawlor emulating Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Keep scrolling for our updated live music calendar: More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Feb 14, 2019 at 7:30 am

Fresh from a half-dozen dates at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and the Grand Ole Opry, Dailey & Vincent bring their blend of bluegrass, country and gospel to the Polk Theatre on Sunday. Keep going for our full live-music calendar. More

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Spectacular Finale: Pianist Rita Fandrich to Perform with Imperial Symphony Orchestra

Feb 8, 2019 at 7:45 am

Rita Fandrich will perform the Piano Concerto No. 2 by Camille Saint-Saens in her last big performance. Calvin Knight/Florida Southern College

If you have one last big performance to give, you might as well perform something memorable.

When pianist Rita Fandrich was asked by the Imperial Symphony Orchestra to be a guest soloist, the longtime Lakeland resident chose to perform Camille Saint-Saëns’ Piano Concerto No. 2.

The fiendishly difficult Saint-Saëns concerto, one of the French master’s best and most popular works, is one that she taught often during her 43 years as associate professor of music at Florida Southern College. But this is the first time she has ever performed it, and as the shoe is on the other foot, Fandrich has come to a realization. More

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Live Music in Lakeland This Weekend

Feb 7, 2019 at 3:38 pm

An acoustic Friday, anyone? Singer-songwriter John Frinzi and original Coral Reefer Band member Roger Bartlett bring a Margaritaville vibe to Hillcrest Coffee at 7, and a half-dozen of Lakeland’s innovative and inventive acoustic musicians perform in a LkldLive showcase at 8. Check the full music calendar after the jump. More