monthly
Antique Fair Downtown Bartow
2nd Saturday of each month
Main Street Bartow hosts an antique fair
Family Fun Day
Polk County History Center
2nd Saturday of each month
Free monthly craft activity for families!
Food Truck Invasion
3699 Hwy 17, Winter Haven • 5 pm - 9pm
FoodTruckInvasion.com
1st Tuesday of every month, McKibben
Powersport Honda will be hosting the Food
Truck Invasion! There will be plenty of
food trucks, live entertainment and Honda
inventory for customers to browse from.
Lakeland Food Truck Rally
Downtown Lakeland
2nd Thursday of each month • 6 pm - 9 pm
Farmers Markets and First Fridays
Check with your city for dates and times
February
3rd Annual Women’s Leadership
Symposium • Feb 2 • 9am - 4pm
lakelandabwa.com/symposium/
This event will provide a platform for women
to learn and share the topic of “Inspiration
to Transformation,” rise to new heights and
embark on their own transformation to
become better leaders.
Smoke On The Water BBQ Competition
Feb 2 • 6pm till’ Feb 3 • 10am -5:30pm
2400 Havendale Blvd, Winter Haven
863-967-1532 • ccbgc.com/smoke
More than 20,000 gather for a day of fun & food
to benefit Citrus Center Boys & Girls Clubs!
Professional cooks square off for the ultimate
recognition as the best in BBQ chicken, ribs,
pork, brisket and sauce. Live bands, professional
water ski show, seaplane rides & more!
Central Florida Health Expo
February 9 • 9am - 3pm
Int’l Market World Flea & Farmers Market
Bldg K – Big Yellow Bldg, 1052 US 92 W, Aub
The Central Florida Health Expo is the area’s
premier event for health-conscious adults. This
event is free to the public.
72nd Annual Tiger BBQ
Feb 20 • 6pm - 8pm
Join us in welcoming back our Detroit Tigers
for a record 82 years of Spring Training in
Lakeland!
March
The Wizard of Oz
Mar 8 • 7:30pm - 9:30pm
RP Funding Center, 701 W Lime St, Lakeland
888-397-0100
There truly is no place like home with the
greatest family musical of all time. Families will
be captivated traveling down the Yellow Brick
Road with Dorothy, Toto and their friends the
Cowardly Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow.
Forum at Southeastern University
March 15 & 16 • 12pm • 877.FORUM2018
1000 Longfellow Blvd., Lakeland
The two-day conference will provide actionable
leadership training from premier thought
leaders in order to raise the leadership bar in
individuals, organizations and communities.
Women in STEM Summit
Ma 14 • 9am - 1:30pm
Lidia Vigil 863.874.8732
Florida Polytechnic University celebrates
Women in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math). The Women in STEM
Summit is an insightful, carefully crafted and
forward-thinking forum designed to raise
awareness about opportunities for women in
STEM and to provide those currently engaged
in STEM industries the opportunity to be in
inspired, empowered and enlightened.
April
A Madhatter’s Ball
Apr 14 • 6:30pm - 11pm • (863) 688-8551 ext. 228
Lakeland Chamber Foundation will host its 1st
gala. All proceeds from the event will directly
benefit the new programming offered by the
foundation with an emphasis on workforce
development - “Skill’s Gap”. A black tie affair!
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