Holiday Happenings around Lakeland

Holiday events around Lakeland

• Holiday walkabout Downtown Lakeland, December 3rd 6-9pm; Santa, The Grinch, music, caroling, horse and carriage rides.
  

  Annual Holiday Walkabout

  Kicking off the holiday festivities in Lakeland, this annual event in Downtown Lakeland celebrates with shopping, dining, music, horse-drawn wagon rides, Santa and more!

• Lakeland Christmas Parade Presented by The Junior League of Greater Lakeland;  December 5 at 7 pm winds through downtown streets.  On Thursday, December 5th the 33st Annual Christmas parade, sponsored by The Junior League of Greater Lakeland, will kick off at 7:00 pm with a fantastic fireworks display over Lake Mirror. Over 100 organizations will be participating in this year’s event. The parade will leave the Lakeland center and make its way down lemon Street twisting and turning through Downtown Lakeland.
  Streets along the parade route will begin closing at 5:30 pm. Additional parking will be available after 5:00 pm in the Downtown parking garages and parking lots

• First Friday Downtown Lakeland, December 6, 6-9pm; "Cookies and Carols"  with an old fashioned Christmas