THIS WEEK IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
DECCEMBER 23-31, 2013
Find a complete listing of December and January events taking place in Polk County at VisitCentralFlorida.org.
West Side Story
Date: Monday, December 23
Venue: The Lakeland Center
- This revival, based on Tony Award-winning librettist Arthur Laurents’ Broadway direction, remains as powerful, poignant and timely as ever.
- The Bernstein and Sondheim score is considered to be one of Broadway’s finest and features such classics of the American musical theatre as Something’s Coming, Tonight, America, I Feel Pretty and Somewhere.
Countdown to Kids’ New Year’s Eve Party
Date: Thursday, December 26 – Monday, December 30
Venue: LEGOLAND Florida, Winter Haven
- Watch the spectacular fireworks explode into millions of tiny LEGO bricks with special 3D viewing glasses nightly at LEGOLAND Florida.
Moscow Ballet presents The Nutcracker
Date: Friday, December 27
Venue: The Lakeland Center
- Celebrate Russian ballet and the beauty of the holidays with Moscow Ballet’s grand production of The Nutcracker at The Lakeland Center.
Betting on Death
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Venue: Ramon Theater, Frostproof
- Join the Ramon Theater for an evening of mystery, dinner, a sparking beverage, party favors and Ramon Theater’s own “cast of characters”.
Kids’ New Year’s Eve Party
Date: Tuesday, December 31
Venue: LEGOLAND Florida, Winter Haven
- Kids’ New Year’s Eve is the perfect way to ring in the new year with the family where the giant LEGO brick drops at a very kid-friendly midnight KST (Kid Standard Time) – otherwise known as 6:00 p.m. EST. – Other event elements include a spectacular fireworks show and a DJ dance party in Miniland USA.
RECURRING EVENTS:
A Country Christmas Hayride – Fridays & Saturdays through December 28 (The Smith Family Ranch, Lakeland)
BeFly Bike Tours Christmas Lights Tour – Through December 28 (Lakeland)
Gary Gessford Exhibit – Through December 31 (The Loft Art Gallery, Lakeland)
Holiday Home Tour – Through January 5 (Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales)
Poinsettia Display – Through January 5 (Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales)
Public Ice Skating – Through January 6 (The Lakeland Center)
Stephen Knapp: New Light – Through March 8 (Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland)
Haines City Farmers Market – Wednesdays weekly
Winter Haven Farmers Market – Thursdays weekly
Bartow Farmers Market – Saturdays weekly
Downtown Lakeland Farmers Curb Market – Saturdays weekly
Lake Wales Farmers Market – Second and fourth Saturdays monthly
Highland City Community Market – Third Saturday monthly
Mulberry Farmers Market – Third Saturday monthly
Saturday Night Rodeo – Saturdays weekly (Westgate River Ranch Resort, River Ranch)
Children’s Programming: – Monday through Friday weekly (Explorations V Children’s Museum, Lakeland)
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