Polk County has a full weekend ahead, with events in seven cities from Friday evening through Saturday night.
Downtown Winter Haven hosts a night of wine, chocolate, and cheese Friday evening. Lake Wales has a free concert at Market Plaza the same night.
Saturday is the busiest day. Downtown Bartow hosts the 35th Honey Bee Craft Fair with a car show, bee education areas, and a butterfly tent. The Downtown Bartow Antique Market opens downtown that same morning. In Lake Wales, Rotary on the Ridge serves a pancake breakfast for veterans. Lakeland holds The Longest Table, and Saturday is also the final day of the Color Wave Mural Festival. The Florida Flywheelers Fall Fuel Up wraps up in Fort Meade with antique tractors and engines on display. The Haines City library has bilingual family time, and markets are open across the county. Saturday night ends at Auburndale Speedway with Crash-O-Mania.
The full list of this weekend’s events is on our events calendar!
Markets Open This Weekend Across Polk County
Saturday is the big market day. Six farmers and artisan markets open across Polk County. International Market World in Auburndale goes all three days. The Lakeland Downtown Farmers Curb Market and the Winter Haven Farmers Market both run Saturday morning. The Winter Haven Saturday Market sets up in Central Park. Lake Wales Main Street runs its own farmers market downtown. The Downtown Bartow Antique Market fills out the morning. Friday and Sunday each keep one market open. Two regulars are sitting this weekend out. The Haven Holiday Market in Winter Haven is back on Nov. 21. The Holiday Craft Bazaar in Lakeland returns on Nov. 28. Our farmers market coverage keeps track of all of them.
Looking Ahead: The Next Three Weeks in Polk County
Start making plans now. Thanksgiving splits the next three weeks neatly in two. Main Street Bartow holds Friday Fest on Nov. 20. The 12th Haven Holiday Market fills Central Park in Winter Haven on Nov. 21. Downtown Winter Haven switches on Starlight Nights from Nov. 26. Bok Tower Gardens opens its holiday home tour at El Retiro on Nov. 27. The Polk Theatre stages The Swan Lake that same evening. RUNA brings an Irish Christmas concert to Bok Tower on Nov. 28. Small Business Saturday puts a Holiday Craft Bazaar in Munn Park in Lakeland that morning. Theatre Winter Haven opens Pretty Woman on Nov. 25 and carries it into December. Then December lands all at once. The Lakeland Christmas Parade steps off on Dec. 3. Winter Haven lights its downtown tree the same evening. Haines City parades to Lake Eva Park on Dec. 5. Snowfest returns to the Frances Langford Promenade in Lakeland that night. Golden Ridge Groves in Bartow stays open to visitors Wednesday to Sunday. The rest is on our events calendar. Lake Wales goes big just past this window. Make it Magical runs on Dec. 11. The Christmas Parade follows on Dec. 12…