The main event you should have on your calendar for the weekend is happening in Lakeland. The 11th Annual Hispanic Festival of Polk County will take place from Noon until 8pm on Saturday at the Lake Mirror Promenade in Downtown Lakeland. Last year this event brought more than 20,000 people to the Lake Mirror Promenade and it promises to be just as exciting this year. The event, put on by the Hispanic Club of Lakeland, will feature music, dancing, great Hispanic foods like empanadas and Cuban sandwiches and there will be Lakeland Police Department K-9 demonstrations, martial arts demonstrations, games and performances all day long (too many to list here). Make sure you get out there at some point on Saturday because it is a unique event that you don’t want to miss and the best part is, it is FREE!

Here are some other options for you around Central Florida this weekend:

Friday

• Comedy: Unpland Improv    7pm and 9pm      Mi Casa Cafe, Southeastern University    Lakeland
• Comedy: Comedy Buffet    8pm    254 W. Central Ave., Winter Haven
• Monster Truck Thunderslam Motorsport Spectacular   7:30pm    Lakeland Center, Jenkins Arena
• Cracker Storytelling Festival    9am-3pm     Homeland Heritage Park    Ft. Meade
• Ghost Stories    7pm-9pm    Polk County Historical Museum    Bartow

Saturday

• Dowtown Farmers Curb Market    8am-2pm    Peterson Building Plaza, Downtown Lakeland
• Hispanic Festival   Noon-8pm    Lake Mirror Promenade     Lakeland
• Antique Fair    8am-3pm    Main Street      Bartow
• Cracker Storytelling Festival    9am-3pm     Homeland Heritage Park    Ft. Meade
• Farmers Market    8am-2pm    North Blount Park    Bartow
• Auto Racing:  6pm     Auburndale Speedway    
• Monster Truck Thunderslam Motorsport Spectacular   7:30pm    Lakeland Center, Jenkins Arena

Sunday

• Ballroom Dancing: Fellowship of Ballroom Dancers   3pm-6pm   First Presbyterian Church    Lakeland

As usual, there is plenty to get out and do this weekend, so put off all that yard work another week and get out and enjoy Central Florida. Plus, it’s too hot to be doing yard work anyway. Here is your weekly rundown of events and happenings in Polk County this weekend. Be sure to make it to Tigertown in Lakeland Saturday as the Flying Tigers honor the heroes that make our country free. It sounds like they have a lot of cool things planned and it all starts at 4 pm. Check out the flyer above for all the info and to top it all off, they will have their regular Saturday night post game fireworks.  Veterans, active military, JROTC and ROTC get in free. Whatever you plan to do this weekend, have fun and enjoy Sunny Central Florida.

 Also upcoming this weekend:

Friday

• Lakeland Flying Tigers vs. Dunedin Blue Jays- 7pm – Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland
• Live Music: Fever Band - 8:30pm – Legends Lounge,  Winter Haven
• Friday Fest- 6pm-9pm – Downtown Bartow 
• Main Street Creamery Car Show- 6pm-9pm – Downtown Lakeland

Saturday

• Art: Rod Macdonald – 8pm – Arts on the Park, Lakeland
• Lakeland Flying Tigers vs. Dunedin Blue Jays- 6pm – Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland
• Downtown Farmers Curb Market - 8am-2pm – Downtown Lakeland (Peterson Building)
• Blugrass Music and Cookout- 4pm-7pm – Heriatge Park, Lakeland
• Farmers Market – 8am-2pm – North Blount Park, Bartow

Sunday

• Seventh Annual Young Artists Concert – 4pm – First Presbyterian Church, Lake Wales
• Lakeland Flying Tigers vs. Palm Beach Cardnials - 6pm – Joker Marchant Stadium, Lakeland
• Art: Creative Studies Series – 5pm – Polk Museum of Art