Events

A new art and craft experience begins April 17-18, 2021 in City Marketplace Park with the premiere of the Punta Gorda Spring Craft Show.  For your enjoyment will be a unique marketplace of original handmade arts and crafts, items that will beautify your home and workplace and provide those s…

Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota spices things up with the Heat Latin Jazz Band, Sunday, April 18, 3:00 p.m., outdoors at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota. Heat’s seven young artists, most of them also students at Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida Southweste…

The 5th annual Beach’N Food Truck Music Festival will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at Holmes Beach City Field on Anna Maria Island.  This is one of the biggest events of the year on the island!  5th Annual Food Truck festival The event has been “on-hold”  since 2019 due t…

A new art and craft experience begins April 10-­11, 2021 in JD Hamel Park with the premiere of the Sarasota Spring Craft Show. For your enjoyment will be a unique marketplace of original handmade arts and crafts, items that will beautify your home and workplace and provide those special gifts…

Come experience arts & crafts in their wondrous manifestations of form and function at the premiere of the Lido Beach Spring Craft Show on April 3-4, 2021 on Lido Key. Explore original, handmade arts & crafts that will beautify your home and workplace and on a daily basis while inspiring …

Fresh off drumming with Aerosmith at the Grammy’s and performing at the prestigious MusicCares where Aerosmith was honored as the Person of the Year, John Douglas has been getting ready to continue his 2021 North American Art Tour. And what better place than Tampa Florida.  The Michael Mu…

What does more than 300 pounds of jewelry look like and how can it help save the lives of local shelter pets? Join the Friends of Manatee County Animal Services for the Jewelry to the Rescue fundraising event to find out.   The event will take place on Sunday, March 28th from 1-4 pm a…

From the Sarasota Film Festival team- For a second year, we produced a great film series that we hope you will find both illuminating and enjoyable – the Sarasota Native American Film Festival, which is now available to watch online. You can see all the films HERE FOR FREE until Sunday, March …

A Glow Table Dinner is coming to Downtown Sarasota, Friday, April 2nd 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm. This magical night will feature chic, colorful, illuminated furniture and dining tables in an outdoor atmosphere that is fun, festive, and safe. Created and brought to you by the producers of Chillounge Nigh…

The 2nd annual Sarasota Native American Film Festival will take place virtually from March 19th until March 28th, 2021. The mission of the event, based in Sarasota, Florida, is to present cinematic works related to the experience of indigenous people in the Americas. The festival is presented by …