Events

NocheUnidos UnidosNow

Celebrating their 10th Anniversay, UnidosNow Presents “NocheUnidos”

May 17, 2022 | Events

UnidosNow presents the acclaimed Mexican Mariachi Cobre group and the Venice Symphony, on Friday, May 20, 7:30 p.m., at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, and on Saturday, May 21, 2:30 p.m., at the Venice Performing Arts Center, 1 Indian Ave., Venice. Michelle Mer…

Poets Unplugged

Poets Unplugged: An Evening of Spoken Word and Music at Fogartyville, Sarasota

May 7, 2022 | Events

Fogartyville will present the final event in their “Poets Unplugged” Spoken Word series on Saturday, May 14. Doors will open at 7 pm as DJ Rozay sets the mood with his musical mix. At 8 pm there will be a curated Open Mic featuring some of the best poets from the previous spoken word events. T…

Restaurant Week is Back, 17th Annual Savor Sarasota

April 24, 2022 | Events

Visit Sarasota County is in the planning stages of the 17th annual Savor Sarasota Restaurant Week (SSRW) and inviting restaurants to sign up now to ensure they reap all the benefits of this mouthwatering annual event! Restaurants throughout the community are encouraged to participate in this d…

Anna Maria Island Chamber

Upcoming Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Events

April 23, 2022 | Events

Thursday, April 28th – AMI Business Card Exchange featuring the Pat Copeland Scholarship Awards – 5:00pm to 7:00pm – at the Anna Maria Island Historical Society, 402 Pine Ave, Anna Maria, FL 34216. The cost to attend is $5/members and $10/prospective members. Thursday, May 5th – AMI Chamber Su…

CenterPlace Health to Host Health Fair at Payne Park in Sarasota

April 21, 2022 | Events

CenterPlace Health is excited to announce it will be hosting a “Spring Into Wellness” Health Fair. This event will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2022, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm at Payne Park. The event is free and open to everyone. “Our community outreach team has been working dilig…

Nathan Benderson Park Awarded 7 National & International Canoe Championships

April 20, 2022 | Events

The continued growth of paddling sports in the United States is further encouraged with the award of four world-championship events and three World Cup events to Nathan Benderson Park, starting in 2024. The first-ever combined canoe marathon and stand-up paddling world championships will be …

Florida Winefest

Florida Winefest & Auction to Begin Accepting Grant Requests Starting April 15, 2022

April 19, 2022 | Events

Florida Winefest & Auction, Inc. is pleased to announce it will once again be accepting grant requests. Due to Covid and the subsequent cancellation of events, the last requests were received in 2019. Sandy Loevner, President, Board of Directors of the non-profit organization, is thrilled to…

The community is invited to attend Mothers Helping Mothers 2nd Annual Kids Rock Concert on Sunday, April 24, from 12 Noon - 4pm at Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse at 19 East Rd, Sarasota, FL 34240. This is an awesome FREE, family centered event, featuring FREE children's activities, and an afternoon of fun for the young and young at heart! To put the fun in fundraising, we will have exciting live and silent auction items, wonderful raffle prizes, and you will have a chance to be a lucky Split-the-Pot winner! The Kids Rock Concert will feature the incomparable Twinkle and Soul Rock Radio. Mothers Helping Mothers, an all-volunteer 501(C)(3) organization, is celebrating over 30 years of helping families in need in our community with basic necessities, from clothing to baby equipment and diapers, cribs, car seats, and emergency financial aid to prevent homeliness - all free of charge. To date, we have helped over 150,000 families in need, representing over 450,000 children in the Sarasota Manatee Region! Mothers Helping Mothers gives special thanks to our amazing 2022 Kids Rock Concert VIP "Rockstar" Sponsors, Perform, Truist, Tax Vantage, Suncoast Community Church, MacDonald Watrobsky Group - Coldwell Banker Realty, and Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse for helping us to help families in need. According to Cheri Devries, MHM Executive Director “ MHM is so grateful to all our sponsors and thrilled to be able to safely hold our 2nd Annual Kids Rock Concert on April 24th! We thank everyone for their patience during this past year and half of interruption due to the pandemic and look forward to ROCK OUT and celebrate being together once again for such a worthy cause! You can make a difference by becoming a “Rockstar” Donor or by just attending the event. We hope you will consider celebrating with us at our 2nd Annual Kids Rock Concert on April 24th! For more information, please visit www.mhmsarasota.com Photos from Mother’s Helping Mother’s

Mothers Helping Mothers Free Kids Rock Concert at Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse

April 17, 2022 | Events

The community is invited to attend Mothers Helping Mothers 2nd Annual Kids Rock Concert on Sunday, April 24, from 12 Noon – 4pm at Stottlemyer’s Smokehouse at 19 East Rd, Sarasota, FL 34240. This is an awesome FREE, family centered event, featuring FREE children’s activities, and an aftern…

Nathan Benderson Park Awarded 2022-23 US Rowing Masters National Championships

April 14, 2022 | Events

For the first time in nearly a decade, the nation’s best masters rowers will once again convene under the Florida sun. The 2022 and 2023 US Rowing Masters National Championships will be held at Nathan Benderson Park. Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy will play host, with support from Visit …

40,000 Easter Eggs Await Kids at “Jungle Trails and Bunny Tails” Annual Event

April 5, 2022 | Events

SARASOTA, FL. The busiest Easter Bunny in Sarasota will be awaiting all of his friends at Sarasota Jungle Gardens’ annual “Jungle Trails and Bunny Tails” event on Good Friday, April 15th. The Sarasota Jungle Gardens Easter Bunny has been very busy filling the colorful Easter Eggs with candy…

Locally organized TEDx Bradenton to focus on “Access”

April 2, 2022 | Events

TEDx is coming to Bradenton. The conference will take place on September 9th, 2022 at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature. The independently organized event, licensed by TED and organized by Evelyn Almodóvar, will invite local voices to give their own TEDx Talk around the theme of “Access.” …

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