Join us for Southwest Florida's biggest and best food and craft beer festival, celebrating the sights, sounds and tastes of hometowns across the USA. Enjoy free samples of regional food favorites prepared by more than 40 of the area's finest restaurants, plus free samples of more than 60 different craft beers from around the country!
Teams of 4 will compete to find landmarks throughout downtown Sarasota using the official Q Dash Clue Book to earn points. The team with the most points will win a grand prize package! Registration opens February 20th. Stay tuned for additional details and registration details. Gather your friends, family, corporate team, or alumni group, and show your hometown pride!
Even if you can’t vote in the Sarasota city elections, the chance are you work, eat, and/or network here are high- and the chance that the decisions made by the City Commission impact you now and in the future are even higher! So whether you can cast a vote or not, cast your voice so that your thoughts and ideas can be heard by the people who need to hear them the most!
Get ready! This event IS FILLED with positivity, encouragement, motivation, and built for those who are looking to make a difference! If you are a small business, just starting out in business, a multi-million dollar conglomerate, a career seeker, or just someone trying to be the change they would like to see in Sarasota...then Marketing on Main is a must attend!
Mark your calendar for Saturday, April 29 2017! Share ~ Learn ~ Grow. Every attendee – no matter how old or young – has a story to tell and an expertise to share. Special display opportunities available! Click for more info.
Paradise Portraits is a series of oil-based portraits with a portion of the profits going directly toward helping homeless individuals through a foundation here in Sarasota. These portraits will take a while to complete, so in the meantime come see a few Paradise Portrait t-shirt designs to help get the project started.
With an average of 80-100 young professionals gathering on the first Thursday of each month you're guaranteed to make new friends, secure new clients, and learn more about what Sarasota has to offer.
Pickin' Picnic combines regional live bands, top-rated area food trucks, and local craft beers into one big, FREE, family-friendly celebration. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, and pets on a leash to enjoy this fantastic day on the Riverwalk overlooking the Manatee River.
Come snag a copy of the album Doppelganger and party the night away like you walked into a 90's MTV music party. 90's dress attire isn't necessary but totally welcomed!
Get Groovy in a Relaxed Free Flowing Jam With A Rotating Cast Of Local Musicians!!! House Band This Week Constists of The Elusive Jack Berry On Bass, Zen Seraphine World-class Electric Violin, David Smash Extra-Terrestrial Guitarist, & Sammy 'Barefoot' Warren on the Drums!!!
MOXIE Productions: aka: SRQ Arts Presenters
Bringing you original music from local, regional and touring acts.
Every 2nd Wednesday of the month..
Live Original Showcase is held at the oldest venue, The Gator Club in Downtown Sarasota.
Harvey Milk Festival’s art exhibit this year, “HOPE WILL NEVER BE SILENT,” will feature both established and young emerging artists that promote LGBTQIA human experiences through their work, which is to be presented as a collective transmedia art exhibit on Thursday, May 1th 2017 in Downtown Sarasota, Florida.
Pioneer Winter is a Miami-based choreographer, and director of the Pioneer Winter Collective – invested in physical theatre, contemporary dance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and transmedia. His Collective provides a platform for risk-taking, progressive, and experimental projects by democratizing performance through unexpected bodies, unexpected places, and unexpected social change.
The 8th Annual Harvey Milk Festival (HMF) will take place May 11-13, 2017, culminating in a 10-band concert at Five Points Park in historic downtown Sarasota, Florida. Three days of theatre, performance art, and music that embrace equality and bring the community together. Find out how you can be a part of this magical event.
The “Pop-Up” series is an initiative designed to offer area-based high school and college students the opportunity to take their art to a higher level. This program came into fruition as a response to young artists who reached out to Art Center Sarasota for exhibition opportunities. Our exhibition staff works with them to develop their projects and give them exhibit space and an audience. For many, it’s the first time they’ve worked directly with a professional art space or gallery. This is a real learning experience for them.
Join us every third Saturday where a group of local Artists, Farmers Entertainers, Bakers, Hand crafters, Designers, and Vintage Enthusiasts share their wares and inspiration.
Flagship Romance - National touring harmonic alternative folk duo, consisting of real-life-lovers, singers, and songwriters Shawn Fisher and Jordyn Jackso. In today’s music market, where more and more avid listeners are clamoring for something honest and real, Flagship Romance plans to take that honesty, chemistry, and “real-ness” to new heights.
Kristopher James - Touring folk/soul songwriter, calls Bradenton home. "Who is a kindred musical spirit to artists like Gavin DeGraw and Amos Lee."
10 speakers will present 10 images of their work, interest, or inspiration. Slides advance automatically every 30 seconds.The event is open to the public.
Please join us in the courtyard at The Reserve for our vey first Open Mike night, hosted by Alone Together. Bring your acoustic set and share! Free admission.
Another Soiree. They keep getting better. We keep searching for the high note. Will you join us?
Get ready! This event IS FILLED with positivity, encouragement, motivation, and built for those who are looking to make a difference! If you are a small business, just starting out in business, a multi-million dollar conglomerate, a career seeker, or just someone trying to be the change they would like to see in Sarasota...then Marketing on Main is a must attend!
With an average of 80-100 young professionals gathering on the first Thursday of each month you're guaranteed to make new friends, secure new clients, and learn more about what Sarasota has to offer.
JDub's is hosting an Open Mic Night every 1st and last Thursday of each month! Bring on the musicians, comedians and poetry and spoken word artists!
SAVE THE DATE! Join the Sarasota Young Professionals on Saturday, June 3rd at Gold Coast Eagle for a Throwback Gala—dress in the cocktail attire from your favorite decade
This modern mixer is intended to showcase local creative talent, present emerging artists, and connect the community creatively.
Astralis (SRQ)
Strewn together with stylistic stardust from across the musical universe, Sarasota five-piece Astralis layers incandescent vocals atop funky bass lines, cosmic synths, moonlit guitar riffs, and intricate percussion.
Greg Ferris (SRQ/ Outer Limits)
Sarasota's road-weary electric weirdo returns to a guitar based hardware set of classic earworms and unheard dark sing-a-longs.
Join us at the Powel Crosley Mansion for lively debates on issues that some consider “too hot to handle” where our modified Oxford-style debate gives us civil discourse designed to sway through both factual information and rhetorical skill. Attendees are asked their position on the topic of the day before and after the debate–the success of the participants being judged on those they sway from their initial positions.
Join us for a Civics Happy Hour! Learn about ways Sarasota County Government works for you in a fun and interactive format.
Get ready! This event IS FILLED with positivity, encouragement, motivation, and built for those who are looking to make a difference! If you are a small business, just starting out in business, a multi-million dollar conglomerate, a career seeker, or just someone trying to be the change they would like to see in Sarasota...then Marketing on Main is a must attend!
A few of us are getting together for an impromptu happy hour. Join us if you are in the area and want to say hi!
JDub's is hosting an Open Mic Night every 1st and last Thursday of each month! Bring on the musicians, comedians and poetry and spoken word artists!
Bring your acoustic set to The Reserve open mic!
ADSOS makes its Cafe in the Park debut! Join us for a great time!
Under the new state law implementing the amendment, cities and counties are given an option to outright ban new dispensaries within their boundaries, and City Attorney Robert Fournier is recommending the city take it.
Come downtown Sarasota and watch the fireworks explode over Sarasota Bay! Arrive early and enjoy strolling the tree lined streets of downtown Sarasota.
Join us out on Siesta Key Beach on July 5th to help Beach Club Siesta Key - 1947. The Hub Baja Grill, The Cottage, Siesta Key & Clean Up, Aisle Earth when we team up to tackle the mess we know will be left over from July 4th.
Florida’s Finest” showcases the wide-ranging talents of Florida-based artists, and includes two- and three-dimensional works in a variety of media. R. Lynn Whitelaw, the founding director and curator of the Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art at St. Petersburg College, will jury this year’s exhibition to be installed in all four of the center’s galleries.
With an average of 80-100 young professionals gathering on the first Thursday of each month you're guaranteed to make new friends, secure new clients, and learn more about what Sarasota has to offer.
This month Nick ODonnell explains the inspiration behind his unique furniture designs while singer/songwriter Kristopher James takes on a musical journey.
DieAlps! (TPA) Bay Area faves DieAlps! have been making waves for years, but 2017 has been particularly on point. We invite you to join them for the official album release […]