Get your sweat pants ready for our 5th annual jumbo cupcake eating contest as we celebrate nine years in Gulf Gate! All ages are welcome to participate. The fastest person to defeat the jumbo in 10 minutes will win a prize!
On Saturday, August 12th, 2017 from 5pm-8pm we are opening our doors for the first time to live stream Create-A-Community Festival, a festival to celebrate local businesses and artists. This will include Strive for the Sky charity school supply drive to benefit G.D. Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School in Manatee County. Live musicians, food trucks, cowork/costudy membership giveaway, and networking event where businesses can share their stories and information with everyone.
Jump start your morning with Chamber business professionals at our new Wake Up, Sarasota! event held bi-monthly at various locations throughout Greater Sarasota. Enjoy a light breakfast, coffee/juice, and door prizes in a laid back atmosphere perfect for meeting your next customer or client.
If you would like to learn more about becoming a paid contributor for the Sarasota Underground then this is the meeting for you.
A manager struggling to keep his circus afloat during post-war hard times hires a famous aerialist to attract crowds, meanwhile displacing his starring lady love. "The Greatest Show on Earth" […]
Come out and enjoy local beer, food, and music from people striving to add to Sarasota's culture & the fast growing Food Truck community every third Saturday of each month at JDub's Brewing Company (1215 Mango Ave). Next Rally is August 19th from 5-10pm, brig the whole family!
To view agenda visit our site at http://www.sarasotabayfront2020.com
Hack Hospitality is a weekend long Hackathon designed to solve real problems in the hospitality industry through tech.
We will be hosting the ultimate battle royale with our local breweries....A CHARITY LIP SYNC BATTLE benefiting All Faiths Food Bank! Come cheer on your favorite brewery and help decide the brewery worthy of the championship belt, all while raising money for a great cause!
A 1920s silent-film star falls for a spunky chorus girl, much to the dismay of his diva-ish leading lady, in this lighthearted musical spoof of the early days of Hollywood.
WILLY WONKA and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
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!
Join the Young Professionals Network (Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee), the Sarasota Young-Professionals (Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce) and the Lakewood Ranch Young Leaders Alliance (Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance) for a First Time Home Buyers Seminar. This fun and interactive, yet informative, event is designed to help young professionals learn the important steps to home ownership.
Art Center Sarasota's New Exhibitions
Opening reception for all four exhibits is Thursday, August 31, 5-7 p.m. Free and Open to the Public
Visit the Village of the Arts for our vibrant monthly artwalk the first Friday and Saturday of every month. Discover unique galleries, studios, specialty shops, healing arts, food and music during this popular monthly event.
Justin Layman will be playing some jams at the brewery on Friday from 7-10pm! Join us for local music, BulGoGi Sarasota and a new draft beer release every Friday! Plus absolutely No cover!
In Casablanca in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate encounters a former lover, with unforeseen complications. Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Join us on Saturday, September 2nd, as we celebrate our club turning 70 years young! We couldn't be more thankful for all of the great memories given!
JDubs is throwing a Bacon, Beer & Bacon Fest at the brewery with a handful of local food trucks offering up some killer BACON dishes! Plus we'll have some BACON friendly beers on tap too!
Join The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and its partners, as we take on cleaning Siesta Key Beach the day after Labor Day to help keep our oceans and beaches trash free!
The prevalence of craft beer today has many people demanding beer with more flavor and complexity, so it's time for "Beer School" to go back in session! This expanded world of good beer can be overwhelming for people new to it, but also helps expand the knowledge of those more seasoned beer enthusiasts.
JDub's is hosting an Open Mic Night every 1st Thursday of each month! Bring on the musicians, comedians and poetry and spoken word artists!
A series of one night only events combining live music and experiential artworks in the Courtyard.
Sara Nelms will be playing some jams at the brewery on Friday from 7-10pm! Join us for local music, Mother Truckin Good and a new draft beer release every Friday! Plus absolutely No cover!
We're proud of our community and how people reached out to help one another during Hurricane Irma and we'd like to give a little something back. So anyone who needs a hot meal, cup of coffee or an awesome homemade cookie is welcome. We'd like as many law enforcement, EMT , Firemen, all 1st responders and utility tradesmen to come as they are the ones putting in the hard work to get us back together.
Hungry for new business? Leverage your lunch with the power of business referrals at Power Hour Lunch. At this event, each guest is invited to make an introduction to the group and pitch an elevator speech about their business.
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.
Come share you storm stories and join us in celebration of surviving Hurricane IRMA here in Sarasota.
The Marx Brothers spoof of the opera world, with a two-bit promoter wooing a wealthy dowager and promising to arrange her entrance into high society if she antes up $200,000 […]
AGoldPhoto Pet Photography and Buddy Brew are hosting a Pet Photo Shoot Fundraiser for Humane Society of Sarasota County. The photo shoot sitting fee for each pet is $35 and 100% of the sitting fee goes to the shelter.
Come out and enjoy local beer, food, and music from people striving to add to Sarasota's culture & the fast growing Food Truck community every third Saturday at JDub's Brewing Company (1215 Mango Ave).
Prost! We will be kicking off the Oktoberfest season with a Oktoberfest celebration of our own! The Schnitzel Trailer will be out in the beer garden with a special menu (coming soon) starting at 5pm and, BABYL, the high energy alternative band will be performing live in the beer garden starting at 7pm with some German songs mixed in!
WILLY WONKA and the CHOCOLATE FACTORY (1971)
We will present 90 minutes' worth of spellbinding short films, all created specifically for this event, and all shot in ONE continuous take - NO cuts! At the end of the show, the dazzling, multi-talented Kathryn Parks will present trophies for Best Film, Most Entertaining Film, and Extraordinary Cinematography.
Join us for a tour led by our Lead Brewer, Evan Ekasala, on the third Monday of each month starting at 6pm. Tour spots are limited to 10 spots - claim yours today!
After a Summer break. Come join the first Soirée of the season. A networking party to learn about all the great projects coming our way!
The Board of Directors of the Downtown Improvement District will hold a Workshop Meeting on Tuesday, September 19, 2017 to be held at 9:00 a.m. in the SRQ Media Studio, City Hall Annex, First Floor, 1565 First Street, Sarasota, Florida.
Prizes! Quality Calusa ales and lagers! Facts both hilarious and head scratching! Our special monthly trivia event hosted and designed by Calusa's own Ed Paulsen. Mother Truckin Good will be onsite for food!
This Oscar winning Best Picture chronicles the epic tale of a 1940's mobster family in New York City, where the father builds an organized-crime empire and his three sons, to […]
This is a Lovin' Our Locals Event, also in celebration of The City of Venice's 90th Birthday. What better way to celebrate a birthday then to celebrate on the beach!