Events

Big Top Ugly Sweater Party!

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It’s National Ugly Sweater Day and what better way to celebrate than with a party and Toy Drive for Toys For Tots!

Bring in a NEW UNWRAPPED toy and enter your name in a special drawing for a Big Ts!op Gift Basket and Small Batch Brew Day!

Wear your ugliest Christmas sweater! Store bought, Homemade, hand me downs… Contest is FREE to enter!

UGLY SWEATER CONTEST:
1st Place: $50 Big Top Gift Certificate and 6pk of choice!
2nd Place: Free Growler Glass, Fill, and $10 Gift Certificate to use on next trip to the taproom!
3rd Place: Free Pint and $10 Gift Certificate to use on next trim to the taproom!

HOLIDAY BOTTLE EXCHANGE
Bring in a wrapped bottle to exchange in a “White Elephant” style exchange. You MUST bring a bottle to receive a bottle!

FOOD TRUCK:
Taste Time To Love Us

LIVE MUSIC: TBD

See you Under the Big Top!

Santa Shuffle Scavenger Hunt

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Bar Hopping with a Christmas twist! First Annual Gulf Gate Santa Shuffle Scavenger Hunt! It’s time to grab 3 of your friends and your best Christmas costumes and come join in a scavenger hunt thru 8 different bars in Gulf Gate!
$25 per team (4 players per team)
sign up Nov. 30th for a bonus gift!
Dress up in Christmas Cheer for bonus points!
You can sign up at any participating bars!

4th Annual Toy Drive

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It’s that time of year again! Please come join us for our 4th year in collecting toys for kids, teenagers and items for deserving moms in need this year!

This year we will be collecting for SPARCC, Mothers Helping Mothers and Child Protection Center!!
SPARCC is ” Safe Place and Rape Crisis Center” a organization that helps women who are victims of domestic violence. It is also an oragnization that is very personal to me.

https://www.sparcc.net/

http://www.mhmsarasota.com/

http://www.cpcsarasota.org/

**Absolutely 100% of what is raised goes toward SPARCC, Mothers Helping Mothers and Child Protection Center ** The best part is these are 3 local organizations and everything stays right in our community!

**Please make sure all gifts are UNWRAPPED**

I will be updating the page periodically with wish lists for the 3 organizations for what they are in need of.

Evies will be having happy hour drink specials and there will be appitizers!

If you have made it the past 3 years you know what a fun event this is! If you haven’t made it then please join us this time!

Wish List Items:
Infants and Toddlers
Baby Einstein Toys
Preschool Toys
Board Books
Soft Baby Dolls

Little People Sets
Playdoh

Girls and Boys, Ages 5-12
Art Supplies
Tonka Trucks
Dolls with Clothes
Sports Balls and Accessories
Lego or K’Nex Sets
DVDs
Action Figures
Dollhouses
Portable Video Game Systems
Craft Kits
Portable Stereos
Remote Control Cars and Trucks
Play Kitchen Sets
Play Tool Sets

Teens, Ages 13-18
MP3 Players
Wallets
Watches
Jewelry
Digital Cameras
New Make-Up Sets
Sports Balls and Accessories
Purses
Straightening Irons, Curling Irons, Hair Dryers
Hand-held Games
Converse Shoes
USB Flash Drive
iTunes Gift Cards
Hair Accessories

For Moms
Lotion Sets
Sleepwear
Jewelry/Watches
New Bras, Panties all sizes
Dollar General Gift Cards
Walmart & Target Gift Cards
Gas Station Gift Cards

And yes, even the doggies and kitties for something extra…

For The Shelter Kennel
PetsMart or Petco Gift Cards
Lavender Odo-Ban
Animal Blankets
Pet Toys
Pet Beds
Pet Carriers
Dog Bones

There will be many drop locations located throughout Sarasota for the covenience of everyone!
1. IAS Marking Services
2. Jaco’s Boxing and Fitness
3. Top Drawer Furniture
4. Kreithen Plastic Surgery
5. Sarasota Crossfit

I will be updating the drop box lists as business confirm with me!

Southside Village Holiday Stroll

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Enjoy the exciting snow slide, snow machines, a climbing wall and trampoline and more… The Music Compound will host a Holiday Concert, and Santa will greet the little ones. Face painting, nail stickers, tatoos and Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s Civility Squad. A festival for all ages. Come enjoy.

Thanksgiving Gathering

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YOU’RE INVITED!!!

It’s that time of the year again, so lets get everyone together to count our blessings and enjoy each others company with a Thanksgiving potluck! All of our great patrons, employees, families, and friends are invited to come have a fun time and celebrate Thanksgiving with us!

We’ll be supplying the main Turkey dish and all the required utensils and kindly request that anyone who plans on attending please bring an appetizer, side dish, dessert, etc.

Please RSVP to this page if you plan on attending and post what you intend on bringing to the party so we can do our best to plan.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask. We look forward to a great time with everyone!

CHEERS!

A Village Wonderland

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Explore the Village during our December Artwalk! Enjoy the lights and galleries decorated for the holidays. live music, strolling entertainment, unique holiday shopping, and tasty treats during one of Bradenton’s favorite holiday events. Friday night 6-9:30 pm and Saturday 11am-4pm.

Annual Halloween Block Party

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Welcome to Alexandria, your safe haven from all threats – living and dead. The Gator Club’s Annual Halloween Block Party takes a turn this year with NoFilter providing live music and entertainment all night. Food provided by MADE Mobile and Solid Slab BBQ. All ages welcome, 21 to drink. Two costume contests consisting of cash and prizes, a photo booth, palm reader, face painter and a few surprises throughout the evening. Johnny Diamond takes the stage inside with DJ Xtreme keeping you dancing upstairs. Sponsored by Budweiser. The party goes all night long, as long as the walls hold…

Festival of the Skeletons

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The Village of the Arts presents our most popular Artwalk weekend of the year – the 13th Annual Festival of the Skeletons!

Festival of the Skeletons is a celebration of life as we remember our departed loved ones in the tradition of Dia de Los Muertos. Each year the Village of the Arts dedicates a community shrine during the festival to an iconic artist or other public figure. This year the Village will honor two beloved southwest Florida icons, Snooty and Gregg Allman!

Snooty will be honored with a community shrine on 12th St. W. Snooty was a resident manatee at the South Florida Museum who hosted other sick or injured manatees as they went through rehab programs as part of Manatee Rehabilitation Network. He was internationally known and loved by all who visited the museum. Snooty served as an official mascot for Manatee County and greeted over 1 million museum visitors in his lifetime.

Gregg Allman, founder of the Allman Brothers and a native of southwest Florida, will be honored with a tribute concert on Friday evening performed by members of the Allman Brothers Band family and friends. The music begins at 7pm Friday, November 3 at Village Veranda. located on 11th Ave. W. The performing artists include:

Michael Allman – special guest vocalist
(son of Gregg Allman)

RJ Howson – host, guitars and vocals

Mike Kach – keys and vocals
(Dickey Betts & Great Southern)

Berry Duane Oakley – bass, guitar and vocals
(son of original Allman Brothers bassist)

Pedro Arevalo – lap steel, bass and vocals
(Dickey Betts & Great Southern)

Pat McDonald – drums
(Charlie Daniels Band)

A shrine dedicated to Gregg Allman will be located at Firestone Gallery on 12th St. W. In addition to the Snooty and Allman shrines, more shrines and altars will be available to view at individual galleries and shops. Other festivities include a Memory Wall for the public to honor friends and family, and food and music throughout the Village.

We would like to extend a big thank you to our concert sponsors! The Gregg Allman Tribute concert is sponsored by: Bradenton Herald, Keeton’s, Motorworks Brewing, Manatee Apparel Graphics, The Village Veranda, Back Street Arts, Acqua Aveda, Rose Bay International, Mark Goodman Photography and Design, REVO, Gulf Coast Wealth Advisors, Bijoux Anew, Jim Hartzell Event Photography, and the Friends of the Blues.

Rumking Tapping & Pumpkin Carving

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IT’S NATIONAL PUMPKIN DAY!!!

What better way to celebrate and get in the Halloween spirit than with some Southern Tier Brewing Company Rum Barrel Aged Pumking and carving pumpkins!

Grab some friends and bring your pumpkins down for a fun fall evening carving them up over some tasty craft brews with other people! We’ll even have a prize for the coolest carving!

CHEERS!

Ghost Tour of Downtown Sarasota

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Ghost Tour of Downtown Sarasota: Hauntings, History, & High Jinks

Take a spirited spin through downtown Sarasota with our bewitching ghost guide. Delight as we share stories of the supernatural and the shenanigans of our beloved city, from Sarasota’s bootlegging and circus days to modern times.

Gather at 7:45 pm at Lemon Avenue entrance of The Gator Club, 1490 Main Street to check in. Tour begins at 8 pm. Walking tour is about one mile with stops and starts, accessible to all, with a PG13 rating.

$25 per person. Reservations required through TalentPoolSRQ.com

All aspects of the walking tour are ADA accessible except for the second floor of The Gator Club, where Talent Pool invites you to imbibe afterwards with a drink special. Content of the tour is PG13 or spicier depending on the crowd!

Parking available one block south at State Street parking garage.

Your Ghost Guides: Sarafina Herself will lead the way as we wind through the streets and stories that make Sarasota worth haunting. Talent Pool’s own Laura Daniel Gale may tag along for the high jinks part of the tour!