Events & Festivals
There's always something happening on Florida's Gulf Coast. Find out what events will be going on during your stay, or take a look at some of our favorite annual festivals!
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Sarasota Audubon Society (SAS): Oscar Scherer State Park Walks.
Starts NOVEMBER 18 @ 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM and recurs on the 3rd...
- 8:30am - 10:30am
The Rainforest Masks of Costa Rica exhibit showcases artists from the Borucan Indian tribe of Costa Rica. Join us and experience the vibrant, hand-carved and painted balsa wood masks showcased in the Museum of Botany...
- 10:00am - 4:30pm
Judge Charles B. Schudson will bring us behind the trial bench to meet judges analyzing trials and sentencings and explain how judges weigh life and death, million-dollar damages, and our civil rights. With scholarship and compelling cases, he will examine the personal, professional, and...
- 10:30am - 11:30am
Beethoven – Quintet Op. 16 for Piano and Winds
Michael Tilson Thomas – Street Song
Mozart – String Quartet No. 17, K. 458, (The Hunt)
Beethoven, Mozart, and Michael Tilson Thomas: each of these extraordinary composers learned the "family business" from his father. Inspired by “The...
- 5:30pm
Super fun and important art events ANGELS FOR ARTISTS, sponsored by Halo Arts Project. All art sales finance Halo Fellowship Awards funding deserving Visual Artists from the Southwest Florida region. Over 100 works to bid on (minimum $75) designed by local and nationwide talented artists....
- 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Join Assistant Curator Emory Conetta in exploring this season’s new exhibitions. The program will discuss the Museum’s newest initiatives and provide insight into the behind-the-scenes work that made these exhibitions possible.
Enjoy the exhibitions prior to the program!
Gallery hours...
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Join us for dinner as we hear Global Disciples founder, Galen Burkholder, speak on near-culture missions and what it means to be an ordinary disciple - with extraordinary influence!
Seating begins at 6pm ET and a banquet-style dinner will be served at 6:30pm ET. Dinner will be followed by...
- 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Join Sound Healer Kelly Kelita for a relaxing sunset sound bath on the sand at Nokomis Beach. A Sound Bath is an acoustic sound healing journey that relaxes the body, clears the subconscious, calms the mind, and activates your body’s natural healing systems. Bring a blanket and pillow and create...
- 6:15pm - 7:15pm
Over 15,000 Jewish children passed through Terezin, and only about a hundred were still alive at the end of the war. One of the survivors, Raja, having lived through it all, teaching the children when there was nothing to teach with, helping to give them hope when there was little enough reason...
- 7:00pm - 8:15pm
This year, “Dance Makers'' features new imaginative dance pieces created by nationally acclaimed contemporary choreographers, including Dazaun Soleyn, Jennifer Nugent, and Christal Brown. Dance Makers will also revive Kinda Cagey, the fan-favorite grand piano and dancer duet from SCD’s 2nd...
- 7:00pm