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Gather your team for an entertaining evening of art, history, pop culture, and local trivia. Enjoy a lively social atmosphere, beverages available for purchase, friendly competition, and prizes while connecting with fellow art enthusiasts.
Get your hands in the clay and let your creativity take shape. Spend the evening pinching, rolling, sculpting, and experimenting with air-dry clay in a relaxed, social setting. Make something functional, whimsical, or wonderfully imperfect while enjoying time to create and connect. No experience is necessary, and all materials are...
Sailor Circus Presents: Stars, Stripes & Snowflakes: Celebrate the holidays with America’s longest-running youth circus, “The Greatest ‘Little’ Show on Earth!” Performers ages 6–18 fly, flip and clown at the Sailor Circus Arena, December 26–29, 2026.
Fantasy takes flight as Key Chorale’s 100+ voices and The Venice Symphony join circus artists for music from Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and more. The Big Top at the UTC Mall, January 29–31, 2027.
Winter is finally coming to Sarasota, and it’s bringing skates! Olympians and world champion skaters join world-class circus artists on ice at the Sailor Circus Arena. This all-new production is the season’s coolest ticket, November 21–28, 2026. Tickets on sale now!
Join Art Center Sarasota for a special celebration as we officially dedicate the Andrew and Lathrop Bayfront Sculpture Garden, expanding our outdoor exhibition space and creating new opportunities to experience art. The celebration will also include the dedication of “Hi, Bunny,” a beloved sculpture now on loan to Art Center...
The Cat Lady Presents: Fogartyville’s NEW OPEN MIC SERIES, “THE SANDBOX” WSLR 96.5 FM Programmer The Cat Lady, host of “The Cat’s Meow” on WSLR, brings you our Open Mic the fourth Monday of each month. Share 2 songs or a 10-minute performance on the Fogartyville stage! Musicians, Poets, Comics...
The Democratic Action Team presents “Lightworkers” Thirty-seven diverse men and women confront the problem of saving their democracy from fascism. As national conversations about democracy and civic participation continue across the country, writer, director and producer Bobby Roth appeared on MSNBC to discuss his documentary film, “Lightworkers”. Bruce Springsteen, Jamie...
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Sarasota
The opening night performance of EcoSummit 2027, Robin Frohardt’s Shopping Center of the Universe is a meditation on box store shopping centers, where the parking lot blurs the boundary between built and natural worlds—inviting reflection on the landscapes we’ve built, the ones we’ve lost, and the subtle poetry hidden in...