May

Elevate your Instagram feed with vibrant wall art and murals throughout Sarasota, Venice and North Port.

If there’s one thing Sarasota is known for beyond the beaches, it’s the arts! This mural art guide gives you the scoop on where to find the coolest murals in Sarasota so your Instagram feed is bursting with pops of color, creativity and culture.

From left to right: Visit Sarasota County Board Chair and Sarasota Opera General Director Richard Russell, 2024 Voice of Sarasota award winner Jennifer Rominiecki, and President and CEO of Visit Sarasota County Erin Duggan

The fourth annual Spring Fling Skim Jam is set to return to Nokomis Beach, a premier skim break on the Gulf Coast of Florida, from May 17th to May 19th, 2024. Organized by Zap Skimboards, one of the most established names in skimboarding since 1983, and with support from Visit Sarasota County, this event promises an exhilarating three-day celebration of skimboarding, community, and fun in the sun. 

Newtown Historic District of Sarasota County was nationally recognized as a historical place worthy of preservation.

Get to know one of Sarasota County's oldest communities: Newtown Historic District, now proudly designated in the National Register of Historic Places.

50 teams from across the state will convene in this end of year tournament hosted by Miss Sarasota Softball.

Sarasota County's culinary celebration, Savor Sarasota, is back for another flavor-packed year and celebrating its 20th anniversary!

An extension of the normal two-week dining event was in order to properly celebrate 20 years of Savor Sarasota. From June 1st to June 20th, food enthusiasts and culinary adventurers alike are invited to embark on a gastronomic expedition through the vibrant dining scene of Sarasota County for 20 days straight. Our biggest year yet! 

If you appreciate the finer things in life, you'll have no trouble appreciating a few nights in one of these artfully curated accommodations.

Life truly imitates art when you stay in Sarasota, Florida—the coastal destination affectionately dubbed Florida's Cultural Coast® for good reason.

Arts enthusiasts are in luck: It does not take much digging to immerse oneself in Sarasota County's dynamic arts scene. 

At a glance, world-class performing arts venues and art galleries such as the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall and the Ringling Museum of Art beckon along the main route through town, Tamiami Trail, and dominate the results in search engine queries about the Sarasota art scene.