Visit Sarasota Arts
The arts just come naturally in Sarasota. Is it the crystal blue waters or the warm, balmy air that artists and performers find so inspirational? Who knows for sure. But you will find it every night and day in our performance halls, theatres, opera house and galleries. Discover it yourself in Sarasota. You’ll see why we’re known as Florida’s Cultural Coast™.
Upcoming Arts Events
Interpolations: Artwork from The Ringling and Monda Collections
- 10:00am - 5:00pm
NATASHA MAZURKA: ORDER SYSTEMS
- 10:00am - 5:00pm
Spiritualism & Tea held at Charms of Leffingwell 4/26/19
- 11:00am - 12:30pm
The Wonder Years: The Music of the Baby Booomers
- 9:00pm
Survivorman TV star Les Stroud - An Evening of Songs and Storytelling
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Starter's guide to The Ringling
The Ringling - with its Art Museum, Circus Museum, Ca'd'Zan, and Bayfront Gardens - has plenty for anyone to ooh and ahh over.
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The 2018-2019 Season 'roars' into Sarasota's Bayfront Van Wezel with Disney's THE LION KING! The Hall will also be filled with cherished...
About The Company
The Sarasota Ballet has earned national and international recognition for its unique and diverse repertoire and critically acclaimed...
![Downtown Sarasota - Opera House - The Sarasota Opera House (originally the Edwards Theatre) [2] is an historic theatre, now opera house, located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The vision of a local man, A. B. Edwards. It originally opened on April 10, 1926 with an elaborate three-story entrance containing "eight shops on the ground floor, 12 offices on the second floor, and 12 furnished apartments on the third, while the theatre's auditorium contained an orchestral pipe organ. As noted on the Sarasota Opera's website, the Sarasota Herald Tribune hailed Edwards for "having admitted Sarasota into a fairyland of costly decoration, rich furnishings and never to be forgotten artistry."
The building was designed by Roy A. Benjamin in the Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture[4] and constructed by the GA Miller Construction Company.
The theatre is now the home of the Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., which owns the building. The Association is the parent body which runs the Sarasota Opera. The house now seats 1,119.](https://www.visitsarasota.com/sites/default/master/files/styles/large/public/mmg_lfef_images/sarasota-walking-tours-2022-95e60c5c20b208950cbfe4b4126e6d23.jpg?itok=nS77pMd0 "Downtown Sarasota - Opera House - The Sarasota Opera House (originally the Edwards Theatre) [2] is an historic theatre, now opera house, located at 61 North Pineapple Avenue in Sarasota, Florida. The vision of a local man, A. B. Edwards. It originally opened on April 10, 1926 with an elaborate three-story entrance containing \"eight shops on the ground floor, 12 offices on the second floor, and 12 furnished apartments on the third, while the theatre's auditorium contained an orchestral pipe organ. As noted on the Sarasota Opera's website, the Sarasota Herald Tribune hailed Edwards for \"having admitted Sarasota into a fairyland of costly decoration, rich furnishings and never to be forgotten artistry.\"
The building was designed by Roy A. Benjamin in the Mediterranean Revival Style Architecture[4] and constructed by the GA Miller Construction Company.
The theatre is now the home of the Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., which owns the building. The Association is the parent body which runs the Sarasota Opera. The house now seats 1,119.")
TRAVEL back in time, walk in the present, and discover the future of one of America’s most interesting and historic cities, "Sarasota,...
Nationally acclaimed community theatre offers shows year 'round in two stages. Broadway musicals, classic and contemporary dramas, comedic plays, family theatre, cabarets...
Welcome to Sarasota's Newest..and Oldest Museum. The Historical Society is located in "Sarasota's Oldest House", which was moved along with the Crocker...
The Art & Antique Center is one of the most interesting and secure buildings in the state of Florida. This building was...
Center for Architecture provides weekly architectural trolley tours on Thursday mornings from October-May, lectures,films, home and walking tours, gallery exhibits, and programs...