Come share in the return of great fun, superb food and outstanding live music as the Siesta Beach Seafood & Music Festival returns to Sies…
Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol theatre collective's "Tijuana" performance is the staged result of a real anthropological theater experiment underta…
Ring in the Christmas season with The Charlotte Chorale’s Christmas choral concert, “Rejoice and Sing,” with world renowned music by composers…
The Art & Design Show Sarasota, formerly the Sarasota Craft Show, returns to Sarasota, Dec. 6-8 at Robarts Arena.
The Chamber Orchestra of Sarasota will perform its third annual winter holiday concert on Dec. 10 at the Church of the Redeemer.
The Sarasota Contemporary Dance will join forces with Reverend Barry & The Funk, an eight-piece funk band featuring a three-piece horn sec…
Railroads first made their appearance in Florida in the 1860s, when a line running from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key was built. Later on, aft…
Start your holiday shopping with a stroll down the avenues of historic Venice from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Dec. 5 at Venice MainStreet’s Annual Chris…
Provided by Gulf Theater
Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota kicks off the holiday season with an all-new holiday version of “Piano Grand,” featuring five Steinway &…
“The Polar Express” will come alive for guests in a world made from more than two million pounds of ice, hand-carved into sculptures and inter…
Bring the entire family and friends to experience college football like never before.
Multi-talented artist Mandy Moore rose to pop stardom with the release of 1999’s “So Real.”
The heart of Nashville comes to Southwest Florida Dec. 3 when the up-and-coming, honky-tonk crooner, James Carothers, takes the stage at The W…
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe invites the community to ring in the holidays with its exuberant musical revue, “A Motown Christmas.”
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Last year, the Punta Gorda Isles Civic Association launched its first full season of live entertainment and this year promises to be even more…
As the official kickoff to the 75th anniversary season for J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, the refuge staff an…
The Off Broadway Palm Theatre presents “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” playing through Dec. 25.
The Grinch won’t steal the Friends of the Shannon Staub Library’s (FOSSPL) first, one-day Holiday Boutique and Used Book Sale on Dec. 3.
I do love going to the theater, especially since I have a bit of a background in it.
The namesake for Sarasota’s Antoine’s Restaurant has quite a history. Established in 1840, the original New Orleans French cuisine eatery is t…
“The Sound of Music” tells the timeless coming-of-age story of Maria, a young, free-spirited nun who longs to find her true purpose beyond the…
It’s no secret that West Villages and environs are a restaurant magnet. But the precise coordinates of two eatery spinoffs have remained close…
Florida Studio Theatre opens its 46th Winter Mainstage Season with the Florida premiere of the uplifting, five-time Tony-nominated musical, “B…
Florida Studio Theatre presents "Outlaws and Angels, a rousing revue celebrating the “outlaws” of country music and the “angels” who loved the…
The Venice Institute for Performing Arts and The Venice Symphony partner on the first Venice Symphony Chamber Series. This series offers patro…
The Englewood United Methodist Church 12th Annual Music Ministry Concert Series features the return of masterful soprano saxophonist Eirinn Ab…
A Long Lunch Tour, with SW Florida Walking Tours, provides the opportunity to take advantage of the great outdoors, while making stops at a fe…
Due to needed shoulder surgery planned for Jimmy Buffett, with time for recovery and therapy, it is necessary to reschedule the Dec. 13 concer…
For the third production of its 33rd season, the Lemon Bay Playhouse will present “It’s A Wonderful Life,” by Joe Landry. Directed by Jack Rab…
Nov. 14: Kevin James. Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, 13350 FSW Parkway, Fort Myers. 800-440-7469 or www.bbmannpah.com.
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe is kicking off its 20th year as a renowned Sarasota arts organization in dramatic fashion, with "Ain’t No Stopp…
“Two by Two ... and Even Three” is the theme for the Venice Musicale concert on Nov. 21 at the Venice Public Library community room, 300 Nokom…
The Hermitage’s November programs include “Viola Works from J.S. Bach to Philip Glass,” performed by ETHEL violist and artistic director, Ralp…
Lemon Bay Playhouse presents Chuck Gillespie’s “The Tuxedo Man!” Nov. 16.
Lemon Bay High School Theatre Troupe 257 commences its first season under the guidance of its new theatre teacher and producer Sarah Ballard-R…
Choral Artists of Sarasota launches its 41st season with “One World, Many Voices,” Nov. 16, at First United Methodist Church. Featuring sacred…
Being on a farm automatically takes me back to being a little girl growing up in North Carolina. My grandparents had a big farm and every summ…
In the early 1980s, Dennis Yoder was selling life insurance in Sarasota, but was playing in a golf tournament in Michigan, where he is origina…
Florida, prepare for your most captivating holiday season event to date.
Close your eyes and you will swear the real Gibb brothers are performing. Open your eyes and experience the illusion that they’re standing in …
‘Tis the season of the flu, common cold, bronchitis, sinus infections and other uninvited respiratory ailments. The good news is that besides …
The Englewood Art Center, a division of Ringling College of Art and Design, presents the “Fall Open House,” Nov. 9. This indoor, family- frien…
Venice Theatre’s Stage 2 Series will present “Good People” in its 90-seat Pinkerton Theatre through Nov. 17.
The Venice Institute For Performing Arts is proud to present “The Everly Brothers Experience,” featuring The Zmed Brothers.
Composer, performer and arts activist Daniel Bernard Roumain will headline the organization’s annual fundraiser, the Artful Lobster.
Chef Lan Bradeen may have followed a not-so-direct path to restaurant ownership, but having owned her own successful Sarasota eatery for the p…
The Punta Gorda Symphony debuts under its new name at a season opening concert on Nov. 10 at the Charlotte Performing Arts Center.
The Venice Institute For Performing Arts is proud to present the first Stars Series, featuring three celebrities who are sure to entertain and…
Florida’s tourism industry is no accident.
By Kathy McSteen
It’s a series of threes when it comes to The Story Tellers — three musicians, three voices, three musical genres — and a new, one-time only sh…
Provided by North Port Concert Band
