ENTERTAINMENT & EVENTS

Tickets

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Cinema

• Regal Hollywood 20
  1993 Main Street • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-954-5768
  This cinema shows first run Hollywood hits, as well as critically acclaimed films, alternative productions, restored classics, and foreign movies.

Night Life

• Bahi Hut
  4675 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34234
  941-355-5141
  A Sarasota tradition for over 30 years, this lounge was established in 1954 and is famous for their lethal Mai Tai drink. The lounge is a Polynesian paradise complete with coconuts, bamboo, and palms.

• McCurdy's Comedy Theater
  3333 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34236
  Located at Trail Plaza
  941-925-3869
  Enjoy a perfect night out for the best in comedy and improvisation entertainment at this beautiful, state-of-the-art 3,200 square foot theater that also features a 4,000 square foot gated courtyard. Reservations are suggested and you must be 18 years old. Humor workshops in stand up and improvisation are available.

• Blu 1266 Lounge
  1266 Old Stickney Point Road • Siesta Key, FL 34242
  941-346-1711
  Come and enjoy Siesta Key's only upper scale night club with the largest elevated patio and exclusive VIP room with bottle service. Featuring todays hits with a south beach club sound including two dance floors.

• Ivory Lounge
  1413 Main Street • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-388-7869
  Ivory can be described as, "...an ultimate, contemporary lounge with a minimalist, modern aesthetic..." The lounge features sophisticated art with progressive urban sounds from various DJs and musicians. Ivory reinvents Sarasota nightlife where design, music and atmosphere combine for a unique, intoxicating experience. Ivory Lounge is a location where the community can be proud to be seen and proud to look their best, set in an upscale venue with affordable prices. Bottle Service is available upon request simply by calling.

Concerts & Performances

• Florida String Quartet
  709 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-953-3434
  This resident chamber ensemble performs music stemming from many different styles and origins, as well as sounds by renowned musicians, throughout the year.

• Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
  777 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-955-7676, 800-826-9303
  Designed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, this performance hall is located directly on beautiful Sarasota Bay and hosts over 120 world class performances each year including great music, dances, theater, comedies, Broadway musicals, symphony orchestras, and top national and international performers. An array of educational outreach programs are also available.

• Florida West Coast Symphony
  709 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-953-4252, 800-287-9634
  Embark upon an unforgettable journey in sound by this symphony orchestra that provides a wide range of orchestral and chamber music concerts from September through June.

• Golden Apple Dinner Theatre
  25 North Pineapple Avenue • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-366-5454
  The oldest continuing dinner theatre in America and one of a dozen professional dinner theatres in the country, this theatre invites you to enjoy feasting on a bountiful all-you-can-eat buffet followed by an entertaining, award-winning Broadway musical.

• Players Theatre, The
  838 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-365-2494
  The second oldest community theatre in Florida, this performing arts organization was also the first organization of its kind in Sarasota. Six lavish, full scale musicals with live orchestra are performed each season, as well as special events and a series of concerts.

• Sarasota Ballet of Florida
  5555 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34243
  941-552-1032, 866-SBALLET
  A professional resident company that offers seven world-class, eclectic productions from September to April each year including the traditional holiday favorite "The Nutcracker." Box Office Hours: Monday through Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. On performance days, the box office will be open at noon and remain open until intermission of the day's final performance.

• Sarasota Opera
  61 North Pinapple Avenue • Sarasota, FL 34236
  941-366-8450, 888-673-7212
  An internationally respected opera company that produces the highest quality professional opera on a rotating basis from February to March. They also present concerts throughout the year.

Plays & Productions

• Asolo Theatre Company
  5555 North Tamiami Trail • Sarasota, FL 34243
  941-351-9010, 800-361-8388
  You can see four different plays in a single weekend by this professional company of actors that performs in classical rotating repertory form from November through June.

Sporting Events

• Sarasota Kennel Club
  5400 Bradenton Road • Sarasota, FL 34234
  941-355-1112
  Live the excitement of greyhound racing sponsored by this kennel club at this facility that features live greyhound racing six days a week with matinees three days a week, as well as greyhound, horse, and harness racing simulcast daily. Two clubhouse dining areas are also on site, as well as numerous concession stands located all throughout the facility.