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Sarasota-Bradenton FL Activities & Recreation
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Fun Things To Do In Sarasota-Bradenton FL - Recreation & Activities
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CB's Saltwater Outfitters
Boat Rentals, Bait and Tackle, Fishing Charters
Category: Sarasota Boating near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: C.B.’s Saltwater Outfitters, located on siesta Key, has been a Sarasota institution and a leader in the sportfishing community since 1959. C.B.’s Siesta Key's largest on the water Bait and Tackle shop, offers Boat Rentals, Fishing Charters and Jet Skis. Customers can enjoy our beautiful Sarasota Bays and miles of Intercoastal waterways. C.B.’s Boat Rentals can be rented half day or full day for fishing and cruising the Siesta Key area. Boat Rentals include Pontoons, Deck Boats, Center Consoles, and Runabouts that can be taken out from our location by the Stickney point Bridge on Siesta Key. Jet Skis are rented by the hour and leave right from the docks at our Siesta Key location.
Sarasota is an estuary for some of the most targeted game species in the world. C.B.’s offers ORVIS endorsed Fishing Charter service for both fly and spin fisherman. C.B.’s has inshore Fishing Charters and Offshore Fishing Charters along with Tarpon fishing during certain times of the year. Our Fishing Charters include everything an angler needs to fish in Sarasota, with the exception of food and beverages. Snook, Redfish, and Trout thrive in Sarasota area waters year round and can be caught on light tackle using artificial or live bait. Tarpon (May-July), King Fish (spring and fall) and Cobia also can be caught in the Sarasota area.
Sportswear from Columbia, Royal Robbins, Northface and Life is Good can also be purchased from this location.
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A Valentine Evening with Ben Vereen
Celebrate Valentine's Day with Ben Vereen.
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: AN EVENING WITH BEN VEREEN
Celebrate Valentines Day with Ben Vereen! His first love and passion is and always will be the stage. On Broadway, Ben has appeared in Wicked, Fosse, the critically acclaimed I’m Not Rappaport, Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, Grind, Jelly’s Last Jam and A Christmas Carol. While performing worldwide, Vereen’s acting credits continue to give us memorable roles that will forever be etched in our minds. Ben’s brilliant interpretation of Sammy Davis, Jr.’s hits will make you want to bring your Valentine to this Romantic Evening! SAT. FEB. 14 @ 8pm
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
TICKETS: $70, $55, $45, $40 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Animalia--For kids!
Marionette creations of Excellence!
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: ANIMALIA
Join Hobey Ford, the recipient of puppetry’s highest honor, the Union International de la Marionette Citation of Excellence, as well as three Jim Henson Foundation grants, as he turns the entire Van Wezel Hall into his performing stage. Witness the magic and beauty of his animated carved foam creatures! A magnified look at butterfly & frog metamorphosis, the world of birds, his ballet of whales, frolicking dolphins and otters will wow both children and adults. SAT. JAN. 17 @ 10:30am
Sponsored by Boar's Head, Herald-Tribune Media Group
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY: AT 10:30 AM. -- TICKET PRICE $9 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Bobby Vinton
Total Entertainer!
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: BOBBY VINTON
A multi-talented musician, singer and actor, Bobby Vinton has sold more than 75 million albums during his career. In this full-stage musical gala, the “Total Entertainer” pulls out all the stops. Vinton is joined by an orchestra, and family members to sing all his most beloved hits and many more favorites. Treat yourself to a magical night with Bobby Vinton singing Blue Velvet, Roses are Red, Mr. Lonely and many more. It’s a dazzling concert event that showcases one of music’s most beloved artists. FRI. FEB. 13 @ 8pm Sponsored by SNN 6
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
TICKETS: $65, $55, $45, $40 BOX OFFICE: A941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Budapest Festival Orchestra
Passionate, Riveted Performances
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Iván Fischer, Music Director and Conductor
József Lendvay, Sr., Violin, József Lendvay, Jr., Violin, Oszkár …Ökrös, Cimbalom. The Budapest Festival Orchestra is famed for its passionate interpretations and riveting performances. They have garnered critical acclaim for their numerous recordings as well, winning both the Gramophone Prize and the Diapason Golden Prize for best orchestra recording in 1998.
Gypsy Folk Music
Franz Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 3 in D Major
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 15 in B-flat Major
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor
Pablo De Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen
Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 11 in D Minor
Intermission
Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68
FRI. JAN. 30 @ 8pm
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
TICKETS: $85, $70, $65, $60 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Cornell Gunter's Coasters, Platters & the Marvelettes!
Classic R&B Groups
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
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Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: CORNELL GUNTER’s COASTERS, THE PLATTERS & THE MARVELETTES The music of these classic R&B groups lives on and continues to impact the audiences of today and yesterday all around the country. You are sure to have a good time no matter what your age with hit after hit. Bring the entire family and sing along with songs like Poison Ivy, Love Potion #9, Yakety Yak, Please, Mr. Postman, (a million seller) Only You, Twilight Time, The Great Pretender, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, and so many more. SUN. JAN. 18 @ 7pm Sponsored by Bright House
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David Copperfield -- An intimate evening of Grand Illusion
Incredible art wizardry
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
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Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: DAVID COPPERFIELD: AN INTIMATE EVENING OF GRAND ILLUSION
True to its title, Grand Illusion is the logical and incredible evolution of this conjurer’s art. David Copperfield’s goal in Grand Illusion is to take one’s dreams (and maybe a few nightmares) and make them become reality using his state of the art wizardry. “For magic to be relevant,” explains Copperfield, “it has to evolve so it keeps up with, or even surpasses, the best film and theatre. In the cinema the audience watches the characters’ dreams come true. In Grand Illusion, the audiences get to watch their dreams come true, live, before their very eyes and in three dimensions”. What’s your Dream (or Nightmare)? THURS. JAN. 22 @ 6 & 9pm FRI. JAN. 23 @ 6 & 9pm (FOUR PERFORMANCES) AT: VAN WEZELL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 TICKETS: $63, $58, $53, $43
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Drumline Live
Incredible feats of athleticism!
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
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Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: DRUMLINE LIVE A show-stopper! Drumline Live brings the black marching band tradition to the stage for the first time with a large cast of colorful and flamboyant performers from America’s top historically black colleges and universities. Rousing and rhythmic sounds of the great brass past including Earth, Wind, and Fire and Tower of Power side by side with the hottest contemporary hip hop and R&B. Stirring trumpets, explosive choreography and incredible feats of athleticism from the steppers, dancers, and a talented group of African American percussionists who form the drumline. MON. FEB. 2 @ 7:30pm
Sponsored by Bright House PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 TICKETS: $60, $55, $50, $45 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303.
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Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
Full orchestra of Irish and Celtic Traditional Music.
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
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Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: DUBLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTA
Direct from Ireland! Featuring Ireland’s Leading Pops Stars:
Gerry O’Connor - Traditional Violin and Banjo, Emer Mayock - Uilleann Pipes and Irish Flute, Frankie Gavin & Cora Venus Lunny - Violin, Robert Harris - Bodhran, and Regina Nathan - Soprano, with full Orchestra in a performance of Irish and Celtic Traditional Music.
Derek Gleeson, Music Director
Thurs. Jan. 15 @ 8pm
The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra
Derek Gleeson, Music Director and Conductor
AND Ireland’s Leading Pop Stars
Traditional Violin: Frankie Gavin/Athena Tergis
Classical Violin: Cora Venus Lunny
Uilleann Pipes, Irish Flute and Whistles, and Banjo: Aidan O'Brien
Bodhrán/Percussion: Eric Cunningham and Peadar Townsend
Vocals: Michelle Lally, Carmel Conway, Ingrid Madsen
Irish Traditional Dancer: Sinead McCafferty
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
ONE NIGHT ONLY JANUARY 15, 2009, AT 8:00 PM, TICKETS: $80, $65, $60, $55
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Engelbert Humperdinck
Charming, Balladeer and Matinee Idol Singer
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK
As one of the great balladeers and matinee idol singers of our time, Engelbert Humperdinck has sold more than 130 million records. And today, more than 30 years after he first burst on the scene with hits like Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) and After the Lovin’, Engelbert Humperdinck still charms his many adoring fans. Share an evening with the “King of Romance”. FRI. FEB. 6 @ 8pm PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 TICKETS: $80, $70, $60, $55 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Garrison Keillor
Host of A Prairie Home Companion
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: GARRISON KEILLOR
Best Selling Author and Host of A Prairie Home Companion. With over 3 million listeners on more than 450 public radio stations each week, author of twelve books, his newest novel, Pontoon, released in the fall of 2007 and a role playing himself in the movie adaptation of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor has received numerous awards, including a Grammy Award for his recording of Lake Wobegon Days, and now returns by popular demand to the Van Wezel. WED. FEB. 4 @ 8pm Sponsored by Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 TICKETS: $60, $55, $45 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Gershwin Sings Gershwin!
Alexis Gershwin sings some timeless music of all.
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: GERSHWIN SINGS GERSHWIN
Alexis Gershwin’s music takes us back to a quieter, sweeter time marked by poetic and audible lyrics. Such is true with her most ambitious endeavor yet, teamed with acclaimed musical director Steven Applegate to recreate some of the most timeless music of all- that of her uncles George and Ira Gershwin. The show will include Ms. Gershwin’s own wonderful arrangements of Gershwin favorites like A Foggy Day, The Man That Got Away, They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Embraceable You and I Can’t Get Started, just to name a few. WED. JAN. 21 @ 7pm PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34236 TICKETS: $45, $40, $35, $30 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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Kenny Rogers
Record seller from the 50's to the 2000's.
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: KENNY ROGERS
Though he earned 20 platinum albums, scored 22 No. 1 hits and sold 105 million albums worldwide, reaching people has always been Kenny Rogers’ specialty. In a pop era when superstars rarely stretch into the next decade, the Texas native is the only artist to chart a record in each of the last six decades, from the 1950’s to the 2000’s, including such American standards as The Gambler, Lucille, Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town, Lady and moreover, Islands in the Stream, his classic pairing with Dolly Parton, recently was named the No. 1 country duet of all time by CMT.
THURS. FEB. 12 @ 8pm
Sponsored by Hotel Indigo, 106.5 CTQ, Bright House
PERFORMANCE AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FL. 34236
$85, $75, $65 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303
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PILOBOLUS DANCE COMPANY
Creative, unique, prestigiuous dance company!
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: PILOBOLUS DANCE COMPANY
This prestigious dance company is a unique American arts organization with international influence. With nearly four decades of creative production, the physical vocabularies of Pilobolus works are not drawn from traditions of codified dance movements but are invented - emerging from intense periods of improvisation and creative play. Ocellus was made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces: Dance initiative, administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts. MON. JAN. 12 @ 8pm AT; VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303 TICKETS: $60, $50, $45, $40 (performance one night only on the 12th at 8:00 PM
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PlayAway
Childrens activites and play place
Category: Sarasota Recreation near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: Play Away offers structured age appropriate educational programs for children 3 months to 6 years of age.
We’ve developed a wide array of unique and engaging classes that are sure to please not only parents but their children as well. Using a super fun, non-competitive approach, watch your child reach, grow and soar to new heights.
From our popular play and music program to our gymnastics, art, dance, sports skills and silly science, we have classes that grow and develop along with your child.
Play Away programs are designed to build confidence, foster a love of learning and creativity, improve coordination, strength ,social skills, listening, direction following as well as grow strong healthy bodies. We help each child reach his or her full potential and help them grow into happy confident little people. Come in and see for yourself what everyone is talking about. It’s time to Play Away!
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SWEET BABY JAMES: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES TAYLOR
A fitting "hats off" to one of the greatest song stylists.
Category: Sarasota Theatre near Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida
Description of this Sarasota-Bradenton area Activity: SWEET BABY JAMES: A TRIBUTE TO JAMES TAYLOR
Starring Bob Stillman and Special Guest Connie James
A generation of singer/musicians influenced by James Taylor pays tribute to him with their versions of his classic bittersweet country rock songs built around love, friendship, loss and life, including Sweet Baby James, Sunny Skies, Steamroller, Blossom, Oh, Susannah and Fire and Rain. A fitting “hats off” to one of the greatest song stylists of the 20th century! An evening not to be missed! WED. JAN. 7 @ 8pm AT: VAN WEZEL PERFORMING ARTS HALL, 777 NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL, SARASOTA, FLORIDA 34236 BOX OFFICE: 941-953-3368 OR 1-800-826-9303 TICKETS: $50, $45, $40, $35 (PERFORMANCE IS ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!)
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