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Sarasota 2001 Annual Events
Please call to confirm events before driving long distances as some dates and times could vary. Check back for more updates!
Includes Longboat Key

JANUARY
Jan through March Sarasota Season of Sculpture
(941) 953-4515 Eighteen large scale sculptures by American and International artists along the Sarasota bayfront

Jan 1 New Year's Day 5K
(941) 966-2121 Run through scenic Oscar Scherer State Park.

Jan 10-14, 2001 Third Annual Sarasota Film Festival
(941) 364-9514 Featuring 25+ films, celebrity participants and fun events including an outdoor film screening, a gala party and more.

Jan 11, 27, Feb. 8 Florida West Coast Symphony's Masterworks
(941) 953-4252 Discovery Series

Jan 13 - 14 Fourth Annual Longboat Key Street Art Festival
(941) 387-9519

January 21 Sarasota County Arts Day
(941) 365-5118 A community celebration of the arts in Sarasota on the streets of downtown.

January 25 Chinese New Year's Painting and the Emerging Market Economy
(941) 954-7117 Lecture by Dr. Carolyn Bloomer, professor - Ringling School of Art & Design

FEBRUARY
February 1 - 4 Medieval Fair at Ringling Museum
(941) 359-5700 Journey back in time to a 12th Century village. Live theatre, crafts, music, food and the popular human chess match and jousting events.

February 3 Scottish Highland Games
(941) 365-0818

February 3 - 4 5th Anniversary Celebration
St. Armands Circle (941) 388-1554

February 8 - 1 Greek Glendi Festival
(941) 355-2616

February 15 A Peaceful Journey: The Transmission of India to China and Southeast Asia?
(941) 954-7117 Lecture by Ellen VanDernoot, curator - Museum of Asian Art

MARCH
March Sarasota Medieval Fair
The John & Mabel Ringling Museum of Fine Art Phone: 941/359-5700 Located at the Ringling Museum. Sarasota's most popular annual event. Period costumes, jousting on horseback, human checkers, arts & crafts, music, food & entertainment

March 4 Music in our Gardens: String, Brass & Woodwind Ensemble
(941) 955-0875 Sarasota Garden Club

March 10 - May Carot to Picasso: European Masterworks
(941) 359-5700 Smith College Museum of Art John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art

March 1-31 Cincinnati Reds Spring Training,
(941) 954-4101

March 16 - 25 Sarasota County Fair
(941) 365-0818 Fun, music and entertainment for everyone, including Eddie Money, Trace Adkins, Black Hawk, a petting zoo, rides, games, food and much more.

March 18 - 24 21st Annual Sarasota Jazz Festival
(941) 366-1552 Featuring Marian McPartland, Billy Taylor, Dick Hyman, Bucky & John Pizzarelli and a special Dixieland Circus on March 26, 2000.

March 28 - 31 Sarasota High School Sailor Circus
(941) 361-6350

APRIL
April 11th Annual Florida Winefest and Auction
941/952-1109 The Resort at Longboat Key Club. The nation's third largest charity wine event. The four-day event involves 100 international vintners and some of the country's hottest chefs pouring and preparing their finest. Silent and live auctions, the Leggs Mason-Wilson Vintage Tennis Classic, a 5K run, seminars, and wine tasting are among the many activities involved in this event.

April 4 - 7 Sarasota High School Sailor Circus
(941) 361-6350

April 7 - 8 Venice Shark?s Tooth Festival
(941) 488-2236

April 7- 8 64th Annual Flower Show
(941) 955-0875 Held at the Sarasota Garden Club

April 18 - 22 Florida Winefest & Auction
(941) 952-1109 Third largest wine auction in the U.S. held at the Resort at Longboat Key Club.

MAY
May 12 Classic Corvette Car Show
(941) 388-1554 St. Armands Circle

JUNE
June Sarasota Music Festival
Florida West Coast Symphony Phone: 941/953-9634 The internationally acclaimed music festival attracts some of the world's top chamber musicians for three weeks of incomparable music.

June 4 - 23 Sarasota Music Festival
(941) 953-4252 In it's 37th season, this chamber music celebration features world renowned artists and musical masterpieces.

June 23 Family Day at the Races
(941) 388-1554 Kick-off of the Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Races

JUNE/JULY
June 21 - July 1 Suncoast Offshore Grand Prix Festival
(941) 371-2827 American Power Boat Association sanctioned boat races in and around Sarasota Bay.

OCTOBER
October 28 - 29 Downtown Sarasota Fall Festival
(941) 951-2656

October 13 - 14 Armands Circle Art & Craft Festival
(941) 388-1554

NOVEMBER
November 3 - 4 Venice Art Festival
(941) 484-6722

November 11 Sarasota Reading Festival
(941) 957-5109 Celebrate the joys of reading at this family event at the Selby Public Library and on the streets of downtown.

DECEMBER
December 7-8 Selby Gardens by Candlelight
(941) 366-5731
December 8 Downtown Holiday Parade
(941) 951-2656

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