Sarasota Orchestra Music Festival
By Carson B · June 10, 2025
This story ran in June 2025, so dates, hours, and details may have changed.
The Sarasota Orchestra present the Sound of Summer.
For three weeks each June, internationally recognized guest artists and musicians come together in Florida to study and perform chamber music.
The Sarasota Orchestra Music Festival is a combination of youthful promise and acclaimed talent that carries a reputation as one of the finest classical-music events in the nation.
Be sure to click the link to learn more about how you can catch a show.


Thursday
‘The Otters Tour’ Watershed Day
📍 Mote Aquarium | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Jazz Thursdays
📍Sarasota Art Musuem | 🕦 5:30pm | 🔗 details
US Rowing Youth National Championships
📍Nathan Benderson Park | 🕦 See details | 🔗 details
Friday
Ride and Paddle at The Bay
📍The Bay Park | 🕦 8:30am | 🔗 details
Tennis for Adults
📍Summerfield Park, LWR | 🕦 9am | 🔗 details
ROAR! Story time
📍Ringling Museum | 🕦 9:45am | 🔗 details
Country Critters at Turners Produce
📍Turner's Produce, Palmetto | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Movie Night at Waterside Park
📍Waterside Park | 🕦 7pm | 🔗 details
Comedy Show: Flip Schultz
📍McCurdy's Comedy Theatre | 🕦 Multiple shows | 🔗 details
Saturday
Daddy and Daughter Pottery Paint
📍Distractions on the Island, Holmes Beach | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Plant Clinic
📍Shamrock Park | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Florida Maritime Museum Summer Social
📍Florida Maritime Museum, Cortez | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
RealRail Father's Day Open House
📍RealRail, Bradenton | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Planting Pumpkin Seeds
📍Manatee Village Park, Bradenton | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Downtown Venice Craft Festival
📍200 Miami Ave W, Venice | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Cortez Summer Social
📍Florida Maritime Museum | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Electric Blues Extravaganza
📍Fishermen’s Village, Punta Gorda | 🕦 12pm - 9pm | 🔗 details
Summer Circus Spectacular
📍Asolo Theater | 🕦 Multiple shows | 🔗 details
Sunday
Father's Day at GROVE
📍The Grove, LWR | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details
Music In the Gardens
📍Sarasota Garden Club | 🕦 See details | 🔗 details
Summer Movie Nights
📍CoolToday Park | 🕦 5pm | 🔗 details
Dames at Sea
📍Florida Studio Theatre | 🕦 See details | 🔗 details
PLAN AHEAD
Solstice Soirée
📍Mattison's Forty-One | 📆 June 20th | 🔗 details
Books and Bottles: Quiet Reading Club
📍Block 15 Cork & Craft | 📆 June 26th | 🔗 details


First published in the Sarasota Scoop newsletter. Read the full issue, or see what's on this weekend.