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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.