- February 10, 2026
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Brothers Again: A Tribute to the Allman Brothers
2 p.m. at Venice Community Center, 326 Nokomis Ave. S, Venice
$56
Visit VeniceTheatre.org.
Allman Brothers founding member Dickey Betts may have gone to the stage in the sky, but the devotion of Allman Brothers fans never dies, at least not on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Come rock on to hits like “Ramblin’ Man” and “Midnight Rider” with tribute band Brothers Again.
Jazz Thursday at SAM with Allison Nash
5:30 p.m. at Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail
$25, members free
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Jazz Club of Sarasota and Sarasota Art Museum present jazz on the Michael and Marcy Klein Plaza every second Thursday of the month. This month’s performer is Allison Nash, a St. Petersburg resident known for her soulful stylings. Enjoy extended hours in the galleries, gift shop and Bistro.
Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes
7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail
$61-$264
Visit VanWezel.org.
With more than 14 million albums sold and a Grammy win for “Savor flamenco,” the Gipsy Kings have embodied the world music genre for more than 30 years. Led by co-founder Nicolas Reyes, the Gipsy Kings have turned up in movies ranging from “The Big Lebowski” and “Toy Story 3,” all the while inspiring new generations.
Masterworks: Variations on America
7:30 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W, Bradenton.
$53-$85
Visit SarasotaOrchestra.org.
Direct from the Super Bowl, where he performed with Bad Bunny during halftime, Sarasota Orchestra Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, leads this Masterworks concert exploring different visions of America as the nation celebrates its 250th birthday. Joining Guerrero in this program that includes Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony is featured pianist Clayton Stephenson. Continues at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Feb. 13-15.
‘Job’
7:30 p.m. at Urbanite Theatre, 1487 Second St.
$5-$44
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Newcomers to Sarasota often make the mistake of thinking that theater here consists of little more than crowd-pleasing repertory. There’s plenty of that, but not at Urbanite Theatre, where artistic director and co-founder Summer Dawn Wallace delivers plays that pack a punch in her downtown black box theater. Making its regional premiere is Max Wolf Friedlich’s taut tech thriller, “Job.” Be afraid, be very afraid of what can happen when one of your social media posts goes viral. Runs through Feb. 15.
‘Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski’
7:30 p.m. at The Sarasota Players, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail
$40
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Sarasota Jewish Theatre powerhouse Michael Raver stars as the Polish World War II hero whose efforts to bring the horrors of the Holocaust to the attention of the Allies was met with skepticism. The cautionary tale about the dangers of complacency, written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, is directed by another SJT stalwart, Gus Kaikkonen. Runs through Feb. 15.
‘Three Pianos’
7:30 p.m. at FST’s Goldstein Cabaret, 1239 N. Palm Ave.
$18-$42
Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.
Under Producing Artistic Director Richard Hopkins, Florida Studio Theatre has grown into a downtown entertainment campus with something for everyone. FST’s cabaret show “Three Pianos” is an ode to superstars of the keyboard such as Ray Charles, Elton John and Alicia Keys. These mavericks didn’t tinkle the ivories; they tore up the rulebook. Runs through April 5.
‘The Blue-Sky Boys’
8 p.m. at Florida Studio Theatre's Gompertz Theatre, 1265 First St.
$39-$59
Visit FloridaStudioTheatre.org.
In 1962, President Kennedy said, “We choose to go to the moon.” How do you get to the moon? Like an improv troupe with wicked math skills, NASA’s engineers and scientists cooked up the “blue-sky” method with wild brainstorming sessions. Ask anything, think about anything. This fearless approach got us to the moon. Deborah Brevoort’s fearless play celebrates the brainy oddballs who got us there. Directed by Richard Hopkins with Kate Alexander as associate director. Through March 15.
Jazz at Two: Mark Moultrup and Friends
2 p.m. at Unitarian Universalists SRQ, 3975 Fruitville Road
$20
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Roll into the weekend with Jazz Club of Sarasota’s weekly Jazz at 2 series on Fridays. This week’s performer is Mark Moultrup, a Detroit native who now makes his home in the Bay Area. A pianist and vocalist, Moultrup spent many years performing in Chicago and Motor City jazz clubs. He has helped organize and has performed in the Chicago and Detroit Jazz Festivals.
Trash to Treasure Sale
4-5:30 p.m. at The Gulfshore on Longboat Key, 3710 Gulf of Mexico Drive, Longboat Key
Free
Gulfshore residents can shop the deals at this beloved annual rummage sale on Feb. 13. The sale opens to the wider public on Feb. 14 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Movie in the Park: 'Smurfs'
6 p.m. at Waterside Park, 7301 Island Cove Terrace, Lakewood Ranch
Free
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The monthly free outdoor movie series features Smurfs with showtime beginning at sunset. The event is sponsored by the Grace Community Church, which will provide a half grilled cheese with a bag of chips from Big Blue Grilled Cheese to the first 217 attendees. There is limited seating so feel free to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. Concessions available from We B’ Poppin Popcorn and Kettle Corn. Inflatables for the kids will open at 6 p.m.
Main Street Market
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Main Street at Lakewood Ranch
Free
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The Main Street Market hosts more than 70 local vendors, featuring artisans and retailers.
Love at the Library
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Longboat Library, 555 Bay Isles Road, Longboat Key
Free
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Take your valentine to peruse the deals on books for sale at this annual sale, which is set to include a wide selection of paperbacks, art books, cookbooks and more. The rain date is Feb. 15. Proceeds benefit Save Our Seabirds.
‘Romanticism Throughout the Ages’ with pianist Eleonora Lvov
2:30 p.m. at Selby Public Library, 1331 First St.
Free with online registration
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Internationally known Russian pianist Eleonora Lvov will perform selections from Beethoven's Choral Fantasy in her arrangement for piano solo, as well as works from Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Gershwin.
The Pops Orchestra: Let’s Hang On
3 p.m. at Neel Performing Arts Center, 5840 26th St. W, Bradenton
$35 and up
Visit ThePopsOrchestra.org.
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, The Pops Orchestra presents a tribute concert to Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, whose hits include the song that gives the concert its title. Under the direction of Robyn Bell, the Pops will perform such Four Seasons hits as “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” as part of its 50th anniversary season. Runs through Feb. 16.
Say ‘I Do’ Again
4:30 p.m. at Siesta Beach, 948 Beach Road, Siesta Key
$20 per couple; day-of $25
Visit SarasotaCountyParks.com.
The annual tradition of love returns to Siesta Beach for couples looking to renew their vows of love. The event includes a certificate, a gift, a flower, music and refreshments.
Circus Sarasota: 'Epic'
7 p.m. at The Big Top at Nathan Benderson Park, 5851 Nathan Benderson Circle
$40-$100
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The Circus Arts Conservatory, a nonprofit dedicated to the preservation of circus arts and to educating the next generation of performers, presents its annual spectacle under the big top in Nathan Benderson Park. Ringmaster Joseph Dominic Bauer Jr. will preside over a circus of performers that collectively hold 18 world records. Among them are “America’s Got Talent” veterans Sirca Marea-Le Cadre, comic Chris Allison and The Olate Family Dogs featuring rescue pups. Runs through March 8.
From Broadway with Love
7 p.m. at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church, 40 N. Adams Drive
Free
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Husband-wife duo Omaldo and Sonia Perez will be performing songs from Broadway and the Great American Songbook on Valentine's Day.
‘La bohème’
7:30 p.m. at Sarasota Opera, 61 N. Pineapple Ave.
$43.26-$185.40
Visit SarasotaOpera.org.
Composed by Puccini in the 1890s, ‘“La bohème” follows the seamstress Mimi and her struggling artist friends in 1830s Paris. One of the world’s most beloved operas, “La bohème" served as the inspiration for Jonathan Larson’s Broadway musical “Rent” and the movie “Moulin Rouge.” More than a century after its debut, the opera continues to win new fans with its heartrending tale of love, poverty and loss. Runs through March 28.
Alexander Calder: The Nature of Movement
10 a.m. at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 1534 Mound St.
$28
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Marie Selby Botanical Gardens is showcasing artist Alexander Calder and his abstract moving sculptures, dubbed “mobiles," in this year's Jean and Alfred Goldstein exhibition series. Calder’s interest in suspension provides a provocative pairing with Selby’s collection of epiphytes, or air plants. Calder was also fascinated by the circus, so his art feels right at home in Sarasota, the longtime winter home of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Runs through May 31.
Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors
3 p.m. at Northminster Presbyterian Church, 3131 61st St.
$5
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The Suncoast Jazz Ambassadors present “In Your Own Backyard, Part II,” program dedicated to local composers and an arranger. Call 941-907-4123 to reserve your ticket in advance and please be sure to dial the right number.
Ancient Art from Cyprus and the Mediterranean
10 a.m. at The John and Mable Ringling Art Museum, 5401 Bay Shore Road
Free with $30 admission; Mondays free
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In 1928, circus magnate John Ringling moved beyond collecting Baroque paintings with a major acquisition of more than 2,000 pieces of Cypriot art at the Anderson Galleries in New York, where the Metropolitan Museum was selling parts of its ancient art collection. For the first time, Ringling's treasures have a permanent home in Gallery 12 after a decadelong project.
The Philadelphia Orchestra
7:30 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail
$70-$160
Visit SCASarasota.org.
Sarasota Concert Association presents The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, who is also music director of the Metropolitan Opera. Acclaimed as one of the world’s leading interpreters of Brahms, Nézet-Séguin will lead the Orchestra in Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 and No. 4.
Art Center Sarasota Annual Juried Show
10 a.m. at Art Center Sarasota, 707 N. Tamiami Trail
Free
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Art Center Sarasota is marking its centennial in 2026, so there's much to celebrate at this gallery and education center. The juror for this show is Willem van Osnabrugge, an artist who grew up outside Amsterdam, moved to the U.S. in 1985 and later retired to Sarasota. The works on display are for sale and admission is free. Runs through Feb. 21.
Kid Red’s Mardi Gras
7 p.m. at Fogartyville, 525 Kumquat Court
$20
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Celebrate Mardi Gras, New Orleans-style, right here in Sarasota with Kid Red, the host of WSLR’s Louisiana Gumbo radio show, and his Pontchartrain All-Stars, a rotating group of local musicians. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
‘Janet Echelman: Radical Softness’
10 a.m. at the Sarasota Art Museum, 1001 S. Tamiami Trail
Free for museum members; $20
Visit SarasotaArtMuseum.org.
“Janet Echelman: Radical Softness” displays four decades of Echelman’s ethereal sculptures and abstractions. Curated by Lacie Barbour, the show tracks the artist’s evolution from painter, to media magician, to a world-renowned sculptor of air and light. Through April 2.
'The Price is Right Live'
7 p.m. at Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail
$38-$245
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Come on down to the Van Wezel to see and play the interactive stage version of TV’s most long-running game show. “The Price is Right Live” has been touring America for more than 20 years, delighting audiences by giving away more than $15 million in cash prizes.
