🍦Wine Tents, Art Fests, and a Full Sarasota Weekend

Happy Tuesday, Sarasota!

If you’re a college football fan like me, then your Saturday’s just freed up with the season ending.

Not to worry! We have another week of great events below. Check it out & as always, let me know what you think!

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In today’s edition of the Sarasota Scoop:

• Local headline roundup

• Featured event

• Tons of local events!

Thanks for reading,

Carson

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📰 Local Headline Roundup

Payne Park Townhomes Delayed

That townhome project going up near Payne Park on Washington Boulevard? Here's the update: the 50-unit development is now slated for late 2026, pushed back from fall 2025.

Fort Lauderdale-based PTM Partners is building all rentals (no condos) with two- and three-bedroom units featuring garages. They're also adding two retail spaces facing U.S. 301. Developers are eyeing a café or breakfast spot for one and maybe a wellness tenant for the other.

The Hermitage Scores a $12 Million Gift

The Hermitage Artist Retreat just got a major gift: a 6.5-acre Gulf-to-bay property on Manasota Key, appraised at around $12 million. The Morrison and Steans family donated the land to honor their parents. The property includes five structures originally built by the Vanderbilt family in the early 1950s. The Hermitage will use the extra buildings to expand their artist-in-residence program, where nominated artists, writers, and performers come for multi-week stays to work on new projects.

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Thursday

Pedicab Rides

📍Osprey Junction Trailhead | 🕦 9:30am | 🔗 details 

Florida History Lecture Series

📍Sarasota County History Center | 🕦 2pm | 🔗 details 

Cinema at The Bay: Ray

📍The Oval at The Bay | 🕦 7pm | 🔗 details 

Mozart & More!

📍First Presbyterian Church, Sarasota | 🕦 7:30pm | 🔗 details 

Comedy Show: Orny Adams

📍McCurdy's Comedy Theatre | 🕦 7pm | 🔗 details 

Greg Hahn - Comedian

📍Venice Community Center | 🕦 7pm | 🔗 details 

Friday 

Community Food Forest Tour

📍UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

Seafood & Music Festival

📍Coquina Baywalk | 🕦 5pm | 🔗 details 

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

📍Amerant Bank Arena | 🕦 7pm | 🔗 details 

Saturday

Scrub Jay 5K

📍Oscar Scherer State Park | 🕦 8am | 🔗 details

Sarasota County's Fire Fest

📍Carlton Reserve | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

Gulf Coast Games for Life

📍Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School | 🕦 9am | 🔗 details

2026 Lakewood Ranch Fine Art Festival

📍Lakewood Ranch Main Street | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

Mechanics of Funny: 3-Hour Humor Writing Intensive

📍Bookstore1Sarasota | 🕦 1pm | 🔗 details 

18th Annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival

📍Downtown Venice (200 Miami Ave W) | 🕦 Multiple times | 🔗 details

Forks & Corks Saturday Open House Wine Tasting

📍Michael's Wine Cellar | 🕦 2pm | 🔗 details

Butcher's Block 13th Annual Grand Tent Tasting

📍The Butcher's Block | 🕦 2pm | 🔗 details

Sunday

Sunday Polo

📍Sarasota Polo Club | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

U-Pick Dooley Groves

📍Dooley Groves | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details 

Sarasota Antiques Show

📍Municipal Auditorium | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

23rd Annual St. Armands Circle Art Festival

📍St. Armands Circle | 🕦 10am | 🔗 details

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