The Jazz Club of Sarasota, one of the largest and most active jazz clubs in the United States, presents over 75 events annually including the Sarasota Jazz Festival which will run from March 17 – 22, 2025. Events include Jazz at 2 on Fridays, Monday Night Jazz, Jazz Cruises, free concerts in Venice, Jazz Jams at Selby library, Jazz Trolley Pub Crawls and much more.

Members receive discounts on most events. Learn more about how to become a member

Their annual Jazz Festival in March 2025 will feature Terell Stafford as Music Director, Emmett Cohen Trio with Georgia Heers, Tony Monaco & Eric Alexander, Marcus Miller and much more. For more information, visit SarasotaJazzFestival.com

Sarasota Contemporary Dance (SCD) proudly celebrates its 20th season, continuing to bring innovative dance performances, transformative educational programming, and meaningful community collaborations to Sarasota and beyond. Our studio offers 16+ diverse movement classes, summer dance intensives, workshops, and serves as the home of the Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble (SCDE), providing aspiring dancers with professional training and performance opportunities.

SCD's studio is home to the Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble (SCDE) for aspiring dancers.

SCD's "Dance for Joy" class SCD’s Dance for Joy class and Inclusive Dance program welcome movers of all ages and abilities, focusing on rhythm, creative play, and community connection. Designed to support individuals with movement disorders, the class blends seated and standing exercises to foster joy, mobility, and well-being.

The 2025–2026 milestone season will feature four Main Stage productions and more than 15 In-Studio showings, each paired with a live Q&A session after every performance, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the creative process.

As a top performing arts group in a unique, culturally rich community, The Pops Orchestra attracts full-time residents, Suncoast "Snowbirds," and vacationers to its concerts, proving to be a cultural and economic asset to the Greater Sarasota community. Led by conductor Robyn Bell, The Pops presents high-quality musical entertainment at affordable prices.

Who plays in The Pops Orchestra? They are teachers, parents, neighbors, students. They have jobs. They have children. They have homes, schedules and commitments. They teach at local colleges, high schools, middle schools, and elementary schools. They work in business, the arts and health care. Some are retired. Some are military veterans. They live in Sarasota, Bradenton, Venice, Anna Maria Island, Punta Gorda, Nokomis, Sun City Center, St. Petersburg, and Holmes Beach, among others. Some of them are snowbirds. And they are all musicians with The Pops Orchestra. This season, there are more than 65 musicians who bring their skill, passion, and talent to the stage.

This year’s 50th season is a crafted series of celebratory shows that are certain to keep you entertained, lift your spirits, and take you back in time when you turned your radio up and let your worries whisk away in the wind. Enjoy our expanded concert offerings, including a Saturday matinee option for our season subscriptions, and three “add-on” performances: Hocus Pocus Pops, All You Need is Love, and Organ-ized Pipes & Pops. This season, enjoy the Pops Orchestra from October to May!

In 2023, Steven Phillips was appointed Artistic Director of Musica Sacra Cantorum, bringing a broader focus – from purely sacred music to exploring all that is sacred in life, and the choir was re-branded to Via Nova Chorale. Our repertoire draws from many cultures, time periods, and spiritual traditions, garnering enthusiastic approval from audiences and chorus members alike.

Under the artistic direction of Steven Phillips, Via Nova Chorale explores repertoire ranging from sacred classics to spirituals, Gregorian chant to jazz, tripling both audience size and donor base since the transition.

Now in our 16th season, Choral Artists of Sarasota has merged with Via Nova Chorale, creating a larger choir while combining the legacy of Choral Artists with our vision to find new ways to be together as a human family on our shared planet, via music.

With deep gratitude for all that has come before, we invite you to expand your vision with us. We believe a sustainable future depends on all of us finding new ways together. Music is our medium, and a deepening connection to the earth and one another is our dream.

Learn more about their 46th season