Sarasota's a music town, with live music performances available seven days a week. This beautiful small city on Florida's Gulf Coast features several dining and nightlife districts, all easily accessible and within 10 or 15 minutes of each other.
On any given day or evening in Sarasota, you can find live music at friendly restaurants, bars, clubs, tiki bars, and hotel lounges. To see a list of venues and artists, with listings for tonight, tomorrow, yesterday, or future dates, go to WhereWillWeGoTonight.com, an excellent nightlife guide for the Sarasota - Bradenton area. You'll also find listings in Creative Loafing, the free weekly entertainment newspaper, and in the Ticket, the weekend magazine section of The Herald Tribune.
But how do you choose where to go? If you're not a local music afficionado, it's a wild shot to select a venue and live music gig you'll enjoy. That's where BestMusicTonight.blogspot.com can help.
It began as a simple email list of my personal favorite performers and music venues around Sarasota. It will continue to grow as I explore and discover new places and musicians. It's not intended to be comprehensive or critical. Just as an art gallery owner selects artwork that appeals to his or her own taste and preferences, I offer an edited selection of gigs worthy of my time, and, I hope, yours as well.
My email list is called, "Get off the Couch". It's so easy to stay at home and spend the evening watching TV or DVDs, or lost in your computer screen. In a cultural community that's so full of local talent--of all ages, from kids to Boomers to seniors--it's really worth giving yourself the adventure of a night on the town.
And, by the way, that's one of the unique charms of Sarasota nightlife. At many venues, you'll find a blend of ages in attendance and on-stage. Also fluid is the range of fashions, from 6-inch stilettos to flip-flops, from sequins to tank tops. The main thing is to just show up and see what the night offers. More often than not, you'll go home humming that last song or skipping down the sidewalk, feet still tapping from happy dancing.
Many venues in Sarasota are smoke-free and charge little or no cover fee. For a few dollars dropped into the tip cup, or used to purchase an original CD, you can enjoy an evening of casual listening, fun dancing, or just watching real live humans, and still get home in time to catch the late news or snuggle with your honey.
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