Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival

Enjoy live music, shopping, dining, and dancing at the 6th Annual Sarasota Seafood and Music Festival this weekend in JD Hamel Park. The event begins Friday night (January 14) with festivities from 4 pm-10 pm. Saturday the fun continues from 11 am-10 pm and Sunday 11 am-6 pm. General admission is free.

Each year the festival offers a diverse menu of foods cooked fresh onsite. Seafood items are prepared using only the freshest local and sustainable ocean resources from the Florida Gulf Coast. Meat and vegetarian offerings also are on the menu along with a variety of side dishes and of course - tantalizing desserts! Alcoholic, non-alcoholic and fruit drinks are available along with a selection of sodas and bottled water. In the intermissions between performances, explore shopping a marketplace of fine arts, crafts and fine products.

As you sit back to enjoy your meal, relax to some of Florida's top musical talents in such genres as R&B, blues, jazz, rock and Caribbean sounds. This year the outstanding live music performances will include, starting on Friday afternoon: Kara Nally Band (blues, funk), Billy Rice Band (country rock), and Kettle of Fish (rock, blues). Saturday relax and enjoy the live energy and amazing sounds of the Whole Band featuring Callie Chappell (Americana, rock, variety), Twinkle and Rock Soul Radio (rock, soul), Thunder Beach (classic dance rock), Selwyn Birchwood (electric swamp funkin' blues), and Damon Fowler (blues). Finish the weekend on Sunday to the amazing talents of Bryan Spainhower and Friends (Musica Eclectica), JP Soars and The Red Hots (Americana, rock, variety), and Ronnie Dee and The Superstars (funk, soul).

The Humane Society of Sarasota County (HSSC) will be onsite Saturday from 11 am-2 pm with their Big Mac Mobile Adoption Center. Please stop by to say "Hi" to their dedicated staff and to the 'friends' they will have with them. Perhaps finding that new Life-companion!