Live Music Venues in Sarasota

Your best resource for deciding where to experience live music in Sarasota is the wonderful online entertainment guide called GoTonight.com. It lists most venues throughout Sarasota County and Tampa Bay, as well as performing artists, with links to their Web sites, so you can sample their musical styles before going out for the evening.

For profiles of selected local performers, check out BestMusicTonight.blogspot.com.

Popular entertainment districts in Sarasota include:

• Siesta Key Village
• Siesta Key Midnight Pass/Stickney Point
• Downtown (Main Street & Lemon Avenue)
• Downtown (Bayfront Park)
• Southside Village (Hillview St & Osprey Avenue)
• Gulf Gate Village
• Rosemary District (4th Street off Lemon Avenue)
• Cattlemen & Packinghouse Road (just west of I-75, near Bahia Vista St or Fruitville Rd)

Each area has its own flavor, and Sarasota's so compact that it's easy to check out the performances in several districts on the same day or evening.

If you're looking for a print entertainment guide, pick up a free copy of the Ticket, the Herald-Tribune newspaper's weekly schedule. You can also access the Ticket online: ticket.heraldtribune.com