✩ Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix
        “Meet & Greet Who's In The Driver Seat” Team Reception - Friday 12-2pm
        "Boats On Main" Downtown Block Party - Friday 6-11pm
        "Races on Saturday & Sunday
✩ Family Night at the South Florida Museum - Saturday 3-8pm
✩ Friday Night Farm Picnic at Brown's Farm Citrus & Produce - Friday 5-8pm
✩ Music on Main on LWR Main Street - Friday 6-9pm
✩ Selby Splashin' Saturdays - Saturday 10am-12pm
✩ Home Depot Kids' Workshop - Saturday 9am-12pm
✩ Birthday Bash hosted by the North Port Police Department at Dallas White Park - Sunday 10am-1pm 
✩ Eternal Summer Surf Camp at AMI, SRQ, & Venice - Sunday 2-4pm

Fireworks Displays
★ Bradenton Marauders Independence Day Celebration - Saturday; Gates Open 4:30, Game at 6:30pm
★ Charlotte Stone Crabs Stars & Stripes Spectacular - Sunday 3pm Pre-game concert, Game at 6:05pm
★ Sarasota Fireworks Speculator on the Sarasota Bayfront - Monday
★ Siesta Key Fireworks Celebration - Monday
★ Fireworks on the Manatee River - Monday
★ The Sandbar Restaurant Celebrates 30 Years of Fireworks - Monday
★ North Port Freedom Festival - Monday
★ Englewood Firecracker Festival - Monday
★ Fishermen's Village July 4th Celebration in Punta Gorda - Monday

Parades
★ Anna Maria Island Privateers Annual 4th of July Parade - Monday 10am
★ Longboat Key Freedom Fest Parade - Monday 9-11am

Other Events
★ Longboat Key Freedom Fest Parade - Monday 9-11am
★ Englewood Firecracker Festival - Monday 10am-8pm
★ Fishermen's Village July 4th Celebration in Punta Gorda - Monday 12-8pm
★ Palmetto's Fourth Fest with Smash Mouth at Sutton Park - Monday 5pm
★ North Port Freedom Festival - Monday 6-9pm

✩ ​Touch a Truck at the Charlotte Stone Crabs Game - Friday Gates open at 5:30, First Pitch 6:35
✩ Harry Potter: Relive the Magic at Barnes & Noble - Friday 7pm
✩ Archaeological event at Phillippi Estate Park - Saturday 9-11am
​✩ Wolfe's Beach Day at Palma Sola Causeway - Saturday 9am-3pm (I think?)
✩ Sarasota County Parks & Rec Workshop in Woodmere Park in Venice - Saturday 10am
✩ Fun with Science at Children's World - Saturday 10am-4pm
✩ Eternal Summer Surf Camp Opening Day at AMI & SRQ - Sunday 2-4pm
✩ Family Fun at The Ringling - Saturday
✩ Saturday Night Rocks (Ages 14-17) - Saturday 7-10pm
✩ Family Fun Sundays at all of the Manatee YMCA Branches - Sunday 1-3pm

Weekend Summary: ​✩ Baseball ✩ Trucks ✩ Horses ✩ Science ✩ Art ✩ Surfing ✩ Beach ✩ Playground ✩ Harry Potter ✩ Fossils ✩

✩ Fathers Day Pajama Party! D&D at La Dona Donuts - Friday 5-7pm
✩ Beauty and the Beast Jr. at Woodland Fine Arts Academy - Friday 6:30-8pm
✩ Movie Night at Station 2 Innovation – Princess Bride - Friday 7-10pm
✩ Movie Night at the Music Compound - Friday 7-10pm
✩ Benefit for Avalynn at Freedom Christian Church of Sarasota - Saturday 10am-12pm
✩ Father's Day Storytime at Barnes & Noble - Saturday 11am
✩ Father's Day Program at the Braden River Library - Saturday 11am-12pm
✩ Hobby Marketplace presents "Make & Take" Model Event - Saturday 2-6pm
✩ Father's Day Orienteering Event at Oscar Scherer State Park - Sunday 9am-12pm

Weekend Summary: ✩ Father's Day ✩ Outdoor Movies ✩ Story Time ✩ Magic ✩ Bounce House ✩ Movies ✩ Donuts ✩ PJs ✩ Nature ✩

✩ Florida Railroad Museum - Saturday & Sunday
✩ Sarasota Jungle Gardens - Sunday
✩ Mote Aquarium - Sunday
✩ Sarasota Children's Garden - Sunday ($5.00)
✩ Florida Aquarium - Saturday & Sunday
✩ Glazer Children's Museum - Sunday
✩ MOSI - Saturday & Sunday

✩ Music on Main/First Friday on Lakewood Ranch Main Street - Friday 6-9pm
✩ Palmetto's Movie in the Park - Friday at dusk
✩ World Oceans Day Family Festival at Mote Aquarium - Saturday 10am-1pm
✩ TechSavvy: A STEM Conference for Girls in grades 6-8 - Saturday 8:30am-4:30pm
✩ Home Depot Kids Workshop - Saturday 9am-12pm
✩ Hands on History at the Manatee County Agricultural Museum - Saturday 10am-1pm
✩ Dakin Dairy Day Festival - Saturday 10am-5pm
✩ Toy Testers needed at Learning Express Toys - Saturday 11am
✩ Manatee County Parks Department's Splash Into Summer - Saturday 11:30am-2pm
✩ Meet Bob the Builder© at Westfield Sarasota Square - Saturday 1-5pm
✩ Family Night: Down By the Seashore at the SFL Museum - Saturday 3-8pm

Weekend Summary: ✩ Movie ✩ STEM ✩ Ocean ✩ Nature ✩ History ✩ Toys ✩ Farm ✩ Pool ✩ Water Slide ✩ Bounce House ✩ Music ✩ Science ✩ Building ✩ Family Fun ✩ Bob the Builder ✩ Museum ✩

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