• NBP Rec Day!

    Finish Tower

    For a small fee, children and their parents and siblings can get out on the water with their choice of our equipment, and switch out at their whim. There are kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and a 15-foot sailboat with captain (masks required). Click here to see more about the family-friendly NBP Rec Days!

  • NBP Rec Day!

    Finish Tower

    For a small fee, children and their parents and siblings can get out on the water with their choice of our equipment, and switch out at their whim. There are kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and a 15-foot sailboat with captain (masks required). Click here to see more about the family-friendly NBP Rec Days!

  • NBP Rec Day!

    Finish Tower

    For a small fee, children and their parents and siblings can get out on the water with their choice of our equipment, and switch out at their whim. There are kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and a 15-foot sailboat with captain (masks required). Click here to see more about the family-friendly NBP Rec Days!

  • NBP Rec Day!

    Finish Tower

    For a small fee, children and their parents and siblings can get out on the water with their choice of our equipment, and switch out at their whim. There are kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and a 15-foot sailboat with captain (masks required). Click here to see more about the family-friendly NBP Rec Days!

  • NBP Rec Day!

    Finish Tower

    For a small fee, children and their parents and siblings can get out on the water with their choice of our equipment, and switch out at their whim. There are kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddleboards and a 15-foot sailboat with captain (masks required). Click here to see more about the family-friendly NBP Rec Days!

  • Sarasota West Coast Half Marathon and 5K

    The ninth stop on the South Florida Half Marathon Tour is the Sarasota West Coast Half Marathon and 5k at Nathan Benderson Park. ​ The scenic course takes runners through and around the University Town Center area with nearly constant water views. ​Then it's on to the most unique finish in running, the "Floating Final Mile" as runners literally run across the lake for over a mile until finishing in front of the large grandstand inside the park. Don't miss this unique event and its sparkling finisher's medal for BOTH the half marathon and 5k!

  • Sarasota West Coast Half Marathon and 5K

    The ninth stop on the South Florida Half Marathon Tour is the Sarasota West Coast Half Marathon and 5k at Nathan Benderson Park. ​ The scenic course takes runners through and around the University Town Center area with nearly constant water views. ​Then it's on to the most unique finish in running, the "Floating Final Mile" as runners literally run across the lake for over a mile until finishing in front of the large grandstand inside the park. Don't miss this unique event and its sparkling finisher's medal for BOTH the half marathon and 5k!

  • Sarasota Orchestra Parks And Partners Children’s Performance

    Playground and Event Pavilion

    Featuring the Sarasota Brass Quintet Sunday, December 19, 2021 at 2:30 p.m., Nathan Benderson Park Pavilion Aaron Romm, trumpet Ronald Romm, trumpet Laurence Solowey, horn Brad Williams, trombone Aaron Tindall, tuba PROGRAM Selections from: RENWICK Dance FARNABY Fancies, Toyes, and Dreames VAUGHN WILLIAMS Rest BACH Foliations Variations on La Folia GERSHWIN/NORRIS Selections from Porgy and Bess BERNIE/PINKARD/HENDERSON Sweet Georgia Brown HANDY/HENDERSON Royal Garden Blues POLLACK/HENDERSON That’s a Plenty SWAN/COPELAND/GREEN/HENDERSON High Society TILSON THOMAS Street Song CARMICHAEL/NIEHAUS Stardust PLOG Animal Ditties VI EWAZEN Colchester Fantasy SUSATO/IVESON Renaissance Dances WILDER Brassininity SOUSA/FRACKENPOHL Stars and Stripes Forever DUKAS/BARRINGTON La Péri: Fanfare BOYCE/CABLE William Boyce Suite SATIE/BLOCK Gymnopedie I