The Water Lantern Festival is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you'll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that can be shared by everyone. Friends, families, neighbors, and lots of people that you haven't met can come together to create a peaceful, memorable experience.
NOTE: This event CANCELLED due to weather. Featuring the Sarasota Wind Quintet Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., Nathan Benderson Park Pavilion Betsy Hudson Traba, flute/piccolo Jonathan Gentry, oboe Bharat Chandra, clarinet Fernando Traba, bassoon Joshua Horne, horn PROGRAM AGAY Five Easy Dances I. Polka II. Tango III. Bolero IV. Waltz V. Rumba ARR. VOLLMERS Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Theme and Variations) BEETHOVEN/GREAVES Beethoven’s Fifth Bossa Nova BIZET/DAVIES Jeux d'enfants (Children’s Games) II. La toupie (The Top) VI. Trompette et tambour (Trumpet and Drum) XII. Le bal (The Ball) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/ATKINS Flight of the Bumblebee
NOTE: This event CANCELLED due to weather. Featuring the Sarasota Wind Quintet Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., Nathan Benderson Park Pavilion Betsy Hudson Traba, flute/piccolo Jonathan Gentry, oboe Bharat Chandra, clarinet Fernando Traba, bassoon Joshua Horne, horn PROGRAM AGAY Five Easy Dances I. Polka II. Tango III. Bolero IV. Waltz V. Rumba ARR. VOLLMERS Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (Theme and Variations) BEETHOVEN/GREAVES Beethoven’s Fifth Bossa Nova BIZET/DAVIES Jeux d'enfants (Children’s Games) II. La toupie (The Top) VI. Trompette et tambour (Trumpet and Drum) XII. Le bal (The Ball) RIMSKY-KORSAKOV/ATKINS Flight of the Bumblebee
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!
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!
Benefits the Big Bill Foundation, which provides scholarships to youths who have battled childhood cancer or other life-threatening conditions. This is the second annual Big 5K, in memory of Bill Robinson, the original chairman of NBP’s nonprofit operator who, with his son Parks, founded Fit2Run, The Runner’s Superstore.
Benefits the Big Bill Foundation, which provides scholarships to youths who have battled childhood cancer or other life-threatening conditions. This is the second annual Big 5K, in memory of Bill Robinson, the original chairman of NBP’s nonprofit operator who, with his son Parks, founded Fit2Run, The Runner’s Superstore.
This is a foster care awareness event. Start and finish are near the intersection of Athletes Drive and World Championship Drive on the park’s south end.
This is a foster care awareness event. Start and finish are near the intersection of Athletes Drive and World Championship Drive on the park’s south end.
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!
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!
Gulf Coast Games For Life: Feb. 6, 9 a.m. at NBP (but at other sites Jan. 15-Feb. 6). This event is a qualifier for the Florida Senior Games, and encourages and promote healthy lifestyles, gives seniors the opportunity to compete at the local, state and national level, and provides an affordable and quality multi-sport festival that seniors can call their own. Events at NBP on Feb. 6 include coastal rowing, Olympic-style rowing, sit-on-top recreational kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding.