Playground and Event Pavilion

Pilates by the Lake at Nathan Benderson Park - Free!
Come join us for a relaxing Pilates session at the Lakeside Pavilion at Nathan Benderson Park!

Pilates by the Lake at Nathan Benderson Park - Free!
Come join us for a relaxing Pilates session at the Lakeside Pavilion at Nathan Benderson Park!

Join us for our next pop-up flow in this gorgeous setting of Nathan Benderson Park at the Pavilion. More movement, more connection, more of what makes this community amazing. Meet us this Saturday, February 8 at 10am - let's flow together!

The first Saturday of every month is National Get out & Play Day!  We encourage all families to get out and active!  Bradenton King of Pops will be at our playground today from 9am-12pm selling refreshing ice pops.

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

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

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