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Indian River County

​Thursdays, 6:30 p.m. - Cork,Canvas & Company at VBMA
Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. - Museum Stories for Babies and Toddlers at VBMA
Thursdays
 9:30 a.m. - Museum Stories for Babies and Toddlers at VBMA

Thursday-Saturday, 5:30 p.m.-  - Live in the Loop - Riverside Theatre
​Through September - Celebrate Creativity at Center for Spiritual Care
Through Oct. 25 - James Prosek: At Work at VB Museum of Art
Second Fridays, 5-8 p.m. - Reception at Florida Art Chix Gallery, VB
First Wednesday December through April, 9:30 a.m. - American Association of University Women (AAUW) Book Review-Continental Breakfast at Richardson Center, IRSC Mueller campus. 
AAUWverobeach.org

Through Feb. 7, 2007 - Jill Nathanson: Chromatic Phrases at VB Museum of Art  - Schumann and Titelman galleries

Sept. 3, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Mr. Motwn at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 4, 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail - VB Museum SOLD OUT

Sept. 4, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Pippin & Willin' at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 4 & 5 - Comedy Zone 
 at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 5, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Collins & Company at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 10
, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Abby Owens at Riverside Theatre
Sept.11, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Chemistry at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 11 & 12 - Comedy Zone  at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Sept. 12, 3 p.m.
- Frank Lloyd Wright and His Influence on Florida Architecture with Wayne Wood - VBMA, Leonhardt Auditorium
Sept. 12, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Glory Days at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 17, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Brad Brock's One Man Band at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  SoulTime at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 19
, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Joe Reid & Heartland Band at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 24, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Dave & the Wave at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 25, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Vince Love and Soul Cats at Riverside Theatre
Sept. 26
, 5:30 p.m. - The Loop -  Dottie Kelly & the Rock House Band at Riverside Theatre

 - Movie Night at Audubon House - 195 Oslo Rd. (195 9th St. SE)

Oct. 6 , 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail - VB Museum
Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Oct. 10th, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
Oct. 15-Nov. 22 - My Vaudeville Man! A Musical at Riverside Theatre
Oct. 17, 3 p.m. - Artist Walkthrough: Chromatic Phrases with Jill Nathanson at VBMA - pre-register
Oct. 24, 3-4:30 p.m. - Nature Walk and Sketch with Artist James Prosek at VBMA - pre-register
Oct. 28 - Ballet Vero Beach at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Fall Collaboration

Nov. 7, 1 p.m. - Paw Prints: Cats and the Floating World at VBMA - Leonhardt Auditorium - ticketed in advance

Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail - VB Museum
​Nov. 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Nov. 14, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
Nov. 14, 12 and 3 p.m. - Interpretive Dance Series: A Retrospective - Ballet Vero Beach at VBMA - Ticketed in advance
Nov. 18 - Nutcracker at Riverside Theatre - Ballet Vero Beach
​Nov. 19 - Go Now! Moody Blues Tribute at The Emerson Center
Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m. - VBMA International Lecture Series - 
Cross-Cultural Currents: Water in 19th Century Japanese, French, and 
American Art


Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. - The Art of the Cocktail - VB Museum
​Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art
Dec. 12, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive

2027

Jan. 6-31 - Clue-A Murder Mystery at Riverside Theatre
Jan. 8, 7 p.m. - 
Film Screening | Tokyo Stories from Exhibition on Screen - at VBMA
Jan. 9, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
Jan. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art
 Jan. 10, 3 p.m. - VB Opera - Puccini's Tosca - VBHS PAC
Jan. 11, 4:30 p.m. - 
VBMA International Lecture Series - Hiroshige’s One Hundred Famous Views of Edo: Behind the Scenes of a Celebrated Japanese Woodblock Print Series
Jan. 13 - Ballet Vero Beach at Vero Beach Museum of Art - Spring Collaboration
Jan. 13 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 1 VBHS PAC
Jan. 14 - One More Night: Phil Collins& Genesis Experience at The Emerson Center
Jan. 18, 4 & 6 p.m. - Douglas 
Murray - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series
Jan. 21 - Jay and the Americans at The Emerson Center
Jan. 22, 7 p.m. and Jan. 23 1 or 7 p.m. - 46th Asbury Sort Film Concert Asbury Shorts USA at VBMA - ticketed, pre-register
Jan. 24, 2:30 p.m. - Vero Beach Opera presents Madama Butterfly - Puccini's Favorite Opera at VBMA Ticketed, pre-register
Jan. 25 - The Cleveland Orchestra - Indian River Symphonic Association
Jan. 28 - The Drifters 
at The Emerson Center
Jan. 28 - Feb. 21 - The Mouse & The Mustache - world premiere  at Riverside Theatre


Feb. 1, 4:30 p.m. - VBMA International Lecture Series - The World Within the Image
Feb. 4 - The Docksiders  at The Emerson Center
Feb. 6, noon and 3 p.m. - Ballet Vero Beach at VBMA - Floating Worlds in Motion

Feb. 8, 4 & 6 p.m. - Glenn Youngkin - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series
​Feb. 11 - MJ Live! Michael Jackson Tribute Concert at The Emerson Center
Feb. 11-13 - VB Opera's Rising Stars - VBHS PAC
Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. - Second Saturday at Vero Beach Museum of Art

Feb. 13, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
Feb. 15 - Indian River Symphonic Assoc. - Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra - Woodwind Quartet
Feb. 17 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 2 VBHS PAC
Feb. 18 - Celebrating Meatloaf at The Emerson Center
Feb. 23 - Indian River Symphonic Association - Academy of St. Martin in the Fields - Conrad  Tao, pianist
Feb. 25 - 26 - Eaglemania at The Emerson Center - tribute
Feb. 25-Mar. 21 - On the Town, A Musical  at Riverside Theatre
Feb. 26 -  Indian River Symphonic Association - Midori with Festival Strings Lucerne
Feb. 26 - Eaglemania  at The Emerson Center - 2nd show added

March 4 - Space Coast SO - Daybreak, The Music and Passion of Barry Manilow at The Emerson Center
March 6 - The Fab Faux  at The Emerson Center
March 11 - Free Fallin, A Tribute to Tom Petty at The Emerson Center

March 13, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
March 13 - Jefferson Starship at The Emerson Center
March 14 -  April 11 - The Light in the Piazza, A Musical  at Riverside Theatre
March 16 -  Indian River Symphonic Association - Palm Beach Orchestra - Julian Schwarz, cellist
March 19 - Moondance - Van Morrison tribute at The Emerson Center
March 20, 7 p.m. -  VB Opera Singers & Musicians Together in Concert - VBHS PAC
March 22, 4 & 6 p.m. - Dana Perino
 - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series
March 24 - Ballet Under the Stars
March 25 - Brothers Again - Music of the Allman Brothers at The Emerson Center

​April 8 - Beginnings -- Music of Chicago at The Emerson Center
April 10, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
April 13 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 3 Riverside Theatre
April 15-May 9 - Hairspray, The Musical  at Riverside Theatre
April 19, 4 & 6 p.m. - Dr. David Agus
 - Riverside Theatre's Distinguished Lecturer Series

May 8, 5-8 p.m. VB Chamber's Sunset Saturday at Humiston Park, Ocean Drive
May 12 - Ballet Vero Beach Program 4 Riverside Theatre

Beyond the Treasure Coast

Sept. 13, 7:30 p.m. - Ron White at Van Wezel - Sarasota (ages 18+)
Sept. 19 - New World Symphony - Fiji Plays Rodrigo's Guitar Concerto
Sept. 26 - 
New World Symphony - Shostakovich +Stravinsky's Chamber Symphonies

Oct. 2-4 - Evil Dead, the Musical - Opera del Sol at Dr. Phillips Center
Oct 3-4 - 
New World Symphony - Ravel's Bolero
Oct. 9 - Orchid show at Edison and Ford Winter Estates Fort Myers
Oct. 17, 7 p.m. - Rumors of Fleetwood Mat at Van Wezel
Oct. 24, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Airing of the Quilts show at Edison and Ford Winter Estates, appraisals

Nov. 14 - New World Symphony - Mozart's Requiem
​Nov. 23, 7 p.m. - The Unauthorized Hallmark(ish) Parody Musical at Van Wezel


2027
Jan. 9 -
Nov. 14 - New World Symphony - Disney's Fantasia

Feb. 13 - 
New World Symphony -  Rachmaninoff 2
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​Lake Wales Arts Council presents: ThrownTogether Gallery Exhibition

Saturdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Saturday GreenMarket, 10091 McGregor Blvd. , Fort Myers
Saturdays  1 p.m. - Saturday Exhibition Highlight Tours at Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park
Every third Saturday - Family Art Labs -10091 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers

Ongoing, Saturdays, 2 p.m. - The Bass Highlights Tour at The Bass
Sundays at 2 - Upstairs Downstairs Live Theater at the Plant Museum

Ongoing: Fascinating Clutter: American Taste during the Reign of Victoria at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park
Ongoing: American Arts & Crafts Movement at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park
Ongoing: Lamps and Lighting—Tiffany and His Contemporaries
 at The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Winter Park
Ongoing: The Willfulness of Objects at The Bass
ONGOING: Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. - GreenMarket 
- Alliance for the  Arts, Fort Myers.
​Ongoing: Art Outside at The Bass
ONGOING: Live carillon concerts Thursday through Sunday, 1 and 3 p.m. - Bok Tower Gardens. Virtual carillon concerts via Facebook Live on the first and fourth Thursday of the month
Ongoing: The Alfond Inn at Rollins - Rollins Museum of Art
Ongoing: Every Saturday, 1 & 3 p.m. - Exhibition Highlight Tours - Rollins Museum of Art
Ongoing, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. - History Presentations at  Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Ongoing, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. - Inside-the-Homes Tours at  Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Ongoing, Mondays, 10:30 a.m. - Automotive Tours at  Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Ongoing: Guided Tour in German every Wednesday at Edison and Ford

​TUESDAY EVENINGS AT LAKE WALES ART CENTER - Ukulele and voice classes with Maribeth Mundell
Thursdays & Fridays, 11 a.m. - Discovering Bok Tower Gardens guided tours $5 members

Every other Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. - piano performances on Mina Edison's 1932 George Steck piano - Edison and Ford Winter Estates
Saturdays, 2 p.m. - The Bass Highlight Tours
Mondays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Drum Circle at the Norton
Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Tai Chi  at the Norton
Mondays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Drum Circle at the Norton
Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Tai Chi  at the Norton


Martin County

Through May 31, 2027 - Charles Fazing Master of 3D Pop Art at The Elliott Museum
Through Aug. 22 - Marvin S. Cone Annual HS Juried Art Show ALUMNI Exhibit at Court House Cultural Center
Through Aug. 29 - Summer Salon with SMALL2
Through Nov. 15 - 3D Doubt Your Eyes at Elliott Museum


Sundays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. - Market on Main - Flagler Park
Pup-A-Palooza
Sundays, 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk - Riverwalk Stage


Sept. 8-Oct. 31 - 5th Annual Members Showcase at Court House Cultural Center

Dec. 13, 3 p.m. - 
21st Annual Holiday Extravaganza! Concert and Food Drive - Treasure Coast SO - Kane Center, Stuart

2027

Feb. 14, 3 p.m. - EPIC! - Orchestral POPS Concert  - Treasure Coast SO - Kane Center, Stuart

ONGOING:
Sundays 1 - 4 p.m. - Rock'n Riverwalk​, 300 St. Lucie Ave, Stuart
Sundays, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Market on Main, Flagler Park, Stuart
Fridays, 2 p.m. - Guided Nature Walks at Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Thursdays, 6-9:30 p.m. - Jammin’ Jensen on Jensen Beach Boulevard
Second Tuesdays - Sunset Concerts at the Cultural Court House
Second Saturdays, 11 a.m. - Cars N Coffee 
at the Elliott Museum​ - Call to confirm - weather permitting


Brevard County

Through Sept. 6 - Nine the Musical at MLB Civic Theatre
Through Sept. 6 - Grease at The Henegar Center


Sept. 4, 5:30-8:30 p.m.- EGAD First Friday - Eau Gallie Arts District, MLB
Sept. 15 - Deadline for artists for 
2nd annual Brevard Creative Crawl
Sept. 18, 6-10 p.m. - Friday Fest  Cocoa Beach
Sept. 26, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. - Green Gables Harvest Festival

Oct. 3, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. - 2nd annual Brevard Creative Crawl
Oct. 9 - Nov. 15 - Ken Ludwig's Moriarty at MLB Civic Theatre
Oct. 16, 6-10 p.m. - 
Friday Fest Cocoa Beach
Oct. 17-18 - Songwriter Festival - Downtown Cocoa Beach
Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m. - Brevard SO at King Center - Echoes of Freedom
​Oct. 24, 5-9 p.m. - Cosmic Cowboy Sip-n-Stroll - Downtown Cocoa Beach. Ticketed.

Nov. 16-17 - Auditions for Little Women at MLB Civic Theatre
Nov. 20, 6-10 p.m. - Friday Fest Cocoa Beach
Nov. 25, 5-7 p.m. - Cookie Crawl, Christmas tree lighting at Coconuts

Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - WinterFest - Cocoa Beach Main Street

Dec. 24, 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Cocoa Beach MainStreet hosts Surfin' Mingle
Dec. 24, 8 a.m. - noon - Surfin' Santas

2027
Jan. 15-Feb. 21 - Little Women at MLB Civic Theatre
March 19-April 25 - Greater Tuna at MLB Civic Theatre
May 21-June 27 - All My Sons at MLB Civic Theatre
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Places to Visit in Brevard County
​
American Police Hall of Fame, Titusville
American Space Museum & Walk of Fame, Titusville, 
Brevard Museum and Sciences Center, Cocoa
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne
Eau Gallie Arts District Main Street
Field Manor, Merritt Island
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Eau Gallie Arts District, 
Florida Historical Society, Cocoa Village
Florida Surf Museum, inside Ron Jon’s Watersports, Cocoa Beach, 
Gleason Performing Arts Center, Florida Institute of Technology, 
Green Gables, Melbourne, GreenGables.org, 321-794-890
Harry T. & Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex, Mims, 
Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures, Cocoa Beach, 
Pritchard House, Titusville
Rossetter House Museum & Gardens, Eau Gallie Arts District, 
Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum

Palm Beach County

Fridays, 5-10 p.m. - Art After Dark - NortonMuseum - Ticketed, members free - Music in Great Hall - Tours

Sept. 10 - LUSH 4 opens at Lighthouse ArtCenter - through Nov. 14
Sept. 11, 5-7 pm. - Shibori workshop at Lighthouse ArtCenter
Oct. 8, 5-7 p.m. - Opening reception for LUSH 4 at Lighthouse ArtCenter

Oct. 27-Nov. 8 - Orphans - Maltz Jupiter Theatre

​Dec. 1-13 Ain't Misbehaving' - The Fats Waller Musical 
- Maltz Jupiter Theatre

2027
Jan. 5-24 - La Cage aux Folles - Maltz Jupiter Theatre

Feb. 9-21 - Wait Until Dark - Maltz Jupiter Theatre

March 9-28 - Jesus Christ Superstar - Maltz Jupiter Theatre


Mondays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Drum Circle at the Norton
Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. - Free Tai Chi  at the Norton
Wednesdays, 3:30 p.m. - Music at the Museum - Cornell Art Museum
First Fridays, 6-9 p.m. - First Friday Art Walk at Cornell Art Museum
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FRIDAYS, 5-10 PM - Art After Dark at the Norton - reserve tickets
Every third weekend - Delray Art League - Art Scape in the City at the Big Apple Bazaar, Delray Beach
Ongoing Fridays and Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. - Garden Sculpture Tours at the Norton
ONGOING - Let the Games Begin online exhibit at Morikami Museum & Japanese Gardens
Ongoing - Weekly AnimalTalks at Sandoway Discovery Center
Thursdays 6-9 p.m. - Clematis by Night

 Every Friday, 5-10 p.m. - ART AFTER DARK at the Norton
4TH FRIDAY FREE sunset Concert Series at Amphitheater at Old School Square. 

St. Lucie County

Mondays, 10 a.m.-noon - Art on the Porch at Cool Beans Coffee House, FP
Thursdays 12-1 p.m. - Music in the Garden at Heathcote Botanical Gardens​
Saturdays, 8 a.m. - noon - DowntownFort Pierce Farmers Market, FP City Marina
Highwaymen Museum regular hours:
Saturdays & Sundays 12-4 p.m.


Through Aug. 31 - Cathleen Sullivan: Community Through Art - MIDFLORIDA Event Center, PSL

​Sept. 11 - 27 weekends - The Vagina Monologues at Treasure Coast Theatre

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​Okeechobee County

Oct. 28, 29 - Auditions for The best Christmas Pageant Ever at Okeechobee Community Theatre

Dec. 7, 8 - 
 Auditions for You, the Jury at Okeechobee Community Theatre

2027
Feb. 22, 23 - Auditions for The Curious Savage at Okeechobee Community Theatre


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