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🎼 Running into the weekend with Hans Zimmer blasting in my soul.
👋 Hey there {{First Name}}!
Heck yes — this weekend’s looking stacked across Southwest Florida. If you’ve been waiting for the perfect excuse to get out of the house (or just need to justify skipping laundry again), here’s your ultimate April 12 rundown — casually curated, just for you:
🐾 PAWS 2025: Mission Pawssible
🐕🦺 This mission? Full of paws, plots, and perfectly timed zooms.
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🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 | ⏰ 11:00 AM
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📍 Location: The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota
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🎟 More Info: PAWS 2025
A gala that gives back to animals in need? Yes, please. Bonus points if you cry at the slideshow (you will).
🎸 Deadset FL w/ Marcus Rezak
🌹 Dead tunes, live vibes, and Rezak on the rail!
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🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 ⏰ 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
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📍 Location: 975 Cattlemen Rd, Sarasota
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🎟 More Info: Deadset FL Live
Shred alert: Deadhead vibes meet guitar wizardry. Bring your dancing shoes and maybe your tie-dye.
🎉 Friday Night Street Party
🎉🌴🕺 Friday night lights? Nah—Friday night street party, Sarasota style.
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🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 ⏰ 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
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📍 Location: 332 Cocoanut Ave, Sarasota
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🎟 More Info: Friday Night Street Party
Live music, food, drinks, and dancing under the stars. Basically downtown Sarasota is throwing a block party and you’re invited.
🛋 Sarasota Bradenton Spring Home Show
🏡 When your lawn mower has more horsepower than your car… it’s Home Show season!
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🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 11 -13 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
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📍 Location: Robarts Arena at the Sarasota Fairgrounds
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🎟 More Info: Spring Home Show
Kitchen reno dreams? Closet reorg inspo? This home show’s got everything — minus the demo day mess.
👟 RUN Manatee 5K
🥊🏃Cue the music… it’s your ‘Eye of the Tiger’ 5K moment!
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🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM
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📍 Location: Tom Bennett Park, Bradenton
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🎟 More Info: RUN Manatee – Tom Bennett Park 5K
Kickstart your day with a scenic 5K run/walk through Tom Bennett Park. It’s for a good cause, and let’s be honest, earning those post-run brunch calories is a win-win.
🌸 Blues, Brews & Blooms Fest
🌸 Sip a brew, feel the blues, and stop to smell the blooms!
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🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
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📍 Location: Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, Punta Gorda
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🎟 More Info: Blues, Brews & Blooms Fest
Imagine this: live blues music, a cold brew in hand, and over a million blooms surrounding you. It’s like nature and music had a baby, and it’s beautiful.
🦈 Venice Sharks Tooth Festival
🦈 Shark Teeth Fest? That’s what I call a prestige worldwide event!
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🗓 Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, April 12 & 13 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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📍 Location: Centennial Park, Venice
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🎟 More Info: Venice Sharks Tooth Festival
Dive into a festival celebrating Venice’s shark tooth hunting heritage. Live music, food trucks, and fossil vendors make this a fintastic day out.
🦆 16th Annual Lucky Ducky Race for Pace
🐣 16 years of racing rubber duckies — and we’re still quacking up!
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🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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📍 Location: Bradenton Riverwalk
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🎟 More Info: Lucky Ducky Race for Pace
Adopt a rubber duck and watch it race down the Manatee River. It’s quirky, it’s fun, and it supports the Pace Center for Girls. Plus, who doesn’t love cheering for a rubber duck?
🎭 Les Misérables
🇫🇷 Revolution hits the Gulf Coast. Vive Sarasota!
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🗓 Date & Time: April 8 – April 13 | ⏰ Multiple Showings!
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📍 Location: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota
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🎟 More Info: Les Misérables
It’s dramatic. It’s iconic. You will cry and hum “I Dreamed a Dream” for the rest of the weekend. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
🍕 Clock out, vibe in, and let the weekend do its thing!
No matter your vibe — laid-back local, full-on music buff, market crawler, or beach bum — April 12’s got something with your name on it.
Until next time,
— The Waves Pest Control Team 🌊
P.S. If you somehow hit all of these in one day, I want a full play-by-play. Pics or it didn’t happen.
