What's on
🌇 Looking for tonight? Live music, happy hours and sunset time
🧺 Market · Bradenton Beach
Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, 10am to 2pm
📍 New spot along the trail south of the trolley turnaround at Coquina Beach
Open air market with local crafts, art and food. The new season opens October 2 at a new location along the trail.
Next market: Sun, Oct 11. No market on Dec 25, Jan 1, Jan 22, Jan 24.
Coming up: 11 Sun · 14 Wed · 16 Fri · 18 Sun · 21 Wed · 23 Fri
🎪 Festival · Anna Maria
Sat, Oct 17, 10am to 9pm
📍 Pine Avenue
The island chamber's big street festival turns 25, filling Pine Avenue with vendors, food and music from morning until 9pm.
Event details ↗🛶 Outdoors · Bradenton
Sat, Oct 24, 6pm for kids and families, 8:30pm for adults
📍 Neal Preserve, just off the island by the Manatee Avenue bridge
A spooky guided paddle through the mangroves, with an early trip for families and a later one for grown ups.
🎈 Family · Anna Maria
Fri, Oct 30, 6pm to 8pm
📍 Palm Avenue behind The Center
Free trick or treating from decorated car trunks, a safe and easy Halloween night for little ones.
🎉 Party · Bradenton Beach
Sat, Oct 31, 5pm to 1am
📍 Drift-In, 120 Bridge St
The Drift-In's Halloween street party on Bridge Street runs from 5pm until 1am. Costumes encouraged.
Event details ↗🎄 Holiday · Bradenton Beach
Sat, Nov 21, 5pm to 10pm
📍 Bridge Street
Bridge Street lights its Christmas tree on the first night of the Holidays in Paradise season.
Event details ↗🎄 Holiday · Bradenton Beach
Sat, Nov 21 · Sat, Nov 28 · Sat, Dec 5 · Sat, Dec 12 · Sat, Dec 19 · Sat, Dec 26, 10am to 10pm
📍 Bridge Street, closed to cars
Six Saturdays when Bridge Street closes to cars and becomes a holiday stroll with shops, food and music.
Event details ↗🎈 Family · Anna Maria
Sat, Dec 5, 10:30am to 2pm, golf ball drop at 2pm
📍 The Center of Anna Maria Island
A day of games and food for the whole family at The Center, wrapping up with the golf ball drop at 2pm.
Event details ↗🎉 Party · Bradenton Beach
Thu, Dec 31, 5pm to 2am
📍 Drift-In, 120 Bridge St
Ring in the new year on Bridge Street as the Drift-In drops its oyster at midnight.
Event details ↗⛔ Closed · Sep 27 to Oct 14
Olive Oil Outpost is on a short break
The Pine Avenue shop is closed September 27 to October 14. Online orders ship again from October 15.
Source: Olive Oil Outpost · Checked Sep 30, 2026 · Olive Oil Outpost
🔓 Reopening · Oct 1
The island history museum reopens in October
The Anna Maria Island Historical Society Museum takes September off and reopens in October, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 1pm through December.
Source: Anna Maria Island Historical Society · Checked Sep 30, 2026
➡️ Moved · Oct 2
Coquina Beach Market moves for the new season
The market opens its season on Friday, October 2 at a new spot along the trail south of the trolley turnaround. Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, 10am to 2pm.
Source: Coquina Beach Market · Checked Sep 30, 2026 · More
⛔ Closed · Oct 10
Robinson Preserve closed Saturday, October 10
The whole preserve, including parking, kayak launches and trails, closes for an endurance race and reopens Sunday. Tram tours are canceled after hurricane damage, and some trails close for work in October and November.
Source: Manatee County: Robinson Preserve · Checked Sep 30, 2026 · More
We only list a date once the organizer posts it. As of our last check, there's no 2026 date for the Cortez Stone Crab Festival or the Privateers Christmas Parade (both were canceled the last two years), or for a Bradenton Beach lighted boat parade. We'll add them if they're announced.
