The Villages® community plays host to the annual Lake Sumter Art & Craft Festival. The craft festival at Lake Sumter Landing continues to grow and highlight the talents of many unique crafters, providing the area with one of its most enjoyable traditions. Come meet and visit with some of the best crafters while enjoying the charming streets of this spectacular community. Find great one-of-a-kind craftwork and sample delicious food while listening to the tunes of live music as you peruse the displays. Shop handcrafted leather goods, paintings, photography, personalized products, glassworks, and much more. Come, stroll the shops and stores, sample the many dining opportunities indoors or out, and as always, expect a place “where good friends come to gather for a great time!”
Enjoy Unparalleled Casino Gaming with 5,000 Slots, 179 Table Games and 46 Poker Tables. Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is the premier entertainment destination of Central Florida with over 245,000 square-feet of electrifying gaming space to ramp up your fun. Our newly expanded gaming paradise offers a non-smoking area. The property also showcases some of the greatest pieces of Hard Rock music memorabilia lining the casino walls and throughout the floor for an atmosphere like no other.
Lunch (OYO) several restaurants for casual dining or grab a quick bite at the food court. NOW OPEN -Fresh Harvest Buffet.
Buffet lunch included prior to the performance and table served dessert during intermission. Coffee, hot & iced tea, soft drinks included. Additional charge for some beverages.
“CABARET” IS A NORTH PICK UP SCC & KP MEMBERS - 1207 N Pebble Beach Blvd., the far end of parking lot between North Course Lane and the security patrol.
Activity Level: 2
Activity Level: 2
Winner of 12 Tony Awards, Cabaret has enjoyed multiple Broadway revivals including the most recent 2024 production and the acclaimed film version starring Liza Minelli. In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. One of the most poignant musicals of our generation, Cabaret features such songs as “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” and “Maybe This Time.”
DINNER STOP (OYO) AFTER SHOW ROOSTER FISH GRILL (OYO). MENU ON WEBSITE & IN OFFICE.
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This quaint ranch offers visitors the opportunity to interact with adorable miniature animals in a peaceful and picturesque setting. From miniature horses to tiny goats, there are plenty of cute animals to meet and greet at Fallen Pine Ranch Miniature. Fallen Pine Farm was founded in 1978 when Norm and Judy Middleton bought five acres and three miniature horses to run with their four quarter horses in eastern Sarasota County. Over the years, their ranch grew to its current 40 acres and over 100 miniature horses. Today, the farm is home to many national champions and quality horses. Come visit Fallen Pine Ranch Miniature and make some furry friends today!
Lunch stop after the ranch at Linger Lodge Restaurant (OYO) a quirky yet charming restaurant with a scenic view of the Braden River. A family favorite, it serves classic Southern U.S. cuisine from burgers and sandwiches to barbecued meats and fried seafood. Menu in office and on website.
America’s favorite holiday tradition for over 35 years!
It just wouldn’t be the holidays without Mannheim Steamroller, known primarily for its Fresh Aire series of albums, which blend classical music with elements of new age and rock, and for its modern recordings of Christmas music. Founded by Grammy Award winner Chip Davis. With over 28 million albums sold in the U.S. alone, the group’s first Christmas album, Mannheim Steamroller Christmas, was released in 1994 and the album revolutionized the Holiday Season music category. In addition to becoming a holiday tradition for many families, the Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Tour regularly attracts repeat attendance from multigenerational guests and is one of the longest running tours in the music industry.
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Embrace the holiday spirit as A Magical Cirque Christmas brings their show to Ruth Eckerd Hall for their Clearwater debut! In A Magical Cirque Christmas, the cast of world-class acrobats, contortionists, and aerialists will push the boundaries of imagination where gravity is defied and human potential knows no limits. The performers are supported by a captivating musical score that will tug at your heartstrings, elevate your spirit, and have you tapping your foot and singing along to hit Christmas songs in the ultimate variety extravaganza.
This festive show entertains audiences of all ages during an evening of spectacular feats, acrobatic antics, and magical performances complete with holiday hilarity and music.
A Magical Cirque Christmas will delight in the graceful, flexible, and hypnotic acrobatics, stunning gravity-defying performances, high-flying aerial artists, plus many more surprises!
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Experience downtown Tampa after dark through the Lights on Tampa bridge lighting initiative. The Agua Luces project in Tampa, Florida, beautifully illuminates six landmark bridges over the downtown section of the Hillsborough River. Designed by Tracey Dear of Chicago-based Dear Productions, these permanent lighting installations are known as “Agua Luces,” which translates to “Water Lights.”
The best way to see the lights is by boat, which provides a unique up-close view of the lights from under the structures. They constantly change color throughout the night, making this an ever-changing spectacle. Sit back and relax as we take in the breathtaking vivid colors of the western sky and watch the Sunset over Tampa.
Dinnerbefore our cruise at Columbia Café Riverwalk (OYO). Menu in office & on website.
This Year’s 21st Anniversary Scenario - Scottish vs. English. Step into the year 1333, where thundering hooves and clashing steel echo across the Scottish borders! This season, the Sarasota Medieval Fair brings history to life with the legendary Battle of Halidon Hill. Amidst royal rivalries and fierce ambitions, two powerful kings command their forces in a dramatic showdown, one seeking to defend his homeland, the other determined to claim a throne. But worry not, this isn’t your dusty old history class. Our battlefield becomes a living chessboard, where bold champions move to the command of their kings in a grand human combat match.Strategy, spectacle, and swordplay await, all in good fun and with a few surprises for the whole family. Whose tactics will triumph? Whose bravery will shine? The outcome lies in the game... so choose your side, cheer your champions.
So many fun things to do! Plenty of old historic oak trees with lots of shade and seating. Come enjoy the day with us.
The history so presented is a play on actual accounts of the stories and legends of the characters involved during this time period.
The festival is an outdoor event, held in a natural park-like setting. Wheelchairs and motorized wheelchairs are welcome. Guests are welcome to wear medieval costumes! No outside food or beverages may be brought into the festival.
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE
Nestled along Florida's west coast, right next to the Gulf of Mexico, Palm Harbor is a vibrant community known for its small-town charm. Often referred to as the jewel of Tampa Bay, this city lies just north of Dunedin and showcases a nostalgic architectural landscape that reflects Florida's history. Numerous restaurants and retail shops are housed in historic buildings and residences. Come explore vendor booths featuring painting, sculpting, photography, jewelry, ceramics, glass, digital art, fiber and wearable art, mixed-media, woodworking and more.
Experience the exceptional craftsmanship of the nation’s finest crafters at this event, taking place on Florida Avenue, Palm Harbor’s main thoroughfare.
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Written by Ira Levin in 1978, Deathtrap takes us into the world of Sidney Bruhl, a once-successful writer of stage thrillers. Sidney is in the grip of chronic writer’s block when young playwright Clifford Anderson sends him a brilliant new whodunit he has written, entitled Deathtrap, a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Desperate to set Broadway alight once more, should Sidney kill the newcomer and pass the play off as his own? Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the very last moment. Deathtrap holds the record for the longest-running comedy-thriller on Broadway, and was nominated for four Tony Awards, including Best Play.
DINNER (OYO) stop after the show at Bahama Breeze.
PLEASE NOTE ST. ARMANDS CIRCLE WILL NOTBE A NORTH PICK UP - WE WILL DEPART FROM THE COMMUNITY HALL - 1910 S PEBBLE BEACH BLVD.
The Park at St. Armands Circle will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland, a family-fun holiday experience for all ages. Circle visitors will leave inspired by the magic of the holidays. The atmosphere of the park will be illuminated by an incredible display of holiday lights, including the city’s magnificent 60-foot Christmas tree. Enjoy holiday entertainment, special store promotions and gracious hospitality provided by our many shops and restaurants. Visit the Live Nativity Scene at St. Armands Key Lutheran Church.
With more than a dozen fine restaurants serving everything from classic Cuban to Irish, Italian, and continental cuisine, this is a very popular event, we do recommend making your dinner (OYO) Reservations in advance. List of restaurants and phone #’s in office & on website.
Nights of Lights festival turns the city of St. Augustine into a dazzling holiday display! Selected by National Geographic as one of the ten BEST HOLIDAY LIGHTING DISPLAYS IN THE WORLD!
DAY ONE
• As we travel to St. Augustine, we will make appropriate stops along the way including a lunch stop (OYO).
• Upon arrival in St Augustine, we will visit The Castillo de San Marcos, the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. A large Spanish stone fortress built to protect and defend Spain's claims in the New World. It is a National Monument, more than 327 years old, and is the oldest structure in St. Augustine. Experience a little piece of history at the Castillo de San Marcos. Reenactors in period dress, and living historians, perform weapons demonstrations and fire the cannons at the Castillo. See what it was like for the Spanish colonial settlers who used to live there. Under times of siege or other emergencies, all people in the settlement were ordered inside the fort for protection, and the cannons were aimed and fired if needed. This will be a self-guided tour, park rangers and living historians give you a detailed history of the fort and its previous residents. Look for the marks and drawings that British and Spanish soldiers left on the soft coquina walls.
• We will check in to Hampton Inn St. Augustine Hotel - Hilton
• Dinner this evening will be at Hurricane Patty’s (Included)
• Narrated Trolley Tour of The Lights of St Augustine. Get into the holiday spirit on a trolley tour of St. Augustine’s annual Nights of Lights Festival. Hop on the trolley, sit back, and enjoy the dazzling illuminated views, from more than 3 million lights, along the city’s Historic District. Dinner on own St. George Street after our Narrated Trolley Tour of The Lights of St Augustine.
DAY TWO
• Enjoy a hot breakfast at our hotel then spend the remainder of your day aboard the Trolley Tour at your own pace with on/off privileges. Visit the world-famous spring that Ponce de Leon deemed the Fountain of Youth. Explore the site of the first Mass in America at the Mission of Nombre de Dios. Experience early St. Augustine as you tour old St. Augustine Village, featuring houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.
• Old Town Trolley Tours makes stops at the Old Jail, St. Augustine History Museum, (Free admission with Trolley ticket), Potter’s Wax Museum, the Spanish Military Hospital. Visit the San Sebastian Winery; Explore Flagler College, built by Henry Morrison Flagler, and industrialist, railroad pioneer and oil magnate, who originally used the building as a hotel then known as Ponce de Leon hotel.
• Explore over 500 years of history and over 100 points of interest. You will receive a detailed map of the trolley route and the attractions found at each stop. The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum offers an exciting and educational museum that features over 800 authentic artifacts celebrating the history of piracy, both factual and fictional, from the 1600’s through present day
• The 21 stops make it convenient for guests to disembark for shopping, dining, visiting attractions and exploring the historic city on their own. End your Trolly Tour at St. George Street with many restaurants and unique shops for some shopping and a bite to eat before heading for home.
Double - $315pp Single $395pp Sign up deadline – Nov 1, 2025. MUST HAVE 35 PEOPLE FOR TRIP TO GO NON-REFUNDABLE (UNLESS CANCELED BY TRAVEL CLUB)
***PLEASE NOTE*** - THREE DOG NIGHT IS A NORTH PICK UP SCC & KP MEMBERS
Activity Level: 2
Classic Rock icons Three Dog Night with Special Guest Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone return to Ruth Eckerd Hall! THREE DOG NIGHT, celebrating nearly 6 decades, claims some of the most astonishing statistics in popular music. In the years 1969 through 1974, no other group achieved more top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets than THREE DOG NIGHT.
THREE DOG NIGHT hits wind through the fabric of pop culture today, whether on the radio where they are heard day in and day out, in TV commercials or in major motion pictures -- songs like “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)”, “Joy to the World”, “Black and White”, “Shambala” and “One” serve to heighten our emotions and crystallize THREE DOG NIGHT’s continuing popularity.
Recently, THREE DOG NIGHT began adding new songs to its arsenal by releasing its first double-A sided single in nearly 25 years. The blistering performance of "Heart Of Blues" and the timely, beautiful a-cappella ballad "Prayer of the Children” are available online at iTunes, Amazon.com and other digital retailers as well as through the official band website.
THREE DOG NIGHT also pushed boundaries by recording with the London Symphony Orchestra, giving fans new and old a chance to experience its dynamic performances of the hits as well as several new songs.
Herman's Hermits a rock and pop group formed in 1964 in Manchester, they gained immense popularity during the British Invasion, scoring eleven Top Ten hits in the U.S. from 1964 to 1967 and selling over 40 million records worldwide. “Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter.” “I’m Into Something Good,” “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” and “Listen People.”
The band is best known for their lead singer, Peter Noone, and remains a beloved act from that era.
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We will see some of the Best Holiday Light displays in Sarasota. See the Arch Lighted Streets, The Gingerbread House, and much more! Sit back, relax, and listen to your favorite holiday music in ac/heated & cushioned seats while riding the enclosed trolleys. Enjoy what Sarasota's residents have created.
DINNER stop before our trolley tour at Der Dutchman (OYO). From meat-and-potatoes to scratch-made pastries and pies for take-home, this is the place to savor the bounty of genuine Amish kitchen cooking. Der Dutchman, Sarasota is pleased to offer you a taste of the Amish Country.
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This outrageous musical comedy follows the adventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. With standing room only productions in London, on Broadway, and across North America, THE BOOK OF MORMON has truly become an international sensation. Composed by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and Avenue Q’s Robert Lopez, The Book of Mormon is an old-style musical with a modern sensibility. This blockbuster show features several big song-and-dance numbers accompanied by some old-fashioned Broadway belting. Contains explicit language.
