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The Venice Sharks Tooth FestivalAn easy way of getting your hands on some sharks teeth without getting into the water!The Venice Sharks Tooth Festival brings out fossil collectors from all over. Venice, Florida has long been known as the Sharks tooth capitol of the world because of the millions of white and black sharks teeth fossils that wash up on Venice Beach in Florida as well as other near by area beaches. It's shark tooth hunter's heaven! April 11-13, 2008; Friday, Saturday and Sunday (dates and location subject to change) is when the Annual Festival is scheduled and held on the Venice Municipal Airport Festival Grounds. The weather along the Sun Coast is usually perfect for outdoor festivals, such as this one, at this time of year. Skies are usually sunny with temperatures in the 70's.
There’s food, fossils, arts and crafts, entertainment and children’s activities. It’s a fun and inexpensive event to attend at $2.00 admission and kids under 12 are free along with free parking.
There’s plenty to see and purchase in the way of Shark’s teeth, for the serious fossil collector. The shark’s teeth displays are under large tents to help you stay cool and to get a view of the many shark’s teeth and other marine-life-style fossil and wares for sale.
While the shark’s teeth are the big draw to this event, there are other exhibitors of arts and crafts, some of which you might also want to purchase and take home, as there are over 100 artist’s displays around the festival grounds. There are some very talented artisans and craftsmen and women displaying their wares at this festival. By walking and browsing the special displays of arts and crafts, aisle by aisle, you can easily fill up an afternoon or early evening and see some very creative home made goods.
The Festival is much like a Carnival atmosphere and there are plenty of food vendors up and down the festival’s main path (an old runway, now turned into the Food Court!), so if you get hungry all you have to do is step into line. The food court features everything from burgers and Italian sausage sandwiches to a variety of sea food, ribs and other food that smells so good in the open air, it will defy you to try to get through the afternoon or evening without stopping to eat.
The Venice Sharks Tooth Festival features a children’s playground area and the “Shark’s tooth scramble” for the kids as well as hands on exhibits from Sarasota’s famed Mote Aquarium. There’s also entertainment and a musical lineup of live bands on Friday night from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., all day Saturday, starting around 11 a.m. and running until 9 p.m. and on Sunday there’s live entertainment scheduled from 11:15 a.m. until 5 p.m.
There’s lots of ground to roam at the Venice Sharks Tooth Festival which runs Friday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (There are no pets allowed on the grounds).
The Venice Sharks Tooth Festival is an inexpensive fun, safe, family-friendly annual event, April 11-13, 2008. (dates, times, location and scheduled events subject to change).
Directions to the Sharks Tooth Festival in Venice, Florida: From Sarasota take Rt. 41 south to the Rt. 41 Venice bypass; look for the signs on Rt. 41 along the Venice Bypass directing you to the Venice Municipal Airport festival grounds. Return from Venice Sharks Tooth Festival to Sarasota Calendar of Events main page.
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