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• 🐾 PAWS 2025: Mission Pawssible

• 🎸 Deadset FL w/ Marcus Rezak

• 🎉 Friday Night Street Party

• 🛋 Sarasota Bradenton Spring Home Show

• 👟 RUN Manatee 5K

• 🌸 Blues, Brews & Blooms Fest

• 🦈 Venice Sharks Tooth Festival

• 🦆 16th Annual Lucky Ducky Race for Pace

• 🎭 Les Misérables

• 🍕 Clock out, vibe in, and let the weekend do its …

👋 Hey there !

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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 | ⏰ 11:00 AM

• 📍 Location: The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 ⏰ 7:30 PM - 10:30 PM

• 📍 Location: 975 Cattlemen Rd, Sarasota

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Friday, April 11 ⏰ 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM

• 📍 Location: 332 Cocoanut Ave, Sarasota

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 11 -13 | ⏰ 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM

• 📍 Location: Robarts Arena at the Sarasota Fairgrounds

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM​

• 📍 Location: Tom Bennett Park, Bradenton​

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM​

• 📍 Location: Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens, Punta Gorda​

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday & Sunday, April 12 & 13 | ⏰ 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM​

• 📍 Location: Centennial Park, Venice​

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: Saturday, April 12 | ⏰ 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM​

• 📍 Location: Bradenton Riverwalk​

• 🎟 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

• 🗓 Date & Time: April 8 - April 13 | ⏰ Multiple Showings!

• 📍 Location: Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, Sarasota​

• 🎟 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.