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Easter Events Guide 2021

Featured Easter events in Sarasota, Venice, Lakewood Ranch, Bradenton

March 24, 2021

Spring Break is over, make way for the Easter Bunny, Egg Hunts, Spring Crafts, Good Friday fun and Easter services!  Plan your Easter fun with our Easter events guide for Sarasota, Lakewood Ranch, Venice, and Bradenton areas!


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EASTER EVENTS GUIDE

March 27

Easter Egg Hunt for Children with Autism  

Please join us for our annual FREE Easter Egg Hunt at Ashton Elementary School! For Children with Autism, and their Families only please. There will be a raffle, prizes, arts and crafts, face painting, and so much MORE! Please arrive at 11am as the hunt for eggs begins at 11:45.

Easter Festival at Grace Community Church  We’ll have a Spring-themed photo booth, rides & slides, inflatable bounce house, and more! We’re also providing multiple food trucks that will offer Chick-fil-a, Rise & Nye ice cream, BBQ and pizza. Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 27 from 11-2PM for this year’s Spring tradition… You might even come across a bunny or two!

Spring Family Fest at Padgett Ranch  

March 20-21 and 27-28 from 10AM to 5PM.  Enjoy the Giant Bounce Pillow, Hay Ride, Barrel Train, Duck Race, Corn Hole, Obstacle Course, Play Areas and Terragator rides, horse rides and ball cannons also available for additional cost


April 2nd  A Good Friday Family Art Experience  Your family will walk through Jesus’ last days and resurrection while creating a unique work of art. This experience is suitable for all ages. Please sign up for a time slot for your family. We will be serving pizza before and after. Our family friendly Good Friday service will begin at 7:00. Don’t miss this evening as we focus on what Easter is all about!

April 2nd  Pre-Easter BUNNY SKATE  Join us Easter Weekend for this hopping good time! We will have a Easter Bunny coloring contest to win a free birthday party! All the free candy you can eat from 1-1:30pm & 4:30-5pm AND skate with the Easter Bunny!

April 2nd Easter Weekend at Sun-n-Fun Resort  Join Sun n Fun for the first themed weekend of the year!  Enjoy Easter Egg Hunts, Easter games, a Bunny Hop dance, golf cart parades and more!

April 3rd  Easter Egg Hunt  Join Southern Magnolia Acres for an egg hunt (ages 2 to 8), face painting, food trucks, Kona Ice and more!

April 3rd  18th Annual Easter Egg Hunt The Easter Bunny has been hard at work hiding eggs around the garden. Can you follow all of the clues he's left? Plus, meet a real live rabbit! We will also make our own bunny food for you to bring home to sprinkle outside.  

April 3rd  Siesta Key Easter Egg Hunt  The egg hunt is open to children ages 1-6. It's $10 per child with a goody bag for each! Advance registration is required; 175 limit. Check-in begins at 9:00 a.m. There will be photos with the Easter Bunny, a fire truck & ambulance drive by at 10 AM, Sheriff's Mounted Patrol, Kona Ice, games and prizes and an animal education session with Stella the Sloth!

April 3rd  Easter Egg Hunt hosted by The Meadows Country Club  Join us for face painting, balloon animals, games, crafts, prizes and more.  10:00am - 2:00pm.  11:00am Egg Hunt begins (special early start for under 5 age group)  Complimentary event, with food & drink available for purchase.

April 3rd  Join us at Oasis Church for our annual community Easter egg hunt! We will have hunts for kids, teens and adults! There will be free activities, a huge ground maze, free hot dogs and popcorn for those attending. Help us plan ahead and register your family today! 10am Oasis Opens for Egg Hunters (pre-registration is encouraged)  10:30am EGG HUNT for ages 0-11yrs (eggs will hold prizes and candy)11am EGG HUNT for ages 12-112yrs (eggs will hold a variety of cash, and gift card prizes. The number of eggs will be limited and well hidden 

April 3rd  EGGstravaganza at ESJ Y Branch  Egg Scavenger Hunt at 12pm noon. Fun for the whole family! Three age groups (1-4, 5-8, 9-13).  Lots of activities like egg painting, games and prizes, scavenger hunts, and more!

April 3rd Eggstravaganza Venice, FL  Fun for the whole family, ideal for ages 12 and under. Visit historic downtown Venice on Saturday April 3 beginning at 10am to hunt for Easter eggs throught the district on Tampa, Venice, Miami, & Nokomis Avenues.

April 3rd Easter Craft Event  Join us for some fun Easter sand crafts, a picture with the Easter bunny, have a chance to pet a real bunny, games, prizes and more.

April 3rd Easter Egg Glow Hunt  Happy Ending Food Truck will be servin’ up island vibes as the kiddos enjoy a glow in the dark Easter egg hunt at Bob Gardner Community Park. 

April 3rd Easter Themed Little Leapers at Sky Zone  This Easter themed Little Leapers launch party is going to be so fun!!! If you have children 5 years or younger, you seriously won’t want to miss out on this awesome time! Little Leapers sessions include a mix of structured and unstructured activities lead by guides and/or parents that allow children to explore, learn, and grow as they play. 

April 4th  Sunday Polo - Easter Eggstravaganza - Exciting polo action, opening parade, live national anthem, theme weeks, half-time entertainment, food, drinks and divot-stomping. 1PM to 4PM.  Tickets start at $15.  Kids 12 and under are free.

April 4th Egg Hunt  Join Bedrock Sarasota on Easter Sunday at 11am at SSIS for a big egg hunt! This is a community wide event and we want to see you there, so bring the family, friends and neighbors on our! Hope to see you there.

April 4th Flashlight Scavenger Hunt  KIDS K - 5TH GRADE  Our Easter event, called Flashlight Scavenger Hunt, is giving the traditional Easter egg hunt a fun twist – by having kids hunt in semi-darkness with flashlights!  REGISTRATION REQUIRED - NO physical ticket needed


Looking to go all out for Easter this year?  Contact Egg Your Yard!

Egg Your Yard Venice Imagine having your child wake up on Easter morning to a yard filled with treat-stuffed eggs and you didn’t even lift a finger? Let us be your Easter Bunny!  Serving families from North Port to Lakewood Ranch!  

Eating out in Venice for Easter just got easier! Check out The Venice Foodies Guide to Easter Dinner.  My mouth is already watering!