things to do
Family Fun At Dakin Dairy Farm East of Anna Maria Island
Head out to support your local farmer and enjoy a 45 minute informative tour of the dairy farm. Dakin Dairy Farms is the only milk bottler in Florida that can offer you the rare treat of experiencing fresh milk that is 100% produced and bottled right on the farm.
You can see the cows being milked, and follow the milk trail into th
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The Annual Desoto Heritage Festival Parade
The annual Desoto Heritage Festival Parade had a crowd of an estimated 150,000 people downtown Bradenton and along Manatee Avenue last Saturday. Manatee Avenue and other locations were completely shut down by 5:30 p.m. allowing no traffic at all, as the crowd started to pour into the streets.
Looking up at the sky a
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Marauders Baseball All Summer Long At LECOM Park.
Catch the Bradenton Marauders all summer long at LECOM Park. The Bradenton Marauders are a Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Click here and browse their online schedule.
Group tickets are also available and require a minimum of 10 people that must be booked at least 24 hours in advance. All groups wi
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Top Ten Things To Do During Your Visit To Anna Maria Island
Top Ten Things To Do!
1) Go for a bike ride along Coquina Beach.
2) Spend the day at Myakka River State Park walk the trails and watch the aligators.
3) Swimming and soaking up the sun on Holmes Beach.
4) Rent a B
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Kite Boarding Along The Shores Of Anna Maria Island
I’m standing on the dock with the camera rolling watching these two kite boarders tear it up on this beautiful day, at the boat ramp in Holmes Beach on Anna Maria Island.
It’s a little after five o clock p.m. and these two kite boarders are taking full advantage of the March weather along the shores of Anna Maria Island on this Th
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Anna Maria Island Has Two Libraries
Tingley Memorial Library
The Tingley Memorial Library in Bradenton Beach (also known as the Bradenton Beach Public Library) is one of two libraries on Anna Maria Island. Tingley Memorial Library is a privately funded non-profit organization existing on donations and volunteer help, and is independent of the county library sys
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Bay Front Park On Anna Maria Island
Bay Front Park is located at the north end of the Island in the City Of Anna Maria and is one of the quieter beaches on Anna Maria Island. Bay Front Park is the perfect place for a picnic, with covered tables, grills, public restrooms, and a playground on the beach for children everyone is happy.
Bay Front Park offers quite b
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Manatee Beach On Anna Maria Island
Manatee Public Beach is located in Holmes Beach where Manatee Avenue runs right into the Gulf of Mexico. Manatee Public Beach has free parking, picnic tables, public restrooms, a playground on the beach for children, a fishing pier, a café right on the beach with food and drinks, and a lifeguard on duty.
Manatee Public
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Sports and So Much More at the Anna Maria Island Community Center
Soccer season on Anna Maria Island has just begun, and the Island Real Estate team has started off their season with a bang! During Spirit Day on Saturday, the Island Real Estate team showed their colors and their pride, as they played hard in their two exhibition games. The Anna Maria Island Sun newspaper feature
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