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(November 26, 2024 Sarasota) Discover Sarasota Tours announces its second annual Art CrawlTrolley tours exploring Sarasotas vibrant visual arts scene offered the second Friday nights Jan-Aprilfrom 4-8PM. The Art Crawl will be offered on January 10, February 14, March 14, and April 11, 2025.Art Crawl Trolley tour showcases Sarasotas galleries and studios located in six arts districts ofMain/State St., North and South Palm, Burns Ct., Towles Ct., and the Limelight District. Three trolleyswill be running in 15 min loops from 4-8PM. While there are no guides leading this hop-on hop-offtour, there will be guides aboard telling guests about the different arts districts and offering directionsand suggestions for dining and exploring each area.I am delighted that there was so much interest and support for this Art Crawl Trolley our, said TammyHauser, CEO & Founder Discover Sarasota Tours. I am especially happy to be partnering with the Artsand Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County in 2025 to provide volunteers and help to mobilize andsupport the visual arts community. In exchange, we will be offering the Alliance a donation of $5 oneach ticket sold, she added.The Alliance is thrilled to partner with Discover Sarasota Tours for the second annual Art CrawlTrolley Tour. This exciting collaboration supports downtown Sarasota's vibrant art galleries andunderscores our dedication to showcasing Sarasota as Floridas Cultural Coast, said Alliance ExecutiveDirector, Brian Hersh.Visitors start at the Trolley Cottage Gift Shop located at 1826 4th Street in the heart of Gillespie Parkoffering charming Sarasota gifts and complimentary wine or beer. Guests can also visit the ArtfulGiraffe Gallery at this hub location. Then they will board the trolleys in 15 min boarding time slots toexplore six hub locations. At each hub stop, guests can hop off to explore galleries and studios or hopback on to go to the next stop. The Bazaar at Apricot and Lime will have live music, food, and drinks forpurchase while guests shop at the Bazaar.Discover Sarasota Tours NEWS RELEASE | Art Crawl Trolley Tour UPDATED 2024-11-26.Participating galleries include: Artful Giraffe, Chasen Galleries, North Star Fine Jewelry & Gift Boutique,Helmuth Stone Gallery, Art Ovation Hotel, MARA Art Studio + Gallery, Palm Avenue Fine Art, fine ArtGallery & Studio, Milan Art Gallery, Sarasota Estate Auction, Sarasota Trading Company, Towles CourtArtist Studios, Papillon Studio, Creaturo Studio Gallery, The Bazaar on Apricot and Lime, HamletsEatery, Creative Liberties Artist Studios & Gallery, and Palmer Modern Studio and Gallery."Creative Liberties is excited to once again participate in the Art Crawl Trolley because it gives thevisitors a chance to come in and see who we are and what we do. We had many trolley guests lastseason that said they had never visited us before and didn't know anything about the Creative Libertiesor the Limelight District. After visiting us via the Art Crawl Trolley, many came back to see us again - tochat with the artists, buy artwork and even take classes! said Barbara Gerdeman, co-owner CreativeLibertiesThere is so much art to see in Sarasota and I am excited to be a part of this Art Crawl Trolley Tour toshare the galleries, studios, and public art that comprise Sarasota arts legacy, said DST Art GuideJerome Chesley.Tickets are $24.99 and include a $5 donation to the Alliance. Tickets can be purchased on the DiscoverSarasota Tours website and each ticket includes transport to each of the tours six hub stop locations,FREE parking at The Trolley Cottage Gift Shop, and complimentary beer, wine, or water beforeboarding. Final tour departs at 6:45PM. Many participating galleries will also offer complimentaryrefreshments and lite bites on Art Crawl Trolley nights.Presented in partnership with Visit Sarasota County, SRQ Magazine, Sarasota Chamber of Commerce,and the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County.# # #ABOUT US:Discover Sarasota Tours offers 17 different entertaining and informative daytime sightseeing tours andnighttime musical theater shows in our air-conditioned trolley. Daytime tour themes include:Sarasota and Venice history, art, architecture, metaphysical community, Amish Experience andSarasota and Venice circus legacies. Nighttime tours are original musical theater shows on wheelsperformed by our talented ensemble of singers and actors. They include Murder Mystery Trolley: WhoKilled The Circus Queen, The BooMobile, Christmas Carol Trolley: Letters To Santa, Sunset Cabaretand Haunted Sarasota.In 2022, 2023, and 2024, we were voted SRQ Magazines Platinum winner for BEST Local TourCompany. In addition, Discover Sarasota Tours was recognized with 2022,2023 and 2024 TravelersDiscover Sarasota Tours NEWS RELEASE | Art Crawl Trolley Tour UPDATED 2024-11-26.Choice Awards from TripAdvisor, voted Best of Florida Arts & Entertainment in 2023 and 2024, andwas featured in a film produced by American Express as a leading American Small Business.Tour tickets and information available online at DiscoverSarasotaTours.com or by calling 941-260-9818. For Groups, email Tammy@DiscoverSarasotaTours.com.

(March 29, 2024 Sarasota) Beloved tour Psychic Sundays returns with new tour guide, Deni Dreazen, after death of psychic Michael Newton-Brown forced tour to end in October 2022.  Deni is a well-known Sarasota tarot reader, teacher, hypnotist, and psychic medium and we are delighted to have her take on this wonderful tour as a guide, said Tammy Hauser, CEO Discover Sarasota Tours. I looked high and low to find a guide who could deliver authentic evidentiary mediumship during the tour, as well as share information about our rich metaphysical community in Sarasota. Deni is just this right blend of skilled practitioner, teacher, and warm inclusive guide, she added. Psychic Sundays begins with orange and pineapple mimosas at the Trolley Cottage Gift Shop located at 1826 4th Street, and then includes an energy exercise where guests learn to focus on what they feel (energy) but cannot see. Guests then board Dolly The Trolley for a two-hour tour to learn more about the metaphysical community in Sarasota as well as the many different divination tools healers use. These tools may include bodywork modalities such as acupuncture, reiki, sound healing, massage, or acupressure or they may focus on the spiritual arts of palm reading, tarot, crystals, mediumship, tea leaf reading, or pendulums.  During the tour, guests learn about Spirit University where they can study  and about our Metaphysical Chamber of Commerce where they can find like-minded colleagues and teachers. Next, they visit Pixie Dust a metaphysical store on Main Street, walk in meditation on one of 7 labyrinths in Sarasota and participate in an immersive sound bath at Crocker Memorial Church. During the tour, Deni also provides mini tarot readings and a Spirit Gallery session. The tour runs every other Sunday from 1-3 and is $48.99 plus tax/handling fee and can be booked on our website: DiscoverSarasotaTours.com.  ABOUT US:Discover Sarasota Tours is  a locally owned and operated tour company that celebrated five years in business in October 2023. We offer 17 different entertaining and informative daytime sightseeing tours and nighttime musical theater shows in our air-conditioned trolley named Dolly. Our guide-led entertaining and informative tours focus on the most interesting people, intriguing places, and amazing stories that have shaped Sarasotas rich cultural past. We also have a charming Trolley Cottage Gift Shop filled with fun, whimsical cards, gifts, history books, toys, candles and many more items that are themed after each of our tours. Daytime tour themes include Amish Experience, Leading Ladies of Sarasota, Architecture, City History, Circus Secrets of Sarasota and Venice, Art Crawl Trolley, Psychic Sundays, Public Art, and History Hop Week of Sarasota County (a fundraiser for our local historical societies to help them keep history alive). At night the trolley turns into a theater on wheels offering original musical shows including Murder Mystery Trolley: Who Killed The Circus Queen, Irish Holley On The Trolley, Tiki Trolley Trivia, Love Stories of Sarasota, Haunted Sarasota, BooMobile, Christmas Carol Trolley: Letters to Santa, and Sunset Cabaret, Music & Craft Beer Tour. In 2022 and 2023, we were voted SRQ Magazines Platinum winner for BEST Local Tour Company.  In addition, Discover Sarasota Tours was recognized with a 2023 Travelers Choice Award from TripAdvisor/Viator, voted Best of Florida Arts & Entertainment in 2022 and 2023, and was featured in a film produced by American Express as a leading American Small Business.   Tour tickets and information available online at DiscoverSarasotaTours.com or by calling 941-260-9818. For Groups, email Sue@DiscoverSarasotaTours.com.

(August 5, 2024 Sarasota) Tammy Hauser, Founder & CEO of Discover Sarasota Tours (DST) announced that two new trolley tours of Venice, Florida will be offered on Tuesdays from January-April 2025. We have been leading annual tours of Venice  as part of our History Hop Week celebrating South Sarasota County for two years but are excited to bring Dolly The Trolley to Venice to lead a Venice City Tour on Tuesday mornings and our Circus Secrets of Venice tour on Tuesday afternoons during Season, said Hauser.  The tours will depart from the Venice Chamber of Commerce Building offering FREE parking and a convenient location.   The ninety-minute narrated 10AM Venice City Tour will focus on downtown history, architecture and things to do. It will be led in partnership with Venice Florida Tours. "We are excited to partner with Discover Sarasota Tours to bring a consistent trolley tour option to Venice. I hope this allows for more residents and visitors to learn about the history of Venice," said Ronnie Fernandez, Owner and Tour Guide of Venice Florida Tours. The 1PM Circus Secrets of Venice tour will be led by Circus Historian and Guide, Bob Collins and includes a stop at the Venice Train Depot and the Ringling Train Car (led by Venice Area Historical Society docents). We tend to forget that for more than three decades Venice took the spotlight from the city of Sarasota as winter home of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Join us on our tour, Circus Secrets of Venice, and you'll hear echoes of The Greatest Show on Earth that still resonate throughout the community, said Collins. All daytime tours are $49.99 plus tax/handling fee and can be booked on the website: DiscoverSarasotaTours.com. ABOUT US:Discover Sarasota Tours is a locally owned and operated award-winning tour company founded in 2018. We offer 17 different entertaining and informative daytime sightseeing tours and nighttime musical theater shows in in Dolly our comfortable, enclosed air-conditioned trolley.  Our guide-led entertaining and informative tours focus on the most interesting people, intriguing places, and amazing stories that have shaped Sarasotas rich cultural past. We also have a charming Trolley Cottage Gift Shop filled with fun, whimsical cards, gifts, history books, toys, candles and many more items that are themed after each of our tours. Daytime tour themes include Amish Experience, Leading Ladies of Sarasota, Architecture, City History of Sarasota and Venice, Circus Secrets of Sarasota and Venice, Art Crawl Trolley, Psychic Sundays, Public Art, and History Hop Week of Sarasota County. At night, the trolley turns into a theater on wheels offering original musical shows featuring professional local actors including Murder Mystery Trolley: Who Killed The Circus Queen, Haunted Sarasota, BooMobile, Christmas Carol Trolley: Letters to Santa, and Sunset Cabaret, Music & Craft Beer Tour. In 2022, 2023 and 2024, we were voted SRQ Magazines Platinum winner for BEST Local Tour Company.  In addition, Discover Sarasota Tours was recognized with a 2023 and 2024 Travelers Choice Award from TripAdvisor/Viator, voted Best of Florida Arts & Entertainment in 2022 and 2023, and was featured in a film produced by American Express as a leading American Small Business.   Tour tickets and information available online at DiscoverSarasotaTours.com or by calling 941-260-9818. For Groups, email info@DiscoverSarasotaTours.com.