Ringling International Arts Festival | October 2011


Brooklyn Rider, scheduled to appear in Sarasota for the festival, made an appearance on the radio station 104.1 FM in Orlando on October 11, 2010. See more video from that live performance here.


The 3rd Annual Ringling International Arts Festival (Official Website) is October 11-16, 2011 at the Ringling Center for the Arts (5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, FL 34243). Back for a 3rd year, the five day event is presented by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts Center of New York. Premiering in the theaters, galleries and gardens of the 66-acre, multi-venue Ringling Center for the Arts on beautiful Sarasota Bay in Florida, RIAF features the BAC's commitment to presenting artists at the forefront of their fields in music, dance and theater.

Admission includes daily entry to the Museum of Art, Circus Museum, and Ca' d'Zan plus lectures, tours and performances created especially for RIAF including In the Galleries, In the Studios, Jazz Sunsets, Festival Forum, Family FunFest, and the Sunday sARTée Soiree. Stroll along the gardens and waterfront, delight in casual and fine dining, and tour the campus that is the legacy of John and Mable Ringling.