Parking was easy. You can tell how much live and work went into this festival-everyone very…read morefriendly and wishing to share details of the their heritage. The food was authentic and tasty!! Will be going again next year!!

We had a great time at the Hungarian Festival in Sarasota state Fairgrounds! The Hungarian festival…read morefeatures Tons of big named musicians flown in from Hungary! My favorite was Animal Canibals, the Hungarian rap group! The festival featured about 4 rows of venders under tents offering a wide range of Hungarian foods and various other Hungarian products. The festival had a huge tent where all the musicians performed with plenty of seating in the shade with fans. The lines were not bad at all to get food, drinks, or go to the bathroom. They had a ton of cool games including this hamster ball through a maze, bubble boy on water, ride the shark, tree house slide, trampoline super jump, an inflatable maze, archery, and some lego games for the kids. I was To drink, I was A little disappointed there was no Hungarian beer but there was plenty of German and Czechoslovakian beer. I really liked the shirts the festival workers had on featuring a large Hungarian crest but I was disappointed they didn't sell it in black. To eat, We had chicken paprikas, beef stew, mashed potatoes, szekey kaposzta, Langos, cremes torta, raspberry tekercs. All of them tasted great, authentic, and just like grandma makes! This festival is the closest I've gotten to Hungary since 2009 so it was nice ! I look forward to visiting next year!

I was very excited when I found out about this event and was looking forward to attend. This review…read moreis only about the Balloon Festival Grounds event as this Festival is part of a four day event filled with different options. As we arrived we noticed that it was very empty and with such a large location it's hard to go unnoticed. A few food trucks and jazz music were the main attractions. We decided to do the wine tasting and so glad we since there was not much to do otherwise. The wine tasting (sip & soar) was composed of 6 wines that you select from several options. Some of the options widely available at your grocery store. If you decide to ride a Balloon you must by a ticket and arrive early and perhaps that would have been the best of the Festival. I would like to try one of the other events like the Glow dinner in the future.

Came back this year to celebrate the holidays at UTC. We…read moredecided to watch and Holiday movie under the stars which was how the Grinch stole Christmas. Parking was a bit tricky we had to park on the opposite side and walk over. And then, of course it took some time to find a spot on the grass to sit and watch the movie. We got there a little before the movie started so if you plan to go just get there early for better seating. The quality of the movie was good and so was the audio. We decided to get pizza from blaze for dinner to enjoy while we watched the movie. It was a really good time. After the movie was over, we brought all our stuff back to the car and walked around a bit to check out the Christmas trees and also view the Christmas lights. They do such a fantastic job every year it gets better and better.

UTC in Sarasota festival of lights is really an awesome light show synchronized with music. It runs…read morethroughout the Christmas season. We were only there for the light show today. On some Friday's they have a firework display at 9:00 pm. I highly recommend you checking out all the events UTC has for the Christmas season.

This Sand sculpture festival was okay compared to last years. Last years had a Margaritaville…read moresponsor. It seemed as if the sand sculptures were smaller this year. The music stage was smaller as well. Either way I enjoy sand sculptures and the many tropical vendors they have. The weekend this was going on was extremely windy and cloudy, but the crowd did not seem smaller at all whatsoever.

sadly, the rain washed out most of the sand sculptures. very few are up. bmBe prepared to walk…read morethrough water to the sculptures & vendors.

My family and I stopped her on our way from the central Florida to SW Florida. It's a small,…read morelocally owned winery. The space is beautiful. They have a large outdoor area with a playground for kids and lots of tables. There is a small bar inside, and they are renovating more interior space for additional seating for the hot summer months. The wines are overall pretty tasty. They only grow muscadine grapes on the property and import other grapes from California and elsewhere. They have a selection of drier wines all the way to the sweet fruit wines. They also offer wine sorbets. My husband and I each got a wine flight of 4 wines for $18. I forgot how big the pours were but they were a decent size. They also offer wine tasting experience of 6 wines, smaller pours, that lasts 45 minutes. They have a small section of food. We got the pimento cheese and crackers, the cheese was delicious. They also had popsicles and ice cream, which my kids enjoyed. We got three bottles of wine to take home with us! We love supporting our Florida wineries! Also, our bartender Shelley was fantastic! Very personable and knowledgeable.

Nice location, glad they have music on the weekends. Wine tasting was $18.79 for 4 tastings!…read more Pretty pricey for mediocre wine. We enjoyed sitting outdoors so that was nice but for the prices - no way would I go back. Too bad...this place has a beautiful outdoors & I like that they are having music but the prices they are charging do not make it worth it for me to go back.....