UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
HAIG YAGHOOBIAN, has a full schedule of solo piano performances coming up. Here are just two of his engagements in this new year— He is featured in a very special "Classical Connections" concert also with Rick Aaron (flute) and Vladimir Petrov (violin) in a Benefit for the Sun City Center Building Fund on Sunday, January 18, 2026, 3:00 to 6:00 pm followed by a Reception to Meet the Artists. Location is Sun City Center South Campus Community Hall at 1910 S. Pebble Beach Blvd., Sun City, Center, FL 33573. For tickets, email .
And, on Friday, March 1, 2026, 11:00am-12:30pm, HAIG will perform in the Friday Morning Musicale: A Chamber Music Concert. Joining HAIG are Vladimir Petrov on violin and Hermann Berndt on cello. Location is 809 Horatio Street, Tampa, FL. For more information, please contact or to see a full calendar of performing dates, visit his website, www.haigyaghoobian.com.
CARYN JOHNSON and SUSAN BOUDREAUX will perform with the specialty song and dance troupe, "Silver Foxes." Performances are March 11-15. Tickets are available from Venice Theatre, online or by phone.
CONTINUING
BETSY BULLIS is at the piano with the nineteen-piece jazz ensemble, the “Suncoast Swing Band,” every Wednesday, 11:30 - 2 pm, at Englewood ELKS Lodge 2378. The Elks is located at 401 North Indiana Avenue, Englewood, FL 34223. Reservations are not required. Food and drink are available for purchase. If you enjoyed this incredibly talented band when they were at Snook Haven, you'll be delighted to know you can hear them again every Wednesday afternoon at the Elks!
Thanks to LEE HALL, our Facebook page continues! She created it and diligently maintains it for us! (Thank you, Lee!) We welcome you to Like or Follow us at Venice Musicale on FB, and to tell your friends about us!! Lee has published her first book of poetry, Thirty-Six Poems That Rhyme and Five That Don’t. This book is different because almost every poem has a watercolor drawing that goes with it—paintings by her friend, Ruthie Gipe. Her book in the “Writers at Work” category was a winner in the Florida Writers Association Collection Contest 2019. For more information, contact Lee at .
MIRIAM NIGHTINGALE continues to enjoy Karaoke at several of the places around town that offer that joyful singing opportunity--Carney's on Monday nights; Allegro Cafe on Wednesdays; the Venice Moose Lodge offers it on Wednesday; Venice VFW on Thursdays; and, Englewood Moose, on Sundays. Moose lodges are private clubs, so if you'd like to go with Miriam (who is a member!), contact her for more specifics at and join in the fun!
