Beach Wedding Venues in Sarasota & Bradenton
Sand-aisle ceremonies, sunset receptions, and the kind of unforced romance that makes guests forget the heat, paired with the Sarasota–Bradenton setting. We've cataloged 6 beach venues in Sarasota–Bradenton. Pricing varies between venues. Each listing includes a verified photo gallery and direct contact details. Use the multi-quote form to send your wedding details to several venues at once — most respond within 24-48 hours.
Beach venues in Sarasota–Bradenton6 venues
Anna Maria Island Inn
A small beachfront inn offering two outdoor wedding spaces directly on Anna Maria Island: the Seaside Beachfront on the sugar sand and the Pelican Post pool and green space. The inn provides personalized event coordination and on-site guest accommodations across multiple cottage-style properties.
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Bali Hai Beach Resort
A two-acre independently operated beachfront resort in Holmes Beach with 300 feet of private Gulf-front sand, offering wedding ceremonies in a palm-lined courtyard beside the pool or directly on the beach. Bookings often involve a partial resort buyout, so couples have access to on-site lodging and grounds for a private destination feel.
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Beach House Waterfront Restaurant
A Gulf-front independent restaurant on Bradenton Beach whose Sunset Deck wedding space sits directly on the sand with one of the largest gulf-front decks on Florida's west coast. The venue offers ceremony and reception flexibility across beach, deck, and indoor areas with in-house culinary and planning support.
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Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub
An Old Florida dockside restaurant on the bayside of north Longboat Key, set under century-old buttonwood trees with a private dock on Sarasota Bay. Event spaces include the Marina Lawn for ceremonies with a sea-grape backdrop and the covered Bayview Deck for receptions, with the kitchen handling in-house catering of locally sourced seafood.
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Sandbar Restaurant
An independent waterfront restaurant on the north end of Anna Maria Island offering beach ceremonies under an arbor on the sand and receptions in The Grand Pavilion, a covered open-air space with a dance floor. On-site coordinators handle dinner service and event details against a Gulf sunset backdrop.
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The Sunset by Gulf Drive Cafe
A waterfront tiki-hut wedding venue at the south end of Anna Maria Island attached to Gulf Drive Cafe, with the larger Sunset Tiki, the smaller Seaside Tiki, and Seastar Sands private beach featuring seven miniature tiki huts. The venue offers ceremony, reception, decor, and catering packages with toes-in-the-sand dancing and Gulf sunset views.
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