September 11, 2025 The Sun Bay Paper Page 8 2025 annual festivals and event Wet walk at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve, Fort Myers Schedule runs now through Oct. 25. sloughpreserve.org/wet-walk-season-2025 Island Hopper Songwriter Fest Sept. 19-28 island-hopperfest.com Edison and Ford Winter Estates Fall Festival, Fort Myers Oct. 18 edisonfordwinterestates.org 40th Cape Coral Oktoberfest Oct. 17-19 and 24-26 German-American Social Club capecoraloktoberfest.com Sanibel Island Writers Conference November tba Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers fgcu.edu/siwc BIG ARTS 2024 Film Festival, Sanibel Island Nov. 14-15 bigarts.org/event/inaugural-fall-film-festival 35th annual American Sand Sculpting Championship, Fort Myers Beach Nov. 20-24 fmbsandsculpting.com Cape Coral Holiday Boat-a-Long Dec. 20 Bimini Basin capecoral.gov/department/parks_and_recreationhome/ Holiday Nights on the Lawn, Cape Coral Cape Coral City Hall Nov. 28 and 29 capecoral.gov/department/parks_and_recreationhome/ Edison and Ford Winter Estates Autumn Garden Festival, Fort Myers Nov. 22-23 edisonfordwinterestates.org Edison and Ford Winter Estates Holiday Nights, Fort Myers 50th anniversary Nov. 28-Jan. 4, 2026 edisonfordwinterestates.org 40th Sanibel Island Holiday Luminary Stroll Dec. 5 on Sanibel Island; Dec. 6 on Captiva Island sanibel-captiva.org Murder Mystery Dinner Train, “Holiday Havoc,” Fort Myers Dec. 22-24 semgulf.com/events Santa’s Dolphin and Wildlife and Christmas Eve Sunset Cruise Adventures in Paradise Dec. 24 (check times) adventureinparadiseinc.com/cruises/holiday-cruises 2026 annual festivals and events Fort Myers Seafood and Music Festival, downtown Fort Myers January tba paragonfestivals.com/festival/fort-myers-seafood-music-festival 41st annual Cape Coral Art Festival and Market Place Jan. 10-11 capecoralartfestival.com 34th Tour De Cape in Cape Coral January tba Rotary Park tourdecape.net ArtFest Fort Myers, downtown Fort Myers Feb. 6-8 artfestfortmyers.com Southwest Florida Ag Expo Feb. 26-March 8 Lee County Civic Center Complex swflagexpo.com 88th Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade, Fort Myers Feb. 21 edisonfestival.org Spring training Boston Red Sox February/March 2026 mlb.com/redsox/spring-training JetBlue Park, Fort Myers Minnesota Twins mlb.com/twins/spring-training February/March 2026 Lee Health Sports Complex/Hammond Stadium, Fort Myers 24th annual Burrowing Owl Festival, Cape Coral February tba Rotary Park Environmental Center Rotary Park ccfriendsofwildlife.org/burrowing-owl-festival-2 Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival March 7 fortmyersbeachshrimpfestival.com 27th annual Southwest Florida Reading Festival, Fort Myers March 7 Fort Myers Regional Library, downtown Fort Myers readfest.org CROW Taste of the Islands, Sanibel Island March tba tasteoftheislands.org Sanibel Shell Show, Fort Myers March tba Marriott Sanibel Harbour Resort sanibelshellclub.com/6306-2 89th annual Sanibel Shell Festival, Sanibel Island March tba Community House tinyurl.com/shellfest88 Fort Myers River Festival, downtown Fort Myers March tba paragonfestivals.com/festival/fort-myers-river-music-festival ECHO Global Food and Farm Festival, North Fort Myers March tba echonet.org/events/global-food-and-farmfestival 4th annual SWFLMural Fest, Fort Myers March tba artsembleunderground.com/swfl-muralfest 11th annual Bonita Springs Film Festival April tba Prado Stadium bonitaspringsfilmfestival.org “Ding” Darling Day Conservation Carnival, Fort Myers April tba Lakes Park dingdarlingday.com 14th annual “Ding” Darling & Doc Ford’s Tarpon Tournament, Sanibel Island May tba dingdarlingsociety.org/tarpon-tournament World’s Richest Tarpon Tournament, Boca Grande May tba bocagrandechamber.com/worlds-richest-tarpon-tournament 16th annual Fort Myers Film Festival May 14-18 fortmyersfilmfestival.com Alliance for the Arts, Fringe Fort Myers May tba artinlee.org/experience/fringe National Seashell Day June 20 visitfortmyers.com/national-seashell-day 30th annual MangoMania July 12 Winn Dixie Plaza, St. James City pineislandchamber.org/chamber-events/ mangomania What’s New around Fort Myers
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