Please note… event details can change at the last minute, so please confirm all information before attending.
Also.. for any event that did not supply an end time, the end times are defaulted to 2 hours after the event begins. The actual event may last longer, so please plan accordingly.
Like the popular TV show, The Salvation Army’s MOST AMAZING Race gives teams of two an all-access pass as they race around Fort Myers. Teams follow clues to reach checkpoints, where they complete a task before moving on to the next location.The tasks can be mental, like assembling a gas pipeline, or physical, like performing a choreographed dance. Sometimes tasks are downright thrilling, like jumping off a 10-meter diving platform. Others are just plain fun, like bouncing across a field inside a giant inflatable ball. The team that finishes first will win the $2,500 Grand prize!
FREE Chalk Art Drawing in the Parking Lot
FREE Wildlife Artist Nancy Tome Painting Demo
FREE Santiva Chronicle Dress-Up Photo Booth
ALL DAY: 10% off select art items in the Refuge Nature Store
7:30am-6:30pm FREE admission to Wildlife Drive; look for Plein-Air Artists.
9am FREE art kits for first 100 kids
10am, 11:30am, 1pm, and 2:30pm 25% OFF Narrated TBE Wildlife Drive Tram Tours*
10am-12noon 25% OFF Commodore Creek Paddle, TBE*
10-11:30am FREE Face-Painting, EC
10am-12noon Low Tide Paddling Tour, TBE*
Ongoing 11am-1pm FREE Meet the Blue Goose for chances at prizes, EC
11am Dave Horton Personalized Wildlife Cartoons for first 50 guests
11am-12:30pm 25% OFF Sea Life & Nature Cruise, TBE*
11:30am-12:30pm Conservation Cartoon Awards, EC Auditorium
12:30-1pm “Ding” Darling Days Nature Photography Contest Awards, EC Classroom
1-3pm Meet the Champs: Winning Duck Stamp Artists; Junior Duck Stamp (JDS) Awards, EC Auditorium
Meet and greet with current Federal Duck Stamp winner Bob Hautman plus Federal JDS winner Rayen King and State JDS winner Anna Grace Swanson
(1:45pm Intermission: snacks and duck stamp signing)
1-3pm 25% OFF Commodore Creek Paddle, TBE*
1:30-3pm 25% OFF Sea Life & Nature Cruise, TBE*
5-7pm 25% OFF Evening Sea Life & Nature Cruise, TBE*
Choice of FREE Activities:
3-4pm Make & Take Nature Portrait (limited to first 25 children who sign up that day), EC Classroom
3-5pm Nature Sketching at the Wildlife Education Boardwalk with artist Nancy Tome, free journals and charcoal pencils for first 25 participants, meet at flagpole
https://www.dingdarlingsociety.org/articles/ding-days-calendar
The Coastal Cleanup is the only cleanup where trash is collected and recorded. The data cards are then sent to the Ocean Conservancy where the information is used in the development of new environmental protection acts and change the behaviors that cause marine debris in the first place. The data cards are designed to have groups of 4 working together, 3 to collect litter and debris and 1 to record the findings. Latex gloves will be handed out, however some of the marine debris will be rough so please feel free to bring work gloves.
The annual cleanup is organized nationally by The Ocean Conservancy, and is coordinated locally by Keep Lee County Beautiful, Inc. (KLCB) and SCCF.
The 2 goals of the cleanup are to remove unsightly and environmentally harmful debris from Florida’s coastlines and raise awareness about this preventable litter problem. Litter poses a threat to wildlife – plastic bags are mistaken for jellyfish and eaten by sea turtles. Lost and discarded fishing tackle is eaten by birds and becomes an entangling death trap to many types of animal life.
Every Saturday and Sunday in October!
9am-5pm
Free admission and parking!
Save the dates! More information coming soon!
Southern Fresh Farms will be hosting their 4th annual Fall Festival! There will be hayrides, a petting zoo with the original farm animals, vendors, photo opportunities, music and a pumpkin patch!
*This festival will occur every Saturday and Sunday in October. Here are links for the other weekends:
-October 6th and 7th: https://www.facebook.com/events/475637116219301
-October 13th and 14th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/426004967912655
-October 27th and 28th:
https://www.facebook.com/events/2125649734380285
Interested vendors, please email for more information:
TiffVergowven@Gmail.com
3 Day Event!
-Friday, October 12th – Sunday, October 14th, 2018
9am-5pm
Free admission and parking!
Fleamasters Fleamarket in Fort Myers will be hosting their annual Pumpkin’ Palooza Great Pumpkin Festival! This event is 3 days of live music and family-friendly Halloween fall fun. Come celebrate the fall harvest season and pick out a pumpkin from the Great Pumpkin Patch to decorate and take home, listen to live music and be sure to come and see the Whispering Pines Clydesdales.
For more information, please call: (239) 334-7001
http://fleamall.com/_pages/pumpkin.html
Artists showing/selling their different art medium. Wonderful event to support your local artists. Enjoy the day and meet new people. Paint some graffiti on the Lee County Arts Center, Inc. as a remembrance of the days event.
In partnership with Guillette Group with Premiere Plus Realty , come join us in a fun morning of trick or treating for the kids. We have partnered with numerous local businesses to bring this very special event to you!
Kids should come dressed up and ready to participate in a trunk or treat, followed by a character parade every 1/2 hour. Jack Skellington will be with us for pictures with the kiddos!
We ask that you reserve a ticket for the time you will attend so we know how many children to prepare for (tickets for the kids only.
A special thanks to all our partners that are helping to pull this special event together (we still have a few more spaces available if you are interested in participating with a decorated trunk).
Chad the Handyman Dr Green Chiropractor care Vivie Boutique Ken Wilson WOB Eatery by Ryan Beef O Brady’s Estero Subtle & Chic Riverchase Dermatology Nothwestern Mutual Boys & Girls Club SWFL Gymnastics World Goosehead Insurance Haze Venue The Golf Guys CSK Attorneys Amanda McDonough Photography
Saturday, October 13th ,2018
3pm-7pm
Admission:
-$35 per person, includes unlimited tastings of ales, lagers, pilsners and stouts served in keepsake mini-mugs.
http://members.fortmyers.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1178
BELL TOWER SHOPS and the Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commercewill be hosting the first ever Pumpkin Fest Craft Beer event which will feature 40+ craft beers ranging from hyper local to regional. The name is a combination of pumpkins, which will be a key visual element at the event, and Oktoberfest, an annual celebration of beer, fall and family fun! Entertainment will be provided by DJ Carlos and Way Too Tall Torrie, a stilt walker and balloon artist, Face Painting by America. WPUR Cat Country 107.3 will host Mike Tyler who will operate a live remote at the event.
Craft brewers confirmed for Pumptober-Fest include:
Barrel of Monks Brewery (Boca Raton),
Big Storm Brewing Co. (Cape Coral),
Big Top Brewing Company (Sarasota),
Blue Point Brewing Company (Patchogue, N.Y.),
Bury Me Brewing (Fort Myers),
Coppertail Brewing Co. (Tampa),
Due South (Boynton Beach),
Elysian Brewing Company (Seattle, Wash.),
Fat Point Brewing (Punta Gorda),
Florida Avenue Brewing Co. (Tampa),
Founders Brewing Company (Grand Rapids, Mich.),
Funky Buddha Brewery (Oakland Park),
Green Bench Brewing Company (St. Petersburg),
Islamorada Beer Company (Islamorada),
Kona Brewing Co. (Kona, Hawaii),
Millennial Brewing Company (Fort Myers),
Motorworks Brewing (Bradenton),
Old Soul Brewing (Fort Myers),
Scotty’s Bierwerks (Cape Coral),
Southern Tier Brewing Company (Charlotte, N.C.),
Shipyard Brewing Co. (Portland, Maine),
Swamp Head Brewery (Gainesville),
Tampa Bay Brewing Company (Tampa),
3 Daughters Brewing (St. Petersburg)
For more information, please call: (239) 332-3624, or email: info@fortmyers.org
https://www.facebook.com/events/492370377905825/
Saturday, October 13th, 2018
4pm-7:30pm
Free admission with a canned food donation.
-$5 per person for wristbands for the hayrides, bounce house and inflatables.
(Presale price is $4 per person for the wristbands during the pumpkin patch from October 7th to the 12th.)
https://www.fpcfl.org/pumpkin/
Faith Presbyterian Church in Cape Coral will be hosting their annual Pumpkin Festival that includes music, crafts, games, bounce houses*, facepainting, hayrides*, a blacklight puppet show and pumpkins! Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Their pumpkin patch will be selling pumpkins from October 7th – 31st, 10am-8pm. Pre-sale wristbands for the festival will be available for purchase from October 7th – 12th at the patch..
Email Nancy Exline, Director of Children and Youth Ministries at : nancy@fpcfl.org
This is the City’s Official Cape Coral Bike Night Event Page!
Join us as we kick off yet another season of Cape Bike Night! Enjoy a night out with great entertainment, food, vendors, and motorcycles in the South Cape! The City of Cape Coral has been hosting Bike Night for over a decade! Whether you’re a hardcore biker or not, you’ll have a blast!
OCTOBER 13, 2018 LOCATION:
South Cape District – will be announced soon
ENTERTAINMENT SCHEDULE (no admission charge):
Opener TBD
QUIET RIOT headlining
Thank you to our sponsors: Associates & Bruce L. Scheiner, 96K Rock, Six Bends Harley Davidson, Achieva Credit Union, The Westin Cape Coral, Brent’s Music & Sound, Red Headed Witches, Jason’s Deli, Lightning Wireless Solutions, Hooters, Hampton Inn & Suites & Dolphin Key Resort