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.
Come stroll around the Historic River District while sounds of local musicians fill the air around First Street. Every 3rd Friday from 6-10pm. Stay tuned for special themes during each event!
For Bacon Jam, each vendor must create at least 1 item with the main ingredient being BACON! Bacon Jam is a family-friendly event featuring live local musical entertainment along with plenty of food trucks and restaurants offering delicious food. We offer alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and a free kids area.
This event is held annually in beautiful Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers from 11am to 6pm. Come spend the day in the park with your family with great music and food.
Admission is $10 for ages 3 and up.
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GulfShore Mustang Club of SWFL presents the 8th Annual Stangs vs. Vettes, Head to Head Challenge. Most Cars Win! $2000.00 in cash prizes. $1,000.00 to the host club with the most cars (Mustangs or Corvettes), $500.00 to the 2nd place host club (Mustangs or Corvettes) & 2 additional $250.00 cash prizes for club participation for one Mustang Club & one Corvette Club.
The Mustang Club and the Corvette Club with the most club participation in 2020 will have host club status for 9th Annual Stangs vs. Vettes in 2021 presented by GulfShore Mustang Club.
Gates Open at 10:00 AM, No Exceptions
Don’t miss the Southwest Florida Bridal Show! January 19, 2019 at Suncoast Credit Union Arena at Florida Southwestern State College!! Doors Open at 1:00 pm.
This is the FREE bridal event that helps you create the wedding of your dreams! Meet with the area professionals in the bridal industry! Enjoy a professional bridal fashion show!
For more information on attending or participating drop us a Facebook message or email bridal@iheartmedia.com.
This event is a production of iHeartMedia of Fort Myers.
Venue opens at 5:30pm for cocktails and dinner in our front room**
Theater doors open at 6pm, dinner service begins for all table and countertop seating
Opening artist begins at 7pm
Headliner begins at 8pm
If a ticket is purchased for a table seat (including counter tops), each seat must purchase a minimum $15 of food. If the $15 minimum food purchase is not met, the remaining balance may be charged to the customer. Please note: Dinner is not included in ticket price.
**If you have a general admission ticket and make a reservation for dinner in our front room at least one day before the event, we will reserve a seat for you on the day of show.
Dinner service is available in our front room beginning at 5:30pm by reservation. Regular dinner service for table seating ticket holders begins in the theater at 6pm.
NO REFUNDS | ALL SALES FINAL.
Are you a poet looking for a stage? Share your original work against a backdrop of local art at our Poetry Open Mic Night. Fill our gallery with your rhythm and words during an evening designed to bring together different generations, styles and approaches to poetry.
Gather, socialize, share ideas and meet new people. All ages are welcome, but we remind you that our poetry events are uncensored.
Open Mic events are free to attend. A $5 suggested donation helps keep Alliance programming affordable and accessible.
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Save the date for Open Mic Nights: July 31, 2019 • October 16, 2019 • January 22, 2020 • April 8, 2020.
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Our popular Small Stage Symphonies series opens with “Stradi-Various” – featuring Gilles Apap and Caroline Sikuta playing the Bach Double Violin Concerto. Performed in three locations – Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center on January 22, Shell Point Village Church on January 23, and Faith Presbyterian Church on January 24.
Nir Kabaretti, conductor
Gilles Apap, Violin
Caroline Sikuta, Violin, 2018 Concerto Competition Winner
Program:
Bach: Double Violin Concerto
Dust off your tartan and plan to join your family and friends at the 17th Annual Caloosahatchee Celtic Festival at Centennial Park, Downtown Fort Myers.
Friday Night, January 24th is the Kick-Off Party from 5:00 to 10:00pm
Enjoy traditional Celtic food, drink and merchandise along with performances by your favorite bands!
Listen in at the Jacobite Encampment as they talk a little treason and the sounds of the all-female “Blue Skye Pipes and Drums” — the nation’s only all-female pipe and drum corps. One of Southwest Florida’s favorites “West of Galway” is up next, followed by Ireland’s own “Screaming Orphans” and Scottish sensation; “Albannach” and the international supergroup Rathkeltair, rounds out the evening.
The Festival continues on Saturday, January 25th at Centennial Park from 11:00am to 10:00pm.
Albannach, Rathkeltair, and Screaming Orphans are three of the most sought-after bands on the Celtic circuit. Marcille Wallis & Friends and House of Hamill bring a unique blend of music and dance from Scotland and Ireland. Be sure to catch the performance by the Kellyn Irish Dancers! Vote for your favorite in a very unique Car Show presented by the British Car Club of SW Florida
Friday night admission $5.
Saturday admission $12.
2-Day Festival Pass $15
Children under 12 Free – with paying adult
Bring your chairs & blankets but please NO coolers or dogs.
For more information please call 239-321-7530 or 941-625-8544.
The Gaither Vocal band is coming on their Good Things Take Time Spring 2020 Tour to Fort Myers, FL on January 24th. They will be at First Assembly of God so go ahead and make your plans to join us for a special night of worship with the legendary Gaither Vocal band!
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The Chamber Music Series culminates in an incredible performance by some of the most celebrated musicians in the genre. Trio Gaspard invites audiences to take part in an unforgettable evening of live classical music.
Featuring
Violin: Jonian Ilias Kadesha
Cello: Vashti Hunter
Piano: Nicholas Rimmer
“A truly refreshing performance! Richly coloured, honest, full of joy and with good agogics! This trio belongs to another league!”
(Ensemble Magazine)
“Trio Gaspard has excellent credentials and immediately found its way into the heart of the audience.”
(L’Arena, Verona)
Founded in 2010, Trio Gaspard is one of the most sought-after piano trios of its generation, praised for their unique and fresh approach to the score.
Trio Gaspard is invited to perform regularly at major international concert halls, such as Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Grafenegg Castle Austria, Salle Molière Lyon, NDR Rolf-Liebermann Hall, Hamburg and Shanghai Symphony Hall as well as making appearances at festivals such as Heidelberger Frühling, Mantua Chamber Music Festival, and PODIUM Festival Esslingen. Important engagements in the next seasons include recitals in Belfast, Trieste, Naples, Bern, Heidelberg as well as in Berlin’s new ‘Pierre Boulez’ Hall.
Trio Gaspard are winners of three major international competitions since their inception. They won first prizes and special prizes at the International Joseph Joachim Chamber Music Competition in Weimar, the 5th International Haydn Chamber Music Competition in Vienna and the 17th International Chamber Music Competition in Illzach, France. In 2012 they were awarded the ”Wiener Klassik” Preis der Stadt Baden in Austria.
As well as exploring and championing the traditional piano trio repertoire, Trio Gaspard works regularly with contemporary composers and is keen to discover seldom-played masterpieces.
Trio Gaspard, whose members hail from Germany, Greece and the UK, has worked regularly with the co-founding member of the Alban Berg Quartet, Hatto Beyerle. They also studied at the European Chamber Music Academy, where they worked with Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet), Ferenc Rados, Avedis Kouyoumdjian, Jérôme Pernoo and Peter Cropper (Lindsay Quartet). The trio has already garnered their own teaching experience, giving masterclasses at Kyung-Hee University Seoul and as resident piano trio of Shanghai Chamber Music Festival 2016, where they taught talented young ensembles and sat on the jury of China’s national chamber music competition. Future masterclass engagements include a residency at Dartington International Summer School in the UK and at Belfast International Arts Festival. More recently, Trio Gaspard is delighted to have been awarded a fellowship from the Royal Northern College of Music, where they will be teaching young ensembles from September 2017.
All three members are successful soloists in their own right and continue to pursue their solo careers, giving recitals and performing concertos in prestigious venues including the Tonhalle Zürich, Megaron Music Hall Athens, Teatro Verdi di Firenze, Konzerthaus Vienna, Berlin Philharmonie, Rudolfinium Hall Prague and Royal Festival Hall London. They are prize winners at international competitions including the ‘Prague Spring’ Cello competition, the Leopold Mozart Violin Competition, the ‘Deutscher Musikwettbewerb’ and the Parkhouse Award London. The members of Trio Gaspard have also performed individually with other chamber groups, collaborating with eminent artists such as Steven Isserlis, Gidon Kremer, Kim Kashkashian, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich, Vilde Frang, Pekka Kuusisto, Kit Armstrong, Nils Mönkemeyer and the Quartetto di Cremona.
Doors open 7pm for cocktails | Performance 8pm
Tickets $40 in Advance |$45 Day Of
Series Tickets 5 concerts in the Chamber series – $175
For Tickets call 239-333-1933 or sbdac.com