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What’s happening in Southwest Florida
Southwest Florida’s agricultural communities mean a wealth of food festivals. In January, visit the Goodland Mullet Festival, held the weekend before the Super Bowl, (800) 788-6272; in February, the Everglades City Seafood Festival, (941) 695-3941; the Lakeport Sour Orange Festival, (941) 946-0440; the Ortona Cane Grinding Festival, (941) 946-0440; and the LaBelle Swamp Cabbage Festival, (863) 675-0125; in March, the Bonita Tomato Seafood Festival, (941) 334-7007; the Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival, (941) 458-8987; the Placida Seafood Festival, (941) 697-2451; in April, the Naples Seafood Festival; in May, the Arcadia Watermelon Fest, (941) 494-9500; and the Brown Sugar Festival in Harlem, followed one week later by the Clewiston Sugar Festival, (863) 983-7979… The Marco Island Film Festival is held each October, (941) 642-3378… At Don Pedro Island State Recreation Area near Cape Haze in June, try a Turtle Walk, (941) 964-0375… Wade through sloughs on Swamp Walks offered in January and February at Fakahatchee State Preserve in Copeland, (941) 695-4593… The Edison Festival of Light commemorates Fort Myers winter resident Thomas Edison’s birthday with three weeks of events in January and February, (941) 334-2999… In Moore Haven, Chalo Nitka—“Day of the Big Bass”—is held in March, (941) 946-0440… Each March, the annual Sarasota Jazz Festival serves a week of jazz fun, (941) 366-1552…Northeast of Bradenton, Gamble Plantation State Historic Site, the only remaining antebellum mansion in South Florida, celebrates its open house in March, (941) 723-4536… See antique engines at the annual Florida Fly Wheelers held in mid-March at Koreshan State Historic Park in Estero, (941) 992-0311… In June, visit the International Hemingway Festival in Sanibel, (800) 916-9727. |
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