ANNUAL EVENTS
JANUARY
Forks & Corks Food & Wine Festival, Sarasota Mullet Festival, Goodland
FEBRUARY
Bradenton Area River Regatta
Cortez Fishing Festival
Edison Festival of Light, Fort Myers Everglades Seafood Festival, Everglades City Swamp Cabbage Festival, Labelle
MARCH
Clewiston Sugar Festival
De Soto Seafood Festival, Bradenton
Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival
Marco Island Seafood & Music Festival Peace River National Art Festival, Punta Gorda
APRIL
De Soto Heritage Festival, Bradenton Sarasota Film Festival
Shark’s Tooth Festival, Venice
APRIL–MAY
Harvey Milk Festival, Sarasota Stay in May Festival, Naples
MAY
Blues, Brews and BBQ, Anna Maria Island
JUNE
Sarasota Music Festival Spammy Jammy, Goodland
JUNE—JULY
Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix, Sarasota
SEPTEMBER—OCTOBER
Island Hopper Songwriter Fest, Fort Myers Beach and Captiva Island
OCTOBER
“Ding” Darling Days, Sanibel Island
Ringling International Arts Festival, Sarasota Sarasota Pride Festival
Stone Crab Festival, Naples
NOVEMBER
American Sandsculpting Championship,
Fort Myers Beach
Florida Panther Festival, Naples
Naples International Film Festival
Old Florida Festival, Naples
Sarasota Chalk Festival, Venice Symphony on the Sand, Longboat Key
DECEMBER
Bradenton Blues Festival Holiday Nights, Fort Myers