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