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

Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival

Marco Island Seafood & Music Festival Peace River National Art Festival, Punta Gorda

MARCH–APRIL

Sarasota Film Festival

APRIL

De Soto Heritage Festival, Bradenton De Soto Seafood Festival, Bradenton Shark’s Tooth Festival, Venice

APRIL–MAY

Stay in May Festival, Naples

MAY

Blues, Brews and BBQ, Anna Maria Island Harvey Milk Festival, Sarasota

JUNE

Sarasota Music Festival Spammy Jammy, Goodland

JUNE–JULY

Suncoast Powerboat Grand Prix, Sarasota

SEPTEMBER

Island Hopper Songwriter Fest, Fort Myers Beach and Captiva Island

OCTOBER

“Ding” Darling Days, Sanibel Island

Naples International Film Festival

Ringling International Arts Festival, Sarasota Sarasota Pride Festival

Stone Crab Festival, Naples

NOVEMBER

American Sand Sculpting Championship,

Fort Myers Beach

Florida Panther Festival, Naples

Sarasota Chalk Festival, Venice

DECEMBER

Bradenton Blues Festival