🌴 Fort Myers Brief: June 22 - June 28

Major Events & Celebrations in Fort Myers

June 22, 2026

This is a stacked weekend after a quiet front half of the week. The single biggest draw on the calendar is the Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo, three days at the convention center with a 5.6K interested list, so plan around the downtown crowd if you are headed in Friday through Sunday. Thursday brings Vince Gill to Barbara B. Mann, Friday night Everclear plays The Ranch, and the Mighty Mussels run a full homestand at Hammond Stadium with $5 tickets and a different promo every night. Saturday is the busy one: paint and sip at Smoke & Paint, a dachshund party at Millennial, goat yoga, and a half-dozen live sets around town. The kids have camps and VBS all week, and Sunday closes out with puppy yoga and a Kid's Day at the ballpark. Here is what is worth getting off the couch for.

We recommend confirming with event hosts for complete details and current schedules.

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🎵 Music & Entertainment

🎸 Vince Gill: 50 Years From Home Tour
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall, Fort Myers, FL
🎤 Details: 71 interested, 8 going. The country hall-of-famer brings five decades of songs to the Mann for one night. The kind of ticket you buy your dad and end up loving more than he does.

🎫 Everclear at The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon
📅 Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon, Fort Myers, FL
🎶 Details: The 90s alt-rock staple plays the Ranch, which means a loud, sing-every-word kind of room. Bring the people who still know all of Sparkle and Fade.

🎵 Ryan Montgomery: Ride Around Tour 2026
📅 Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 2158 Colonial Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🤠 Details: 107 interested, 17 going. A country tour stop with a real following already lining up. Get there early if you want to be anywhere near the front.

🤘 DONEFOR and We're Wolves: Beasts Of The East
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: The Ranch Concert Hall & Saloon, Fort Myers, FL
🔊 Details: 69 interested, 22 going. A heavier double bill at the Ranch for the crowd that wants its Saturday loud. More going than the casual room, which usually means a real one.

🎸 Except You, Defrauded, TV Extra and Gutterlove at Stellar Records
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 4206 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🎚️ Details: 28 interested. A four-band local punk and hardcore night at the record shop. Cheap door, sweaty room, exactly what an all-ages basement show should feel like.

🎶 The Family Band Jackson at Timber Creek
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Timber Creek, Fort Myers, FL
🎻 Details: An easygoing early-evening set out at Timber Creek. Good for an unhurried Saturday with a drink and no plans after.

🎤 Ian Kelley at Bay Street Yard
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 PM
📍 Location: 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL
🍻 Details: A late set at the Bay Street patio to close out the night. Open air, cold drinks, the easy downtown landing spot after dinner.

📻 Gator Country 101.9 Live at Downtown Social House
📅 Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Downtown Social House, Fort Myers, FL
🤠 Details: The country station takes over downtown for a live midweek broadcast. Drinks, giveaways, and a crowd that knows every chorus.

🕯️ Fort Myers: Concerts by Candlelight
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Fort Myers, FL
🎻 Details: Classical and pop favorites played by candlelight. The quietest, most romantic ticket of the week.

😂 SWFL Stand-Up Comedy Studio
📅 Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 2161 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
🎤 Details: The reliable Monday open mic for local stand-up. Cheap night out, a few real laughs, a lot of trying.

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🍽️ Food & Drink Events

🍺 Tap-It Tuezday Release: Oreo Porter
📅 Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:30 PM
📍 Location: 2161 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
🍪 Details: A fresh small-batch tap drops every Tuesday, and this week it is an Oreo Porter. Dessert in a glass, gone by the weekend, worth the midweek trip.

🍻 Free Beer Monday: A to Z at Tin Roof
📅 Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:30 PM
📍 Location: 2161 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
🍺 Details: Free beer flights every Monday afternoon. Show up early, the good pours go fast.

🌭 Macaroni and Cheese with Hot Dogs: Dachshund Party at Millennial
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30 PM
📍 Location: Millennial Brewing Co., Fort Myers, FL
🐶 Details: 82 interested, 10 going. Exactly what it says: mac and cheese, hot dogs, and a brewery full of wiener dogs. Bring yours, meet the others, the photos write themselves.

🧠 Empyrean Series Trivia
📅 Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 10 Twenty Five, Downtown Fort Myers
🎯 Details: 99 interested, 12 going. A sharper downtown trivia night with a real following. Build a team, claim a table early, the regulars do not mess around.

🍻 Know Nonsense Trivia at Point Ybel Downtown
📅 Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: 2180 W 1st St, Fort Myers, FL
🧩 Details: The other sharp downtown trivia night. Fresh beer, hard questions, a host who does not hand out the answers.

🧩 Wednesday Night Trivia at Tin Roof
📅 Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 2161 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
🍺 Details: General knowledge trivia to break up the week. Easy pace, cold beer, a low-stakes reason to leave the house on a Wednesday.

♟️ Pints and Pawns Chess Night at Millennial
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: 1811 Royal Palm Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🍺 Details: Boards out, beer in hand, all skill levels welcome. Bring your own set or borrow one, the regulars will happily wreck you.

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🎭 Arts & Theater

💉 Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo 2026
📅 Date: Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28, 2026
📍 Location: Caloosa Sound Convention Center, Fort Myers, FL
🖤 Details: 5.6K interested, 331 going. The single biggest event on the calendar this week by a mile. Three days of artists from across the country, live work all weekend, vendors, and contests. Come to watch or come to get something permanent.

🎭 RENT, Presented by Alliance Youth Theater
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🎟️ Details: The youth company takes on a big, beloved show. Worth the ticket to watch local kids go all in on material this ambitious.

🎨 Smoke and Paint
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 1926 Winkler Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🖌️ Details: 547 interested, 28 going. A paint and sip with a relaxed, no-pressure vibe and a real crowd already signed up. No skill needed, just show up and make a mess.

🪨 Sculpt Your Story: Air-Dry Clay Creations
📅 Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🎨 Details: Part of the Creative Recharge Restorative Art Series, a hands-on clay evening built to slow your week down. Everything supplied, no experience required.

☀️ Crushed Glass Sun Catchers
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Touch of Taz Esthetics, Fort Myers, FL
🪟 Details: 14 interested, only a few tickets left. Build a sun catcher from crushed glass and take it home the same night. Small class, hands-on, easy to make an evening of.

✍️ Writing Workshop at Blinking Owl Books
📅 Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 1342 Colonial Blvd, Unit C18, Fort Myers, FL
📖 Details: A midweek workshop for anyone with a notebook and a half-finished idea. Friendly room, real feedback, no need to call yourself a writer yet.

🦉 Blinking Owl Books' 5th Birthday Party
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM
📍 Location: 1342 Colonial Blvd, Unit C18, Fort Myers, FL
🎉 Details: 32 interested. The little indie bookstore turns five with a party for the regulars and anyone who should be one. Show up, buy a book, keep a good shop around.

🍫 Chocolate Making Workshop
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Fort Myers, FL
🍬 Details: A late-night hands-on chocolate class for the people who would rather make dessert than buy it. Bring a sweet tooth and a friend.

👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Friendly Activities

⚾ Fort Myers Mighty Mussels Homestand
📅 Date: Tuesday, June 23 through Sunday, June 28, 2026
📍 Location: Hammond Stadium, 14400 Six Mile Cypress Pkwy, Fort Myers, FL
🎟️ Details: A full week of minor league baseball with $5 general admission and a different promo nightly, from Turn 2'sday deals on Tuesday to Sunday Kid's Days. Cheap seats, cheap food, the easiest family night out in town.

🦸 Meet Supergirl at Bell Tower
📅 Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Bell Tower 20 Regal Cinemas, Fort Myers, FL
🎬 Details: 7 interested, 3 going. A meet and greet for the little superhero fans at the Bell Tower theater. Costumes encouraged, photos basically required.

🐐 Goat Snuggling with Marsala the Highland Calf
📅 Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: 13151 Pinto Lane, Fort Myers, FL
🤍 Details: Pull up a seat, hold a baby goat, leave a calmer person. The slow Monday morning farm reset.

🧘 Goat Yoga with Marsala the Highland Calf
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: 13151 Pinto Lane, Fort Myers, FL
🐐 Details: Yoga mats, goats climbing on you mid-pose, and the tiny Highland calf along for the class. Worth it for the photos alone.

🐶 Puppy Yoga at Point Ybel Downtown
📅 Date: Sunday, June 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM
📍 Location: Point Ybel Brewing Company Downtown, Fort Myers, FL
🐾 Details: 93 interested, 11 going. Stretch on the mat while puppies crawl all over you, then stick around for the brewery. One of the most-wanted Sundays on the list.

🎨 SBDAC Creative Academy: Visual Arts Summer Camp, Ages 9-12
📅 Date: Monday, June 22 through Friday, June 26, 2026
📍 Location: 2301 1st St, Fort Myers, FL
🖍️ Details: A full week of hands-on art downtown for the 9 to 12 crowd. Drop-off that actually keeps them busy and sends them home with something they made.

🌿 Fort Myers Vacation Bible School: Rainforest Falls
📅 Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: 3451 Ortiz Avenue, Fort Myers, FL
🌊 Details: 315 interested, 15 going. A rainforest-themed week of songs, crafts, and games to keep the kids busy and happy. Drop-off relief that comes with a lesson.

🦘 Jumpin' June at Skyzone
📅 Date: Monday, June 22 through Thursday, June 25, 2026
📍 Location: 4701 Summerlin Rd, Fort Myers, FL
🤸 Details: A weeklong indoor jump session built to burn off summer energy. Air conditioning, trampolines, and tired kids by lunch.

🌿 Outdoor & Community

🥬 Downtown Fort Myers Farmers Market
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Fort Myers Farmers Market, Downtown Fort Myers
🍓 Details: The weekly market downtown, 9 to 1 year round. Local produce, jewelry, coffee, and the easiest Saturday morning plan in town.

🧘 Poses and Pints Yoga
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM
📍 Location: 2180 W First St, Fort Myers, FL
🍺 Details: Morning flow downtown that ends with a pour. Beginner-friendly, social, the rare yoga class that comes with a tab.

🩹 Project Move: Yoga and Acupuncture
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Quality Life Center of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FL
💆 Details: 10 interested, 12 going. A free community wellness afternoon pairing yoga with acupuncture. More going than interested, which usually means it is the real deal.

🏃 Point Ybel Run Club
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 2180 W First St, Fort Myers, FL
🍻 Details: A weekly group run that loops back to the brewery for the part everyone actually shows up for. All paces welcome.

🌈 Rainbow Social: Arts and Crafts
📅 Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:30 PM
📍 Location: 2506 Second Street, Suite 106, Fort Myers, FL
🎨 Details: A relaxed, welcoming afternoon of crafts and good company. Show up, make something, meet a few new faces.

🤝 Leadership Talks and Happy Hour
📅 Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: Remote Workspace and Reading Lounge, Fort Myers, FL
🍸 Details: Free to attend and open to everyone, a casual mix of leadership talk and a drink after work. Good for the curious and the networking-averse alike.

🕺 Let's Get MOVING, City of Fort Myers
📅 Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM
📍 Location: Riverside Community Center, Fort Myers, FL
💃 Details: A free city movement session to start the week on your feet. Low pressure, good company, no experience needed.

⚠️ Please verify all event details with the respective organizers before attending, as schedules and venues may change.

📰 What's Happening in Fort Myers

🔗 Lee County Eyes a Flat Budget as the Property Tax Fight Looms
Commissioners are working a flat budget off preliminary property tax numbers, but they are bracing for the November referendum. If voters approve the bigger homestead exemption, the county could lose around 25 percent of revenue at first and up to 40 percent down the line.

🔗 Cape Coral and Lee Leaders Warn the $250K Exemption Could Gut Services
Local officials are sounding the alarm that a larger homestead exemption would blow a hole in the budgets that pay for police, fire, and storm recovery. Cape Coral alone is staring at a projected shortfall in the tens of millions.

🔗 Lee Health Breaks Ground on a New Cape Coral Hospital
A new hospital is rising in Cape Coral to take pressure off the existing Cape Coral Hospital, with completion targeted for fall 2027. The region keeps adding medical capacity as fast as the population grows.

🔗 LCEC Upgrades Cape Coral Parkway Power Lines Before Storm Season
Crews are installing heavy concrete and steel transmission poles along Cape Coral Parkway to handle growth and stand up to the next storm. It is the kind of unglamorous work you only notice when the power stays on.

🔗 Cape Coral Expands Free Summer Meals to Six Parks
The Summer BreakSpot program now offers no-cost weekday lunches at six park locations for anyone 18 and under, running through late July. An easy win for families trying to stretch a summer budget.

🔗 Mangroves Cleared at the Seven Islands Site Draw Questions
Cape Coral neighbors are demanding answers after hundreds of feet of mangroves were removed along the waterfront near the Seven Islands development. Mangroves are protected, so the clearing has people asking who signed off.

🔗 Fort Myers Wants $250K a Year From Its Stalled Marina Developer
City Council voted 4 to 3 to demand $250,000 a year from Suntex Marina until the Yacht Basin rebuild is finished, to make up for lost income during the delays. The project is still stuck waiting on federal permits tied to the endangered smalltooth sawfish.

🔗 Fort Myers Beach Appoints John McLean to the Open Council Seat
The town filled its vacant council seat by appointing John McLean rather than waiting for a special election. One more move in a year of turnover for the beach's government.

🔗 MIDFLORIDA Opens a New Branch in South Fort Myers
The credit union opened its newest south Fort Myers location with a soft launch in mid-June, filling the gap between its Naples and Cape Coral branches. Another sign the south end keeps building out.

🔗 Sheriff's Office Hits Fort Myers Beach With a Second Enforcement Push
For the second time in two weeks, deputies ran a traffic and presence operation on the beach, logging 52 stops and dozens of citations. Expect more patrols along Estero and San Carlos through the busy summer stretch.

🔗 Fort Myers Beach Councilman John King Will Not Seek Re-Election
King, who survived a contested recall fight last year, announced he will not run again in November. His exit opens up another seat on a council that has seen plenty of change.

🔗 Dunbar Celebrates Juneteenth With Pride
Fort Myers' historic Dunbar neighborhood marked Juneteenth with a celebration of music, food, and community. A reminder of how much local history lives in that part of town.

🔗 Downtown Fort Myers Inches Toward Its $6 Billion Remake
More than 60 acres of downtown are set to be redeveloped in a roughly $6 billion effort, with the first ground breaking expected this December. The first building is targeted for late 2028 and the full build-out for the end of 2029.