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- 🌴 Fort Myers Brief: May 25 - May 31
🌴 Fort Myers Brief: May 25 - May 31
Major Events & Celebrations in Fort Myers
Memorial Day Monday opens the week, June and hurricane season line up right behind it, and the whole town is in the mood to spend a Saturday outside. Spirit Fest takes over the Caloosa Sound Convention Center on the closing weekend with the biggest interested list on the calendar by a mile. Sandbar Car And Bike Show fills the Cleveland lot Saturday afternoon, EDM Fort Myers takes Sidney's rooftop Friday, Shoot 2 Thrill plays AC/DC top to bottom on Winkler, Bay Street Yard runs music every weekend night, and Broadway Palm rolls out a brand new revue Sunday morning. 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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🍽️ Food & Drink Events
🥬 Downtown Fort Myers Farmers Market
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Downtown Fort Myers
🍓 Details: The weekly market downtown. Same anchor vendors, summer produce starting to show, the easiest Saturday morning plan in town.
🍹 Memorial Day at the Luminary Pool Bar with Wicked Dolphin
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: 2200 Edwards Drive, Fort Myers, FL
🌴 Details: 17 interested. Memorial Day pool hang at the Luminary with Wicked Dolphin behind the bar. Loungers, riverfront, the easy start to the long weekend close.
🍺 Memorial Day at Coastal Dayz Brewery
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Coastal Dayz Brewery
🌊 Details: The brewery's Memorial Day open house. Cold pours, a long bar, the local regulars taking the holiday slow.
🥩 Liberty and Legacy: An All-American Dinner Series
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: 2200 Edwards Drive, Fort Myers, FL
🍽️ Details: Multi-course themed dinner pulling from Civil War to modern Americana plates. The closing night of the holiday weekend with a chef who has a story for every course.
🥃 Bad Whiskey Grill and Giveback
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Sun Sports Cycle, Fort Myers
🍔 Details: 50 interested. Charity grill-out at Sun Sports with Bad Whiskey running the kitchen. Bikes, beer, plates, a tip jar for the cause.
🌮 Zumba and Tacos at Casa Blanca
📅 Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Casa Blanca Modern Mexican Tequila Bar
💃 Details: 15 interested. Thirty minutes of Zumba, then tacos and tequila on the back patio at Casa Blanca. Friday-eve momentum.
🎯 Tuesday Trivia at Southern Fresh Farms
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 8500 Penzance Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🌾 Details: Trivia outside on the farm at sunset. Bring a team of four, prizes for first and last, bug spray for everyone.
🍻 Free Beer Monday: A to Z at Tin Roof
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:30 PM
📍 Location: 2161 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL
🍺 Details: Free beer flights every Monday afternoon at Tin Roof. The Memorial Day edition picks up early and runs long.
🍴 Texas Roadhouse Spirit Night
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Texas Roadhouse, Fort Myers
🥩 Details: 22 interested. Ten percent of dinner sales go to a local fundraiser. Show the flyer at the host stand, eat, give back, leave the dishes.
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🎵 Music & Entertainment
⚡ Shoot 2 Thrill AC/DC Tribute
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: 1926 Winkler Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🎸 Details: 25 interested, 8 going. Full AC/DC set top to bottom. Loud bar, packed floor, the kind of Saturday that ends with your ears ringing on the drive home.
💿 EDM Fort Myers: DAYYLITE at Sidney's Rooftop
📅 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Sidney's Rooftop Sculpture Garden
🪩 Details: 172 interested, 11 going. Rooftop dance set above the sculpture garden as the sun drops. The Friday ticket worth dressing for.
🕯️ Concerts by Candlelight
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Fort Myers, FL
🎻 Details: Classical and pop favorites played by candlelight downtown. The quietest, most romantic ticket on the long weekend.
🎤 Saturday Night Live at Bay Street Yard with The Collaboration Band
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL
🎶 Details: 14 interested. The Yard's headliner Saturday with a six-piece running covers and a couple of originals. Long set, full patio.
🤘 Gravewave, Risk, Terrifying Lows & ED-209 at Stellar Records
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: 4206 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🎸 Details: 32 interested, 10 going. Four-band hardcore-adjacent bill at Stellar. Small room, real volume, every record store show on Cleveland is worth the walk-in.
🎶 Phenomenal Animal at Live on Hendry
📅 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 PM
📍 Location: LIVE on Hendry, Fort Myers
🎸 Details: 12 interested. Local rock four-piece headlining Friday on Hendry. Tight set, late slot, the bar runs Friday specials.
🎸 Monsterz Productions at Stet's Bar
📅 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Stet's Bar, Fort Myers
🎶 Details: 14 interested. Local rock showcase running multiple bands through the night. Stet's runs the smaller room hot on Fridays.
🥁 Impakt at 1857 Jackson Street
📅 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: 1857 Jackson St, Fort Myers, FL
🎤 Details: 22 interested. Industrial-leaning live act on Jackson. The kind of show that turns into a real night out by ten.
💃 Salsa Dance Party and Lesson with KumoDance
📅 Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 2301 1st St, Fort Myers, FL
🌶️ Details: 12 interested. Beginner-friendly lesson up front, party until close. Easy way to start the long weekend without paying a cover.
🎤 Say It With Your Chest at Bay Street Yard
📅 Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 PM
📍 Location: 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL
🎙️ Details: 13 interested. Open mic and showcase format on the Yard patio. Cheap night, the local crowd, a few real surprises every month.
🎙️ Gator Country 101.9 Live at Downtown Social House
📅 Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Downtown Social House, Fort Myers
🎵 Details: Mid-week country radio remote. Live broadcast, drink specials, the kind of Wednesday that pulls a real crowd downtown.
🎵 Name That Tune: Music Game Night
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 10 Twenty Five Downtown Fort Myers
🎼 Details: 64 interested, 4 going. Pull a team together, guess the intro before the host does. The downtown Tuesday with the loudest table-to-table heckling.
😂 SWFL Stand-Up Comedy Studio
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 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. Memorial Day edition usually runs long.
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🎭 Arts & Theater
🎭 The Sounds Of 1967: A Summer That Changed Everything at Broadway Palm
📅 Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM
📍 Location: Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre
🎵 Details: 24 interested, 7 going. The new Palm revue from The Beatles to The Doors and most of what was on AM radio that year. Brunch matinee on opening Sunday, the formula that works every time.
🎨 Art Talk: An Evening with Kathleen Kinkopf
📅 Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: The Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center
🖼️ Details: 13 interested. Kinkopf's evening talk in the back gallery at SBDAC. Wine, the kind of crowd that asks real questions, a working artist explaining the work.
🎭 Something Rotten Jr. Youth Theatre Production
📅 Date: Friday, May 29, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🌟 Details: Youth cast at the Alliance running the Karey Kirkpatrick musical. Shakespeare with songs and bad omens. Easy night with a kid in the show.
🌸 Oil Painting with Pat Smelkoff: Iris
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL
🎨 Details: Three-hour oil painting class at the Alliance, hard-capped at four students. All materials included, leave with the iris on canvas.
👨👩👧 Family-Friendly Activities
🐐 Goat Yoga with Marsala the Highland Calf
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 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.
🐑 Goat Snuggling with Marsala the Highland Calf
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 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 Memorial Day version of the morning farm reset.
⚾ Sunday Kid's Days at Hammond Stadium
📅 Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:05 PM
📍 Location: Hammond Stadium, Twins Spring Training
🏟️ Details: Mighty Mussels Sunday with run-the-bases after the game, kid-friendly concessions, and the slow afternoon energy a Florida State League Sunday wants.
⛳ Swing Into Summer 2026 at Topgolf
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Topgolf Fort Myers
🏌️ Details: 22 interested. Topgolf's summer-kickoff family afternoon. Bays, food specials, the kind of day that runs four hours longer than you planned.
🌿 Outdoor & Community
🔮 Spirit Fest: Fort Myers Metaphysical, Holistic, and Crystal Expo
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30 through Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 Location: Caloosa Sound Convention Center
✨ Details: 1.2K interested, 111 going. The biggest event on the calendar by a wide margin. Two days of crystals, readings, holistic vendors, and the South Florida wellness circuit packed into the convention center. Buy the weekend pass.
🏍️ Sandbar Car and Bike Show
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00 PM
📍 Location: 4606 S Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL
🚗 Details: 343 interested, 26 going. The biggest cruise-in of the week. Cleveland Ave fills up with the local mod crowd, classic muscle, and the bikes worth standing around for.
🧘 Rooftop Yoga and Conscious Movement with Edric
📅 Date: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Sidney's Rooftop Sculpture Garden
✨ Details: Sunset rooftop flow downtown. Stretch first, sculpture garden second, sunset over the river closing it out.
🏋️ Let's Get MOVING City of Fort Myers
📅 Date: Monday, May 25, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM
📍 Location: Riverside Community Center
🥋 Details: City of Fort Myers free community fitness session at Riverside. All levels, drop-in, Memorial Day open.
🚐 2027 Newmar Model Showcase
📅 Date: Thursday, May 28 through Saturday, May 30, 2026
📍 Location: 4775 Bermuda Lakes Way, Fort Myers, FL
🛻 Details: Three days of next-year Newmar Class A and Super C walkthroughs at the Bermuda Lakes lot. Free admission, factory reps on the floor.
🎳 Florida State USBC Women's Tournament
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30 through Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 Location: Lightning Strikes Bowl
🎯 Details: Final two days of the state women's bowling tournament. Spectators welcome. Lightning Strikes runs cold beer and a loud crowd.
📣 CRA Town Hall
📅 Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: 1400 Jackson Street, Fort Myers, FL
🗣️ Details: City Community Redevelopment Agency open town hall on the latest downtown and Midtown projects. Public comment slots open. Bring your questions about the riverfront plan.
🤍 2nd Annual Ultimate All-White Exclusive Party
📅 Date: Saturday, May 30, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Heritage Palms, Fort Myers
🥂 Details: 21 interested, 8 going. All-white dress code, DJ, cocktails, and a country club venue running the long Memorial Day weekend close. Get a ticket ahead.
⚠️ 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 Schools Cuts 457 Jobs, Including 275 Teachers, to Close $46.7 Million Deficit
The district sent non-renewal notices to hundreds of staff as it tries to close a $46.7 million budget hole, though officials say up to 122 teaching slots could still be reallocated before fall.
🔗 DeSantis Names State Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka Lee County Supervisor of Elections
The Fort Myers attorney and District 78 state rep steps into the seat left open when Tommy Doyle retired early in January, taking over an office that has been running under an acting supervisor for months.
🔗 Lee County Quietly Triples Its Flood Sensor Network Ahead of June 1
After relying on a single NOAA gauge in downtown Fort Myers since 1965, the county now has roughly 15 tidal and inland sensors live, with two more headed for Fort Myers Beach and Matanzas Pass.
🔗 FEMA Warns Most of Lee County Could Be Booted from the National Flood Insurance Program
Every Lee municipality except Sanibel and the city of Fort Myers got notice over unpermitted post-Ian work, a status that could spike flood insurance premiums for thousands of homeowners if it sticks.
🔗 Fort Myers Beach Wins Class 5 Flood Rating, Cutting Insurance Premiums for Residents
FEMA formally confirmed the town's upgraded Community Rating System score, a quiet Ian recovery win that translates into real dollars off flood policies starting this hurricane season.
🔗 DiamondHead Beach Resort Files Plans to Add 57 Rooms on Estero Boulevard
The Fort Myers Beach resort wants to grow to 178 rooms at 2000 Estero, the latest sign that big-money operators are betting on the island's post-Ian comeback.
🔗 London Bay's 15-Story Outrigger Tower Hits Pause at Fort Myers Beach LPA
The developer pulled the plug on this round to wait for a full board, with revised plans expected to drop the tallest building from 195 feet to 158 feet.
🔗 223 Acres in North Fort Myers Sells for $10.5 Million to New York Investor
A DW Partners affiliate scooped up the Leetana Road parcel, already rezoned for half-acre to one-acre single-family lots, setting up another wave of housing supply on the north side.
🔗 358 Affordable Units Now Rising in Fort Myers Through $112 Million Onda Project
Naples-based Onda Housing Group is building with backing from Lee County, the City of Fort Myers, Citi Community Capital, Florida Housing Finance Corp. and U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance.
🔗 Eastern Lee County Land Trades for $14.15 Million as Growth Marches East
The deal adds more rooftops to the corridor stretching out toward Lehigh Acres, where developers keep betting that buyers will trade short commutes for newer construction.
🔗 Fort Myers Police HQ Project Now Hinges on State Tax Law Changes
A shift in property tax rules could suspend the long-promised new police headquarters, leaving the department's facilities timeline in limbo just as the city's footprint keeps growing.
🔗 Memorial Day Weekend Brings a Stacked Lineup of Ceremonies Across Lee County
Memorial Gardens hosts a 9:30 a.m. ceremony with a Coast Guard flyover, Coral Ridge marks its 45th year at 10 a.m., and the Military Heritage Museum runs a full reenactor program through Monday.
🔗 Mariner's Boathouse Timeshare Owners Now $3 Million Away from Full Rebuild
The Boathouse Strong nonprofit is closing in on the gap needed to finish reconstruction by the third quarter, one of the last major Ian-damaged resorts on Fort Myers Beach still working its way back.
🔗 Nothing Bundt Cakes Opens New Cape Coral Bakery on Santa Barbara
The new shop at 2708 Santa Barbara Blvd. (unit 150) is open Sunday through Thursday until 6 p.m. and Friday and Saturday until 8 p.m., giving the Webers a third SWFL location alongside Fort Myers and Estero.