🌴 Fort Myers Brief: November 2 - 8

The clocks fell back, the candy is half gone and Fort Myers gets a calmer week to catch its breath. Tuesday is Election Day, so vote first and then go argue about it at trivia. The weekdays are mostly free classes and live music on Bay Street, then Friday picks up with a one-woman show about Dr. Ella Mae Piper and the Highway 17 Band downtown. Saturday is the busy one: a costume-friendly 5K for shelter pets at Edison Mall, the Cape Coral Veterans Day parade, a gospel concert with Dottie Peoples and an evening of meteorites at IMAG. Sunday winds down with songwriters in the round at the Alliance for the Arts.

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

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🗓️ Monday, November 2

🏃‍♀️ Let's Get MOVING, City of Fort Myers
📅 Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM
📍 Location: Riverside Community Center, Fort Myers
💪 Details: The free city-run movement class is back for another Monday, indoors and beginner friendly. A good way to undo whatever Halloween did to you.

🏈 Monday Night Football at Bay Street Yard
📅 Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Bay Street Yard, 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
📺 Details: Big screens, game-day specials and a patio that has finally cooled down. An easy way to stretch the weekend one more night.

🗓️ Tuesday, November 3

🗳️ Election Day in Lee County
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Your assigned precinct (early voting sites are closed)
✅ Details: Polls are open 7 AM to 7 PM, and on Election Day you have to vote at your own precinct, not at an early voting site. Look up your polling place and sample ballot on the Supervisor of Elections site before you leave, and bring a photo ID with a signature.

🍺 Trivia Night at Point Ybel
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Point Ybel Brewing Co, 2180 W First St Ste. 110, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🧠 Details: Free to play, downtown, and the regulars take it seriously. Expect a civics round, since half the room will be refreshing election results between questions.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 4

💻 Senior Planet Lectures, Workshops and Courses
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: 5100 Tice Street, Fort Myers, FL 33905
📚 Details: Free technology classes for older adults, taught patiently. Bring your phone or tablet and the question you have been meaning to ask someone.

📖 Foundations Class
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 4701 Summerlin Rd, Fort Myers, FL
🤝 Details: A small midweek class for newcomers who want to learn the basics and meet a few people while they are at it. The listing is light on details, so check the event page before you go.

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🗓️ Thursday, November 5

📄 Resume Writing, Job Search and Job Application Workshop
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: 5100 Tice Street, Fort Myers, FL 33905
📝 Details: Free and hands on. Bring the resume you have, however old, and leave with one that gets read.

⌨️ Self-Paced Typing and Computer Digital Training
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: 5100 Tice Street, Fort Myers, FL 33905
🖥️ Details: Drop in, work at your own speed, leave when you are done. Same building as the morning workshop, so you can make a day of it.

🎤 Nick Stone: Live at Bay Street Yard
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Bay Street Yard, 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🎸 Details: A Thursday evening set on the patio downtown with no cover. Grab dinner and stay for the game afterward.

👟 Point Ybel Run Club
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Point Ybel Brewing Co, 2180 W First St Ste. 110, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🏃 Details: Every Thursday, every pace, and a cold beer at the finish. The cooler evenings make this the best month of the year to start.

🏈 Thursday Night Football at Bay Street Yard: Jaguars vs. Ravens
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:15 PM
📍 Location: Bay Street Yard, 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
📺 Details: Jacksonville fans finally get a home-state game worth yelling at. Stay put after Nick Stone wraps and you already have your seat.

🗓️ Friday, November 6

💬 Uplift Peer Group
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 AM
📍 Location: 2506 Second Street, Suite 106, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🌅 Details: Early-morning peer support downtown, same time every week. Steady, quiet and there no matter how the week went.

🍫 Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday Fudge-Making Workshop
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Bannworth Educational Suites 202-203, 3714 Evans Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🎁 Details: Learn a few fudge recipes now and you have the holiday gift problem solved before Thanksgiving. Check the event page for the cost and what to bring.

🎸 Jason Brownie with the Highway 17 Band: Live at Bay Street Yard
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Bay Street Yard, 2136 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🤠 Details: A full band on a Friday night downtown, and one of the more popular music listings of the week. Get there early if you want a table near the stage.

🎭 Walking In Her Shoes: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Ella Mae Piper
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 2268 Bay Street, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🌺 Details: A stage portrait of Dr. Ella Mae Piper, the Dunbar businesswoman and community builder whose name is on the Piper Center in Fort Myers. It is drawing a real local crowd, so buy tickets ahead.

🗓️ Saturday, November 7

🐾 The Fast and The Furriest 5K
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM
📍 Location: Edison Mall, 4125 Cleveland Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🐕 Details: The most popular listing of the week, a 5K built around pets and the people who love them. Bring the dog, and bring water for both of you.

🍅 Downtown Fort Myers Farmers Market
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Fort Myers Farmers Market, 2200 First St, Downtown River District
🧺 Details: Every Saturday under the bridge, year round, with Kaye Krest's jewelry table in its usual spot. Season is starting, so the produce stands are filling back up.

🧘‍♀️ Poses and Pints Yoga
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM
📍 Location: Point Ybel Brewing Co, 2180 W First St Ste. 110, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🍺 Details: Yoga on the brewery floor and a pint afterward, all done before lunch. Walk over from the farmers market when you are done shopping.

🇺🇸 Cape Coral Veterans Day Parade
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Cape Coral Parkway, heading west from Cape Coral Street to Chester Street
🎖️ Details: Cape Coral's annual salute to veterans rolls down the Parkway with local groups, bands and vehicles. Bring a chair and get there early for a spot in the shade.

🏆 Legacy In Motion
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:00 PM
📍 Location: STARS Complex, Fort Myers
✨ Details: A midday community event at the city's STARS Complex. The listing is thin, so check the event page for the program before you head over.

🎧 Live from 2 to 5 at Point Ybel Brewing Co
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Point Ybel Brewing Co, 2180 W First St Ste. 110, Fort Myers, FL 33901
🍻 Details: An afternoon set in the taproom with no cover. A lazy middle to a busy Saturday.

🎶 Dottie Peoples Musical Concert
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:00 PM
📍 Location: 2160 Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33916
🙌 Details: The gospel singer behind "He's an On Time God" comes to Fort Myers for an evening concert. Expect a full room that sings along.

🌌 FMAS November Meeting: Rainbows and Blue Eyes
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: IMAG History and Science Center, 2000 Cranford Ave, Fort Myers, FL 33916
🔭 Details: The Fort Myers Astronomical Society's monthly meeting, open to anyone curious about the night sky. A good first stop if you have a telescope in the closet that you never figured out.

🔊 Bass Meet and Car Meet
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Fort Myers, FL
🚗 Details: Loud systems, clean builds and a parking lot full of people who care about both. The exact spot is on the event page, so check it before you drive over.

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🗓️ Sunday, November 8

🔥 November Fire Chat
📅 Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Bikini Ranch Restaurant, Fort Myers
☀️ Details: An easy Sunday afternoon meetup and conversation over food and drinks. Check the event page for the topic and who is hosting.

🎤 In the Round with Michelle Malone and Kelly Neff
📅 Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Alliance for the Arts, 10091 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33919
🎸 Details: Two songwriters trade songs and the stories behind them in an intimate seated show. One of the most popular listings of the week, so reserve a seat.

🎭 All Week

✍️ 20th Sanibel Island Writers Conference
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5 through Saturday, November 7, 2026
📍 Location: BIG ARTS, Sanibel Island
📚 Details: Three days of workshops, readings and panels with published authors, now in its 20th year. Check the conference site for passes and the schedule.

📸 Mac Stone's Cypress Photographs at Corkscrew Swamp
📅 Date: Through March 31, 2027
📍 Location: Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, 375 Sanctuary Rd W, Naples, FL 34120
🌳 Details: More than 50 large-format photos of ancient cypress trees by the National Geographic photographer line the 2.25-mile boardwalk. Regular sanctuary admission covers the exhibit, and the cooler weather makes this the right week to go.

🎭 Neil Simon's The Star-Spangled Girl (Final Week)
📅 Date: Through Sunday, November 8, 2026
📍 Location: Florida Repertory Theatre, Historic Arcade Theatre, 2268 Bay St, Fort Myers, FL 33901
📰 Details: Last week for the Neil Simon comedy about two radical magazine publishers and the all-American girl next door. The box office at 239-332-4488 has curtain times.

🤓 The Nerd at Players Circle Theater
📅 Date: Through Sunday, November 15, 2026
📍 Location: Players Circle Theater, 13211 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33919
😂 Details: Larry Shue's farce about the houseguest from hell, now in its last two weeks. Weekend seats go first, so book midweek if you can.

🦈 The Shark is Broken and 9 to 5 The Musical at Broadway Palm
📅 Date: Through Saturday, November 14, 2026
📍 Location: Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, 1380 Colonial Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33907
🎬 Details: Downstairs, the Jaws actors lose their minds on a boat while the mechanical shark keeps breaking, and on the main stage Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 keeps the office comedy going. Call 239-278-4422 to pick a performance.

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

📰 What's Happening in Fort Myers

🔗 Costco Is Coming to Cape Coral With Up to $10 Million in City Incentives
The roughly 165,000-square-foot store and gas station would go on a former borrow pit at 600 Chiquita Blvd. S. with 150 to 175 jobs, and council votes on the package of tax refunds and fee breaks at its Monday, November 2 meeting.

🔗 Cape Coral Council Votes Monday on Rescinding the North 3 Utility Assessments
Three resolutions would undo the water, wastewater and irrigation assessments adopted September 28 so the city can drop the extra roadway work and rebid construction, at the 4 PM meeting at 1015 Cultural Park Blvd.

🔗 Cape Coral's Redevelopment Agency Will Pay $347,646 in Fees on Sold Bimini Basin Land
The agency votes Monday at 3 PM on covering the leftover water and sewer connection fees on city parcels sold for the $500 million Bimini East project.

🔗 Lee County Mailed 546,481 Property Tax Bills, With a 4% Discount for Paying in November
The discount drops to 3% in December, 2% in January and 1% in February before taxes come due March 31, 2027, and you can pay at LeeTC.com, by phone at 239-533-6000 or at the 24/7 drop lockers.

🔗 Cape Coral Now Sends Automatic Alerts When Your Home Has a Water Leak
The system flags nonstop water use and calls or emails the customer, and it already pinged more than 2,000 homes in its first week, mostly over running toilets, dripping faucets and irrigation.

🔗 DeSantis Awarded $100 Million for Water Projects, Including Fort Myers and Cape Coral
The money expands reclaimed water reuse at Fort Myers' Central Advanced Wastewater Treatment Facility on Raleigh Street and gives Cape Coral about $4 million for reclaimed water lines near Burnt Store Road and Kismet Parkway.

🔗 Fort Myers Art Committee Voted Again to Pull the Animals and Plants From "Uncommon Friends"
The unanimous October 20 vote would permanently remove the pool pieces from the 1988 sculpture of Edison, Ford and Firestone after years of costly repairs, but it still needs Historic Preservation Commission and City Council approval.

🔗 State Ethics Commission Cleared Lee Sheriff Carmine Marceno on All Four Counts
The commission found no probable cause on the complaint over furniture gifts and a consulting job, going against its own advocate, who had recommended probable cause on the gift-reporting count.

🔗 Lee Voters Cast Nearly 75,000 Early Ballots Ahead of Tuesday's Election
Early voting topped the primary by almost 30,000 votes, and Tuesday's ballot includes two county commission seats, two school board seats, the Supervisor of Elections race and charter questions on single-member districts and term limits.

🔗 Rep. Botana's PAC Is Behind the Mailer Blitz on Beach Fire and Mosquito Mergers
The FreeLee PAC has raised more than $350,000 to push merging the Fort Myers Beach Fire District with Iona and folding beach mosquito control into the county district, and the fire chief calls the mailers misleading.

🔗 Estero Committed to the Bonita Estero Rail Trail Despite Arsenic in the Soil
Council voted unanimously one day before its deadline to stay in the $60 million purchase of the 11.4-mile rail corridor, even though arsenic turned up at all 23 test sites and a state-approved cleanup plan is now in the works.

🔗 A Judge Denied the Latest Challenge to the South Seas Resort Rezoning on Captiva
Circuit Judge James Shenko ruled that Lee County's approval rested on solid evidence and correct law, the latest in a string of failed legal fights over the resort's post-Ian rebuild.

🔗 Fort Myers Beach Parking Is Now $6 an Hour, Even Where the Signs Still Say $5
The town raised meter rates and lifted the resident pass from $50 to $75 to close a budget gap, and the Lynn Hall lot stays closed until late next year while the pier is rebuilt.

🔗 Church of the Ascension Starts Sunday Services at Bay Oaks
The Fort Myers Beach Catholic parish, closed since Hurricane Ian, will hold weekly services in the Bay Oaks gym through December 27 while it waits for the town's ruling on whether it can repair or must rebuild.

🔗 Sanibel's Chauncey Goss Named Audubon Florida's 2026 Everglades Champion
Goss, who chairs the South Florida Water Management District board and sits on the Charitable Foundation of the Islands board, received the award at the Audubon Assembly in St. Pete Beach.

🔗 The Lee Clerk's Free Big Shred Returns November 14
Bring your old paperwork in boxes, not bags, to the Lee County Elections Center from 9 to 11 AM, and leave the electronics at home.