10091 McGregor Blvd. • FORT MYERS
239-936-3239
The Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers is a dynamic cultural organization that fosters creativity and community engagement. Through diverse programs, it supports visual and performing arts, providing a platform for local artists and enriching the cultural landscape.
schedule
THEATRE CONSPIRACY
Oct 19-29: Radio Golf
Nov 9-26: Clown Bar
Jan 18-28: Which Way to the Stage
Feb 8-18: The Woman Who Mapped the Stars (fundraiser)
(Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium, Ft Myers)
May 23-26: Alice by Heart (Youth Theatre)
AMERICANA COMMUNITY MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Nov 5: Patchouli & Carlene Thissen
Jan 21: Flagship Romance, The Rough & Tumble
Mar 17: Songwriters in the Round - Charlie McCoy,
Roy Schneider & Kim Mayfield
SPECIAL EVENTS
Dec 1: JJ Grey & Mofro (Arts On Tap)
May 30-Jun 2: Fringe Fort Myers
900 Dunlop Rd. • SANIBEL
239-395-0900
BIG ARTS was created by and for the community more than four decades ago. Its founding principle remains to this day: to experience and celebrate the artist in all of us and to remind us of our shared humanity. Each year they offer a vibrant cultural palette of performing and fine arts, films, workshops and lectures that enrich our lives.
schedule
Dec 2: The Nutcracker - Gulfshore Ballet
Dec 9: Holiday Concert - BIG ARTS Concert Band
Dec 14: Holiday Concert - BIG ARTS Community Chorus
Dec 19: A Holiday Song Celebration - BIG ARTS Community
Chorus & Sanibel School Seahorse Chorale &
Elementary Choir concert
Jan 13: The Greatest Piano Men - Billy Joel & Elton John
tribute
Jan 18: Jeremy Denk
Jan 25: Anthony McGill, Susanna Phillips, Myra Huang
Jan 27: Judith Hill
Jan 30: Bodytraffic
Feb 3: Twisted Pine
Feb 4: Young Concert Artists on Tour
Feb 8: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble
Feb 17: Alan Bibey & Grasstowne
Feb 23: Haydn Lord Nelson Mass - Gulf Coast Symphony &
Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers
Feb 29: So Good - The Neil Diamond Experience
Mar 2: Late Nite Catechism - Sister’s Summer School
Catechism
Mar 8: BIG ARTS Concert Band
Mar 9: Sing & Swing - Jazz at Lincoln Center with Bria
Skonberg & Benny Benack III
Mar 15: The Hit Men
Mar 22: The Doo Wop Project (benefit)
Apr 5: BIG ARTS Community Chorus
Apr 6: Stacey Kent
PO Box 07105 • FORT MYERS
239-560-5695
choralartistry.org
Choral Artistry, the new name for the former Symphonic Chorale of Southwest Florida, is under Artistic Director Dr. Trent R. Brown. It is SWFL’s only paid core community chorus. It performs concerts throughout SWFL. Besides producing concerts, it collaborates with other professional ensembles and hosts the area’s only Community Choral Festivals, SingOut! SWFL (Feb) and Summer Sing (Aug)—open to all singers without audition.
schedule
Oct 12: Considering Matthew Shepard (United Church,
Naples)
Dec 15: Holiday Soiree (Shangri-La Springs, Bonita
Springs)
Feb 3: Sing Out! SWFL Choral Festival Workshop - Kol
Tikvah, The Voice of Hope (New Hope Church, Ft Myers)
Feb 4: Sing Out! SWFL Choral Festival Free Concert (New
Hope Church, Ft Myers)
Apr 21: Durufle’s Requiem (Moorings Church, Naples)
Florida Gulf Coast University
Bower School of Music & the Arts
TheatreLab • Arts Complex
10501 FGCU Blvd. S. • FORT MYERS
239-745-4268
The Theatre Program at the Bower School of Music & the Arts offers a dynamic balance of theory and application as well as real-world training in the whole craft of theatre: performance, technology, theory, and criticism.
schedule
Oct 12-15: Heathers - the Musical
Feb 16-25: Silent Sky
Apr 12-21: The Life of Galileo
U. Tobe Recital Hall • Music Building
10501 FGCU Blvd. S. • FORT MYERS
239-745-4268
The Bower School of Music seeks to prepare professionals for service in music education, music therapy, and in music performance and pedagogy, while furnishing cultural enrichment for the Southwest Florida community and beyond.
schedule
Oct 8: FGCU Chamber & University Choirs (United Church
of Christ, Naples) *
Oct 19: FGCU Wind Orchestra *
Oct 22: FGCU Symphony Orchestra *
Oct 29: Baron & Navarrp Piano Duo
Nov 2: Andres Madsen & Susan Ogata
Nov 5: FGCU Jazz Ensemble *
Nov 8: FGCU Percussion Chamber Ensembles *
Nov 9: Danile Lochrie & Michael Baron
Nov 13: FGCU Wind Chamber Ensembles *
Nov 14: FGCU Symphonic Band *
Nov 15: FGCU Wind Chamber Choirs *
Nov 16: FGCU Symphonic Band *
Nov 30: FGCU Wind Orchestra *
Dec 1: FGCU Chamber Strings *
Dec 3: Jeffrey Williams & Michael Baron
Dec 5: FGCU Symphony Orchestra & Choirs (Moorings
Church, Naples) *
Dec 7: FGCU Piano Ensemble *
Jan 21: Amernet String Quartet
Jan 27: Iva Ugrcic & Satoko Hayami
Feb 4: Kinga Augustyn & Michael Baron
Feb 8: FGCU Wind Orchestra *
Feb 10: A Celebration of Spirituals
Feb 15: FGCU Symphonic Band *
Feb 18: FGCU Chamber & University (New Hope Church,
Ft Myers) *
Feb 20: Laila Biali Jazz Trio
Feb 22: FGCU Jazz Ensemble (outdoor concert - library
lawn, FGCU) *
Feb 25: FGCU Symphony Orchestra *
Feb 29: Spencer Myer
Mar 14: FGCU Wind Orchestra (Dunbar High School,
Ft Myers) *
Mar 28: Emile Naoumoff
Apr 2: FGCU Chamber Strings - Sanibel Music Festival
(Peace Church, Ft Myers)
Apr 9: FGCU Wind Chamber Ensembles *
Apr 10: FGCU Percussion Chamber Ensembles *
Apr 11: FGCU Wind Chamber Choirs *
Apr 12: FGCU Bel Canto & Cantabile *
Apr 16: FGCU Symphonic Band *
Apr 18 & 20: FGCU University Choir with Naples
Philharmonic (Artis-Naples, Naples)
Apr 18: FGCU Wind Orchestra *
Apr 21: FGCU Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Choir
(Mooring Church, Naples) *
Apr 23: FGCU Symphonic Band *
Apr 25: FGCU Chamber Choir (Bower Chapel, Naples) *
Apr 27: FGCU Jazz Ensemble (N Ft Myers High School,
N Ft Myers) *
Apr 28: FGCU Piano Ensemble *
Apr 29: FGCU Jazz Ensemble (Tribby Arts Center, Shell
Pt, Ft Myers)
* free
9911 Corkscrew Rd. • suite 105 • ESTERO
239-529-3925
Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Gulfshore Opera is Southwest Florida’s professional opera production company serving Collier, Lee and Charlotte Counties. Gulfshore Opera enriches the community by presenting high quality opera, theater and classical vocal music, and promoting community well-being through social engagement activities.
schedule
Oct 29: Latin Infusion concert (Arts Bonita Performing
Arts, Bonita Springs)
Nov 5: GO Divas Benefit Concert (Lamb of God Church,
Ft Myers)
Nov 9: GO Divas (Marco Island Center for the Arts,
Marco Island)
Nov 14: GO Divas (Shangri-La Springs, Bonita Springs)
Dec 7: Holiday Taste of Opera (The Club at The Strand,
Naples)
Dec 9: Holiday Taste of Opera (Twin Isles Country Club,
Punta Gorda)
Jan 18: Murder Mystery Dinner (Shangri-La Springs,
Bonita Springs)
Jan 23: Taste of Opera (Hideaway Beach Club, Marco
Island)
Jan 25: Night in Italy (St. Leo Parish Life Center, Bonita
Springs)
Jan 28: Night in Italy concert & dinner (Carmelo’s
Ristorante, Punta Gorda)
Jan 30: Love’s First Blush (Artis-Naples, Naples)
Feb 4: Night in Italy (Marco Island Center for the Arts,
Marco Island)
Feb 9: 10th Anniversary Celebration with Michael Fabiano
(Moorings Church, Naples)
Feb 22: Elixer of Love (Estero High School, Estero)
Feb 25: Elixer of Love (Jewish Cultural Center, Naples)
Feb 27: Style & Song luncheon (Grey Oaks Country Club,
Naples)
Feb 29: Elixer of Love (Charlotte Performing Arts Center,
Punta Gorda)
Mar 10: 10th Anniversary Gala Concert & Dinner
(concert - First Church, Bonita Springs
dinner - The Club at The Strand, Naples)
Mar 14: GO Divas (Arts Bonita Performing Arts, Bonita
Springs)
Mar 21: Divas & Dinner (The Club at The Strand, Naples)
Mar 26: GO Divas (Gulf Theater, Punta Gorda)
Apr 6: Prelude to Turandot (Innovation Hotel, Naples)
Apr 17: Turandot (BB Mann Hall, Ft Myers)
Apr 24: Turandot (Charlotte Performing Arts Center,
Punta Gorda)
Apr 27: Turandot (Artis-Naples, Naples)
1010 Winterberry Dr. • MARCO ISLAND
Marco Town Center
1089 N. Collier Blvd. • MARCO ISLAND
239-394-4221
Marco Island Center for the Arts’ Arts Center Theatre offers community theater productions and presents productions by other theater companies and individuals, comedy and other live entertainment.
schedule
ARTS CENTRE THEATRE
Oct 18-21: The Music Man
Oct 25-Nov 12: The 39 Steps
Nov 29-Dec 10: The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised) (Again)
Dec 13-17: White Christmas
Jan 3-21 Private Lives
Feb 7-25: The Queen of Bingo
Mar 13-30: Vanities
CONCERTS & COMEDY
Oct 13: Sloan Friday (Arts Centre Theatre)
Oct 26: Claude Bourbon (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Oct 29: Bob Lauver (Arts Centre Theatre)
Nov 9: Terra Guitarra (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Nov 17: Matt Vita (Arts Centre Theatre)
Dec 22: Nikolas Bushi & Chris, Dashnor Bushi (Arts
Centre Theatre)
Dec 29: Earl David Reed (Arts Centre Theatre)
Jan 18: L-Yen: (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Jan 26: Al Ernst (Arts Centre Theatre)
Feb 2: Mike Rivera (Arts Centre Theatre)
Feb 27: Ben Rosenblum (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Mar 8: Mark Evans (Arts Centre Theatre)
Mar 14: Ed Calle (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Apr 11: Leslie Cartaya (Marco Island Center for the Arts)
Apr 23: Peter & Will Anderson (Marco Island Center for
the Arts)
13211 McGregor Blvd. • FORT MYERS
239-800-3292
Players Circle Theater is a nonprofit organization with a three-fold mission: To create a home for a variety of theater employing an ensemble of professionals; to become an outlet for community involvement in the arts; and to enrich, educate and entertain our community with classes and performances.
schedule
Oct 17-Nov 12: Breaking Legs
Nov 28-Dec 17: Ho! Ho! Ho! - The Christmas Show
Jan 2-28: Butterflies are Free
Feb 6-Mar 3: Proof
Mar 12-Apr 7: Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks
Apr 16-May 12: Godspell
Seminole Casino Hotel
Immokalee
506 S 1st St. • IMMOKALEE
239-658-1313
Southwest Florida’s premier gaming and entertainment destination. The casino offers 1,400 slots, 41 live table games, 3 restaurants, nightlife in the Zig Zag lounge, “where the party never ends” and the best in live concerts in the Seminole Center.
schedule
Nov 4: Here Come the Mummies, Perpetual Groove
Nov 9: Christopher Cross
Nov 11: Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin
Nov 18: Sawyer Brown: Concert
Dec 5: Jose Feliciano
Dec 12: Marie Osmond - Orchestral Christmas
Jan 11: Tesla
Jan 20: Rockabillaque Florida
Jan 28: AJ Croce
Feb 2: The Lalas Burlesque Show
Feb 8: Aaron Lewis
Feb 9: The Lettermen
Feb 15: Blood, Sweat & Tears
Feb 21: Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Feb 24: Sheila E
Feb 25: John Lodge
Mar 2: Ashanti
Mar 23: Commodores, WAR
Apr 7: Southland Bluegrass & Wilderness Festival
performances at
G & L Theatre
Community School of Naples
13275 Livingston Rd. • NAPLES
888-966-3352
TheatreZone, Naples’ premier musical theatre company, produces Broadway-quality shows and concerts in an intimate theatre on Livingston Road in Naples. TheatreZone’s Equity contract ensures access to the country’s finest performers and professionals who entertain audiences December through April, with evenings and matinees available.
schedule
Oct 12-15: Heathers - the Musical
Dec 15-17: Home for the Holidays
Jan 11-21: Bonnie & Clyde - the Musical
Feb 8-18: Million Dollar Quartet
Mar 7-17: Little Me
Apr 25-28: Carrie - the Musical
CONCERTS
Jan 15: Tribute to Linda Ronstadt - Elizabeth Ward Land
Feb 20 & 21: The Mersey Beatles
Feb 22: John Ford Coley
Mar 12: Larry & Adolpho - Dummy’s Guide to Love Songs
concerts at
All Faiths Unitarian Congregation
2756 McGregor Blvd. • FORT MYERS
239-691-4069
Each show has a local songwriter opening for a touring headliner. Shows are in a listening room so the audience can enjoy the music and the stories behind the songs. ACMA also presents shows throughout the community.
schedule
Oct 14: Sarah McQuaid, Bill Veach
Oct 17: 2pm Band (Tribby Arts Center, Shell Point,
Ft Myers)
Oct 21: Ellis Paul, Darryl Purpose, Gene Martin
Nov 4: Rupert Wates, Gareth Rockliffe
Nov 5: Patchouli, Carlene Thissen (Alliance for the Arts,
Ft Myers)
Nov 18: Grant Peeples, David Hintz
Dec 2: Hank Woji, Chakulla
Jan 6: Reckless Saints, Ken Dunn
Jan 20: Dan Navarro, Andy Getch
Jan 27: Seth Walker Dhruva Stephenson
Feb 03: Sam Robbins, Bob Williams
Feb 18: Muriel Anderson, Ray Cerbone
Feb 24: A Tale of Two, Fred Ball
Mar 2: Roy Book Binder, Bill Metts
Mar 16: Shawna Caspi, JD Lashley
Mar 30: Kala Farnham, Silvia Medina
Apr 6: Ruth Wyand, Carolyn Stanley
Apr 13: Sofia Talvik
ACMA SONGWRITERS ON THE PLAZA
(downtown Ft Myers Library Amphitheater)
free
Dec 12, Jan 9, Feb 13, Mar 12, Apr 9, May 14
Broadway Palm
Dinner Theatre
1380 Colonial Blvd. • FORT MYERS
239-278-4422
Broadway Palm has been Florida’s Premier Dinner Theatre for more than 30 years. The theatre entertains over 170,000 guests annually by combining an impressive array of Broadway musicals and an award-winning buffet. Broadway Palm features nationally selected performers, dazzling sets and costumes, and a live orchestra.
schedule
MAIN THEATRE
thru October 28: Hairspray
Nov 10-Dec 25: Elf the Musical
Dec 30-Feb 17: Elvis A Musical Revolution
Feb 23-Apr 6: Beautiful the Carole King Musical
Apr 12-May 25: The Addams Family
May 31-June 22: Swing
Jun-28-Aug-10: Mary Poppins
OFF BROADWAY PALM
thru Nov 18: Popcorn Falls
Nov 23-Dec-25: Doublewide, Texas Christmas
Jan 11-Feb 25: Run for Your Wife
Feb 29-Apr 14: Sweet Delilah Swim Club
Apr 18-May 19: Perfect Wedding
CONCERTS
Nov 1-5: Rat Pack Live!
Dec 11: Stardust Memories Big Band
Jan 21 & 22: The She Gees
Feb 4 & 5: Buffett’s Margaritaville
Mar 3 & 4: Piano Men Generations
Mar 24 & 25: Mirage Visions of Fleetwood Mac
CHILDREN'S THEATRE
thru October 26: Grace for President
Nov 28-Dec 24: Madagascar
Mar 8-Apr 5: Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Apr 25-May 24: Tilly the Trickster
Jul 11-Aug 2: Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
SAILOR CIRCUS ARENA
2075 Bahia Vista St. • SARASOTA
ULLA SEARING BIG TOP
Nathan Benderson Park
5851 Nathan Benderson Circle
SARASOTA
941-355-9805
The Circus Arts Conservatory is the nation’s only nonprofit organization that combines professional circus performances, youth circus training, and education and outreach programming. Its mission is to engage and educate students using innovative learning programs; to improve the quality of life for individuals in care communities; and to advance the extraordinary legacy and heritage of the circus.
schedule
Dec 26-31: Sailor Circus - Candyland (Sailor Circus Arena)
Jan 14: Windjammers (Sailor Circus Arena)
Feb 2: Circus Arts Gala (Ulla Searing Big Top)
Feb: Circus Sarasota (Ulla Searing Big Top)
Mar 22 & 23: Cirque des Voix (Sailor Circus Arena)
Apr 13: Wonderball (fundraiser) (Sailor Circus Arena)
May 4 & 5: Sailor Circus Spring Show (Sailor Circus
Arena)
Jun-Aug: Circus Sarasota - Summer Circus Spectacular
(Ulla Searing Big Top)
2268 Bay St. • FORT MYERS
239-332-4488
Florida Rep opened its 26th season with ‘Beguiled Again,’ a glamorous, romantic, and nostalgic musical salute to America’s most beloved songwriting team, Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart. The musical plays thru October 29 in the Artstage Studio Theatre. A down-and-out Elvis impersonator gets a fabulous new makeover in the music-filled comedy, ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride,’ playing October 27-November 12 in the Historic Arcade Theatre.
schedule
thru Oct 29: Beguiled Again
Oct 1, 5-7: Little Shop of Horrors (Florida Rep Education
Conservatory)
Oct 27-Nov 12: The Legend of Georgia McBride
Dec 1-17: A Sherlock Carol
Dec 15-Jan 14: The Mountaintop
Jan 12-28: Beehive - the 60s Musical
Feb 2-Mar 10: The Gin Game
Feb 16-Mar 3: A Comedy of Tenors
Mar 22-Apr 14: Hank Williams - Lost Highway
Apr 19-May 19: Oleanna
16120 San Carlos Blvd. • #5 • FORT MYERS
239-323-6570
Live community theatre for audiences of all ages.
schedule
Oct 5-15: The Music Man
Oct 20-28: The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Nov 24-26: The Last Five Years
Dec 7-10: White Christmas
Dec 14-31: Elf - the Musical
Jan 6: Til Death Do Us Part… You First!
Jan 19-28: Clue
Feb 2-11: Tick Tick Boom
Feb 23-Mar 3: The Drowsy Chaperone
Mar 8-17: Freaky Friday
Mar 23 & 24: A Few Good Men
Apr 5-14: Seussical
Apr 25-May 5: Steel Magnolias
Jun 1-16: Matilda
Jul 12-28: Legally Blonde
CONCERTS
Jan 6: Detroit Doors
WRESTLING
Jan 13, Mar 30, May 25
COMEDY
every Saturday night
concerts at
Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
13350 FSW Pkwy. • FORT MYERS
239-277-1700
Founded in late 1995 by its current music director and CEO, Dr. Andrew Kurtz, the Gulf Coast Symphony is the second-largest non-profit performing arts organization in Lee county. The Symphony challenges convention with unique and innovative collaborations across multiple genres and disciplines, including classical music, jazz, world music, dance, opera, film, musical theater, active community engagement, and a commitment to social change through arts education.
schedule
Oct 28: Broadway Divas concert with Heather Ivy &
Whitney Grace
Oct 29: Hogwarts Halloween
Nov 11: Music of Barry Manilow
Dec 3: Deck the Halls
Dec 16: The Nutcracker with Gulfshore Ballet
Jan 20: A Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue
Feb 4: Jerome Kern Tribute
Mar 10: Folk Anthems of the 70s
Mar 23: Music Man - the Musical
Mar 25: Music Man - the Musical
Apr 7: Great Ladies of Jazz
Apr 14 Disney in Concert - Magical Music from the Movies
Music & Arts
Community Center
Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Myers
13411 Shire Lane • FORT MYERS
239-277-1700
The Music & Arts Community Center is a creative hub where people of all ages and abilities can share music and arts as common ground, and where diversity, expression and self-transformation is the very air we breathe. The theater has been reimagined to facilitate exceptional productions across multiple genres.
schedule
Oct 14: Vivaldi’s Four Season & More - Listeso String
Quartet
Oct 19: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective
Nov 3: A Tribute to Taylor Swift - Listeso String Quartet
Nov 8: Vivaldi’s Four Season & More - Listeso String
Quartet
Nov 9: Best of Hans Zimmer - Listeso String Quartet
Nov 12: Music of Bobby Darin & Michael Buble - Paul Todd
Nov 16: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective - Music of John Coltrane
Nov 18: Gulf Coast Symphony
Nov 19: Gulf Coast Symphony
Dec 5: A Tribute to Taylor Swift - Listeso String Quartet
Dec 5: Best of Hans Zimmer - Listeso String Quartet
Dec 7: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective - Swinging Holidays
Jan 11: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective - Music of Oscar Peterson,
Ray Brown, Chick Corea & more
Jan 13 & 14: Gulf Coast Symphony - Beethoven Symphony
No. 4
Jan 28: Beaux Arts Trio
Feb 15: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective - Music of Duke Ellington
Feb 17 & 18: Gulf Coast Symphony: Haydn Lord Nelson
Mass with Ft Myers Symphonic Mastersingers
Feb 25: Verona Quartet
Mar 7: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective
Mar 17: Stokes & Kozlowski
Apr 18: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective - Modern Creations
Apr 20 & 21: Gulf Coast Symphony - Brahms Symphony
No. 4
May 5: Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra Fellows
May 16: Gulf Coast Jazz Collective
2614 N. Tamiami Tr • #200 • NAPLES
concerts at
Cambier Park • 755 Park St. S. • NAPLES
Veterans Park • 901 Park Ave. • MARCO ISLAND
Norris Center • 755 8th Ave. S. • NAPLES
941-313-7532
The Naples Big Band is a 17-piece jazz ensemble that performs public concerts of music in styles spanning the swing era to the modern day. Their goal is to deliver dynamic public and private entertainment, as well as to provide financial resources to support the musical development of local youths. All concerts are free.
schedule
Nov 13: (Cambier Park)
Dec 8: Christmas on Fifth (5th Ave, Naples)
Dec 11: Christmas concert (Cambier Park)
Jan 7: (Veterans Park, Marco Island)
Jan 28: (Cambier Park, Naples)
Jan 29: (Norris Center, Naples)
Feb 12: (Cambier Park, Naples)
Feb 25: (Veterans Park, Marco Island)
Mar 10: (Veterans Park, Marco Island)
Mar 24: (Cambier Park, Naples)
Apr 15: (Cambier Park, Naples)
Charlotte Performing Arts Center
701 Carmalita St. • PUNTA GORDA
941-205-5996
Punta Gorda Symphony is Charlotte County’s premier professional orchestra. Originally formed in 1978 as a small chamber group, the orchestra has grown to more than 60 professional musicians. From presenting world-class musicians to enriching the lives of young people and adults through educational initiatives, Punta Gorda Symphony fosters community connections through orchestral music, chamber music, jazz, pops, and other genres.
schedule
Oct 22: John Williams Star Wars
Nov 12: Dvorak Symphony No. 9
Dec 3: Holiday Favorites
Jan 14: Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition &
Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
Feb 18: Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 - An Evening of Poetry
through Music
Mar 17: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with The Gaudi Trio
Golden Gate Community Center
Joan Jenks Auditorium
4701 Golden Gate Pkwy. • NAPLES
239-398-9192
Discover the heart of theater at The Studio Players, your hub for captivating community performances, where they celebrate cultural diversity through a mix of contemporary hits and timeless classics on an artistic journey where imagination knows no bounds.
schedule
Oct 27-Nov 2: Superior Donuts
Jan 19-Feb 4: The Lifespan of a Fact
Feb 23-24: Bus Stop
May 3-19: Doubt - A Parable
10150 Bonita Beach Rd. • BONITA SPRINGS
239-495-8989
Arts Bonita hosts a year-round lineup of captivating performances, from jazz and Latin rhythms to soulful blues and rock ‘n’ roll. Plus, Arts Bonita presents hilarious comedy shows, inspiring live theatre, a Film as Fine Art series, and much more.
schedule
Oct 7: The Seldom Scene
Oct 10: A Cracker at the Ritz - Rick Compton &
Betsy Bennett
Oct 13: Elsten Torres
Oct 14: Blair Crimmins & The Hookers
Oct 20: Joanne Shaw Taylor
Oct 21: Chicago Transit
Oct 24: A Cracker at the Ritz - Rick Compton &
Betsy Bennett
Oct 26: Spooktacular Halloween - Zach Bartholomew &
Brandon Robertson
Oct 29: Latin Infusion - Gulfshore Opera
Nov 3: Jeff Pifner
Nov 4: Albert Cummings
Nov 9: The Incorrigibles
Nov 10: Dave Keller
Nov 11: Veterans Day Tribute - Chuck Bergeron & the South
Florida Jazz Orchestra
Nov 17: Music of Bud Powell - Zach Bartholomew
Nov 18: Tito Puentes Jr with orchestra
Nov 30: Holidays with Heather Ivy
Dec 1: Brubeck Brothers Quartet
Dec 2 & 3: The Home… for the Holidays! - Rick Compton &
Betsy Bennett
Dec 7-10: A Christmas Carol - Live Radio Play
Dec 12: A Charlie Brown Christmas, Music of
Vince Guaraldi - Zach Bartholomew
Dec 14: Blue Highway Band
Dec 15: Nanny Assis
Dec 16: Jason Marsalis
Dec 22: Rose Max & Ramatis
Mar 15: Jesse Jones Jr
LANGDON PLAYHOUSE
1182 Market Circle • PORT CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE HARBOR
EVENT & CONVENTION CENTER
75 Taylor Rd. • PUNTA GORDA
CHARLOTTE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
701 Carmalita St. • PUNTA GORDA
941-255-1022
Charlotte Players have performed in Charlotte County since 1961. The theatrical company has produced over 350 theatrical productions with over 2,500 individual performances since their humble beginnings. In addition, Charlotte Players has contracted national talent for almost 100 different entertainment productions over the last 15 years. Their traditional productions are presented in the Langdon Playhouse, blackbox, theater.
schedule
CHARLOTTE PLAYERS
Sep 7-17: The Wild Women of Winedale
Oct 5-15: Murder at the Howard Johnson’s
Nov 2-12: The Foreigner
Dec 14-16: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
(Charlotte Performing Arts Center)
Jan 12-28: Rumors
Feb 8-25: Calendar Girls
Mar 14-31: Nunsense II - The Second Coming
Apr 18-28: Two on the Aisle, Three in a Van
CONCERTS & COMEDY
Sep 29: Comedy for a Cause (fundraiser)
(Charlotte Harbor Event Center)
Dec 8: Whitney Grace (Langdon Playhouse)
Dec 31: New Year’s Eve at the Speakeasy (Langdon
Playhouse)
Jan 23: A Toast to Steve & Eydie - Valerie Snead-Roy &
Jim Rice (Langdon Playhouse)
Jan 29: Dunlap & Mabe Bluegrass Band (Charlotte Harbor
Event Center)
Feb 3: Comedy Diner - Larry Venturino & friends
(Langdon Playhouse)
Feb 12 & 13: The Edwards Twins (Charlotte Harbor
Event Center)
Feb 20: Colin Hall (Langdon Playhouse)
Feb 26: Jew Man Group (Charlotte Harbor Event Center)
Mar 5: Let’s Hang On! (Charlotte Harbor Event Center)
Mar 26: Country Legend Tribute to The Highwayman
(Charlotte Harbor Event Center)
528 Cultural Park Blvd.• CAPE CORAL
239-772-5862
Historical performing arts theatre with a vision to entertain and educate the SWFL community. The Cultural Park Theatre Company was established in 1963 and offers a venue where individuals of all ages can perfect their performance skills and members of the community can watch exciting live productions.
schedule
thru Oct 8: Footloose
Oct 18-22: Beware the House on Haunted Hill
Nov 9-19: Fame - the Musical
Dec 13-17: The Little Town of Christmas
Jan 18-28: James & the Giant Peach
Feb 9-18: Nana’s Naughty Knickers
Feb 29-Mar 10: Bye Bye Birdie
Mar 28-Apr 7: Sister Act
Mar 23-Jun 2: Into the Woods
Jun 14-23: Murder on the Orient Express
CONCERTS & COMEDY
Nov 4: The Frank Bang Four
Dec 9: High Lonesome Sound
Dec 21: Michael D’Amore
Jan 6: The Champ Saxon Band
Jan 13: Clowning Around Comedy Show
Feb 3: Katelyn & Jules
Feb 24: The Real Deal - Dueling Pianos
Jul 20: Whiskey County
6900 Daniels Pkwy. • suite 29-193
FORT MYERS
239-288-2535
Founded in 2001, the Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers is a renowned choral organization with a reputation for musical excellence in Southwest Florida. Their 80+ voice ensemble strives to enrich their community by presenting outstanding choral music and cultivating opportunities for both young and old voices to make beautiful music together.
schedule
Nov 16: Intermezzo Choir (St Hillary Church, Ft Myers) *
Dec 3: Deck the Halls concert with Gulf Coast Symphony
(BB Mann Hall, Ft Myers)
Dec 10: Holiday Concert (Caloosa Sound Amphitheater,
Ft Myers) *
Dec 17: Christmas concert (Peace Church, Naples) *
Feb 17 & 18: Winter concert with Gulf Coast Symphony
(Music & Arts Community Center, Ft Myers)
Feb 23: Concert with Gulf Coast Symphony (BIG ARTS,
Sanibel)
Feb 25: Chamber Choir (Good Shepherd Church,
N Ft Myers)
Mar 3: Chamber Choir (St Michael Church, Ft Myers) *
Apr 7: Spring concert (New Hope Church, Ft Myers) *
* free
concerts at
St. Leo Auditorium
28290 Beaumont Rd.
Bonita Springs
469-333-3231
Grand Piano Series presents world-renowned artists and rising stars in intimate venues. With artists described as “...a whole roster of A stars...” (Naples Daily News), and concerts called “...consistently exceptional level performances,” (late Myra Janco Daniels, Founder of Naples Philharmonic).
schedule
Nov 15: Martin Garcia Garcia
Dec 14: Eric Lu
Jan 18: Callisto String Quartet & Milana Strezeva
Feb 8: Clayton Stephenson
Feb 29: Opera Meets Broadway with Konstantin
Soukhovetski
Mar 20: Florian Noack
Apr 24: Shannon Lee & Ying Li
performances at
Norris Center
755 8th Ave. S. • NAPLES
239-261-7529
Gulfshore Playhouse is committed to enriching the cultural landscape of the region by producing professional theatre to the highest artistic standards and providing unique educational opportunities to diverse groups of people. Their work is inspired by a belief in the magic of theatre to expand the imagination, challenge the senses, provoke discussion, and revitalize in the audience an understanding of our common humanity.
schedule
Oct 12-14: Disney’s The Jungle Book Kids (Children’s
Museum of Naples, Naples)
Oct 12-Nov 5: 26 Miles
Nov 16-Dec 17: Winter Wonderettes
Jan 11-Feb 4: The Refugees
Feb 15-Mar 10: Into the Breeches
Mar 21-Apr 2: She Loves Me
concerts at
Mariner High School Auditorium
701 Chiquita Blvd. N. • CAPE CORAL
239-600-9052
The legendary Lee County Community Band, formed in 1885, is a non-profit group that performs monthly, fun-filled, free concerts from November-April. Programs reflect the band’s reputation for lively, upbeat music and promise an entertaining mix of old favorites, spirited marches, Dixieland, patriotic tunes, Broadway and Silver Screen hits, and a sing-along. Concerts are free (donations welcome), at 3 pm.
schedule
Nov 12, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 7
701 5th Ave. S. • NAPLES
performances at
Naples United Church of Christ
5200 Crayton Rd. • NAPLES
Sugden Theatre
701 5th Ave S. • NAPLES
239-263-7990
Voted ‘Favorite Local Theatre’ by Broadway World, The Naples Players is the hometown theatre and cultural hub building community through exceptional access to the power of theatre, and leading the shift in the national perception of how theatres can impact their communities.
schedule
Oct 8: Readers Theater A Source of Innocent Merriment
Oct 4-22: The Dining Room
Nov 1-19: Miss Bennet - Christmas at Pemberly
Nov 9-26: The Marvelous Wonderettes
Nov 12: Readers Theater: A Day Without Laughter is a
Day Wasted
Jan 10-28: Harvey
Jan 18-Feb 11: The Fantastiks
Jan 21: Readers Theater: New Play Festival
Feb 14-Mar 10: Laugh, Cry, Pee, Repeat!
Apr 14: Readers Theater: Love is a Tenuous Adventure
May 1-19: Clue - On Stage
KIDZACT
Jul 28-30: Beauty & the Beast Jr
Aug 4-6: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Teen (G&L
Theater, Community School of Naples, Naples)
61 N. Pineapple Ave. • SARASOTA
941-328-1300
Sarasota Opera, the only company in the world to have performed every work of Giuseppe Verdi, is celebrating its 65th consecutive season of bringing world class opera to the southwest gulf coast. Garnering international attention as one of the few places to experience rarely performed operatic works, Sarasota Opera distinguishes itself as one of the premiere opera companies in the United States by finding innovation through tradition.
schedule
Nov 4 & 5: The Little Sweep (Sarasota Youth Opera)
Nov 10 & 12: Music of Puccini - with Sarasota Orchestra
Feb 17: Carmen
Feb 20: Carmen
Feb 22: Carmen
Feb 24: Lucia di Lammermoor
Feb 25: Carmen
Feb 27: Lucia di Lammermoor
Feb 28: Carmen
Feb 29: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 2: Carmen
Mar 3: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 5: Carmen
Mar 6: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 8: Carmen
Mar 9: Luisa Miller
Mar 10: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 12: Luisa Miller
Mar 13: Carmen
Mar 14: Luisa Miller
Mar 15: Deceit Outwitted
Mar 16: Luisa Miller
Mar 16: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 17: Deceit Outwitted
Mar 17: Carmen
Mar 19: Carmen
Mar 19: Deceit Outwitted
Mar 20: Luisa Miller
Mar 21: Deceit Outwitted
Mar 22: Carmen
Mar 23: Deceit Outwitted
Mar 23: Lucia di Lammermoor
Mar 24: Luisa Miller
Shell Point Retirement Community
17281 On Par Blvd. • FORT MYERS
239-415-5667
Filled with an impressive array of dynamic performances and talented artists, Shell Point’s 2023-2024 Fine & Performing Arts Series at Tribby Arts Center showcases an annual concert series and a variety of art exhibitions. This 20th season of the arts at Shell Point offers something for everyone.
schedule
Oct 17: 2pm Band
Oct 19: Schubert’s Winterreise - Michael Baron &
Krzysztof Biernacki
Nov 11: Jukebox Saturday Night
Nov 14: Vega String Quartet
Nov 20: Southern Raised
Dec 9: The Nutcracker - Gulfshore Ballet
Dec 11: Holiday Pops - SWFL Symphony (Village Church,
Shell Point)
Dec 12: Michael W. Smith - Holiday concert (Village
Church, Shell Point)
Jan 8: The Texas Tenors
Jan 15 & 16: Screaming Orphans
Jan 25: Stephanie Trick & Paolo Aldrighi
Feb 8: Vienna Boys Choir (Village Church, Shell Point)
Feb 6: 1969 Band
Feb 13: Eroica Trio
Feb 22: The Diamonds
Mar 5: Bee Gees Gold
Mar 14: Evren Ozel
Mar 19: Balsam Range
Mar 29: Sail On - Beach Boys tribute
Apr 4: SWFL Symphony - Bach, Mozart & Tchaikovsky
140 Tampa Ave W. • VENICE
941-488-1115
Venice Theatre, a nonprofit organization, is the second-largest of 10,000 community theatres in the United States. It offers a wide range of education and community engagement programs for children, teens, and adults. The theatre’s MainStage Jervey Theatre was severely damaged by Hurricane Ian, but will open in late 2024. Its Raymond Center is being used as a 130-seat temporary performance space. Its 90-seat Pinkerton Theatre is open for performances. The theatre’s popular concert series is being held at other venues around the community.
schedule
thru Oct 8: Reefer Madness - the Musical
Oct 13-Nov 12: The Addams Family
Oct 27-Nov 19: Pickleball
Dec 1-20: A Christmas Carol
Dec 8-17: Solo Fest
Jan 12-Feb 11: Calendar Girls
Jan 19-Feb 18: Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville
Feb 23-Mar 17: The Marvelous Wonderettes
Feb 27-Mar 3: 30th Annual Silver Foxes
Mar 22-Apr 21: The Spitfire Grill
Apr 5-21: The Enchanted Bookshop
Mar 2-5: Pinky’s Players
May 3-19: Bank Job
CONCERTS
Venice Performing Arts Center
Venice High School
1 Indian Ave. • bldg 5 • VENICE
Venice Community Center
326 Nokomis Ave. S. • VENICE
Nov 12: Capitol Fools
Nov 19: Majesty of Rock - Journey & Styx tribute
Nov 20: Rhinestone Cowgirls
Nov 27: Sounds of Soul (Venice Community Center)
Dec 18: Daybreak - Barry Manilow tribute
Jan 8: Dwight Icenhower - Tribute to Elvis
Jan 22: Portrait of Aretha - Aretha Franklin tribute
(Venice Community Center)
Feb 22: Let’s Hang On - Frankie Valli tribute (Venice
Community Center)
Mar 11: Shades of Buble - Michael Buble tribute
Mar 11: The Olivia Show - Olivia Newton-John tribute
(Venice Community Center)
Mar 18: Abbacadabra - Abba tribute
May 12: The Brothers Doobie -Doobie Brothers tribute
May 13: Long Time Gone - CSNY tribute
May 19: Herman’s Hermits - Peter Noone
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