Fairs, festivals, fundraisers, music, vehicles and more.
Making weekend plans? Check out these 5 things to do this weekend in SWFL:
Spring Fair at Fenway South
The Spring Fair at Fenway South — three big weekends from April 22 – May 8! All the rides, shows, games and food you love!! Thrilling new state fair rides, plus a huge kiddie park! Fabulous FREE shows included with admission, and of course, all your favorite fair food!! You’ll be amazed by our high-flying Pirate Thrill Show, award-winning Magic, Illusion, and Hypnotist Shows, Racing Pigs, Petting Zoo, Transforming Robot Car, and more GREAT family entertainment — all included FREE with admission! Find all the info you need, a full entertainment schedule, and HUGE SAVINGS at www.fairatfenway.com!! Tickets are just $10 per person, with 2-for-1 coupons available online.
******************************************************
Earth Day Celebration
Earth Day Celebration is our annual festival that is fun for all ages! Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium will have educational talks, speakers, nature cartooning with Doug MacGregor, nature crafts, a planetarium, and animal shows! Do you know what CNCP and Earth Day have in common? They both were founded in 1970! Come out to your local 52-year nature center and the only planetarium between Miami and Bradenton! Members are FREE, Non-Members: Adults: $10 • Children: $5. Planetarium Shows (Every hour on the half-hour starting at 10:30 and the last show at 3:30) 11:15 am and 2:15 pm. Museum Tours, Crafts and Activities All-Day! Join the fun this Saturday from 10 am – 4 pm.
******************************************************
Rock The Arches Music Festival
The 3rd Annual Rock The Arches Music Festival event on Saturday from 10 am – 8 pm is a 1960s-style music festival at the Lani Kai Island Resort. This is a FREE fund-raising music festival for Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches, Inc, to help bring awareness and help resurrect the legendary Arches of Fort Myers Beach. There’s no cost to attend this dual-stage benefit concert. Come enjoy the music, food, fun, raffles, and more, featuring 12 Musical acts from the area. Our music lineup includes recording artists and up-and-coming acts all hand-selected, from country, rock, heavy metal, punk, blues, and reggae music. This is Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches, Inc’s last push for funding in our attempt to construct a Commemorative Arch in Lee County’s Bowditch Point Regional Park. The new Arch is being partially constructed with materials saved from the original Fort Myers Beach Arches 1924-1978. https://www.bricksrus.com/donorsite/walkthearches/.
******************************************************
SAVE OUR PLANET EARTH DAY JAMBOREE
The SAVE OUR PLANET – EARTH DAY JAMBOREE is a family-friendly, big-tent, non-partisan Earth Day Commemoration at Cambier Park from 10 am – 4 pm on Saturday. The celebration features leading nonprofits, agencies, city & county officials, schools & universities, green businesses, with beer sales and vegan food trucks, entertainment, speakers, and videos on stage. For more info, visit the event website www.saveourplanetnaples.com/
******************************************************
FREE & OPEN CRUISE-IN
The SWFL CORVETTE CLUB is celebrating our 40th Anniversary and SALUTING ALL Active, Guard, & Reserve Servicemembers and ALL Service Veterans with this FREE & OPEN Cruise-In. This FREE, fun, family-friendly event at BELL TOWER SHOPS is from 9 am – 2 pm this Saturday. Presenting the SWFL Military Museum & Library’s MOBILE MILITARY MUSEUM, providing music by Tom’s Traveling Tunes, holding a 50/50 Raffle (drawing at 1:45 pm and must be present to win), and offering door prizes (drawing at 1 pm and must be present to win).
******************************************************
