Featured Event
Feb. 27-March 1: Fort Myers Brewing Company’s seventh anniversary celebration features more than 50 specialty craft beers, 12 food trucks, seven performers and a friendly-but-competitive Beer Mile. The brewery will debut its special Anniversary IPA, a tropical IPA brewed with mandarina bavaria, mosaic and vic secret hops. LINK: Anniversary Party
Additional special events for March:
March 4: Kids’ Minds Matter’s fourth annual Secret Garden Gala features hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, dinner, entertainment and exclusive experiences available through a live auction. LINK: Secret Garden Gala
March 5: The Conservancy of Southwest Florida’s eco-chic gala, Magic Under the Mangroves, has a theme of “It’s on! Time to Make the Magic Happen” and celebrates nature at night from the beautiful grounds of the Conservancy. LINK: Magic Under the Mangroves
March 5: Community Cooperative is hosting its 17th annual Soup Kitchen Benefit to generate support for programs that provide nutritious meals and groceries, along with social and education services, for residents in our community. LINK: Soup Kitchen Benefit
March 5: The Lee Health Foundation’s Colors of the Sea Fashion Show will raise support for the Regional Cancer Center and includes lunch, a silent auction and the latest fashions provided by local clothiers. LINK: Colors of the Sea
March 10: Pace Center for Girls, Lee County’s 2020 Grande Dames Tea celebration will honor three local women – Marie Ackord, Marilyn Stout and Barbara Watt-Biggs – for their roles in business, community and philanthropy. LINK: Grande Dames Tea
March 11: Shangri-La Springs will host the fourth of five Art & Soul Nights with live music, an artisan market, community classes, mini spa treatments and delicious farm-to-table food at Harvest & Wisdom. LINK: Art & Soul
March 14: Cypress Pharmacy’s Natural Health Consultant, Dr. Stan Headley, will lead a complimentary educational seminar addressing “How to know which nutritional supplement or CBD oil is right for you.” LINK: Seminar Saturday
March 16: The Friends of Hope Spring Luncheon, benefiting Hope Hospice and Rainbow Trails Camp, includes boutique shopping, a fashion show and lunch. LINK: Spring Luncheon
March 18: Naples Center for Functional Medicine will host a complimentary, physician-led seminar examining the extensive list of conditions that can be treated naturally by CBD and medical marijuana. LINK: Going Green
March 19: The Lee Health Foundation will host Dinner on the Diamond at JetBlue Park, which features appetizers, drinks, dinner and a meet-and-greet and autograph session with select members of the Boston Red Sox. LINK: Dinner on the Diamond
March 19-20: The eighth annual “Breaking Par at Grandezza” Gala Dinner & Golf Tournament will benefit Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida and its flagship program, the CEO Academy at FGCU. LINK: Breaking Par
March 20-21: The resident artists at Shell Point Retirement Community will showcase their paintings, photographs, watercolors, pastels, collages and more at the 2020 Two-Dimensional Art Show and Sale. LINK: Art Show
March 24: Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida is hosting an exclusive lunch with neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta, an Emmy award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. LINK: Luncheon
March 25: The Greater Fort Myers Chamber of Commerce is combining its five monthly business events – the General Member Luncheon, Business Before Breakfast, Conversations & Cocktails, Leadership NEXT and Women in Business – into one casual night of networking. LINK: Super Social
March 26: Michael Siegal, executive chairman of Olympic Steel, will share his story of rising from an entry-level position to head of a $1.6 billion steel empire during Benson Blackburn’s NextGen Speaker Series event. LINK: NextGen
March 28: Guardian ad Litem Foundation’s inaugural Voices of Hope Gala includes a dinner, entertainment and a live auction to benefit programs that train volunteer advocates who help local youth in the child welfare system. LINK: Voices of Hope
March 28: Join Native Visions Gallery for the opening of the “Art for the Everglades” exhibition. The event includes discussions by renowned international wildlife artists, and a portion of sales will benefit Conservancy of Southwest Florida. LINK: Art for the Everglades
March 30: Internationally renowned micro-sculptor Dr. Willard Wigan, a Member of the Order of the British Empire, will share his personal story at Charity for Change’s “Micro Art, Mega Heart” event. LINK: Micro Art
