Below is all event information we have gathered so far for the 2024/2025 season. Our team is thrilled to be able to sponsor and attend many of the events below and we look forward to seeing you there too.

Southwest Florida, and Sanibel and Captiva Islands are filled year-round with events and fun things to do for all ages and interests. Many events are traditional and set to occur at the same time every year. Our social scene becomes extremely busy from October through Easter with many events occurring back to back. Be sure to sign up for our weekly emails which link to reminders for upcoming event dates.

ISLAND EVENTS BY NAME: (Scroll down to view events by date)

• ABC Gala to benefit the Captiva Civic Association February 27, 2025
• Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum & Aquarium Gala February 8th, 2025
• Beach Parking Permit Renewal November 9, 2025
• BIG ARTS Annual Benefit March 22, 2025 "Shadows of the Sixties"
• BIG ARTS 2025 Season details can be found listed by month below
• BIG ARTS Monday Night Film Series: Nov 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, 30th 2024
• Beer in the Bushes - April 19, 2025
• Captains for Clean Water Annual Golf Tournament - TBD
• Captains for Clean Water Gala - TBD
• Captiva Civic Association ABC Gala- Feb 27th, 2025
• Classes and other events run from Nov - April each year
• Captiva Civic Association Pfeifer Sponsored Porch & Patio Series 2024/2025 Dates: Nov. 11, Jan. 23, Feb. 5, March 20, April 17, 2025
• Monday, Nov. 11 (Season Kick off)
• Thursday, Jan. 23 "Time Machine"
• Wednesday, Feb. 5th "Wild West"
• Thursday, Mar. 20 "Under the Sea"
• Thursday, Apr. 17 (end-of-season)
• Captiva Holiday Village - Thanksgiving - New Years Day
• Captiva Island Historical Society Event Series 2024-2025 - Dates and Topics Shown Below
• Captiva Island 2022 Pride Weekend - June 3 - 5th, 'Tween Waters Island Resort & Spa
• Captiva Luminary Festival & Golf Cart Parade - Always the 1st Saturday Evening in December. Captiva Marching Mullet Band Parade - Never a set date. They occur as Vets are honored.
• Cause for the Campus (previously known as "Cause on the Causeway" and "Octifest") Sea School Benefit - March 8th, 2025
• CFI's Volunteer Expo - January 16th at Sanibel Community House
• Champions for Children aka C4C Annual Golf Tournament and Events - April TBD 2025
• CHR Gala - Proceeds benefit Community Housing Resources - February 1st, 2025 at the Community House
• Christmas Eve Beach Service - December 24th at Lighthouse Beach TBD Based on Conditions
• Christmas Tree Lighting - Tween Waters - Friday After Thanksgiving Every Year
• Community House 98th Anniversary Celebration - TBD in 2025
• CROW Classic Golf Tournament - TBD
• CROW's Taste of the Islands  TBD CROW
• Crush it Fore the Kids - Kiwanis Club's Annual President's Cup Golf Tournament - Late March or Early April 2025 TBD
• Ding Darling Days Amateur Nature Photography Contest - Entry submissions TBD
• Ding Darling Free Summer Programs - June 11 - August 5, 2025
• Ding Darling Go Wild For Ding - February 12, 2025
• Ding Darling Annual Tarpon Tournament - May 8th & 9th, 2025
• Easter Sunrise Service - Every Easter Sunday on the Causeway Island
• Farmers Market - Every Sunday, Oct - April, 8 am-1 pm Dunlop Road
• F.I.S.H. Jog & Jam - December 7, 2025
• Fireworks Cruise, July 4th, 2024 Adventures in Paradise
• Fourth of July Parade - July 4th Every Year
• Fourth of July Road Rally Optimist Club July 4th Every Year
• Evenings at the Bailey Homestead - TBD 2025 Contact SCCF 
• Go Wild for Ding -Fundraiser- Dinner, Auction & entertainment - Feb. 12, 2025
• Howl-O-Ween Celebrity Drag Queen Contest to benefit CHR - TBD
• Kiwanis Club meets every Tuesday for breakfast - Sanibel Community House
• Kiwanis Spaghetti Dinner February 22, 2025
• MOAA Golf Tournament aka Bob Janes Memorial Golf Tournament - April 2025 - TBD
• National Junior Duck Stamp Contest - Occurs every year.
• National Seashell Day - June 20th, Every Year.
• "Perfectly Paired" - Wine Tasting & Food Pairing - Captiva Civic Association
• Pfeifer Realty Group's Open House Parade - February & March TBD
• Pine Island Sounds- SCCF - Nov. 17th, 2024 Dec. 15, 2024, January 12, and February 15th 2025
• Play for PINK - Annual Sanibel Golf Tournament to benefit Breast Cancer Research - March 2025 TBD
• Porch and Patio Series Captiva Civic Association Sponsored by Pfeifer Realty - Nov 11, 2024, Jan 23, Feb 5, Mar 20, April 17 2025
• Project Refuge Annual Trash Fashion Show for Ding Darling Wildlife Society -April 2, 2025
• Rotary Club meets every Friday morning at the Sanibel Community House
• Rotary Club Annual Arts & Crafts Fair February 15th & 16th 2025
• Rotary Golf Tournament - March 2025 TBD
• Sam Galloway, Jr. and Friends Soup Kitchen benefitting Community Cooperative - March TBD 2025
• Sanibel Historic Village Gala - TBD
• Sanctuary Charity Classic - January 17th 2025
• Sanibel Captiva Cares - March 28, 2025 Sanibel Community House
• Sanibel Hearts Club - Every Friday from 12-3pm at the Community House
• Sanibel Luminary Festival - Always the 1st Friday Evening in December
• Sanibel Music Festival - Tuesdays and Saturdays in March
• Sanibel Shell Fair, Shell Show and Festival - March 6th - 8th 2025
• Sanibel Sea School Winter Camp - Dec. 30 - Jan. 3, 2025
• SCCF's  Coastal Watch Party - TBD
• SCCF's New Resident & Business Environmental Orientations TBD
• SCCF's Pine Island Sounds Sunset Concert Series - Nov. 17th, 2024 Dec. 15, 2024, January 12, and February 15th 2025
• Shellcrafters meet every Monday at the Community House
• Spring Training at Jet Blue Stadium with the Boston Red Sox Always Starts in March
• Spring Training at Century Link Stadium with the Minnesota Twins Starts in March
• Under the Sea Gala February 8th 2025 at the Sanibel Community House annual fundraiser for the Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum
• Tween' Waters Christmas Tree Lighting - November 29th 2025
• Wines in the Wild by SCCF - January 10, 2025
• Zonta's Peek at the Unique Tour of Island Homes March 2025 - TBD

ISLAND EVENTS BY DATE: (Scroll up to see events by name)

NOVEMBER 2024:

• 4th Majong Mondays at CCA All Season
• 11th CCA Porch & Patio Kickoff Party Sponsored by Pfeifer Realty Group
• 17th Pine Island Sounds with SCCF & Captiva Cruises 4-6pm - The Suitcase Junket
• 20th Ding Darling Holiday Shopping Evening
• 21st CCA Artist Reception for Danny Morgan
• 24th Sanibel Arts and Crafts Show at the Sanibel Community House
• 26th FISH Thanksgiving Dinner at the Sanibel Community House 3-7pm
• 28th Thanksgiving
• 29th 'Tween Waters Christmas Tree Lighting
• 30th City of Sanibel Tree Lighting

DECEMBER 2024:

• 3rd SCCF Annual Meeting - Bailey Homestead
• 4th Wildlife Conservation Day
• 5th Shell Museum's Member & Friends Tree Lighting RSVP Required
• 5th Children's Center of the Islands (CECI) Annual Fundraiser
• 6th Sanibel Luminary Festival - Always the First Friday Evening in December
• 7th Captiva Luminary Festival - Always the First Saturday in December
• 7th FISH Jog and Jam
• 9th CFI Holiday Party
• 11th & 12th Jingle & Mingle Captiva Civic Association Holiday Gift Bazaar
• 12th BIG ARTS Holiday Performance Chorus and Concert Band
• 14th Gulfshore Ballet Presents the Nut Cracker
• 14th Scriptless in Seattle at the Community House - A Comedy Improv Night
• 14th & 15th Zonta "Peek"leball Tournament at the Sundial Resort
• 15th CCA Holiday Wine Preview
• 15th Pine Island Sounds with SCCF & Captiva Cruises 4-6pm Caleb Caudle
• 20th BIG ARTS Holiday Open House 5-7pm
• 23rd BIG ARTS Holiday Film "Polar Express" 6:30pm
• 30th Sanibel Sea School Winter Break Camp Dec. 30 2024- January 3rd 2025

JANUARY 2025:

• Sanibel Sea School Winter Break Camp Dec. 30 2024- January 3rd 2025
• 1st National Polar Bear Plunge Day
• 5th National Bird Day
• 7th - April 17th Yoga with Yali Zawady Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9:15am at CCA
• 7th CFI's Leadership Series Begins
• 9th - 13th CCA Presents Rachael Pierce and Rena Martinson "Wild Connections" Art Exhibit
• 10th Wines in the Wild to Benefit SCCF at the Bailey Homestead
• 10th National Save the Eagles Day
• 11th Captiva Dog Party at CCA Pooch Punch and Yapa-tizers Served
• 12th Pine Island Sounds with SCCF & Captiva Cruises 4:30-6:30 Blair Crimmins and the Hookers
• 14th Captiva Library Queen Elizabeth II Presentation
• 15th Ding Darling Donor Appreciation Party
• 15th Captiva Island Historical Society Game Show at the Captiva Civic Association
• 16th CFI's Volunteer Expo at the Sanibel Community House Sponsored by Pfeifer Realty Group
• 17th Wild About CROW Fundraiser at The Forest Country Club
• 17th Sanctuary Golf Club Tournament
• 22nd Friendly Landscaping Program Captiva Library Presentation at CCA
• 23rd Pfeifer Realty Sponsored Porch and Patio at the Captiva Civic Association "Time Machine Theme"
• 25th Sanibel Community House Gala
• 27th Perfectly Paired Wine Tasting at the CCA 5-7pm
• 28th CCA Membership Meeting 5pm
• 28th CFI Leadership Class Government Day
• TBD Crow Speaker Series

FEBRUARY 2025:

• 1st Give Your Art to CHR Fundraiser - Sanibel Community House
• 5th Pfeifer Realty Sponsored Porch and Patio at the Captiva Civic Association "Yee Haw, Wild West Theme"
• 5th Captiva Library Presents "Stories Behind Histories Greatest Heists"
• 6th McCarthy Lecture Series Presented by SCCF
• 8th Bailey Matthews National Sanibel Shell Museum Gala - Sanibel Community House
• 10th Perfectly Paired Wine Tasting at the CCA 5-7pm
• 11th CFI's Leadership Class "Community Prosperity"
• 12th Go Wild for "Ding" Gala
• 13th Captiva Library Presents "Surviving the Storms"
• 15th & 16th Rotary Arts & Crafts Show - The Sanibel Community House
• 15th Pine Island Sounds with SCCF & Captiva Cruises ARTIST TBD
• 13th Into the Heart Cocoa Ceremony at the CCA
• 20th - March 27th CCA Art Show "Tropical Connections & Otherwise Connected" Sissi Janku and Joan Clutch
• 22nd Kiwanis Club Annual Spaghetti Dinner - Sanibel Community House
• 25th CFI Leadership Class Environment Day 1 of 2
• 25th - CCA Membership Meeting 5pm
• 27th - ABC Gala Fundraiser at CCA 5:00 - 8:00pm
• TBD CROW Speaker Series

MARCH 2025:

• 2nd FISH Gala
• 5th Captiva Library Presents "The Greatest Theft - Nazi Looted Art
• 6th - 8th Sanibel Shell Fair at the Community House
• 8th The Cause Benefit for Sanibel Sea School
• 10th Perfectly Paired Wine Tasting at the CCA 5-7pm
• 11th CCA's Leadership Class on Wellness, Health & Community Resources
• 11th Captiva Library Presents "Love and Treachery"
• 12th Captiva Historical Society Presents "Meeting Mina Edison"
• 13th CCA Woman Walking with Wisdom
• 20th Pfeifer Realty Sponsored Porch and Patio at the Captiva Civic Association "Under the Sea"
• 22nd BIG ARTS Annual Benefit "Shadows of the Sixties"
• 24th Shell Point First Open Golf Tournament
• 25th CCA Membership Meeting 5pm
• 26th Paint and Sip with Sissy Janku at CCA
• 27th CFI's Leadership Class on Arts and Culture
• 28th SanCap Cares Annual Fundraiser at the Sanibel Community House
• 29th BIG ARTS Presents The Players
• TBD CROW Speaker Series
• TBD CHR Celebrity Bartending

APRIL 2025:

• 2nd Project Refuge to Benefit Ding Darling
• 2nd Fashion Trashin to Benefit Ding Darling
• 3rd Opening Reception for Susan Sadler's "Captivating Colors" Art Exhibit
• 7th Perfectly Paired Wine Tasting at the CCA 5-7pm
• 8th CFI Leadership Class on the Environment Day 2
• 9th Captiva Historical Society Movie "Hurricanes, Wreckage, Resilience & Recovery"
• 12th BIG ARTS Family & Friends Day
• 17th Pfeifer Realty Sponsored Porch and Patio at the Captiva Civic Association "Season Final"
• 19th Beer in the Bushes to Benefit SCCF
• 28th Summer Wine Preview at the CCA 5-7pm
• 29th CFI Leadership Class Closing Session
• TBD CROW Speaker Series
• Arbor Day Last Friday in April

MAY 2025:

• 4th National Bird Day
• 8th & 9th Doc Fords Tarpon Tournament to Benefit Ding Darling
• Memorial Day - Last Monday in May
• National Flip Flop Day - Wednesday after Memorial Day

JUNE 2025:

• 1st Worldwide Coral Reef Awareness Day
• Captiva Island Pride Weekend, 'Tween Waters Resort & Spa
• 8th Worldwide Ocean's Day
• 14th National Flag Day
• 16th, Worldwide Sea Turtle Day Learn More About How to Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest at SCCF
• 18th National Go Fishing Day
• 20th National Seashell Day Occurs on the First Day of Summer

JULY 2025:

• 3rd International Plastic Bag Free Day
• 4th Fourth of July Parade
• 4th Fourth of July Road Rally for SanCap Optimist Club
• Community House Shredding Day TBD
• Off Duty Fishing Series, Red Snapper Bash TBD

AUGUST 2025:

• National Sand Castle Day First Saturday in August
• 7th National Lighthouse Day
• 11th National Play in the Sand Day
• 30th National Beach Day - Occurs on the same day each year.

SEPTEMBER 2025:

• Labor Day always the first Monday in September
• 15th National Greenpeace Day
• 21st National Clean Up the Beach Day - Celebrated on the Third Saturday in September
• National Public Lands Day always the 4th Saturday in September

OCTOBER 2025:

NOVEMBER 2025:

• 17th National Take a Hike Day - Always Celebrated on this day
• Thanksgiving Day - 4th Thursday in November

DECEMBER 2025:

• 4th Wildlife Conservation Day
• 14th National Dolphin Day
• 22nd Earth Day
• 26th, National Audubon Day