2026

OCT

20th-22nd – Happy 150th Birthday on the 21st with 3-day Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling, celebration at The Refuge

28th – Secrets & Stories of the Sanibel Lighthouse at 7 p.m. BIG ARTS

30th – Sanibel Community House Fall Festival

NOV

7th – FISH Jog n Jam annual fundraiser with 10K, 5K, & Kids Fun Run

13th – SCCF’s Wines in the Wild at Bailey Homestead Preserve 6;30 to 9 p.m.

14th & 15th – Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair at The Community House

19th to 21st – BIG ARTS Documentary Film Festival

DEC

4th – 40th annual Sanibel Luminary 5;30 to 9 p.m.

5th – Captiva Luminary

6th – Sanibel Community House Arts & Crafts Fair

10th – BIG ARTS Chorus & Band Holiday Concert at 7 p.m.

13th – Sanibel Art Hop, 1 to 4 p.m.

18th – BIG ARTS Holiday Open House at 5 p.m.

21st – BIG ARTS Holiday Family Film Night at 5 p.m.

MAR

4th to 6th – Sanibel Shell Show & Festival at The Community House

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NOTES:

BIG ARTS = Barrier Island Group for the Arts, www.bigarts.org

CHR = Sanibel Community Housing Resources, www.sanibelchr.org

CROW   = Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife, www.crowclinic.org

“Ding” Darling = J.N. “Ding” Darling Wildlife Refuge, www.dingdarlingsociety.org

FISH = “Friends in Service Here” of Sanibel, www.fishofsanibel.com

LIBRARY = Sanibel Library, www.SanLib.org

MUSEUM = Sanibel Historical Museum & Village

SCA = Sanibel Community Association at Sanibel Community House,

SCCF = Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, www.sccf.org

SHELL = The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum, www.shellmuseum.org

SSS = Sanibel Sea School www.SanibelSeaSchool.org