THE CAPE SCORE
PROJECTED
Worth the Drive 4.6 · Clearwater
Easy weekend
A lifestyle weekend — restaurants, the water, no crowds. Not the one to fly down for.
- 10
- EVENTS
- 69
- FOOD
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- WEATHER
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- BOATING
- Moderate
- CROWDS
Cape Score counts events within about 75 min of the house — quality, volume, variety and distance. Weather is shown here for reference but isn't in the score yet — the weekend is beyond the forecast window. Crowd pressure and boating conditions are shown for reference only and don't affect the score yet. Food = guide picks; weather & boating come from the live forecast.
- ★ Ft. Myers Gun Show
- Ashley McBryde
- Millennial Brewing Oktoberfest
- Downtown Fort Myers Art Walk
Your Perfect Florida Season
How many days do you have? Oct 2026 – May 2027.
Our default recommendation
Your 60-Day Florida Season
Season heat map
What you love
Want to swap a trip?
Equal-length trades that keep your day count the same.
You gain: Tip-Off Beach Division, Sting Tampa Nov 24, Thanksgiving at the Cape.
You gain: Fort Myers Boat Show, Coconut Festival (TBC), Cirque, antique gun show.
You gain: Punta Gorda Seafood & Music, Brit Floyd, Tampa Bay Blues Festival.
Don't miss it
Key dates for tickets and arrivals.
Decide the Art Basel arrival. The plan uses Dec 3; Dec 2 only with preview-day invitation access.
Decide on the Fort Myers Tip-Off (Nov 23–26). The plan catches only the Nov 23 opener; packages are the only guaranteed tickets.
Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo tickets go on sale (Mar 11–14).
Fort Myers Pro Rodeo 2027 dates (sells out). Cape Coral Coconut Festival dates.
Spring Gulf Coast Classic car auction (mid-March). Eagles Nest car show day (late March).
Spring training game times still TBA for Twins and Red Sox.
How we pick
Book a trip: FLIBS, Miami Art Week / Art Basel, Naples Winter Wine Festival…
Favor the Cape: Arcadia rodeos, Chubb Classic, Naples + Fort Myers boat shows…
Fill an open day: Art Walk / Music Walk, Markets, Recurring car meets…