HAUNTS & HISTORY TOUR
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Date: Beginning Saturday, October 11 and every Saturday thereafter through April 2026
Time: 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Website: https://swfloridawalkingtours.com/tours-2/haunts-of-history-tour/
Description: Join tour guide Steve for a two-hour stroll through historic downtown Punta Gorda, where the past comes alive in both fact and folklore. Discover the city’s story from its founding to today and hear real accounts of ghostly encounters at the sites we visit.
Location: Historic Downtown Punta Gorda
Contact Information: Evie Alexander at [email protected]
Fees/Admission: Adults $29 / Youth 15 and under $19 / Children in strollers (3 and under) free
TRIBUTE TO JIM MORRIS: TURNING NIGHTS INTO STORIES
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Date: Thursday, October 16
Time: 7 to 9 p.m.
Website: http://www.militaryheritagemuseum.org
Location: Military Heritage Museum, 900 West Marion Ave., Punta Gorda
Contact Information: Gregg Hansen at [email protected]
Fees/Admission: $41 at
CELEBRATING MEAT LOAF
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Date: Friday, October 17
Time: 8 to 9:30 p.m.
Website: https://casino.hardrock.com/immokalee
Description: Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee welcomes Celebrating Meat Loaf – Bat Out of Helloween, with doors opening at 7 p.m. and the show beginning at 8 p.m. Attendees must be 21.
Location: 506 S. 1st St., Immokalee, FL 34142.
Contact Information: Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee at [email protected]
Fees/Admission: Tickets start at $68 and are available from Ticketmaster or at http://www.moreinparadise.com.Parking is free.
FRIENDSHIP FALL CRAFT AND VENDOR SHOW
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Website: http://www.friendshipumcpuntagorda.com
Description: Local crafters and vendors will be selling a variety of items for holiday gift giving. Also included will be a Bake Sale, with wonderful home baked goods to usher in the fall and holiday seasons. Burger Bench food truck will be onsite. Register as a crafter/vendor for a fee of only $20 (see contact information below).
Location: Friendship United Methodist Church, 12275 Paramount Drive, Punta Gorda
Contact Information: Paula Short at [email protected] or at (941) 246-8989
Fees/Admission: FREE to shoppers!
TRUNK OR TREAT
Date: October 25
Time: 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Website: http://www.friendshipumcpuntagorda.com
Description: Please join Friendship United Methodist Church for a Pre-Happy Halloween Trunk or Treat! Candy will be plentiful, popcorn and s’mores will be available, and hot dogs will be roasted over a fire pit! There will also be a Block Party bounce house/slide combo, games with prizes, a fire truck to explore, and Lizzy the Literacy Bus will make an appearance. Come in or out of costume and join in the fun for all ages!
Location: Friendship United Methodist Church, 12275 Paramount Drive, Punta Gorda
Contact Information: Paula Short at [email protected] or at (941) 246-8989
Fees/Admission: FREE
JORGE CELEDON
Date: Saturday, October 25
Time: 9 to 10:30 p.m.
Website: http://www.moreinparadise.com
Description: Internationally known Colombian vallenato artist Jorge Celedón will perform at Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee with doors opening at 8 p.m. Attendees must be 21. A multiple Latin Grammy award-winner, Celedón has always been at the forefront of bringing vallenato music to many countries around the world. Location: Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee, 506 S. 1st St., Immokalee, FL 34142
Fees/Admission: Tickets are available from Ticketmaster or online at http://www.moreinparadise.com. Parking is free.
