Lovin' Live

Fall shows up in Florida for about three weeks and this is one of them. Live acoustic music, fifty-plus local vendors, and a working farm market, all outdoors in Buckingham.

Saturday, October 10 · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Live acoustic performance 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Buckingham Farms — 12931 Orange River Blvd, Fort Myers, FL 33905

FREE. There's an Eventbrite listing if you want to grab a free spot for their headcount, but it isn't required — you can just show up. You only pay for what you eat, drink, or buy.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-at-the-farm-market-music-tickets-1990798017461

What's there: over 50 local vendors with handmade goods, seasonal products, home décor, jewelry and clothing · a Sip & Shop wine tasting · pumpkin-themed décor · fresh seasonal produce in the farm market · food on site.

Where we'll meet: by the main entrance at 10:30, so we're together before the music starts at 11. If you get there later, message the group and we'll find you.

Pet friendly and family friendly, so bring who you want.

A few notes: it's outdoors on a working farm, so wear shoes you don't mind getting dusty and bring a hat. Parking is on site. Coming from Naples or Bonita, budget 45–55 minutes — Buckingham is east of I-75 off Orange River Blvd.
Hosted by Venice Nights and Golden Shellback Media.

Trivia Night at Palm City Brewing
Wednesday, October 14 · Meet at 6:30 · Trivia starts 7:00
Palm City Brewing Co. — 7887 Drew Circle #130, Fort Myers
Free to play — buy your own food and drinks
Wednesday trivia at Palm City Brewing, and we're going as a team.

Get there by 6:30. Trivia kicks off at 7 sharp and you want a table and a drink in hand before the first question, not during it. Show up at 7:05 and you're already behind.
No cost to play. Just buy whatever you're eating and drinking.

You do not need to know anything. Every team needs the person who knows one weird category, and nobody knows in advance which one that's going to be. Come and find out if it's you.
This is our first properly interactive night — no stage, no watching, everybody in it. Ten minutes in you'll have argued with a stranger about a wrong answer, which is faster than any icebreaker I know.
About ten minutes from Estero, just off Alico.

Escape Room Night + Dinner
Friday, October 23 · 6:00–9:00 PM (flexible — see below)
Escape Room Adventures — 12995 S Cleveland Ave, Suite 217, Fort Myers
(Pinebrook Plaza, behind Outback, next to Bell Tower Shops)
$40 per person — everyone books and pays their own

Sixty minutes locked in a room with people you've just met, trying to solve your way out. It's the fastest way to stop being strangers that I know of.

📌 How this gets booked: I'll make the arrangements once we hit 8 people, or by September 30 — whichever comes first. So RSVP early. Once the room and time are locked I'll post them here, and everyone books and pays their own $40.

On the timing: we're holding 6:00 to 9:00, but the exact slot depends on what the venue has open once we know our numbers. Stay flexible — if it shifts an hour either way, the evening still works.

Dinner's part of the night. We're right beside Bell Tower Shops, so there's plenty within walking distance, and we'll eat before or after depending on where the room lands.

Everyone pays their own. Come for the room and skip dinner, or dinner and skip the room — no obligation either way.
Come alone. Most of us do, and in an escape room that stops mattering about four minutes in.