50 fun things to do in Southwest Florida

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On August 17 at 5:00pm, plan a visit to beautiful downtown Venice for their Downtown Wine Walk.  You can pick up your wristband and a list of participating downtown businesses. The first 500 people will receive a special blue Lovin’ Our Locals wristband. Restaurants will offer specials like buy-one-get-one-free or half price glasses of wine…

Friday Fest, Van Wezel’s free concert series featuring local musicians playing on the bayfront venue’s lawn, has announced this year’s lineup. Blues group Doug Deming and The Jewel Tones, with Deming hailing from Detroit but now based in Florida’s Gulf Coast, kicks off the series on June 16. Rock ‘n’ roll act Kettle of Fish,…