Entertainment
Island Live Music!
June 11, 2026
Scarpa’s Coastal is having live music this June and July in an “Island Summer Series in Live Music” starting with Kenny Rose on Thursday, June 18. Continuing with Amy Cyr on Friday, June 26, Jac…
TARPON SCHEDULE 2026
May 7, 2026
Ladies Day Fishing
The annual Ladies Day Tarpon Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 9 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. An open awards party to follow at Scarpa’s Coastal from 8 to 10 p.m. This ye…
Memorial Day sandbar lineup announced
April 30, 2026
On Saturday, May 23, the Uncle Don’s Boca H2O Music Festival will be held in the water off the sandbar between Gasparilla Island and Placida. The concert is put together by Big Boy Toyz Expo.
The…
Lemon Bay High spring concert salutes America 250
April 30, 2026
The Lemon Bay High School band will present a spring concert Thursday, May 7, at the Lemon Bay Performing Arts Center, featuring a program celebrating the sound, spirit and story of America as the n…
New Gasparilla Island Magazine out for May/June, with Tarpon Times
April 23, 2026
To start off the summer season, Boca Beacon’s Gasparilla Magazine May/June Edition is out with new feature stories, recipes, shopping and social pages.
Features include “Crossing For Cystic Fibro…
“Anything Goes” at Lemon Bay
April 23, 2026
Students of Lemon Bay High School Theatre put on the show “Anything Goes.” Shown here are: Makaila Lindsey, Myles Onken and Roran Eagen. The next show will be held on Friday, May 1 when they perform…
Tarpon Season Kick-off Party Saturday
April 16, 2026
The Boca Grande Fishing Guides Association is hosting the first annual Tarpon Season Kick-off Party on Saturday, April 18.
The event is from 5 to 7 p.m. at Whidden’s Marina, 190 1st St. East. The…
Troy Senik to speak on Grover Cleveland April 15 at
April 9, 2026
Friends of Boca Grande Community Center is pleased to host author Troy Senik for a lecture and discussion on his biography of President Grover Cleveland, “A Man of Iron,” on Wednesday, April 15, at…
Mount Vernon historian discusses legacy of John Adams
April 2, 2026
Historian and author Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky returns to Boca Grande on Monday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. to present insights from her latest book, “Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents T…
Events Roundup: April 3-9
April 2, 2026
Friday, April 3
Farmers Market, Bayou (last market)
Frondezvous Mini Market Finale, Pink Pony Courtyard
Stations of the Cross, begins at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church courtyard…











