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🌴 Naples Unmissable Week: July 28 – August 3

Your Ultimate Guide to Naples’ Can't-Miss Summer Events

Find Naples’ most popular and buzzworthy happenings this week, packed with food, family fun, music, and more!
Every event here is drawing a crowd, so mark your calendars and tap those headlines for details.

We recommend verifying event details at the linked Facebook pages before attending.

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🍳 Food & Dining

Brunch at Whiskey Park: Bottomless Mimosas & Bloody Marys
📅 Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: 3380 Mercantile Ave, Naples, FL
🍹 Details: Kick off your weekend with a bottomless brunch and lively crowd!

Dine for a Cause at Shula’s Steak House
📅 Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: Shula's Steak House Naples
🥩 Details: Premium steaks and social good — enjoy a gourmet meal supporting a meaningful cause.

Summer Music Series: Rob Hannon
📅 Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: 4805 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL
🎶 Details: Live music pairs with artisan eats in this weekly summer series.

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Back to School Backpack Giveaway
📅 Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Golden Gate Community Park
🎒 Details: Free backpacks and school supplies for families—arrive early!

Jr. Maitre d' Family Day
📅 Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Collier County Museums
🏛️ Details: Interactive day for families to explore local history hands-on.

Annual School Supply Run
📅 Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Walmart Naples - 9885 Collier Blvd
🛒 Details: Pick up supplies for students and support a great cause.

Vacation Bible School 2025 – True North: Trusting Jesus in a Wild World!
📅 Date: Monday, July 28 – Friday, August 1, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:30 AM
📍 Location: 860 Banyan Blvd, Naples, FL
📚 Details: A weeklong morning camp for kids filled with learning, music, and fun.

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🎸 Concerts & Nightlife

Country Night at Whiskey Park: Bull Riding and Live Music
📅 Date: Friday, August 1, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 PM
📍 Location: 3380 Mercantile Ave, Naples, FL
🤠 Details: Real country music, bull rides, and lively Southern spirits!

Big Cypress Band at Whiskey Park
📅 Date: Friday, August 1, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:30 PM
📍 Location: Whiskey Park
🎶 Details: Hometown favorites light up the stage!

The Mood Zombies @ The Blue Monkey
📅 Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: The Blue Monkey
🥁 Details: Dance all night to rock and funk by a beloved local band.

Damon Fowler - Jack's Seafood Bar and Grill
📅 Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Jack’s Seafood Bar and Grill
🎸 Details: Top-tier blues and guitar from a Florida legend.

Support Studio 113 Every Friday Night
📅 Date: Friday, August 1, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 1100 Commercial Blvd STE 113, Naples
🎤 Details: Open mic, music, and more — Naples’ creative community home base.

ARTScool Summer Camp
📅 Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: 585 Park St, Naples, FL
🎨 Details: Kids ignite their creativity at this week-long day camp — register fast!

National Blow Out Day Event!
📅 Date: Monday, July 28, 2025
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Blo Blow Dry Bar - Naples, FL
💁 Details: Hair, beauty, and bubbly vibes all morning.

Christmas in July Paint Party! Santa Claws
📅 Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Midnight Tavern Naples
🎨 Details: Get festive and creative—paint, sip, and celebrate!

Goddess Awakening featuring Goddess Sekhmet
📅 Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Limitless Light
✨ Details: Spiritual workshop celebrating feminine energy and empowerment.

Sound Bath with Natalie of Harmonic Alignment
📅 Date: Sunday, August 3, 2025
⏰ Time: 4:30 PM
📍 Location: 4949 Tamiami Trail N 204, Naples, FL
🔔 Details: Meditative, healing sound experience to close out your week.

⚠️ Double-check event pages for any last-minute changes. Enjoy your week, Naples!

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Naples, Florida News Highlights

🔗 Mercato Plaza Breaks Ground on “Triple‑Size” Overhaul
The popular North Naples shopping hub started a makeover that will add a new stage, wider walkways and more seating, with completion expected by mid‑October.

🔗 Costco Decision Put Off Over Gas‑Station Concerns
County planners tabled a vote on a proposed East Naples Costco after neighbors objected to pumps just 130 feet from other homes and stores; a market study is due by Sept. 4.

🔗 North Collier Fire District Adds Its Own Ambulance Service
Starting July 31, Medic Rescue 45 will let district firefighters provide Advanced Life Support transport, shortening wait times for emergency patients.

🔗 Food Pantry Demand Jumps 175 Percent at Naples Salvation Army
The charity says many first‑time, middle‑class families are now seeking help and is calling for extra donations of shelf‑stable items and volunteers.

🔗 Free Autism Screenings Offered Saturday at C’mon Museum
Family Initiative and Golisano Children’s Museum will provide no‑cost developmental checks on July 26; appointments can be booked by phone.

🔗 Residents Urge End to Aerial Mosquito Spraying
Dozens packed a Collier Mosquito Control meeting, asking commissioners to swap chemical flights for bat houses and other natural methods; no policy change was made.

🔗 “Flavors of 5th” Launches Summer Prix‑Fixe Menus Downtown
More than a dozen Fifth Avenue restaurants are offering three‑course deals through August, with $1 per meal benefiting Beverly’s Angels children’s charity.

🔗 Public Can Review I‑75 Widening Plans Through Aug 25
FDOT has released documents for an 18.5‑mile widening from Golden Gate Parkway to Corkscrew Road; comments are being accepted before the mid‑2025 design wrap‑up.

🔗 FPL Seeks New Base‑Rate Hike, Bills Could Rise $8 Next Year
The utility’s July 22 filing asks regulators for $1.5 billion in 2026 and $927 million in 2027, adding roughly 2.5 percent to monthly residential charges.

🔗 Porsche Studio Opens on Fifth Avenue for Coffee, Racing Sims & Rare Cars
Florida’s first Porsche Studio doubles as a café and boutique, featuring a vintage 1961 RS 61 Spyder and a virtual track where guests can “drive” 40 different models.

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