🌴 What's Happening in Naples November 2 - 8

The clocks fell back overnight, so Naples gets an extra hour of daylight in the morning and a week that keeps building toward the weekend. Tuesday is Election Day, and that same night Broadway star Mandy Gonzalez opens the Naples Philharmonic Pops season with a run through Saturday. Midweek brings a Chopin prizewinner at Artis-Naples and a Florida-life TikTok comic at Off The Hook. Saturday is the big one: the Florida Panther Festival at Naples Zoo, a firefighter chili cook-off on Marco and BBMak, the actual late-90s pop trio, playing Celebration Park that night. Sunday closes with a free family Community Day at Artis-Naples, and veterans get into the Botanical Garden free all weekend.

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🗓️ Monday, November 2

🍵 Let's Make a Tea for Inflammation
📅 Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
📍 Location: South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Pkwy, Naples, FL 34113
🌿 Details: Blend your own anti-inflammatory herbal tea and take it home along with a handout, all free from the Friends of the Library. Only 24 spots, so register before you go.

🌺 W.O.N.D.E.R. at Naples Botanical Garden
📅 Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples, FL 34112
🐛 Details: A hands-on morning program for families, with guided Garden tours at 10, noon and 2. It is included with admission ($27 adults, $12 kids 4 to 17), and a seashell jewelry trunk show runs in the Berger Shop from 11 to 2.

📱 iPhone Basics: Building Digital Confidence
📅 Date: Monday, November 2, 2026
⏰ Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
📍 Location: South Regional Library, 8065 Lely Cultural Pkwy, Naples, FL 34113
⚙️ Details: The first session of a free class on Apple IDs, the App Store and the settings menu nobody explains. Bring your phone, and register ahead since it caps at 24.

🗓️ Tuesday, November 3

🗳️ Election Day in Collier County
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Your assigned precinct (early voting sites are closed)
✅ Details: Today you vote at your own precinct only, with races running from U.S. Senate down to county commission, school board and two Naples Airport Authority seats, plus three City Council seats on Marco Island. Look up your polling place on the Supervisor of Elections site and bring a photo ID with a signature.

🦅 Birding in the Garden
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples, FL 34112
🔭 Details: A weekly walk through the Garden's 90-acre Preserve, with a stop at the birding tower. Meet at the Smith Entry Prow, and go before or after you vote.

👵 Funny Old Broads
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Center for the Arts Bonita Springs Performing Arts Center, 10150 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs, FL 34135
😂 Details: A musical comedy back after selling out its last run, with tickets from $44 to $54. Call the box office at 239-495-8989 before they go again.

😂 Kevin Farley at Off The Hook
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Off The Hook Comedy Club, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34109
🎤 Details: Chris Farley's brother, with credits in Black Sheep, The Waterboy and Netflix's F is for Family. There is a two-item minimum, so plan on dinner while you wait for results.

🎭 Mandy Gonzalez Sings Broadway: Naples Philharmonic Pops
📅 Date: Tuesday, November 3 through Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM nightly, plus a 2:00 PM Saturday matinee
📍 Location: Hayes Hall, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🎶 Details: The star of Wicked, Hamilton and In the Heights opens the Pops season with Jack Everly conducting, singing Sunset Boulevard selections and songs from her album Fearless. Your ticket gets you into The Baker Museum the same day, and the box office is 239-597-1900.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 4

🖼️ Art Gallery Reception at Rookery Bay
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd, Naples, FL 34113
🌊 Details: A free opening for the Learning Center's new gallery show. Book your spot through rookerybay.org.

🍕 Travis G at Celebration Park
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Celebration Park, 2880 Becca Ave, Naples, FL 34112
🎸 Details: Free live rock at the food truck park, and it is Pizza and Wine Wednesday. Grab a table by the water.

🎹 Kate Liu: Grand Piano Series
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Daniels Pavilion, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🏆 Details: The International Chopin Competition prizewinner (Third Prize, Best Mazurka and Audience Favorite) plays Chopin's "Funeral March" Sonata, Schumann's Arabeske and Prokofiev's Sonata No. 8. A rare chance to hear her in a room this size.

😂 Ryan Goodcase at Off The Hook
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM
📍 Location: Off The Hook Comedy Club, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34109
🛁 Details: The youngest-ever World Series of Comedy winner, and yes, the deadpan guy from the Bed Bath & Beyond ads. Doors open two hours early if you want a good table.

🚀 Rocket Man
📅 Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: Price Theater, The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave S, Naples, FL 34102
🌌 Details: James Duggan plays Donny, a man ready to walk away from his life, until the second act drops everyone into a world where they chose differently. It runs through November 22, and the box office is 239-263-7990.

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🗓️ Thursday, November 5

🏫 School Tour and Information Session
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: Gulf Coast Charter Academy South, 215 Airport Pulling Rd N, Naples, FL 34104
🔬 Details: A morning look at the free K-8 public charter school and its STEM focus, with 2026-27 applications open. Call (239) 784-1539 if you want to confirm your spot.

🎨 Watercolors and Wildlife: Painting at Rookery Bay
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 12:30 PM to 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center, 300 Tower Rd, Naples, FL 34113
🦩 Details: Local artist Jan Deswik leads a beginner-friendly class with all supplies included, and you leave with a finished painting. Register at 239-530-5940.

🥂 Meet and Enjoy at Hilton Naples
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Hilton Naples, 5111 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL 34103
🤝 Details: An evening mixer at the Hilton on the Trail. The listing is light on details, so check the event page for the host and any cover.

🎵 Mercato Nights Music Series
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
📍 Location: Mercato Event Lawn, 9115 Strada Place, Naples, FL 34108
🍷 Details: A free concert on the lawn, the first Thursday of every month. Bring a chair and pick a restaurant for after.

🌴 OMGITSWICKS and Friends
📅 Date: Thursday, November 5 through Sunday, November 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM Thursday, 6:30 and 8:30 PM Friday, 6:00 and 8:00 PM Saturday, 6:00 PM Sunday
📍 Location: Off The Hook Comedy Club, 2500 Vanderbilt Beach Rd, Naples, FL 34109
📲 Details: Josh Robinson's viral sketches about Florida life brought live, with Dewayne Williams and Myke Herlihy. Expect the whole room to recognize their own neighbors.

🗓️ Friday, November 6

🐦 Birding with Biologists Workshop
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 AM to 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Donna Fiala Eagle Lakes Community Park, Naples
🔎 Details: A beginner workshop on using binoculars and field guides along paved paths, led by biologists from Audubon Florida and Rookery Bay. Register at rookerybay.org/events.

🎸 Rock and Roll History with Charles Bergeron
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM
📍 Location: Ubben Signature Event Space, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🌼 Details: A University of Miami professor on Woodstock, Hendrix, Joplin and the Stones, a preview of the Baker Museum's Baron Wolman photo show opening December 5. It is ticketed, so book through Artis-Naples.

🔨 Gulfshore Playhouse Production Center Tour
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Gulfshore Playhouse Production Center, 568 Production Blvd, Naples, FL 34104
🎭 Details: A behind-the-scenes walk through the shop where the Playhouse builds its sets. Good timing, with A Christmas Carol going up later this month.

🎖️ Veterans Day Free Admission at Naples Botanical Garden
📅 Date: Friday, November 6 through Sunday, November 8, 2026 (and Wednesday, November 11)
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Naples Botanical Garden, 4820 Bayshore Dr, Naples, FL 34112
🇺🇸 Details: Veterans and active or retired military get in free with valid ID, and everyone with them pays regular admission. A quiet way to say thanks before Veterans Day.

🎙️ Open Mic Night at Food and Thought
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: Food and Thought, 2132 Tamiami Trail N, Naples, FL 34102
🥗 Details: The weekly open mic at the organic market and café, for songs, poems or whatever you have been working on. Sign up when you get there and grab dinner while you wait.

🍸 Celebrity Martini Glass Auction 2026
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave S, Naples, FL 34102
🎨 Details: The most popular Facebook listing of the week, posted by The Naples Players, with 80 people interested. Details are thin online, so check the event page or call 239-263-7990 for tickets before you go.

🎶 Florida Rhythm Kings at Celebration Park
📅 Date: Friday, November 6, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
📍 Location: Celebration Park, 2880 Becca Ave, Naples, FL 34112
🎸 Details: Free classic rock on an Opa! Friday at the food truck park. Easy to pair with the open mic down the Trail.

🗓️ Saturday, November 7

🍅 Third Street South Farmers Market
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM
📍 Location: Neapolitan lot between Third Street South and Gordon Dr, Naples, FL 34102
🧺 Details: Every Saturday, year round, and still in the summer lot until it moves back onto Third Street in mid-November. Go early before the heat and the crowds.

🐆 Florida Panther Festival
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
📍 Location: Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens, 1590 Goodlette-Frank Rd, Naples, FL 34102
🌿 Details: See a living Florida panther up close and talk to the people working to keep them around. It falls on a Collier County Appreciation Day, so residents can reserve free tickets.

🌳 Forest Bathing at Rookery Bay
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM
📍 Location: Rookery Bay Research Reserve, 300 Tower Rd, Naples, FL 34113
🧘 Details: A guided, slow-paced sensory walk with a certified forest-bathing guide, $50 with same-day Learning Center admission. Register at 239-530-5972.

🌶️ Jerry Adams Chili Cook-Off
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
📍 Location: CJ's on the Bay, 740 N Collier Blvd, Marco Island, FL 34145
🚒 Details: Marco Island firefighters and local chefs battle for the best chili, and the money helps Marco firefighters and their families. Bring an appetite and a vote.

🎤 Super Duos at Artis-Naples
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM
📍 Location: Daniels Pavilion, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🎶 Details: Pat Balder and Glen Everhart sing the hits of the great soul, country and rock duos. Two shows, so pick the one that fits dinner.

💿 An Intimate Evening With BBMak
📅 Date: Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ Time: 8:00 PM
📍 Location: Celebration Park, 2880 Becca Ave, Naples, FL 34112
🎧 Details: "The Boys You Fell For" is not a tribute act; it is BBMak, the real British trio behind "Back Here," presented by Naples Magazine. With more than 140 people interested, get tickets through Celebration Park before the night of.

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🗓️ Sunday, November 8

⚾ JSA at the SWFL Sports Card Show
📅 Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM
📍 Location: YMCA of Collier County, 5450 YMCA Rd, Naples, FL 34109
🃏 Details: Dozens of vendor tables, with JSA on site to authenticate autographs. Check the event page for the closing time before you haul the binders over.

🎻 Fall Community Day at Artis-Naples
📅 Date: Sunday, November 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🎨 Details: Free run of Hayes Hall and The Baker Museum, with an instrument petting zoo, face painting, a scavenger hunt, bilingual storytelling and food trucks. The Youth Symphonia plays at 1 (free, but reserve a ticket) and the Youth Chorus closes it out at 5.

🎭 All Week

🎙️ The World Goes 'Round
📅 Date: Through Sunday, November 22, 2026
📍 Location: Struthers Studio, Gulfshore Playhouse, 100 Goodlette-Frank Rd S, Naples, FL 34102
🎷 Details: The Kander and Ebb revue, with songs from Cabaret and Chicago, staged in a studio made over as a hazy jazz club. Call the box office at 239-261-7529 for showtimes.

👪 The Addams Family Jr.
📅 Date: Through Sunday, November 8, 2026
📍 Location: Glass Theater, The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave S, Naples, FL 34102
🕯️ Details: The Naples Players' youth troupe takes on the kooky family musical in its final week. Showtimes vary by listing, so confirm with the box office at 239-263-7990.

🌀 The Surrealist International: Fifty Years of Dreams
📅 Date: Through February 14, 2027
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Tuesday to Saturday, 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM Sunday
📍 Location: The Baker Museum, Artis-Naples, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples, FL 34108
🖼️ Details: Half a century of Surrealist art, alongside Florida Contemporary and Linling Lu's Fugue in 3 Voices. Your Pops or Community Day ticket gets you in.

🖋️ Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White
📅 Date: Through January 24, 2027
⏰ Time: 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
📍 Location: Naples Art Institute, 585 Park St, Naples, FL 34102
🖼️ Details: Prints from the Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam for $15, at one of only three U.S. stops. Go on a weekday morning for the quietest room.

🌮 ¡Viva México! at the Golisano Children's Museum
📅 Date: Through January 3, 2027
📍 Location: Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, 15080 Livingston Rd, Naples, FL 34109
🚣 Details: A dual-language exhibit where kids make tortillas and ride a trajinera boat, included with admission ($18 locals, $25 visitors). A good rainy-day backup.

⚠️ Please verify event details and availability with the respective venues or organizers, as schedules may change.

📰 What's Happening in Naples

🔗 Six Candidates Are Running for Three Marco Island Council Seats on Tuesday
Incumbent Darrin Palumbo faces Jason Bailey, Dennis Bartolucci, Chris Ricci, Teri Sommerfeld and Rick Woodworth, and voters also decide a charter amendment that would replace council appointments with special elections to fill most vacancies.

🔗 Naples Beach Is Getting 208,000 Tons of New Sand by Christmas
The $8 million renourishment covers 3.5 miles from Doctor's Pass to south of 21st Avenue South, with about 9,450 truck trips running 7 AM to 7 PM, Monday through Saturday.

🔗 Collier Approved a 30-Studio Workforce Housing Building in East Naples
Commissioners voted unanimously on October 27, despite neighbor opposition, for the five-story building at U.S. 41 and Andrew Drive, where 25 of the 30 studios will be income-limited.

🔗 Three Naples-Area Men Were Convicted in a Plot to Kill a Marco Island Homebuilder
Prosecutors say Nova Homes president Frank Arcia offered $30,000 to have his brother Geo killed, and the three men from Golden Gate, Golden Gate Estates and East Naples face up to 20 years at sentencing on January 27.

🔗 Another Florida Panther Was Killed on Randall Boulevard
The 2-year-old male was likely hit by a vehicle west of Everglades Boulevard in Golden Gate Estates, and 9 of Florida's 15 panther deaths this year have been in Collier.

🔗 The State Is Suing a Golden Gate Designer Over an Unpaid Permit-Fraud Fine
DBPR wants $103,435 from Octavio Sarmiento and his firm ASSA, whose fraudulent permit scheme touched more than 400 buildings across the county, including 76 on Marco Island.

🔗 The Wife of a Naples Property Manager in an Alleged $70 Million Condo Fraud Was Arrested in Colombia
Lina Maria Munoz Posada was picked up in Rionegro, while her husband, Orlando Miserandino Ortiz of American Property Management Services, awaits extradition after about three dozen condo associations said they were drained.

🔗 Hoffmann Family of Companies Bought Hamilton Harbor Yacht Club
The price was not disclosed for the club near Gordon Pass and Rookery Bay, which last sold for $16.62 million in 2021, and it joins a portfolio that now includes a deal for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

🔗 An Airport Road Senior Living Campus Sold for $10 Million, 63% Below Its 2021 Price
BH Group and Gold Standard of Care bought AdviniaCare Naples at 7801 Airport Road N., with 133 assisted living units and 40 skilled nursing rooms, and plan renovations.

🔗 A 28-Unit Luxury Condo Building Will Replace the Old Naples Park Burger King
Sole Naples, a four-story building at 9271 Tamiami Trail N., will have condos from 1,927 to 3,741 square feet on land the developers bought for $8.3 million.

🔗 An Arthrex Ankle Implant Made in Ave Maria Won "Coolest Thing Made in Florida"
The TightRope Pro, used to repair high-ankle sprains, beat 125 nominations from all 67 counties at the Florida Chamber's forum in Orlando on October 28.

🔗 No Shorebirds Nested on Marco's Sand Dollar Island This Year
Audubon of the Western Everglades counted zero nests in an area that held about 600 pairs of black skimmers in 2015, and it blames dredging changes, people and predators.

🔗 Premier Sotheby's International Realty Named Jackie Thiel CEO
Budge Huskey moves to executive chairman on January 1, 2027, handing the Naples-based firm and its roughly 1,200 advisors to Thiel.

🔗 The Voulez-Vous Cabaret on Bonita Beach Road Pushed Its Opening to January
Chicago trucking entrepreneur Roy Dobrasinovic is turning the former Southwest Florida Event Center at 11515 Bonita Beach Road SE into a 350-seat main room with a 170-seat lounge.

🔗 Nonprofits Held an Evening Food Distribution in Immokalee for Families Who Work Days
Midwest Food Bank Florida, Meals of Hope and The Learning Spot handed out food boxes and water after work hours on October 28, built for farmworker families who cannot make a daytime pantry.