Events on Sanibel Island

Sanibel Island manages to maintain a busy social events calendar, despite the small size of the island. The community holds several events during the holiday season. Among them will be the Fort Myers Symphonic Mastersingers presentation of the Messiah. The event will take place on December 13 at the Big Arts facility on Dunlop Road. Sanibel is the site of many community celebrations. Some of them are quite beautiful, particularly around the holidays, and feature traditional elements—such as Christmas lights—presented in entirely new ways. The tight sense of community on this island means these events are usually very well-attended.

The Christmas Luminary Trail and Open House is among the island’s most popular events. Taking place on December 4^th and 5^th, the event features a whole different kind of Christmas light display. The streets are lined with Luminaries—paper bags with a candle inside—that provide a beautiful glow to the surroundings. These luminaries are one of the distinctive elements of this island’s holiday celebrations. The site of the quaint island buildings lit up by the soft glow of the candles is very hard to forget and is beautiful, indeed.

Sanibel has some fun holiday events, as well. At The Schoolhouse Theater, one of the island’s landmarks, there will be a special run of a season-appropriate play from December 15 through December 31. The play, entitled “Every Christmas Story Ever Told” pokes fun at traditional Christmas stories. The play is a three-actor affair and features parodies of well-known tales. The holiday season will be rife with other events, as well. Even during the coldest part of the year, the beaches on Sanibel are still inviting. Celebrating the holidays in a tropical paradise like Sanibel and Captiva is rather an event in and of itself!