CAPTIVA ISLAND, FL – After a rousing Thanksgiving kickoff, three fun-filled weekends remain of Captiva Island’s four-week-long Captiva Holiday Village event, running through Saturday, December 17. The coming weekend includes a twinkling Luminary Night and a host of other intriguing events.
Each remaining event weekend on this popular southwest Florida barrier island will be a themed, fun-filled extravaganza of sight and sound, set against the backdrop of the Gulf of Mexico and nightly sunsets. Visitors to Captiva Island during Captiva Holiday Village weekends will enjoy everything from street dancers and fireworks to live concerts, decorated golf cart parade, and a lighted boat parade - all of which will take place in Captiva’s Village Center where its one-of-a-kind colorful restaurants and shops will be festively lighted and decorated.
A feature of this year’s Captiva Holiday Village is community Chautauqua, offering educational and entertaining workshops, boat cruises, and natural history talks. In addition to Holiday Village festivities, the island offers easy access to an abundance of water sports: kayaking, guided fishing, parasailing, wildlife cruises to the outer islands and world-renowned shelling.
“You’ll never forget a holiday weekend spent on beautiful Captiva,” says Paul McCarthy, President of Captiva Cruises. “You can enjoy as many of the special events as you’d like, and spend the rest of your time relaxing on the beach, gallery-hopping, or getting out on the water.”
Captiva Island, which lies in the Gulf of Mexico adjacent to Fort Myers, is renowned for its beautiful sunsets, pristine beaches, relaxed atmosphere, terrific weather, and the variety of outdoor activities which can be enjoyed there. “Holiday stress just melts away with a Captiva sunset,” says ‘Tween Waters Inn Resort’s General Manager Jeff Shuff.
Captiva inns, resorts, cottages and vacation homes will be offering lodging specials in conjunction with this year’s second annual Captiva Holiday Village event.
The remaining 2011 event schedule is as follows:
Weekend 2 Luminary Islands Weekend
Friday, Dec. 2
Captiva Chautauqua
Captiva Mullet March
Sanibel Luminary
Saturday, Dec 3
Captiva Chautauqua
Decorated Golf Cart Parade
Sanibel Community Chorus on Andy Rosse Lane
Captiva Luminary
Weekend 3 Country Christmas
Friday, Dec 9
Captiva Chautauqua
Sunset Arias ‘Tween Waters Inn
Country Christmas Concert with CMA Hall of Fame artist Charlie McCoy
Saturday, Dec 10
Captiva Chautauqua
Holiday Marketplace at South Seas Island Resort
Lighted Boat Parade
Country Christmas Concert with Charlie McCoy
Sunday, Dec 11
Caroling at Chapel by the Sea
Weekend 4 Captiva Carnival
Friday, Dec 16
Captiva Chautauqua
Cuban Dance and Jazz Concert
Saturday, Dec 17
Captiva Chautauqua
Bahamas Junkanoo Revue Street Parade
Fire Dancing on the Beach
Cuban Dance and Jazz Concert
About Captiva Island
Captiva Island is a barrier island in the tranquil Gulf of Mexico on Florida’s southwest coast. North of Sanibel Island and West of Fort Myers, world-renowned Captiva is also just three hours from Tampa and Fort Lauderdale by car. A narrow seashell-laden island famous for its dramatic sunrises and sunsets, celebrity visitors, and creative residents, Captiva is home to private waterfront estates, two large resorts, and several charming small inns. The heart of the island is its vibrant ‘downtown,’ coined “the village,” in which visitors and locals stroll among colorful galleries, shops and restaurants, with live music and water views. As the gateway to the out-islands within Pine Island Sound, Captiva is also a watersports destination, and offers boaters multiple marinas with overnight dockage. It has been featured in countless magazines and newspapers around the world.
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