Fort Myers Seafood and Music Festival

About the Event

Join us for the 4th Annual Fort Myers Seafood & Music Festival held on the waterfront in historic downtown Fort Myers, FL on January 3rd-5th, 2025. The event is produced by Paragon Festivals in partnership with the Fort Myers River District Alliance.

Enjoy foods cooked fresh onsite (seafood, meat, vegetarian) with a variety of side dishes and of course – desserts! Seafood is from Florida’s coastal waters, a sustainable and renewable resource. For drinks, choose from alcoholic, non-alcoholic and fruit drinks.

While eating, listen to the captivating sounds of live musical performances on stage by some of Florida’s and the region’s top musical talents from such genres as R&B, jazz, rock, reggae and Caribbean sounds. The entertainment features Thunder Beach, Rock Candy, K-Luv & United Funk Foundation, Kettle of Fish, Twinkle & Rock Soul Radio, Memphis Lightning, Deb & the Dynamics, 22N, Luna & the Warriors, Billy Rice Band, and the Gas House Gorrillas.

During breaks between performances, shop a diverse marketplace of arts, crafts, select food items and specialty products.

So if you want to relax, kick back and partake of great music and food – we have what you need! Join us for the weekend at the Fort Myers Seafood & Music Festival. We create a masterful event and look forward to seeing YOU – the most important ingredient!

Entertainment Schedule:

Jan 03, 2025
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Thunder Beach
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Classic Dance Rock – 60's – 80's
Thunder Beach gives you the Tribute Band quality experience but from a variety of rock classics artists that you forgot you loved, but performed the way you want to hear them!

We deliver a musical experience to remember, while engaging the crowd with our unique personalities – allowing you to feel like you’re in the middle of a concert.

The 5 members of Thunder Beach bring their musical diversity and 4-part harmony, enabling song selections not often heard but always popular.

It’s Classic Dance Rock… Done Right!!

Chris Day – Lead Vocals
Jim Stewart – Guitar/vocals
John Haussmann – Bass/Vocals
Vinnie Piccolo – Keyboards
Ray Marsch – Drums/Vocals

Visit Thunder Beach’s Website

Rock Candy
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Anthem Rock, Arena Rock, Pomp Rock, Stadium Rock

Conjuring the days of Aqua Net & spandex, Rock Candy brings the 80’s & Arena Rock to every performance. They are engaging and energetic on stage paying tribute to music from the most memorable concert bands, like TOTO, Journey, Loverboy, Def Leppard, Pat Benetar, REO Speedwagon, Van Halen, Heart, RUSH, Night Ranger, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi & more!!

Rock Candy LOVES what they do & gives you a concert experience with seasoned & talented musicians. From session work & record making to live performance with notable bands & musicians as part of their historic tapestry, members of Rock Candy do not only only play their instruments with precision but also have amazing vocal abilities & ranges.

Front-Woman, Siren Voxx : Lead & backup/ harmony Vocals
Front man- Kevin Fox : Co-Lead & backup / harmony Vocals & Lead Guitar
Eddie Sellers : bass & backup/ harmony vocals
Renee “Red” Deane : Rhythm guitar/ Acoustic guitar / backup/ harmony vocals
John Mark Hanko : Rhythm guitar / Keys & backup/ harmony vocals
Eric T : Drums, percussion

Visit Rock Candy’s Website

K-Luv & United Funk Foundation
8:30pm – 10:00pm

K-Luv and the United Funk Foundation made their debut Saturday November-21-2020 at Rollin Stone Sports Bar & Grill-Gunn Highway-Tampa. Featuring a set of Chaka Kahn. They are from the Orlando area and are Nasty. Great Vocals K-Luv is a true veteran who toured with Wilson Pickett!

K-Luv is a MUST SEE Performer!

Visit K-Luv & United Funk Foundation’s Website

General admission is FREE.

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