1. STARTS FRIDAY: 10th Annual Island Hopper with Scotty McCreery, Jeffrey Steele
Country singers Scotty McCreery and Jeffrey Steele headline the sprawling, 10th-annual music festival. Dozens of singer-songwriters ― mostly country-music artists ― perform Sept. 20-22 on Captiva Island, Sept. 23-24 in Cape Coral, Sept. 25-26 in downtown Fort Myers and Sept. 27-29 on Fort Myers Beach.
Steele joins Gulf Coast Symphony at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, at Florida Repertory Theatre. McCreery plays a pool party at 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, at Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina on Fort Myers Beach. Many shows are free. Tickets are $36-$75 for Steele, $75 for McCreery…