{"id":399731,"date":"2026-09-14T19:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399731\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:42:15","slug":"island-hopper-songwriter-fest-in-fort-myers-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399731\/","title":{"rendered":"Island Hopper Songwriter Fest in Fort Myers | State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Island Hopper Songwriter Fest in southwest Florida is Sept. 18\u2013Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for 10 tropical days of live performances, intimate storytelling, and unforgettable music across southwest Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Catch your favorite country and indie artists performing at breezy beachfront venues and waterfront bars, The music starts on Captiva Island, cruises through Cape Coral and downtown Fort Myers during the week, and wraps up with a grand finale on Fort Myers Beach.<\/p>\n<p>With 60+ free performances from top singer-songwriters out of Nashville and beyond, Island Hopper brings you closer to the music in all the best ways. One minute you\u2019re catching an acoustic set by the water, the next you\u2019re hearing the story behind the song in a laid-back island setting that feels anything but ordinary.<\/p>\n<p>Country, folk, alt rock, intimate venues, special ticketed events\u2014it\u2019s all part of what makes this one of America\u2019s most beloved live music festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Island Hopper Songwriter Fest in southwest Florida is Sept. 18\u2013Sept. 27. Get ready for 10 tropical days of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,28,1521],"class_list":["post-399731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-florida","tag-southwest-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}