{"id":428949,"date":"2026-10-15T22:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428949\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T22:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:58:10","slug":"fort-myers-beach-markets-return-fort-myers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/428949\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Myers Beach markets return &#8211; FORT MYERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortmyersbeachtalk.com\/news\/business\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                &#13;<br \/>\n                    \/Business                                                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/a>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>1 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/BusinessSantini-1100x495.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Times Square markets are returning to Fort Myers Beach every Friday and Saturday  from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. <\/p>\n<p>2 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide_tall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Businessmarkets-630x840.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Maria Carlini, who owns Bonita Beach Jewelers, is back at Santini Marina Plaza and Times Square this season on Fort Myers Beach.\n<\/p>\n<p>3 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Farmersmarkets-1100x825.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>4 \/ 4<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"slide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TimesSquarebusiniessmarket-1100x825.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cher Charest, operator of Sol Huna at the Times Square market, helps out customers Lisa Reiser (center) and Indiana University student Emily Reiser (right) at last year&#8217;s Times Square market. Charest is back this season with more original art, embroidered shirts and handmade jewelry. Photo  by Nathan Mayberg<\/p>\n<p>            <a class=\"prev next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(-1)\"><\/a><br \/>\n            <a class=\"next next_prev_slide\" onclick=\"plusSlides(1)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>            [expand]<\/p>\n<p>        close<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s favorite Fort Myers Beach markets are back at Santini Marina Plaza and Times Square.<\/p>\n<p>The farmer\u2019s market at Santini Marina Plaza is running three days a week this season, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. <\/p>\n<p>The market at Santini Marina Plaza features fresh produce from 24karrot Produce, jewelry vendors including the Island Jewel, Greek food, quilts, jams, fruit juices, and other vendors.<\/p>\n<p>At Times Square, the Fort Myers Beach market is running from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The market features the return of the Island jewel, and the return of King of All Guacamole, Starlight Bakery and homemade cookies, and the return of Sol Huna\u2019s original artwork, shirts and handmade jewelry. Some new vendors include a smoothie vendor and lemonade stand<\/p>\n<p>The markets are running through May.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to a great season,\u201d Fort Myers Beach Markets organizer Linda Miller said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got great customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the increase in the town\u2019s parking meter rate from $5 an hour to $6 an hour, Miller said she is encouraging visitors to the Times Square market on Fort Myers Beach to use Lee County\u2019s free Park and Ride, which offers free parking off Main Street and off Summerlin Square Drive with a cost of .75 per ride and .35 for seniors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere have been a lot of objections to the parking increase,\u201d Miller said. <\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; \/Business &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; 1 \/ 4 The Times Square markets are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-428949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428949","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=428949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}