Curated local events for Naples, by interest

Good morning, Naples.

This is a good week to be decisive. The calendar is not loud, but it has a few plans worth claiming before the usual July heat and last-minute indecision take over.

The big move is Les Miserables at The Naples Players, now in its final stretch through Sunday. If you have been meaning to go, this is the week. Around it, Naples has the kind of summer lineup that works best when you build one clean anchor and keep everything else easy: early music at Rooftop, Compass Margaritaville live music, Feast on 5th, Sunday brunch, sightseeing cruises, and a few low-pressure visitor plans.

This week's big picture: Les Miserables is the last-chance headliner, Rooftop and Compass are the easy music picks, and the smartest daytime plans are early, shaded, on the water, or centered around a good table.

If you only make one plan, make it Les Miserables before it closes. If you are hosting visitors, pair a food tour or cruise with one good dinner reservation and leave the rest of the day loose.

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• Best last-chance plan: Les Miserables at The Naples Players

• Best easy music night: Motown Ross Brown at Rooftop

• Best visitor itinerary: Feast on 5th plus a Fifth Avenue dinner

• Best water plan: Naples Princess or Pure Florida

• Best weekend table: Sails, Taberna, or Tigress brunch

Wednesday, July 22 through Saturday, July 25 at 7:30 PM, plus Sunday, July 26 at 2:00 PM | The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave S

This is the week to stop circling it and go. Les Miserables closes Sunday, which gives Naples one more strong theater-night anchor before the calendar settles back into lighter summer mode.

The practical play is simple: book dinner on or near Fifth Avenue, give yourself enough time to park and settle in, then let the show carry the evening. For readers who prefer daytime plans or have family in town, the Sunday matinee is the easier route.

Info: https://www.visitnaplesfl.com/event/les-miserables/2026/07/22

• Les Miserables at The Naples Players, 7:30 PM

• Feast on 5th: Naples Food Tour, noon to 3:00 PM

• Wooftop Wednesday at Rooftop, 5:00 PM

• Twisted Bingo at Rooftop, 7:00 PM

• Downtown Bonita Springs Walking History Tour, 10:00 AM

• Motown Ross Brown at Rooftop, 5:00 PM

• Live Music at Compass Margaritaville, 6:00 PM

• Les Miserables at The Naples Players, 7:30 PM

• Flamingo Island Flea Market, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

• Experience Bonita Springs Food Tour, 11:00 AM

• Live Music at Compass Margaritaville, 6:00 PM

• Les Miserables at The Naples Players, 7:30 PM

• Flamingo Island Flea Market, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM

• Weekend Brunch at Taberna, 11:00 AM

• Saturday Champagne Brunch at Sails, 11:30 AM

• Live Music Saturdays at Compass Margaritaville, 5:00 PM

• Les Miserables at The Naples Players, 7:30 PM

• Tigress brunch, 10:00 AM

• Sails or Taberna brunch, late morning

• Feast on 5th: Naples Food Tour, noon to 3:00 PM

• Les Miserables matinee, 2:00 PM

• Live Entertainment at Compass Margaritaville, 2:00 PM

• Wednesday, July 29: July Art After Hours at The Baker Museum at Artis-Naples.

• Wednesday, August 5: FC Naples vs. AV ALTA FC at Paradise Coast Sports Complex.

• Friday, October 23: Florida Everblades home opener at Hertz Arena.

• October 22 through October 25: Naples International Film Festival at Artis-Naples.

That is the week.

Make the theater plan if you have been putting it off, keep daytime plans cool and simple, and save a little room for one very good meal.

See you next Wednesday.

The Naples Pulse Weekly