Curated local events for Naples, by interest

Good morning, Naples.

This is the kind of July week that rewards a little editing. Do not try to do everything. Pick the one evening worth dressing for, reserve the table that makes the night feel intentional, and keep daytime plans early, shaded, or on the water.

The clear anchor is still Les Miserables at The Naples Players. It gives Fifth Avenue South a proper reason to plan dinner, see a show, and make a summer week feel less routine. Saturday adds a local sports note with FC Naples at Paradise Coast Sports Complex, while the rest of the calendar is best used for polished brunch, food tours, sightseeing cruises, rooftop music, and easy visitor plans.

This week's big picture: Les Miserables is the full night out, FC Naples is the Saturday sports pick, and the smartest daytime moves are Feast on 5th, a Naples Princess or Pure Florida cruise, or an early e-bike ride before the heat gets serious.

If you only make one plan, make it Les Miserables. If you are hosting visitors, pair one downtown meal with either a cruise or a food tour and leave the rest of the day loose.

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• Best dressed-up evening: Les Miserables at The Naples Players

• Best local sports plan: FC Naples at home Saturday

• 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 15 through Sunday, July 19 this week | The Naples Players, 701 5th Ave S

This is the week’s strongest plan because it gives you more than a show. It gives you a whole evening: dinner on Fifth Avenue, a recognizable musical in the middle of downtown, and a reason to linger afterward if the weather gives you a break.

The run continues through July 26, but this is the moment to get it on the calendar. Summer schedules have a way of making good plans feel optional until the good seats are gone.

Info: https://naplesplayers.org/tickets/les-miserables/

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

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

• Twisted Bingo at Rooftop, 7:00 PM

• 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

• Experience Bonita Springs Food Tour, 11:00 AM

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

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

• Exotics & Espresso at Ferrari of Naples, 9:00 AM

• Saturday Champagne Brunch at Sails, 11:30 AM

• FC Naples vs. South Georgia Tormenta FC, 7:00 PM

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

• Tigress brunch, 10:00 AM

• Sails or Taberna brunch, late morning

• Les Miserables matinee, 2:00 PM

• Les Miserables continues at The Naples Players through July 26.

• FC Naples has more home dates later this summer at Paradise Coast Sports Complex.

• August listings are filling in for brunch, cruises, food tours, live music, and visitor-friendly plans.

That is the week.

Stay cool, plan the best part first, and leave yourself a little extra time between lunch, weather, and evening reservations.

See you next Wednesday.

The Naples Pulse Weekly