Editing Fort Myers Beach, Florida (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Florida - Fort Myers Beach.jpg|thumb|The beach of Fort Myers Beach]]
[[File:Fort Myers Beach from Lani Kai terrace 2009.jpg|thumb|upright|The beach as seen from the terrace of the Lani Kai Island Resort]]

The Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival celebrates the shrimping industry on Fort Myers Beach, and features a shrimp eating competition, a 5k run, a parade, a pageant, and a food and crafts exposition.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.fortmyersbeach.org/list-major-events/|title=List of Major Events - The Catch|work=The Catch|access-date=April 15, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://eventsatfortmyersbeach.weebly.com|title=The Ultimate Discovery Guide|website=Fort Myers Beach|access-date=April 15, 2017}}</ref>

Taste of the Beach takes features local restaurants offering food samples.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Fort Myers Beach Pirate Festival features a pirate bazaar, themed live music and performances, live ship battles, children's activities and the jolly pub quest.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

The American Sand Sculpting Championship is the largest sand sculpting event in the United States; nearly 47,000 attendees visit and 2,000 tons of sand are sculpted.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade features 30 to 50 illuminated boats decorated with animated Christmas scenes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

Saint Raphael's Episcopal Church hosts the [[Blessing of the Fleet|Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet]], an annual event started in 1952 to bless all the boats and their crews.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintraphaelschurch.org/aboutus.html |title=Saint Raphaels Episcopal Church, Saint Raphael's Episcopal Church About Us |access-date=November 24, 2010 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727231950/http://www.saintraphaelschurch.org/aboutus.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>