Beach Guide

Vanderbilt Beach Events

This week on the beach

Pick a Day

6 PM

Live Music at Mercato

Mercato · Music

The walkable dining and shopping district just east of the beach hosts live music and patio crowds most evenings.

7:01 PM

sun-timed

Vanderbilt Beach Sunset

Vanderbilt Beach · Sunset

Beachgoers turn their chairs west for the nightly Gulf sunset, one of the best free shows on the Paradise Coast.

Big Days

annual
Jan

Naples Winter Wine Festival

One of the country's premier charity wine auctions, drawing chefs and vintners to the Naples area each winter.

Oct

Stone Crab Festival

Naples celebrates the opening of stone crab season with waterfront tastings and events as the claws come in.

Feb

Naples National Art Festival

A top-ranked outdoor fine-art show that fills downtown Naples with artists and crowds each winter season.

see you out there

Every week is the beach’s recurring lineup. Times shift and seasons end, so check the venue before you go. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.

At Vanderbilt Beach, the sun sets at 7:31 PM today — about 12h 16m of daylight. Sunrise was 7:15 AM. Live water temperature, surf height, UV index, wind and tide for Vanderbilt Beach update at the top of the conditions page.