Music aLive SWFL

02/23/2026

Just want to shout out The Standard Bike Night The Biker Map will have a donation jar at the beer stand for James Wilder. If you can donate to his tip jar, Please do! SideShow Bob if any family member or friend would like to do a 50/50 please come on down
The Standard Bike Night 1520 Broadway 2/28 6-10pm live music by Resolution Band !

02/10/2026

A HUGE THANKS to The Whale FMB for hosting Sideshow Bob's Electric Circus Acoustic Mega Jam for James Wilder last night! To everyone who organized, attended, played and worked the fundraiser- THANK YOU- your hearts are so big! ❤️

It's amazing what our SWFL community accomplishes when one of ours is in need. The generosity and love pours out and magic happens! We want to shout out all those who helped make this night a success, helping us to raise $5,000 in 4 short hours!

A special thanks to all those who businesses who donated raffles and silent auction items. Your generosity is so much appreciated!

Nikki McKay, thank you for everything you did from organizing to collecting donations and more! 😍

To all those who donated their time to volunteer- collecting money from raffle tickets and selling t-shirts; you are the kindest humans. We appreciate all that you did last night! 🥰

Alexis Talbot
Donna Bates
Penny Russell
Gena Ann
Kristie Scruggs
Brian Kreuser

Thanks to Bob Tabarrini, Vic Jimenez and Tyler Kleusner for holding it down on stage and to all the incredible musicians who came out and donated their time to play! We LOVE our SWFL music community and all you do! You entertain us all over SWFL, and you ALL always come together when someone is in need. 🤘😘

If you'd like to donate to James you can do so at:

PayPal
Venmo
Cash App $JamesWilderMusic

As long as he fights, we fight! We love you brother. ❤️‍🩹

02/09/2026

We're here! Are you? Sideshow Bob's Electric Circus Acoustic Mega Jam for James Wilder! ❤️❤️

02/09/2026

We are inviting YOU to come down to Fort Myers Beach tonight to sing, play, participate in raffles, donate and be a part of Music aLIVE SWFL's Sideshow Bob's Electric Circus Acoustic Mega Jam for James Wilder! 🙏🏻❤️

01/23/2026

🎶 POP-UP FUNDRAISER for James S. Wilder 🎶

Join us Monday, February 9th at The Whale FMB as we come together for our dear friend and long-time member of SWFL’s music community! Let’s open our hearts and our wallets to help him get over the next hurdle. ❤️

🎸 Musicians: bring your instruments and come ready to jump on stage and jam with us!

If you can't make it but would like to donate:
https://bit.ly/JamminforJames

09/23/2025

09/03/2025

Rock the Stage!! Schedule your audition TODAY! 🤘

09/02/2025

🎉✨ Well, that’s a wrap! ✨🎉

THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone at Mango Rita’s Rhythm House for hosting Music aLive Fest 2025! It was truly the party of the summer! We appreciate the owners, the servers who worked tirelessly all day, and Eric for collaborating with us to make this day happen!

🥰 A HUGE shoutout to our sponsors:

School of Rock Fort Myers
Offbeat Painting and Home Services LLC
Revive Property Solutions
Kokodan Judo of Cape Coral
Studio 1646 - Fort Myers

AND...

💙 ...to the entire Southwest Florida community for showing up, giving, and rocking with us! Because of YOU, we raised over $12K 🎉🙌 This money will go directly to benefit our community alliance partner, Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida, as well as two of our amazing SWFL musicians in need, Siren Voxx and Fritz Caraher.💖

🎶 To the BANDS—you blew the roof off the place! The amount of love you all brought to the stage was incredible! Thank you for donating your talent and your time to this day and our cause:

3HR Tour
Green Dragons
Phenomenal Animal
Red Hannah
ROCK CANDY
School of Rock Fort Myers
13 South
Buckleheads
In The Red

🔥 To our event coordinator, Randy Slaughter—you made it all come together (and it was a lot)! The day went off with a 💥

🎁 To Kristie Scruggs, who coordinated our volunteers and hustled to secure nearly ALL the raffle donations (and wow, they were good ones!)—we appreciate you!

🙌 To our VOLUNTEERS—you worked so hard, and we couldn’t have done this without you! 🥰Kara Lambert, Amber Hatcher, Amy Berry, Cristian Benejan, Nikki McKay, Shannon McCLure Hidlebaugh, Tina Rains Morris, Debra Parks-police, Tony Zapata and Chris Ditty.

A special shout out to our photographers roaming around all day capturing all the moments; Brian Kreuser and Jon from Rough Edges! Because of you we will be able to look back on this awesome day for years to come!

🎤 To our amazing emcees— Bob Tabarrini, Nate Jackson, and Rick Vaske—your stories, humor, and high energy kept us rocking all day long!

👏 To our board members— Donna Bates, Mike Smith, Brent Wedler, Brianna Sledge, Ms. Petite USA, and to Lori Wallace Harris—thank you for your support and hands-on help! 💝

Thank you to Stefanie Karas! For donating your time and SUPER TALENT to paint the Ozzy portrait LIVE at Music aLive Fest! You are a joy to be around and your artwork is just amazing!

🎨 To our resident sketch artist, Doug Goldman—we greatly appreciate you sharing your art and giving back too! 🎨

💛 Our gratitude is huge, our hearts are full, and we are so proud of the love and generosity this community poured into Music aLive Fest 2025.

Remember, you can donate to Music aLive SWFL anytime by visiting musicaliveswfl.org. The need is great and growing each day. Every little bit helps. 💫

We'll see you next year… 🥂🎶❤️